Decorative Boxes on Sale

An Edwardian card's case with round clock. This is a very unusual antique rectangular case to store presentation cards. This box is dated back to the 1900's and was masterfully craf...

Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...

Hinged Sterling Silver Box. The box is embossed and chiselled with diagonal lines, leaving the central part smooth and shiny to interpose a different space between the workings. The ...

A 19th century Chinese chinoiserie gilt painted box. Lacquer work box of very high quality. Beautifully painted.  

Elegant rare beautiful box by Maitland Smith in tessellated stone with brass accents. circa 1970s, great original condition beautiful mahogany inlaid.

Description: Oval-shaped silver pill box with embossed plant motifs on the removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Mexican. Brand: Absent. Weight: 22.19 grams. Dimensions: 3.7x1cm. Con...

Decorative box made of black sea shell and brass, designed into an organic shape. The inside is finished in palm wood. We have one box in stock.

Antique 1920s Durham Duplex straight razor and shoe horn French ivory celluloid. Shaver measures 1" high x 6" wide x 2" deep. Shoe horn measures 7...

The Following Item we are offering is a Magnificent Rare Jewelry Casket Box Sevres Porcelain with Gilt Bronze Mounting. Center of Box Top is Finely Detailed with a Beautiful Portrait...

A fine quality brass and copper coal hod. Classical design, English, late 19th century. Original lift-out handled liner. Associated shovel. The repouss...

Bitossi box, ceramic, yellow and orange, geometric, signed. Small scale box from Aldo Londi's "Torcello" series, with an orange bottom and yellow l...

Antique carved wood painted box featuring two lions. This rectangular box features a hinged lid made of iron. The box is perfect for collectables as well as securing important docume...

Very large and impressive 19th century Italian Walnut Chest with Pietra Dura Plaques. The plaques are possibly earlier than the box.

Sevres porcelain romantic scene box napoleon III style Origin france hand painted 19th century circa 1890 with no stamp perfect condition.

Pair of antique leather suitcases in great condition- probably they were used just for storage and nog for travel, - that’s why the handles are missing. Great decorative and storage ...

This Art Deco porcelain powder box, known as “Madame Pompadour,” was produced in 1929 by Schumann Arzberg in Bavaria, Germany, for Golden Cro...

Lovely antique Victorian rosewood storage box, having a quality rosewood box of Sarcophagus shape, with a lift up lid opening to reveal a st...

Vintage Desk Box - Decorative Box Set - Fine Brass and wood Case Vintage decorative box set in metal and brass with internals made with wood perfec...

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...

DECORATIVE BOX 01 Inlay scheme: Weave Colour scheme: B&W Available in individuals colors MATERIALS: MDF, painted rye straw, brass. DIMENSIONS (cm):20x20x10,5. Packaging dimensions (c...

European 19th Century Wooden Carved Painted Display Cabinet featuring a mirror glass locking door. This versatile piece could be used to store jewelry or collectables. We also see th...

Beautiful mid-century box made in Italy in the late 1970s. This brass jewellery or make-up box is covered by leopard fur, with burlwood veneer inside. The mix of brass and leopard fu...

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 ...

