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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Japanese Komai Style Damascene Box Ashizuki
Located in Newark, England
A fine Japanese Meiji period box in the Komai style. The box of deep rectangular shape with hinged lid worked beautifully with gold and silve...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold, Silver
Georgian Rosewood Oblong Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive, good quality, late 18th century rosewood oblong shaped tea caddy having satinwood strung mouldings and original brass hinges, with working lock and key.
Constru...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Black, Grey and Cream Horn and Bone Geometric Inlay Box
Located in New York, NY
Black, grey and cream horn and bone geometric inlay box. Handsome hand-crafted geometric inlay box great reminiscent of Roman marble work; perfect ...
Category
20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Horn
Antique English Blonde Tortoiseshell Hinged Card Holder
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Antique English blonde tortoiseshell card holder with locking hinge.
Please view all photographs for damage.
Category
19th Century Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
1960s Italian Grand Tour Style Leather & Burlwood Column Motif Pen Stand/Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
1960s Italian Grand Tour Style Leather & Burlwood Column Motif Pen Stand/Box
Italy, 1960s
This Italian Grand Tour style pen stand/box from the 1960s is a unique and beautifully craf...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Burl
Italian Blue and White Alabaster Marble Round Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful small Italian blue, white and black alabaster marble round jewelry or trinket box, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Alabaster marble is a combination of blue hues with touc...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Marble, Metal
Venezia Laguna Sc2 Pen Box
By Morici
Located in Recanati, IT
A splendid piece of functional decor fit for a private office or studio, this pen case is distinguished by an exquisite handmade inlay work of a series of colorful rectangles of mode...
Category
2010s Italian Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Repousse Brass Clad Coal Bin on Casters with Hunt Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in France, circa 1870, the antique brass coffer is mounted on a wooden frame, and stands on caster wheels. The slant top opens up with stopping chain revealing inside storage...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Coppia di scatole "CIRCO"
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Coppia di scatole in ottone massiccio, esternamente ed internamente patinate e sul fondo è posizionato un disco di specchio.
Il coperchio circolare della scatola è di cristallo di a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Meiji-Era Silver Box with Iris Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Japanese silver box, ca 1890. Rectangular with straight sides and hinged cover. On cover top and box sides are chased and engraved iris flowers and tendril...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
18th Century Swedish Marriage Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine 18th century Swedish painted oval pantry box made to celebrate a wedding, depicting a loving couple in their period finery, surrounded by border of fruits and flowers, the ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Beech, Paint
Sophie Buhai Black Onyx Coquille Handcrafted Stone Box, USA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sophie Buhai black onyx coquille handcrafted stone box, USA.
Black Coquille Box. Handcrafted graphic onyx box in black. Measures: H1 x D4.5 in
Made in United States.
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Founded in 2015, the Sophie Buhai brand offers heirloom-quality modernist jewelry and accessories, designed for everyday wear, that transcend generations and trends. The collections express a distinct visual language, melding elements of minimalism and surrealism with a thoughtful sense of proportion and scale.
The brand debuted with an emphasis on contemporary interpretations of the modernist sterling silver jewelry...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx
A mahogany strong box made for the Ovenden Female Society, Instituted May 1809
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A mahogany strong box made for the Ovenden Female Society, Instituted May 1809, of deep rectangular form with a hinged lid, three brass locks, brass carrying handles and an applied b...
Category
Early 1800s English Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Antique Oak Briefnbox/Casket, Germany
Located in Berlin, DE
19th Century Antique Oak Briefnbox/Casket, Germany
Rectangular solid oak body with fittings. The box is relatively large and wide and offers a lot of space. The box can be used in m...
Category
19th Century German Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Hollywood regency white ceramic bucket, Italy, ca. 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Hollywood regency white ceramic bucket
Italy, ca. 1970
Brass, ceramic
Label on the top
H 38.5 x diam. 37.5 cm
Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Japanese Cloisonne Box, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine and intricately decorated Japanese cloisonné box and cover, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan.
The lidded trinket or jewelry...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, 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
Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Maitland Smith Inlaid Aces High 4 of a Kind Stone Poker Game Keepsake Box 15"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Maitland Smith trinket / keepsake / jewelry box / casket, crafted of mahogany with inlaid marble / stone details including the four playing card suits along each side and an ...
Category
Late 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Marble
Game Box, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Game box, 19th century.
Napoleon III period game box, 19th century in precious wood marquetry.
Measures: H: 5 cm, W: 22 cm, D: 13 cm.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Bronze Hinged Box with Face Signed and Dated
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous bronze heavy hinged box is signed and dated MIrko 1990. There is a dimensional, textural and theatrical face on the right hand side. Artist signed. It has been professi...
