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Pewter Box by Nils Fougstedt, Firma Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1953
Located in Hägersten, SE
Box designed by Nils Fougstedt. Produced by Firma Svenskt Tenn, this example made in 1953. Made from pewter with brass edges. Good vintage condition with age related patina and wear....
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Yellow and Orange, Geometric, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, yellow and orange, geometric, signed. Small scale box from Aldo Londi's "Torcello" series, with an orange bottom and yellow l...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature pastoral image fired enamelled. 18th century French style. Diameter cm. 8 cm high. 1.8. Weight gr. 171. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by talented artisan artists with a thick plate suitable for supporting numerous glazing firings at high heat at around 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...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1960’s Trafitol Vulcanised Card Storage Boxes – Large Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Trafitol Vulcanised Card Storage Boxes - Large Quantity Available. In 1853 the textile industrial revolution arrived in Loos, Nord France with the formation of the Esquermes f...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
Studio Del Campo Enamel on copper sculpted box, Italy 1960s
Located in Milan, IT
Studio Del Campo Enamel on Copper sculpted box.
Italy 1960s
Signed "del campo"
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Chrome
Midcentury Mosaic and Wood Lidded Box
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool midcentury mosaic and wood lidded box, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition with some wear and patina. #1444.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Glass
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Copper Box by Rebajes
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming copper box by Rebajes, signed.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Forget Me Not Lidded Box and Tray by Michael
Francis Higgins
Located in Dallas, TX
Incredible matching handcrafted Forget Me Not lided box with matching ash tray. This handcrafted set is in excellent condition and is comprised of fused glass with a pieced pattern ...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Art Deco Half Doll Flapper Girl Powder Jar, German, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very attractive and totally original 1930's Art deco ladies powder/ trinket box. The top half of the container is in the form of a 1930's flapper girl ...
Category
German Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Fossilized Coral Decorative Wood Stash Dome Box
Located in San Diego, CA
We are offering a beautiful elegant natural tessellated mosaic fossilized coral stone decorative stash box designed by Maitland Smith. This box does not have the original tag on the ...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Jewel-Toned Mid-Century Covered Box, Italy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly unusual and brilliantly glazed, this covered box features a sequence of geometric shapes in bas relief that are filled with pools of vivid, jewel-toned glazes in sapphire, eme...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Clay
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Italian Parquetry Miniature Bombe
Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
Miniature parquetry two drawer bombe chest made in Italy. All sides including back are finished.
Category
Italian Baroque Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Sterling Silver Pheasant Sugar Boxes
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large pair of antique English import cast sterling silver pheasant sugar boxes; part of our diverse ornamental silverware collection
These magnificent, fine and impressive antique cast sterling silver sugar boxes have been realistically modelled in form of a pair of pheasants*.
The cock and hen pheasant have been embellished with impressive decoration reproducing the details of each bird's plumage and anatomical features.
These exceptional antique silver boxes are fitted with the original push fit heads/covers.
Such hallmarked examples of this size with detachable covers are becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
These magnificent large silver pheasants...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid Century Pink and Purple Ceramic Box with Flowers by Mithé Espelt
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Toronto, ON
An exceptional mid century glazed ceramic box with purple and pink with flowers by famed artist, Mithé Espelt. The box lid is ceramic with a blackened wood base.
Born in 1923, Mithé ...
Category
French Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Early 20th Century White Enamel Brass Hinged Box Remote Trinket Storage Decor
By Louis Vuitton, Hermès
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A very nice clean enamel lidded storage box with tarnished brass hardware. A wonderful design element for a Coastal or Colonial Revival interior. Good size for storage, small books...
Category
Unknown American Classical Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Continental Antique Folk Art Matchstick Money Box Clock Tower
Located in Atlanta, GA
A folk-art matchstick money box, possibly prisoner-of-war, 20th century, modelled as a clock tower with arched front door and windows and a castellate...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Brutalist Metal Patchwork Box with Insert Paul Evans
By Paul Evans
Located in Atlanta, GA
A cube form desktop box covered with patchwork copper by American artist and designer Paul Evans (1931-1987). The lidded box has a plastic insert box and was made as an ice box or a ...
Category
American Brutalist Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Jewelry Box Silver Plated in the Shape of a Hippopotamus
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960 we offer this rare jewelry box made in bronze and Silver Plated in the shape of a hippopotamus with fantastic patina.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Hand Crafted Mahogany Wood Coin Bank
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Studio art object.
Form + function.
One-of-a-kind.
Staved and sculpted wood.
Original vintage condition, minor wear with nice patina consistent with age and use.
Presents well for de...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg. Square Argenta lidded box in ceramic.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960) for Gustavsberg, Sweden.
Square Art Deco lidded box in ceramic with classic green glaze.
From the Argenta series.
Mid-20th century.
Marked.