Leather trunk Spanish, 17th century Boiled Leather, wood and iron Measures: 22 x 53 x 32 cm. Provenance : - collection Metz-Noblat, Château de Clevant, France Rectangular trunk of the form and size of a small suitcase with wrought iron hinges and lock-plate. Wood, covered with leather, cut and embossed with every surface of the thick cow hide covered in interlace, zoomorphic features. The construction method is boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation cuir-bouilli: a process used to change flexible, vegetable-tanned leather into rigid, moulded objects. For shaping of the vegetable-tanned leather, heat and moisture were used, as indicated by the term boiled leather. No written medieval sources describing the production of decorated cuir bouilli objects survive, so knowledge of the process relies on the important studies of the Scottish leather historian John William Waterer. A large range of methods, materials and techniques could be used in various combinations. The vegetable-tanned leather, made supple with moisture and heat, was stuffed, shaped and nailed to the rigid wooden coffer support. The stuffing material was probably modeled beeswax or stearin wax. To shape the leather, to create its topography, « Cushions » were made by lacing a thread through an awl hole and attaching the flexible leather and stuffing to the rigid wooden support on the bottom. Then the decoration was done: lines were incised through the upper layer of the leather (epidermis) with different thicknesses of knives or needles. Contours were created with deep v-shaped cuts, decoration with thin incision and final details with a needle point. For the incision and pouncing stage, the leather was probably kept heated and moistened for suppleness. Once dry, the leather would be hard and rigid. the saturated leather is worked over a form, possibly even damp sand, with the pattern shaped using bone or wooden tools. Compare to metal, leather was lighter and it offered protection from cuts and punctures. Cuir bouilli objects were produced by specialist leather workers and needed skillful craftsmanship. The surface is filled with roundels shaped foliages enclosing animals, lions and peacocks. The foliate arabesques creating a vegetal connection tweet the animals create the impression of a lush verdant space . The vegetal pattern here employed in combination with geometrical pattern came from the pre-islamic artistic traditions of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires. An aspect of Islamic geometry Is the basic symmetrical repetition and mirroring of the shapes that create a sense of harmony. The decoration of this truck is inspired by the islamic « arabesque » a form of vegetal ornament composed of spirals, intertwining plants and abstract curvilinear motifs. An arabesque character is given to the birds of the decorations through extreme stylisation. This arabesque maintained the classical tradition of median symmetry, freedom in Detail and heterogeneity of ornament. The presence of the peacocks is a paradisiacal allusion: in popular Islamic literature they were among the original inhabitants of the garden of Paradise expelled with Adam and Eve. Peacock as a decorative motif may have originated in the West, despite their eastern provenance. There was an ancient belief that the flesh and feathers of peacock do not decay. This led to the peacock becoming a christian symbol for Christ’s resurrection. Renowned for their decorative wall hangings, seventeenth-century Spanish leatherworkers also produced utilitarian objects, such as this trunk. A similar trunk is on display at the Metropolitan museum of art ( 09.158.1). Related literature : Davies L. 2006. Cuir bouilli. Conservation of leather and related materials, 94-102, Oxford: elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Grabar, Oleg. The Mediation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992 Gabriela Germana Roquez, "El mueble en el Peru en el siglo XVIII...

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...

Limoges France Hand-Painted Porcelain Floral Jewelry Trinket Box, Antique French Limoges Hand-Painted Porcelain Jewelry or Trinket Box with Floral Design A charming French Limoges p...

A sleek and refined cigarette case crafted in solid silver, realized in the 1960s, showcasing a smooth polished surface with softly rounded edges and a minimalist aesthetic. The rec...

19th century brass plate foot warmer on wooden legs, French. Circular with reticulated sides and cover. Provenance: Cinnamon Hill Antiques, Na...

Campaign Box Carved Gentleman's British Army WW2 Regimental Arms Beautifully stylized and masterfully carved wooden box of floral and fruit foliage bas-rel...

A pair of vintage lucite and silver-plate lidded boxes. The boxes were designed by Gabriella Crespi in the 1970's and made in Italy. The small box is approximately 3 1/4 inches tall ...

Napoleon III card holder (card fray) Gilt bronze and enamel Origin France Circa 1900 Gilt bronze and Cloissone enamel with hand-painted Sevres porcelain plate signed by E. Horche Per...

Beautifully crafted Biedermeier pencil box from Germany mid - late 19th century. The casket is leather wrapped, embossed and has a push button closure. From the inside the box is lac...

Description: Circular silver box with reliefs on the removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali ITítulo. Weight: 274.31 grams. Dimensions: 10cmx6cm. Content: 916...

Lovely quality antique Victorian rosewood vanity box, having a quality antique Victorian rosewood vanity box with a hinged cover with mother of pearl cartouche, opening to reveal a p...

