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Folk Art Geometric Inlaid Wood Small Hinged Box
Located in West Chester, PA
Hand made geometric inlaid wooden hinged xox with red enameled interior.
Category
American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Italian Onyx and Brass Jewelry Box with Velvet Lining, 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This vintage jewelry box, crafted from smooth polished onyx, exudes timeless elegance. The natural stone features delicate, earthy veining, complemented by a refined brass trim that ...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Stylish perforated metal, brass and glass mategot style cosmetic lidded tin
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Stylish perforated metal, brass and glass mategot style cosmetic lidded tin, 1950s
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Bovano Enamel Box
By Bovano
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming walnut jewelry box with enamel decoration by Bovano.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Gilded Bronze Box with Poem by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze poudrier box with cast poem on surface by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The poem "Les 4 ages de la Femme" was an old French lyrical poem th...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Seguso, Large Murano Glass, Corroso, Uranium Leaded Box /Jar Attb Flavio Poli
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great modern vintage green glow glass, in this leaded box/jar. Attributed to Flavio Poli.
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass, Murano Glass
Rare Jewelry Box in Solid Brass with an Antique Finish by Charles Hollis Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning and rare jewelry box made out of solid brass and Lucite designed in the 1960s by Charles Hollis Jones.
The piece is very heavy and well made...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mosaic Marquetry Moorish Octagonal Footed Music Box Granada Spain 1950
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Mosaic Marquetry Moorish Octagonal Footed Music Box Granada Spain 1950.
Exquisite handcrafted vintage Middle Eastern Islamic style mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood footed ...
Category
Spanish Moorish Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
1960s Snakeskin Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s snakeskin box.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
4-Tier Stacking Metal Canister Set by Lincoln Beauty Ware, USA, 1960s
Located in Vienna, AT
1960s Lincoln Beauty Ware 4-Tier Stacking Metal Canister Set – Green Retro Kitchen Storage
Vintage 4-tier stacking metal canister set by Lincoln Beauty Ware, USA, circa 1960s. Featu...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Industrial Wooden Crate, Boxes, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
in good original condition
good construction
good for coffee table, decoration and more
price for all
Category
European Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$945 / item
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Orange and Matte Brown, Signed
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, orange and matte brown, signed. Small scale box having a raw clay lid hash mark incising and decorated with an orange glazed pill pat...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Rooster Aldo Tura Ice Box Pitcher Midcentury Italian Design Multicolor, 1950s
By Aldo Tura
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Rooster Aldo Tura ice box pitcher midcentury Italian design multicolor, 1950s
Measures: Box height cm.17, diameter cm.18, teaspoon height cm.28, pit...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$837 Sale Price
30% Off
Italian Modernist Black Marble, Lapis, Tiger, Pink Rhodochrosite Butterfly Box
By Richard Blow
Located in North Miami, FL
This stunning and hard to find vintage modernist Pietra Dura Italian stone hinged box has an elaborate butterfly in the center of the black marbl...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
Pair of mid 20th century Swedish pine ammo boxes
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Pair of mid 20th century Swedish pine ammo boxes circa 1950.
Great talking point and solution to storage problems.
Useful for storage. Partially fitted with pine partitions which w...
Category
Swedish Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine, Paint
Giovanni Cenedese 1950
s Blue Murano Glass Hinged Box
By Cenedese
Located in North Miami, FL
Blue Murano jewelry box by Giovanni Cenedese. This Murano glass box with gilt metal details & decorative lock and rounded corners.
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Murano Glass
Art Deco Porcelain Flapper Powder, Trinket Box, c1930s
Located in Devon, England
Striking and quite rare is this 1930s Art Deco ceramic powder box which depicts a stylized female dancer sat on the lid of a porcelain box. Beautiful colouring and detailing. A rare ...
Category
European Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
MCM Ben Seibel for JenFred Ware Copper Trinket Box c.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A ribbed copper trinket box lined with cork. Original felt on bottom.
Substantial in weight.
CREATOR Ben Seibel for JenFred Ware.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1960s.
MA...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
$175 Sale Price
53% Off
A circular wooden box with a gouged pattern lid France 1950
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A circular wooden box with a gouged pattern lid. Very beautiful patina.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$536 Sale Price
20% Off
Lidded Bronze Box by Hans Bergstrom for Ystad Metall / Brons, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Malmö, SE
An extremely rare, possibly unique, bronze jar with amazing patina. The lid adorned with a knob in the shape of a fish.
Designed by Hans Bergström for Ystad Metall / Brons, Sweden, ...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Mid-20th Century Onyx and Hardstone Inlaid Decorative Box
Located in Bilzen, BE
Elegant mid-20th century decorative box in polished onyx, beautifully inlaid with various semi-precious stones such as lapis lazuli, jasper, marble, and agate. The geometric pietra d...
