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Antique English Regency Carved Cellarette Cassone Wedding Casket Chest Trunk 33"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique English Regency cellarette / cassone casket / coffer / coffret , trunk or marriage chest. Made of carved mahogany featuring blind fretwork ...
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
$7,371 Sale Price
30% Off
Blue over White Double Overlay Ormolu Mounted Cased Glass Rectangular Box
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful Antique Blue over White Double Overlay Ormolu Mounted Cased Glass Rectangular Box. With a beautiful geometric design cased underneath the top blue layer, which protrudes ...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Chinese Etched Brass Box with Carved Jade Inset Top, Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Sweet little Chinese export brass box with beautiful floral etched designs, looks like peonies to me. With a lovely white jade top carved in fretwork with a vase framed by the flower...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade, Brass
Mid 20th Century Swedish birch tambour sewing box on stand
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Unusual Scandinavian birch sewing table on stand circa 1950.
Shaped top with tambour top which opens when the drawer is opened. Top section is fitted with 20 compartments of variou...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch
Antique English Mother of Pearl
Rosewood Writing Box Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
Firmly Attributed to Hausburg
From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Victorian Writing Box attributed to ...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Chinese Mother of Pearl Mounted Box with Four Boxes and Counters, 18th Century
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare Chinese mother of pearl mounted games box with four matching interior boxes containing gaming counters and dating from the 18th century. The rectangular shape...
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1770s Chinese Qing Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Snuff Box hand engraving, black “niello” type Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box rectangular in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand engraving, black fired enameled “niello” type, in early 19th century “Rococo” style. Snuff Box measurements cm. 4.5 x...
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1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Funky Antique Bronze Jewlry Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful novelty bronze box with lovely theme of two love bird.
Exquisite addition to any room.
Category
20th Century European Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco sewing box in sculpted wood, ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / sewing box / wood, fabric / Art Deco / Mid-century / Vintage
Very decorative French sewing box with graphical carvings and a yellow ...
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Early 1900s Belgian Art Deco Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Antique Indian Carved Wooden Storage Box For Fans, 19th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Richly carved hardwood Indian box for storage of fans in a fine quality
Late 19th century
length 38 cm, width 6.5 and 12.5 cm, height 7 cm
Aged patina
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Scandinavian hand painted 19th century pine strong box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Scandinavian hand painted 19th century pine strong box circa 1840.
Good example of traditional rustic Swedish woodwork. Painted in a russet red paint with hand painted cream drags....
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
French Tramp Art Hand-Carved Wooden Box with Diamond Motifs, circa 1890
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Tramp Art wooden box dating to circa 1890, intricately hand-carved with the layered, notched construction characteristic of the style. The rectangular form is richly ornamen...
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Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Burl Maple Box by Michael Elkan
Located in Hudson, NY
This is the grandfather of Michael Elkan boxes. Retaining it's original surface and the rarely seen or found interior boxes of which this group is intact.
All made from the same bloc...
Category
1980s American American Craftsman Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple
$1,820 Sale Price
35% Off
X-Small Egg style Faberge Ruby Red Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
X-Small egg in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent enamel on fire on guilloché in Russian Art Nouveau style, inspired by the eggs of Carl Fabergé late 19th century, early 20th c...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Victorian Hungarian Ash Stationery Box Howell James
Co
Located in Northampton, GB
Dome Topped Stationary Box
From our Boxes collection, we are delighted to offer this Victorian Hungarian Ash Stationery Box by Howell James & Co. The Stationary Box is veneered to t...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 19th Century Norwegian Folk Art Birch Butter Box with Carved Female Finial
Located in Kastrup, DK
Folk art: Norwegian lidded box (butter box) crafted in birch with rich woodcarving.
The lid finial carved as a seated woman.
Lid and rim decorated with reliefs of oak leaves, acorns,...
Category
Early 19th Century Norwegian Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch
Mid 19th century rustic Swedish pine storage box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century rustic Swedish pine storage container circa 1860.
Very nice rare item to find intact. Made from pine with original bold blue paint, 1 original metal support hoop t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine, Paint
Jasperware Wedgwood Blue
White Trinket Box
By Wedgewood
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Timeless and iconic, Wedgwood’s Jasperware trinket boxes are miniature works of art that blend classical beauty with everyday function. First developed in the 18th century by Josiah ...
Category
1960s British Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Lovely Hand Carved Wood Jewelry Box w. Stylized Kingfisher Bird Motive
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite hand-carved wooden jewelry box features a beautifully stylized depiction of a kingfisher bird. The octagonal box showcases intricate craftsmanship, with the bird motif...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Moorish Islamic Mughal Raj Decorative Vizagapatam Carved Bone Jewelry Box India
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Decorative Mughal Raj Vizagapatam Carved Veneered Bone Jewelry Rectangular shape Box.