French brown hat box for cylinders, early 19th century. Rare old leather hat box for top hats. This old hat box in the shape of a cylinder is an original fro...

Meissen Gilt-Metal Mounted Etui / Bodkin Case, circa 1755, cylindrical case painted with floral trails between blue-scale borders, the ends painted with pe...

Dutch repousse trinket box in sterling silver. A highly decorated presentation oval trinket box, made in northern Europe Netherlands, in 1872. Crafted in solid repousse .875/.999 ...

Description: Five-piece silver sewing set in original case. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II. Title: Weight: 146.16g Gross Weight (Set of five pieces). Dimensions:...

Description: Silver box with concentric circles revealed on the removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 210.19 grams. Dimensions: 12cmx5cm. ...

Description: Silver and gold vinaigrette box with George III period engraving on the lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 9.62 grams. Dimensions: 2.5x2cm. ...

Description: Silver toiletry box with heart-shaped guilloche bands, monogram card and powder puff interior with pompom. Metal: Silver. Origin: American. Brand: VOLUPTE. Weight: 138.6...

Description: Oval-shaped silver and gold vinaigrette box with George III period engraving on the lid. Metal: Silver - Gold. Origin: English. Brand: London. Weight: 14.98 grams. Dimen...

Description: Silver box with an elliptical shape and engraved floral motifs, framed enamel on the lid and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Eagle's Head. Weigh...

Description: Silver and gold vinaigrette box with engravings and friezes from the George III period. Metal: Silver - Gold. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 14.48 grams. Di...

Description: Silver vinaigrette box in the shape of a suitcase with engravings on the lid from the George V period. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 11.06 g...

Description: Silver pill box in the shape of a guilloche shell with a monogrammed blister and a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 34.61 grams. Dimens...

Description: Circular silver box with oriental-style enameled reliefs and a Buddhist temple. Metal: Silver. Origin: Asian. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 291.15 grams. Dimensions: 11.2x6.4c...

Description: Silver box with plant elements revealed with a dove of peace, removable lid knob and resting on three feet. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 386....

Description: Filigree silver cartoneira with removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Auaente. Weight: 44.10 grams. Dimensions: 10x6cm. Content: 833/1000. Assay Mark:...

Description: Guilloche silver toiletry box with gold trim, interior mirror and lipstick holder. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 194.64 gr. Dimensions: 8.5x...

Description: Pin box with vanity mirror, raised floral motifs and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 39.71 grams. Dimensions: 3.8x1.8cm. Conten...

Description: Silver box for pins and needles with marigolds in relief on the removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II Title. Weight: 88.33 grams. Dimensions...

Description: Playing card box in rosewood with silver applications and three compartments inside. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 1074.16g. Dimensi...

Description: Wooden tie box with cut-out silver "Ties" applications on the hinged lid and surrounding floral motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II Title. Weight...

Description: Gold tortoiseshell toiletry box with antique lady on the removable lid. Metal: Gold. Origin: French. Brand: Absent. Weight: 78.42 grams. Dimensions: 7.6x3.1cm. Content: ...

Description: Gold toiletry box on tortoiseshell with monogram on the removable lid. Metal: Gold. Origin: French. Brand: Absent. Weight: 50.76 grams. Dimensions: 6x2.4cm. Content: 750...

Description: Fluted gold and silver toiletry box, flower and blue crystals on the lid with mirror inside. Metal: Gold and Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Cisne. Weight: 142.65 grams. ...

Description: Silver lady's pin box with reliefs on both sides and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Danish. Brand: Holbaek. Weight: 58.84 grams. Dimensions: 8.8x2.7cm. Content: 9...

Description: Brushed silver toiletry box with engraved floral motifs, mirror inside and bands throughout. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 140.45 grams. Dimen...

Description: Fluted silver toiletry box with gold band in the center, tilting lid with mirror inside and powder container. Metal: Gold - Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Unknown. Weigh...