Category
1990s American Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Italian Voting Box Tuscan Confraternity Carved Barrel Ballot Box
Located in Milan, IT
19th century Italian Confraternity Voting Urn of Tuscan origin realized with turned and carved poplar wood. The barrel-shaped central body, in which hands were inserted to insert the ballot ball into one of the two holes connected to the small drawer below, where on the front we find the inscription YES and NO related to voting, SI and NO, in order to distinguish for and against votes on paper, then collected in two separate small drawers, just below. Standing on four curly feet, it has a beautiful curved handle and carved parts at both ends, highlighted by ebonized details.
In a fraternity, this ballot box was used to collegially adjudicate community choices. In good age related condition, with sogns of wear and use. This antique Italian ballot wooden box, carved and painted, coming from Tuscany, in Central Italy. This ballot urn is an excellent example of a 19th century wooden voting box...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Poplar
Onyx Box, Decorative, or Jewelry Box Green, Made in Italy, circa 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Box in onyx, in a Green color. It is a decorative or jewelry box, made in Italy, circa 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Beautiful Jewelery Box in Red Leather from the Early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful Jewelery Box in red leather with an embossed check pattern. Details in nickel and with working lock and key. Probably made in England duri...
Category
Early 20th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Nickel
Porcelain Peint Main Carousel Trinket Box by Limoges
By Limoges
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful porcelain peint main (hand painted) carousel trinket box by Limoges, circa 1970s. This unusual piece is in very good vintage condition and measure...
Category
20th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Scatola "ORATA"
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Scatola "ORATA"
Scatola realizzata a mano in Italia firmata con logo R.G.RIDA , costruita in ottone lucidato e protetto con vernice trasparente , essa è costituita da due sezioni a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Steel
Rajasthani Mughal Decorative Copper Lidded Betel Spice Pandan Caddy Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Rajasthani Mughal Decorative Copper Lidded Betel Spice Pandan Caddy Box.
Handcrafted decorative North India round metal Asian copper Mughal Raj, Indian lidded , spice, pandan betel box with latch and a top handle.
Of dome form with lotus-shaped finial, with spiralling bosse designs,
Delicately and intricately hand-chased and hammered with geometric Anglo-Indian designs.
Consuming betel leaves with several ingredients such as wet lime paste, katechu, areca nut, cloves and even tobacco leaves has been popular in India from the fourth century AD.
The box was probably used to store the betel leaf used in the preparation of paan. Lime paste is mixed with grated areca nut and flavourings and the resulting mixture is rolled in the betel leaf to form a small parcel which can then be chewed. As well as being an integral part of Indian hospitality paan is believed to possess medicinal properties and was also taken as an aphrodisiac. The present box, which was elaborately designed for this purpose, would have been taken out ceremoniously on special occasions.
Exquisite conversation museum quality piece with a very nice antique patina.
Fine intricate artwork with conical form lid with Moorish pierced designs.
Islamic Mughal Indo Persian...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Art Déco Decorative Wooden Box
Located in Beirut, LB
Mid-20th Century wooden box straight from the Art Déco period and made originally in Europe, in France. The technique used is marquetry with polychrome inlays of different woods like...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Satinwood, Rosewood, Nutwood, Fruitwood
Late 18th Century Chinese Export leather covered wood trunk
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A late 18th century Chinese export leather covered wood trunk circa 1780. 8.5” H. x 23.5” W. x 16” D.
Category
18th Century Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
A Regency Mahogany Wine Cooler
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A good carved example of a Regency mahogany wine cooler of sarcophagus design with carved paw feet and flame veneers, in the manner of Thomas Hope.
...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Historicism Jewelry Box, Walnut with Inlays, Germany, 19th Century
Located in Regensburg, DE
Historicism jewelry box, walnut with inlays, Germany, 19th century
Walnut inlaid with various colored woods, including maple, plum, ebony and stone. Working old lock. Restored and s...
Category
Late 19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique Southeast Asian Filipino Maranao Silver Inlaid Brass Betel Nut Box
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce fine quality antique silver-inlaid solid brass betel nut box (Lutuan), dating to the second half of the 19th / early 20th century, hand-crafted in Mindanao, Philippines.
Boxes such as this were used to store the areca nut (also known as the betel nut) which would be wrapped in a betel leaf with lime paste and other ingredients, often tobacco, for chewing. Similar to the European tea caddy, these boxes often served as a way to impress while showing off ones wealth.
Betel chewing was prevalent in the southern Philippines as in much of the rest of Southeast Asia. Wealthier Maranao families on Mindanao were able to afford elaborate silver-inlaid brass betel boxes such as this example. Such boxes were used to show off to guests and from which they were offered betel and the other component such as leaves and lime to make up the betel quid.
Rare large size, most extant examples of such boxes tend to measure around 5 inches in length. At slightly more than 7.75 inches the example here is larger than most.