In perfect cond...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Old Wooden Box Jewelry Chevron Inlay Art Deco
Located in Poperinge, BE
Old wooden box, jewelry, or trinket box made of inlaid wood pieces, marquetry box with a geometric chevron design, circa mid-20th century.
This wooden box is of high quality and a f...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Square Cut Crystal Glass Box
Located in Winnetka, IL
Square cut crystal and ormolu casket box.
Category
Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Mughal Indian Polished Brass Pierced Incense Box
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Beautiful hand-crafted polished brass footed box with with lid, latch and handle intricately hand-hammered with geometric designs and pierced with holes.
Vintage pierced decorative Mughal Indian style brass box from India...
Category
Indian Agra Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Moorish Spain Arch Top Wood Inaid Marquetry Jewelry Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Moorish Spain Arch Top Intricate detailed wood inlaid Marquetry Jewelry box.
An Hispano Moresque Arch Top Wood Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Box Casket.
Moori...
Category
Spanish Moorish Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Mid-Century Modern Brass
Mirror Vanity Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This elegant vanity/storage box showcases a striking blend of materials and craftsmanship. Featuring a polished brass handle at the center, the box is topped with beveled mirrored li...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
very rare double box by carl auböck
Located in Munich, DE
another very rare piece from the auböck workshop.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Large Vintage Lucite Gem Ice Bucket by Allesandro Albrizzi
Located in Chicago, IL
A large vintage Lucite gem ice bucket by Allesandro Albrizzi. 1970s
Lucite shows nice age with some craqueling. some the tiny pl...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Vintage Chinese Box in Sealing Wax, China, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Chinese box in sealing wax.
China Mid-20th Century.
4x10x8 cm.
Good conditions.
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Elegant Brown Marble Box from Italy, with Brass Hinges.
Located in Stockholm, SE
This elegant little box in brown marble, with brass details and beautifully crafted hinges, is the perfect blend of form and function. Made in Italy, it exudes a timeless charm that ...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Storage Box In Rosewood With Silver Inlay "Provinsbanken" From 1960s
Located in Lejre, DK
Vintage storage box in rosewood with original inlay “Provinsbanken”, circa 1960s. Danish design with adjustable compartments.
Material: Rosewood
Origin: Denmark
Production: Circa 19...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Storage Box Made In Rosewood With Silver Inlay - KFK brand (1922‑1971)
Located in Lejre, DK
Rosewood storage box with KFK logo (1922-1971). Interior compartmentalization – perfect for small items.
Material: Rosewood
Origin: Denmark
Production: Approx. 1960s
Condition: Appe...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Marble and Nickel Box
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Super chic veined marble and nickel-plated box. The bottom and top are 1/2" marble slab while the sides are nickel-plated metal. A handsome box to be sure.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Metal
$1,500
Camille Faure Limoges Modernist Enamel and Silver Plate Artwork Box, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare and exquisite creation by Camille Fauré Limoges, this enamel and silver-plated decorative box is a masterwork of French craftsmanship, dating circa 1950. Likely a bespoke comm...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel, Silver Plate
Silver and Imperial Yellow Guilloche Enamel Cigarette or Card Case
Located in London, GB
A very pretty double side, silver and imperial yellow guilloche enamel cigarette or card case. Superb engine turned design. Inside case, which is gilded, marked with silver marks of ...
Category
Norwegian Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Hermes, Carrou
selle Saddle Box
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
HERMES "Carrou'Selle" saddle box Oak, felt and aluminium H : 66 cm ; D : 47 cm. In its original box
Storage box for saddle in oak, felt and aluminium:
- ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Black and Ivory Striped Bone Inlay Box, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sleek and elegant rectangular box, this piece is crafted with a striking black and ivory bone inlay in a bold geometric pattern. Its elongated form makes it perfect for holding jew...
Category
Italian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Boxwood
Salvador Dali Metal
Gold Gilt
Bird In Hand
Compact For Elgin American 1950
s
Located in London, GB
This exquisite vintage compact is a rare and highly collectible piece designed by the legendary surrealist artist Salvador Dalí in collaboration with Ergon American during the 1950s....
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold
Rattan Spice Basket from Akha Tribe of Northern Thailand
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
A wonderful example of an Akha Tribe spice basket, with a stunning woven pattern on all sides and crafted from a mix of rattan. This basket was once used to store precious spices and...
Category
Thai Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rattan
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Valenti Spain Modernist Wood and Metal Box, 1960s
By Valenti
Located in Atlanta, GA
Valenti, Spain, designed this stunning, high-end, modernist decorative lidded box in the 1980s. The yachting-style box has a tropical-wood faceted body with a brass lid and handles. ...
Category
Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Anglo Indian Faux Tortoise Trinket Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Inspired vintage Anglo Indian hinged box crafted in mahogany and clad in a faux tortoise laminate.