Vintage Asian lidded box crafted with bone finely engraved and hand painted in black with geometric Moorish designs.
Delightful Anglo Indian footed box crafted with an intricate patterned polished bone inlay mosaic over a wood frame.
Handmade in Vizagapatam, India, mid 20th century.
Elegant intricate pattern. A true work of Islamic artwork...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Pill Box Empire style handpainted Sterling Silver fine hand engravings Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with a hand-painted miniature with fired enamel by the painter Romano Buccioni in the Louis XVI Empire style of the second hal...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
English 19th Century Carved Oak Wine Cooler in the Graeco-Roman Style
Located in London, GB
A highly decorative wine cooler in the Graeco-Roman taste
Of cylindrical form, constructed in well figured oak, supported by tripartite feet, of complex winged foot form, with brass castors under: the body with a lobed lower rim, with a running anthemion design over, and surmounted by a pattern of running studded bosses in the upper reserve. The hinged cover with a carved Greek key motif, further anthemions above and capped with a lotus bud finial. The interior is now baize lined. The four lever lock...
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19th Century English Greco Roman Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Pocket Pill Box like Egg sea color Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket pill box shaped like a small egg.
Pocket pill box like egg hinged opening.
Pocket pill box like egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24ca...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Pill box big size Florentine Renaissance Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large round pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled engraving in two colours, in Florentine Renaissance style. Diameter cm. 5 cm high. 2. Weight gr. ...
Category
1980s Italian Renaissance Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope circa 1870.
Fine quality english made victorian writing slope. Exterior of rich burr walnut with tunbridge ware inlay deco...
Category
Late 19th Century English Empire Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Provencal Decorative Box or Fariniere
Located in Winter Park, FL
An 18th century French fariniere, made of walnut with nicely detailed hand carved sunflower relief on front panel. Good craftsmanship with dovetailed construction. Waxed patina. From...
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19th Century French French Provincial Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Switzerland Mahogany Ebonized Hinged Music Box with Three Cylinders, C. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Rare Switzerland mahogany & ebonized hinged music box with the original crank, three interior paper labels, and cylinders. Music box is stamped by maker and is In working condition, ...
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1880s Swiss Biedermeier Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
19th Century French Oak Table Coffret Box with Relief Trophy Carvings
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
Each side and lid of this French table coffret box has been hand-carved with a distinct display of trophy carvings. The oak box, which is from the 180...
Category
19th Century French Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Early 19th century Regency mahogany tea caddy
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 19th century regency mahogany tea caddy circa 1820.
Made using flame mahogany veneers. Brass handles with star motif to the sides. Canted corners strung with satinwood. Sta...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Carved Acanthus Motif Wooden Box, Surreal Tony Duquette Style, 1940s
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Whimsical carved wooden box with radiating acanthus-leaf motif, circa 1930s-40s. The lid blossoms outward in a dynamic sunburst pattern, resting on exuberantly scrolled acanthus feet...
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1930s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Jewelry box inward corners miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular tabletop jewelery box with inward corners in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides and finished with fine hand engraving. In the center, a beautiful rectangular miniature cm. 4 x 5.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable ivory plate by Roberto Masi depicting the portrait of Madame Boucard by Tamara De Lempicka (1931). Size cm. 14 x 19 x 3.2. Weight gr. 1,248. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1998 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens with different subjects and colours, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous glazing firings at high heat 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...
Category
1990s Italian Art Deco Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early 20th Century Hand Painted / Tooled Decorative Wood Jewelry or Keepsake Box
Located in Wainscott, NY
This detailed wooden jewelry or keepsake box is likely of European origin as it was found in Italy. The upholstered interior and key lock lean into the idea of a jewelry box origina...
Category
20th Century Italian Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
X-Small Egg style Faberge Enamel hand painted wreaths Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
X-Small egg in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent enamel on fire on guilloché and hand-painted miniature of garlands in Russian Art Nouveau style, inspired by the eggs of Carl F...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Size
Great Quality Carved Jewelry, Treasure or Collecting Box / Casket
Located in Lisse, NL
A beautiful and top condition antique black forest jewelry box, carved on all sides.
This rare and large jewelry box makes a beautiful accessory for a lady with an eye for fine arts. It is a very well fine carved gem and highly practical with a good working lock and key. The detailed leafs, branches and flowers on top
and the marvelous blue...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Luigi Frullini Rare Italian Hand Carved Figural Match Holder
Striker
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and rare antique Italian Renaissance revival hand carved wooden match holder and striker mounted with a sleeping putti by world renowned furniture maker and carved Luigi F...