The distinctive decorative box features a very heavy strong-box like rectangular shaped chest form with canted corners, copper handles, and a conforming hinged lid, lifting open to reveal an interior divided into three compartments covered by four hinged lids. Each of these doors is inlaid with silver in stylized orchid flower patterns.
Exceptionally executed throughout, the arabesque silver inlaid exterior is decorated to the top with a large orchid motif within scrolling obid-obid (stylized rope) borders. The front, back and sides are inlaid with sets of stylized tail feathers of the sari-manok bird beneath which are unusual, highly stylized whimsical zoomorphic faces that appear like cat or tiger faces. (Such stylisation is accounted for by Southeast Asian Islamic preferences to avoid the overt and this potentially idolatrous representation of animal and human forms. Designs such as these are drawn from a local design repertoire that has its origins in wood carving.
Although the spread of Islam in the Philippines began in the 14th century, mostly through the influence of Muslim merchants from the western Malay Archipelago, decorative arts in this design remain exceptionally rare. This lutuan represents a fine example of Islamic metalwork from the most eastern outreach of Islamic art and civilisation: Mindanao island being significantly further east than even China – artwork from Islamic Southeast Asia remains chronically under-represented in the world’s major collections of Islamic art.
PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Austin Auction Gallery, established 1983, Austin, Texas.
References
Brownrigg, H., Betel Cutters...
Category
19th Century Philippine Islamic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper
Vintage Italian Raymor Ceramic Lidded Flower Box Turquoise and White
By Raymor
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely vintage Italian hallmarked lidded ceramic flower box by Raymor is from the 60's. The colors are turquoise, white with outlines of gray charcoal. The hallmarks read 03529 ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Bohemian Crystal Box, 19th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bohemian crystal box, 19th century
Bohemian crystal box, white and gold enameled, circa 1880, Napoleon III period, mounted with gilt brass.
Meas...
Category
Late 19th Century European Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Antique Regency Inlaid Rosewood Silver Perfume Bottle Box Dressing Set 1824
Located in Portland, OR
A fine quality and handsome George IV/Regency inlaid rosewood dressing box, with the original sterling silver and glass fitted contents, London, 1824.
The box having a lift-up hinged lid, finely inlaid with brass and bone marquetry of floral garlands & swags, the front having twin locking doors with corresponding inlay. Both the top, base and door panels have 'Dutch Ripple' molding and at each corner a hand-turned 'Barley Twist' column, both to the front and rear.
The interior of the box also having inlaid satinwood stringing and three fitted compartments each with an etched crystal container...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Silver
Ottavia Box in Pebbled Leather with Lid in Corno Italiano, Mod. 4467
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Sporting a design that transcends trends and times, our Ottavia box is made to be passed down over generations. Covered in an elegant Aida pebbled leather, Onyx color, this box is di...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Snuff Box round in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature, surrounded by a frame with leaves on a blue bac...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Late 19th Century Large Walnut Carved Desk Letter/Stationery Rack
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A large antique letter rack, made of carved wood. The wickerwork is also made of carved wood. With three compartments. Made in France around 1890-1...
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1890s French Regency Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique Butler's Silver Carry, English Work Box, Cutlery Tray, Victorian, C.1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique butler's silver carry. An English, walnut work box or cutlery tray, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Fine Victorian work box with great colour acr...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Wonderful Mid-Century Modern Baccarat Crystal Glass Bronze Ormolu Casket Box
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful Mid-Century Modern Baccarat Style Crystal / Glass With Bronze Ormolu Mount Casket Box.
Category
20th Century French Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
1920s Belgian Dusty Blue Hinged Crates
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1920s Belgian Dusty Blue Hinged Crates
1920s Belgian Dusty Blue Hinged Crates. Highly unusual and early crates from the 1920s. With a hinged lid they were undoubtedly made as a ship...
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1920s Belgian Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Brass Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A wonderfully design in this decorative 1970s Italian brass storage box. Hinged top and clasp front closure. The interior depth is two and one half inches.
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1970s Italian Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Blue Lapis Lazuli and Marble Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Beautiful blue Lapis Lazuli and Carrara marble stone jewelry box. Created from genuine blue Lapis Lazuli, this box is low in profile and rectangular in form. This lovely jewelry or trinket box features a lid that fits onto its base. Both of which are completely covered in this beautiful blue stone.
The interior of the box's base and lid, are created using Carrara marble. The lid features stays, which retrofit into the base, and allow the top to hold to the base without sliding or moving.
The exterior is flanked with the gorgeous richly hued blue lapis lazuli.
How we would style it:
This blue stone box...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Marble
Rare Antique French 19th Century Gothic Revival Neo-Gothic Jewelry Box Church
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exquisite & rare ! This French 19th century Gothic Revival Jewelry box in carved walnut.