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Mid-Century Gold Gilt Ceramic Lidded Trinket Box by McFarlin Freeman Pottery
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful and hard to find mid-century gold gilt ceramic lidded trinket box by McFarlin Freeman Pottery, circa 1960s. The box is well detailed and in very good vintage condition with...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Military Suitcase with Name, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
Good original condition
There are no keys
The name of the soldier is Doctor Jaroslav Turek
circa 1950
Beautiful patina
Category
Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Danish Art Deco Glass
Metal Jewelry Box / Lidded Decorative Jar, 1930s
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
Danish Art Deco Glass Jewelry Box / Lidded Decorative Jar, 1930s
Elegant Danish Art Deco jewelry box or decorative lidded jar from the 1930s. Features a ribbed glass body with a mat...
Category
Danish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
A Baccarat Apricot Crystal Paperweight Box Mounted w/ Ormolu Bezel, Mid 1900
s
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Very Fine, Antique Mid-Century Modern French Baccarat (attributed) Paper-Weight Glass, Apricot Color Rectangular Shaped Box Mounted With a Very Fine Hand-Chiseled Ormolu Mounted Be...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$3,960 Sale Price
20% Off
Fontana Arte Mod. 2004 Box
By Fontana Arte
Located in Milan, IT
Fontana Arte Mod. 2004 box.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$3,350 Sale Price
20% Off
Tiffany Modern Sterling Silver Box with Bold Wave Edge
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular with flat and hinged cover. Sides and front have wraparound low-relief band of imbricated chevro...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Chinese Vintage Blanket Chest with Traditional Brass Hardware and Handles
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage blanket chest from the mid 20th century, with brass hardware. Created in China during the midcentury period, this vintage blank...
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Salvador Teran Hand Wrought Mexican Brass
Mosaic Box, Chicken Motif, 1950s
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a box from the 1950s by Salvador Teran (Mexican 1920-1974). This beautiful and charming hand-wrought brass box is decorated with chickens in small glass mosaic tiles featurin...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare French Small Gilt Bronze Box by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small gilt bronze pill box by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940-50s. The rather rare round box features a relief-cast spider on the lid. The interior ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Mithé Espelt Glazed Ceramic and Wood Box with Stylized Floral Motif
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Elegant decorative box designed by Mithé Espelt, France, circa 1960s. The piece features a hand-glazed ceramic lid resting on a simple stained wood base, exemplifying Espelt’s distin...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Anna-Lisa Thomson for Upsala-Ekeby, Lidded Ceramic Bowl, Swede 1930
s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant lidded ceramic bowl designed by Anna-Lisa Thomson for Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, circa 1930s.
The piece features a softly rounded bowl in a mottled matte glaze of pale green and b...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Vintage Brown Leather Case Austria, circa 1950
Located in Vienna, AT
Mid Century Modern vintage hat case from leather 1950s, Austria.
A great hat case from cognac brown leather with one snap-lock and two locks with a carrying s...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Gilt bronze box by Line Vautrin "The Armenian alphabet
- 1940
By Line Vautrin
Located in Girona, Girona
Very beautiful gilt bronze box or mirrorless compact. This object has two sides with different motifs representing the Armenian alphabet. Patina re-gilded with fine gold.
Design: Li...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Chinese covered cinnabar box, c. 1950
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Carved round cinnabar box on brass with a blue enameled interior and underfoot. The carved top centers on peonies growing from a rocky outcropping with ...
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Wonderful Small Suitcase by Hermès, Paris
By Hermès
Located in Munich, DE
Wonderful small suitcase by Hermès, Paris. Two keys included.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,300 Sale Price
31% Off
Amour roi de ton coeur (Love King of Your Heart) by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
Amour roi de ton coeur (Love King of Your Heart) by Line Vautrin , Silver Bronze Box.
Silver-plated bronze box with a lid enhanced with a decoration representing a two-tone wheel, th...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Mithé Espelt Glazed Ceramic and Wood Box with Repeating Floral Pattern
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Decorative lidded box designed by Mithé Espelt, France, circa 1960s. This example features a hand-glazed ceramic lid mounted on a minimalist stained wood base, showcasing Espelt’s re...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Chinese Wooden Small Rectangular Chest with Hand Painted Exotic Birds
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Mid-Century small rectangular hinged chest with metal latch and two side ring handles, hand painted featuring two exotic birds (depicted on the top and front), pine, berries,...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Mid-century decorative Box, Italy, ca. 1960s
Located in Firenze, IT
Midcentury decorative Box
Italy, ca. 1960s
Brass, glass, mother of pearl
H 3 cm x 12 × 30 cm
Conditions: very good, slight defects
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Dior Large Smoked "Frozen" Lucite Italian Decorative Jewelry Box, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Mid-Century jewelry or decorative rectangular box, made in charming smoked brownish lucite with a "frozen effect." This elegant object was produced in Italy during the 1970...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