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1890s Italian Renaissance Revival Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood, Walnut
Cigarette Case hunting dog on point Enamel Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Franco Salimbeni Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case with Hunting Dog Miniature by Romano Buccioni, Florence, 1976
Exquisite rectangular cigarette case with softl...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sculptural Wood Carved Box with Lid, American Studio Craft
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage large decorative box with round lid features handcrafted sculptural form, carved of Koa, Murtle, and Redwood woods. The fine wood texture is emphasized by the graphic contras...
Category
Early 2000s American Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
$420 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique English Victorian Coromandel Letter Box Clock Chapman and Leuchars
Located in Northampton, GB
Manufactured by Chapman and Retailed by Leuchars
From our Boxes collection, we are delighted to bring to market this extremely rare Coromandel Letter Box Clock by Chapman retailed b...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Striking Antique Dutch Colonial Silver-Mounted on Top Hardwood Box, circa 1880
Located in Lisse, NL
If you are looking for a truly beautiful box for yourself or maybe as a gift for that special someone in your life then this rare and all handcrafted gem could be perfect.
An excep...
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Late 19th Century European Dutch Colonial Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Leaf
Round Leaf Design Box, Black Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition, in Stock
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Round leaf design box
Black lacquer
Hand-carved
Wood base
Limited edition
In stock.
Lacquer is a technique that dates back to the Shang dynasty, circa 1600-1100 B.C. These pieces ar...
Category
2010s Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Pill Box Round, domed in Silver Sterling Enamel on a guilloche pattern Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Giorgio Salimbeni Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Pill Box with Miniature by Renato Buccioni, Florence, 1978
Exquisite round, domed pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver, gold...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Egg style Faberge Savoia blue Enamel Small Size Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché, Russian Empire style inspired by the eggs of Carl Fabergé, late 19th century, early 20th...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Birds Eye Maple Carved Box with Lid, American Studio Craft
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage large decorative box with sliding lid features handcrafted heart shaped form, carved of solid Birds Eye Maple wood. The fine wood texture is emphasized by the semi-matte tun...
Category
20th Century Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birdseye Maple, Maple
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Carved Zebra Wood Box, American Craft Movement
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage small decorative trinket box with pull-out drawer compartment features handcrafted sculptural form, carved of solid Zebra wood. The fine wood texture is emphasized by the gra...
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20th Century American Organic Modern Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Zebra Wood, Wood
$208 Sale Price
20% Off
Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and below, with hand painted horse head. Dimensions cm. 5.2 x 5.2 x 2.3. Weight gr. 117. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1966 on the inspiration of previous artefacts made in the English Art Nouveau style of the early 1900s and manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters in Florence in numerous specimens also with different subjects, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a slab of high thickness suitable for supporting numerous enamelled firings 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 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...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Claro Walnut Carved Lidded Box, American Art Studio Craft
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage large decorative box with sliding lid features handcrafted Modernist form, carved of Claro walnut wood, the wildly-colored and highly-figured type of walnut. The fine wood te...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
$416 Sale Price
38% Off
19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Teak Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Sewing Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Sewing Box.
Made in Bombay, India, circa 1880.
The box is made of sandalwood with highly carved raised teak wood panels on all sides, depicting temple scenes, animals and foliage.
The box is in a sarcophagus form.
It is edged in bone (and we can tell it is bone and not ivory, from the color and evidence of capillaries, which are not found in ivory), and banded with Bombay Sadeli mosaic and ebony veneer.
The lid opens to reveal a removable tray with various open compartments and lidded compartments. 5 lidded compartments, 1 unlidded compartment and 8 holders for thimbles, etc
The tray lifts to reveal a blue velvet (original) lined section, for storing jewelry etc, with sections for collars etc.
The inside of the lid has a removable mirror (the mirror is missing on this one but can easily be replaced). Behind the mirror is the original green velvet lining.
It has its original brass carry handles on the sides and sits on 4 silvered button feet (of recent origin).
Some repairs to the exterior and condition issues (priced accordingly), but still a LOVELY COLLECTIBLE box!
These boxes were made by superb Indian craftsmen, specifically for sale to the ruling British elite. These types of boxes, carved padouk and sandalwood, (whilst beautiful and superbly crafted) were of a lesser quality, than the more profusely and intricately mosaic inlay, tortoiseshell and ivory boxes, made for the British ‘Upper Classes’ in the areas of Bombay and Vizagapatam. These type of boxes were much more affordable back in 1880 (and indeed today) and would probably have been bought by mid-level diplomats, civil servants or visitors.
Sewing boxes (in general), were in EVERY Victorian home in Britain in the 19th century and like other boxes etc were ‘status symbols’ of your place in society! The more ornate the box, the more ‘Upper Class’ you were!
SADELI MOSAIC: “Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before the Anglo Indian boxes were made. It was a technique, which required a high degree of skill and patience. It was executed very lavishly, in that the frequent cuts wasted a great amount of the precious materials used. The workmanship was however more than commensurable to the value of the materials.