Category
Italian Other Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Onyx
Mid century colourful hinged box, enamel on brass
Located in London, Fitzrovia
Mid century enamel brass box,
good design,
beautiful colours.
Please note that we often have a much shorter handling time than advertised.
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Brass Asian Street Vendor Noodle Cart
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, an antique brass Asian street vendor noodle cart.
Used by vendors to serve noodles and dumplings.
The base opens to hold hot coals to keep food warm.
The top...
Category
Chinese Export Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Nickel and Black Box
Located in London, GB
A nickel and black enamelled box, with a mirrored interior
France, mid 20th Century
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Nickel
Genuine Mid Century Cenedese Murano Green Box with Original Label Italy c. 1950
By Cenedese
Located in London, GB
A beautiful quality lush emerald green Murano art glass jewelry box or trinket box made by Cenedese in Venice, Italy, c. 1950.
The glass has a deep, rich hue which contrasts dramat...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
9k Yellow Gold and Ruby Compact by Boucheron (1964)
By Boucheron
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage 9 karat yellow gold and 0.86 carat ruby compact made by Boucheron - boxed; an addition to our diverse ornamental collection.
This exceptional vintage 9 karat yellow gold case has a rectangular form, with a convex base and cover.
The surface of the box is embellished with impressive engine turned decoration.
This exceptional gold compact is fitted with an impressive flush hinged cover; the flush hinge indicates the high quality of the piece.
The anterior edge of the cover features a push fit catch ornamented with an impressive collet set 0.86ct cabochon cut ruby.
This impressive compact opens to reveal the original integrated bevelled mirror and powder compartment; this compact can be used without the original inset, detachable gold powder holder.
The interior rim of the case bears the renowned maker's/retailer's mark 'Boucheron', in addition to full London hallmarks to the base.
This exceptional Boucheron compact...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Israeli Lidded Brass Bowl with Olive Knob
By Pal-Bell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pal-Bell round bowl with lid. This piece features a verdigris bronze bowl and lid with floral detailed knob with brass tips. Perfect for stashing keys, jewels or potpourri. An emboss...
Category
Israeli Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Vintage Footed Wooden Jewelry Music Box Made in Italy
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Elegant vintage large footed Brown color wooden music box with top finely hand painted and inlaid with foliages floral decor.
Upon opening, the music box begins to play " We've only ...
Category
Italian Baroque Revival Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
1940s German Silver and Enamel Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine vintage German silver and enamel card case; part of our boxes and cases collection.
This fine German vintage card case has a rectangular book ...
Category
German Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Chinese Vintage Black Lacquer Lidded Box with Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage black lacquer lidded box from the mid 20th century, with hand-painted Chinoiserie décor. Created in China during the midcentury period, this black lacquer box showcases an oval lid adorned with a delicate Chinoiserie décor. Topped with a large handle, this black lacquer Chinoiserie box...
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Aldo Londi Box, Mondrian, Ceramic, Blue, Green, Black, Signed, Rosenthal Netter
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Box, Mondrian, Ceramic, Blue, Green, Signed, Rosenthal Netter. Small scale lidded box glazed in Navy blue and Kelly green and outlined in matte black. The bottom is glazed...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$2,450 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Polychrome Delft Hand Painted 17th Century Portuguese Ceramic Tureen/Lid
Located in Coimbra, PT
delft polychrome Portuguese hand painted ceramic covered tureen with lid and under plate, hand painted 17th century, tin glazed faience with floral, hunting and bird motif, early 20t...
Category
Portuguese Country Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Delft
Czechoslovakian Crystal Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A pristine example of mid century design this cut to clear crystal box features a classic cushion form and elegant dore bronze edging. The crystal is finely faceted and reflects ligh...
Category
Czech Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Oriental Carved Camphor Wood Chest, Jewellery Casket
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Oriental carved camphor wood chest, jewellery casket.
This beautiful carved chest is made from camphor wood, for those of you who...
Category
Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Bruno Gambone Ceramic Italian Modernist Design Covered Box Desk Set
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Ceramic covered box with target design and cup desk set created by Bruno Gambone of Florence, Italy. Box measures 5.5" in diameter by 3.5" in heigh...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Tessalated Maitland Smith Faux Horn Gentleman
s Dresser Box
Located in Ferndale, MI
Elegant wood lined dresser box with hinged lid. Tessalated faux Horn exterior with brass trim. Interior is wood lined. Retains Maitland Smith label.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Bank Cases
Located in Copenhagen, DK
50 vintage storage boxes or bank cases from a Danish Bank.
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$3,589 / set
1960s Murano Bronze-Mounted Glass Casket Attributed to Sommerso
Located in Winnetka, IL
A striking vintage bronze-mounted clear thick Murano glass casket attributed to Sommerso having a smoked glass interior.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Walter Dorwin Teague Kodak Gift Camera #1A and Case
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A classic Walter Dorwin Teague Kodak Art Deco camera with case. (model #1 A).