Amazing craftsmanship and richly decorated with Gothic style carvings on all sides.
Each ...
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Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Regency Burr Yew Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Delightful Early 19th Century, Regency Period, Burr Yew Wood Tea Caddy Of Sarcophagus Form Having Boxwood Strung Decoration, Original Ormolu Handles To Side...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Yew
Antique Dome Top Calling Card Box, English, Walnut, Brass, Desk Tidy, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique dome top calling card box. An English, walnut and brass bound desktop tidy, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
B...
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Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mithé Espelt Box, circa 1960, France
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Girona, Spain
Mithé Espelt box.
Glazed embossed earthenware.
Crackled gold and crystallized blue glass.
Original felt.
Circa 1960, France.
Very good vintage co...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Glass, Wood
Late 19th Century Collar Box, Leather and Silver Plated Metal, Silk Lined
Located in Knivsta, SE
Burgundy Leather Collar Box with smaller Silver Plated Cufflink Box on top, used for detachable collars, 1890. Additional storage on top, for cufflinks, shirt buttons and miscellaneo...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Repoussé Regal Reliquary by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Steel
Vintage Carved Keepsake Case, Chinese, Satinwood, Decorative Box, Circa 1950
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage carved keepsake case. A Chinese, satinwood decorative box, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950.
Profusely carved throughout with an abundance of Oriental cr...
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1950s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
Christian Dior Paris Silver Plate Box with Quartz Stone Finial, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This beautiful modernist silver plate decorative box was crafted for the renowned Christian Dior House for his Home Collection. It features an elegant minimalist round shape with a lid ornate with a large quartz stone...
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1970s French Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Quartz, Metal, Silver Plate
Vintage Wooden Box, Suitcase, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
In fair condition
new painted
only for decoration
have damages and scratches.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
French Antique Leather Traveling Trunk
Located in Austin, TX
Traveling trunk, French, made with a patinated leather. This piece features three brass locks and beautiful detailing.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Modern Egg Shaped Box Made by Lalique France, Boîte Angelots
By Lalique
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful crystal box, shaped like an egg, made by the French maker Lalique. Beautifully decorated with a decoration of angels, satin-finished crystal. The original name of this bo...
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
1900s Antique Victorian Leather Hat Box Baggage S Moss Toronto
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1900s Antique Victorian Leather Hat Box Baggage S Moss Toronto
13.5 w x 13 d x 9.5 h
Stamps present.
Fabulous distress
Unrestored original vintage condition.
Refer to all images prov...
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Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Contemporary American Modern Large Seashell Box
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American Modern rectangular box, with an applied seashell veneer and green, teal and blue patterned interior.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Coral
Middle Eastern Mosaic Moorish Mother of Pearl Inlaid Trinket Box
By Mamluke
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted marquetry Moorish wood inlay micro mosaic inlaid with mother of pearl.
Handcrafted khatam wooden box with very delicate micro mosaic marquetry from the ancient Persian t...
Category
20th Century Lebanese Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
1960s Italian Leather Book Motif Trash Can
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Italian leather trash can made with book bindings.
Category
1960s Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Antique Limoges Porcelain Jewelry Box or Lidded Candy Dish
By Limoges
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful Limoges porcelain hand crafted and hand painted gold trimmed trinket, jewelry box or lidded candy dish, circa 1930.
Marked, see photos.
...
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Early 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique, New and Vintage Decorative Boxes
Antique, vintage and new decorative boxes will safely store items while adding a splash of color or texture to a corner in any room. They have had a range of purposes over the years — from trinkets to serving as useful receptacles, such as snuff boxes, jewelry boxes and more. Boxes have also been designed in a range of forms and styles.
Box making is a craft dating back thousands of years. Early boxes as decorative objects were regularly designed and decorated both inside and out, ranging from minimal looks to more flashy styles. Decorative boxes have been constructed from different materials, with wood and metal being the most common. Wood is widely available and versatile, with woodworkers able to carve complex designs or showcase its natural grain.
Some antique jewelry boxes were made with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory and even porcupine quills, such as those created by the Anishinabe in Canada and the United States. In Sri Lanka, well-crafted boxes were inlaid with porcupine quills and ivory discs between ebony bands. Chinese sewing boxes and tea boxes made of black lacquer were popular in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These often featured gold-painted designs or landscape scenes. Silk, paper and velvet frequently enhanced these boxes’ interiors.
Any style of decorative box can be a nice tabletop or desktop decor, whether to hold candy or tea in the living room or paper, pencils and other business supplies in the office. They can also act as jewelry boxes. Sewing boxes can be a lovely touch to any space while storing magazines or other trinkets.
You can find metal, wood and silver antique boxes on 1stDibs. The collection includes mid-century modern, Victorian and Art Deco styles that can add elegance to any home.
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