Ivory, silver, pewter (or other metals), wood and Horn were cut into faceted rods which were bound together to form geometric patterns. When the glue has set, the rods were sliced in transverse sections. This gave the maker a number of angled circular pieces in the original pattern. Several variations of patterns could be achieved by combining the materials in different ways. The ivory was sometimes dyed green to give an extra color.
The mosaic pieces in a combination of patterns, often separated by ivory, ebony, Horn or silver stringing were used to veneer sandalwood boxes. In the early boxes, which date from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century, there are large panels of mosaic covering tops and sides of boxes. It took incredible skill to cover such large areas without any shakes or wavering of the pattern. The corners and joins on these boxes are impeccably matched.
The makers (reputed to be Persian) of Sadeli mosaic made in the first two decades of the 19th century displayed a total understanding of the qualities of the different materials they used. They combined substances, which can expand and contract according to atmospheric conditions with others, which are hard and unyielding. The result was a sharp definition of the lines and patterns, which made up the whole design.
On the early boxes the designs look deceptively simple. The fact is, they emerged from a culture, which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity is not immediately apparent.
The earliest Sadeli boxes...
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Sandalwood, Teak
19th Century Italian Carved Wood Lion Box
Located in Houston, TX
19th Century Italian carved walnut document lion box.
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Folk Art Box With Inlaid Hearts
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century American folk art box with decorated with inlaid hearts, diamonds, triangles and shields. Possibly sailor made, this sweet little box was likely a valentine or keepsake ...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
21st Century clear crystal silver bronze decorative box-
Located in Calenzano, FI
21st century, clear hand-carved crystal, chromed bronze box with intricate detailing and a bold geometric style. The domed lid features a radiant sunburst pattern, topped with a uni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Wooden Satchel Box Maria Handpainted from 1803 Germany
Located in Hannover, DE
Here you can see a very rare and early wooden satchel from the beginning of the 19th century. An exceptionally decorative object of this period, made with craftsmanship precision and...
Category
Early 1800s French Regency Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bentwood, Paint
Antique Georgian Regency Japanned Chinoiserie Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Rare Magnolia Yellow Lacquer
From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Regency Japanned Chinoiserie Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of rectangular form with Chinoise...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
18th Century Swedish genuine country Folk Art box with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
A very beautiful folk Art box from Burträsk ,Västerbotten Northern Sweden.
A very decorative original painting that is typical of that region.
Nice salmon pink original painting ins...
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1890s Swedish Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
French Silver Mounted Mother of Pearl Engraved Box, circa 1800
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and fine antique French silver mounted mother of pearl box and with an exquisitely carved ducal with a maiden holding a coronet, elaborate monogram and a rod of Caduce...
Category
1790s French Napoleon III Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Vintage Handcrafted and Carved Wood Box House Motif, Trinket Box, Keepsake Box
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage handmade beautifully carved wooden trinket box, jewelry box or keepsake box.
Depicting a village scene with Houses & Palm Trees.
Folk Art ...
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Mid-20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Antique African Moroccan Tribal Wood Flask 19th C.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique North African Moroccan tribal wood flask.
Rare late 19th century powder flask box from the Rif, Northern Morocco with a drum-shaped body hand carved wood with ethnic motifs, nice geometric carvings and very fine patina.
Collector large carved wooden vessel with brass embossed in the shape of a turtle with a long neck.
Dimensions: 11"L x 3" H x 5" diameter.
Designed with practicality in mind, this flask features two robust metal rings on the side, perfect for securely attaching it to a belt or satchel, making it an ideal companion for hunting. The upper, narrower section includes a precisely drilled hole, providing easy access to the powder inside, underscoring the flask's functional yet artistic design.
This wood gunpowder flask...
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Late 19th Century Moroccan Folk Art Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Painted Leather Jewelry Box
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French painted leather jewelry box with an inset brass handle custom monogrammed “EU, January, 24, 1898”. Inside you’ll find the box is fitted for st...
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19th Century French Other Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paint
Chinese Decorative or Jewelry Box, in Carved Wood, Trees and Birds Decor, China
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
It is a carved wooden box, brown and black. One part is hand carved, the other Painted lacquered. It was made in China during the 1930s and 1940s, so it is from the Republic period.
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1930s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$237 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century American Rosewood Box With Fruit Wood Star Inlay, Fun Interior
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautifully made hand carved rosewood and fruit wood box with heart shaped bone escutcheon.The whimsical interior lined with paper carpet pattern from...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Fruitwood, Rosewood
Set Tronador Mini Boxes, Cream Onyx Stone and Silver Alpaca
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Dimensions :
3.1 x 3.1 x 3.9 "
3.9 x 3.9 x 3.2"
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a...
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2010s Argentine Modern Hand-Carved Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx
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