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Metal
Table Box floral miniature fire-enameled on guilloche and stripes Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel, with fine floral miniature fire-enamelled on guilloche, enamelled edge with vertical stripes. Viennese Art N...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
1970s Iconic Modern Floral Lucite Italian Luxury Box by Ulderico Cavinato
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Iconic 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Floral Box by Ulderico Cavinato
This exceptional vintage box is a definitive statement piece from the celebrated Italian designer Ulderico Cav...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Fine Cloisonné Enamel Silver Pill Box
Located in Worcester, GB
Fine Cloisonné Enamel Silver Pill Box
A finely crafted kidney-shaped sterling silver pill box, delicately enamelled throughout in vibrant shades of cobalt blue, turquoise, burgundy...
Category
Indian Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
straw marquetry box attributed to Jean Michel Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful box with straw marquetry is attributed to Jean Michel Frank as it is similar in size and pattern with his work.
Box is unsigned but in good condition, red leather back.
Category
French Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw
$1,680 Sale Price
30% Off
Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with inward corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enameled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana depicting the painting "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola known as "il Parmigianino" (National Gallery of Parma). Dimensions cm. 8.5 x 11.5 x 3. Weight gr. 345. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1965 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various different subjects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enameled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Yellow, Black, White, Brown, Geometric, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter box, ceramic, yellow, black, white, brown, geometric, signed. Small scale lidded box decorated with angular geometric pattern i...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$975 Sale Price
50% Off
1940s Distressed Military Ice Cooler Tote Portable Chest Leather Canvas
By United States Army
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1940s Distressed Military Ice Bucket Portable Insulated Chest
US vintage military surplus ice cooler chest
designed in metal, canvas, cotton and leather
23...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
1960
s Original Hungarian Army First Aid Boxes - Large Shape
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Original Hungarian Army First Aid Boxes - Large Shape.
These were standard issue in the Hungarian army and we have a network of pickers that hunt them out for us. Occasionall...
Category
European Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Hong Kong Decorative Brass Pewter Six-Sided Trinket Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Brass Pewter six-sided decorative gift Trinket Box
stamped Hong Kong
2.5 h x 8 diameter
Preowned original vintage condition.
Refer to images.
Category
Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Egg on Tripod Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel on Guillochè Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, Russian Empire style inspired by Carl Fabergè eggs ...
Category
Italian Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bodil Eje Danish Rosewood Box by Alfred Klitgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully crafted solid rosewood trinket box by Danish craftsman Alfred Klitgaard, circa 1960s. Very detailed construction and exquisite finish with a gorgeous Bodil Eje orange / l...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood, Ceramic
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Gold Aventurine Murano Glass Cylindrical Jewelry Box w/ Bronze Hinge
Located in New York, NY
Mid-Century Modern Gold Aventurine Murano Glass Cylindrical Hinged Jewelry Box
This Murano art glass box is formed in a cylindrical shape with a flat base and rounded lid, joined by...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Hand painted "Apple" jar by Josef Frank for Svenskt tenn
Located in Hägersten, SE
Rare lidded jar in the shape of an apple designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Firma Svenskt Tenn during the 1950s. Made from Aluminum with hand painted decor. Very good vintage condi...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Bakelite Minaudière Box
Located in New York, NY
Bakelite minaudière box. Vintage Italian bakelite tortoise box with hinged mirrored removable lid, hinged lid double compartments and two open comp...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Streamline Walnut Jewellery Box, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Totally original Art Deco Walnut jewellery box with streamline shape. Made in the UK in the 1930's , still with it's original material lining. The lid of the box depicts a playful sk...
Category
English Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cotton, Walnut
Daniel Loomis Valenza Carved Lidded Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Daniel Loomis Valenza Lidded Hand-Carved Box. Sculptural Lidded Box fits together like a glove! Beautiful Walnut with amazing grain. In very nice original condition!
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Brass Hollywood Regency Faux Bamboo Cannisters
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful pair of brass Hollywood regency faux bamboo cannisters, circa 1970s. The cannisters are in very good vintage condition with a great patina and measure 4.5"W x 4"D x 7.25...
Category
North American Hollywood Regency Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Decorative Box, 1950
s
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Art Glass
Chipped glass(see foto)
Original condition.
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Mid-20th Century Japanese Yamanaka Lacquerware Sweets Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century Yamanaka lacquerware sweets box for tea ceremony, Japanese. Formed as a deep black apple with gold & colored enamel decoration. Post WWII. Provenance: Sherman E. Lee...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Art Deco Half Doll Porcelain Vanity Powder - Trinket Box, 1930
s
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very attractive and totally original 1930's Art Deco ladies powder/ trinket box. Made from porcelain with a vibrantly colored painted finish. Highly fu...
Category
European Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
