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Material: Bone
1893 Silver And Tortoiseshell Heart Shaped Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Silver and Tortoiseshell jewellery box in the shape of a heart with floral decoration on the lid, silver laces linking the silver parts to th...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
A small oval tortoiseshell piqué patch pot
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small oval tortoiseshell piqué patch pot, the hinged lid with a beribboned garland of flowers round a blank escutcheon, raised on four ogee feet....
Category
Early 20th Century English Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
French 19th Century Louis XIV St. Boulle Boîte À Bijouax, Signed Tahan
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A spectacular and extremely high quality French 19th century Louis XIV st. Boulle Boîte à Bijoux, signed "Tahan - Fournisseur du Roi" (Royal cabinetmake...
Category
19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Burlwood Erotic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
There is much more to this exquisite Georgian snuffbox than meets the eye. Beautifully crafted of striking burlwood, this unassuming box features a lining of precious tortoiseshell and a false bottom, which, when gently unscrewed, reveals a miniature erotic painting of exceptional detail. Erotic antiques...
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Burl
Japan Carved Okimono Group Of A Goose and Its Seller, 1890 Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Japan, Meiji Period, a finely carved figurine with outstanding detail of a Goose and its Seller.
The man is carrying a goose on his right shoulder with a basket on the waist on the w...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Japanese Carved Netsuke A Goose Biting a Fish-Signed by Tomotada, Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Mixed Material Figure, A Goose Biting a Fish-Signed by Tomotada from the Meiji period. Ric.NA007
This item is 2" wide x 1" deep x 0.75" high in dimensio...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Japanese Carved Netsuke Mixed Material Figure, A Wise Man Holding a Trea, Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Mixed Material Figure, A Wise Man Holding a Treasure-Signed by Shozan from the Meiji period. Ric.NA006
A truly hand-carved ivory figure, A Wise Man Hold...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Japanese Carved Netsuke Mixed Material Figure Group, Signed by Tomoaki, Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese Carved Netsuke Mixed Material Figure Group, Signed by Tomoaki, Meiji period. Ric.NA005
A truly hand-carved ivory figure group, depicting a ghostbuster holding a sword, and ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Japanese Carved Netsuke Mixed Material Figure, Signed by Yoshitomo, Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Mixed Material Figure, Signed by Yoshitomo from the Meiji period. Ric.NA004
A truly hand-carved ivory figure, An old man holding a straw and soaking som...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Japan Carved Okimono Group Of Floral and stained Sculpture, 1890 Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Japan, Meiji Period, a finely carved floral and stained sculpture sits on a vase with outstanding detail in s supper elegant aperience.
This caving style was trendy in Japan in the M...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Japanese Carved Netsuke Mixed Material Figure, Signed by Matsuyoshi, Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Mixed Material Figure, Signed by Matsuyoshi, from the Meiji period. Ric.NA003
A truly hand-carved mixed material figure, A Wise Man Holding a Rope, shows...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Japanese carved and gilt decorated inro with coral Ojime Late Meiji Era
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese Carved And Gilt Decorated Inro with Coral Ojime Late Meiji Era
Presenting in Japanese carved and gilt decorated inro with coral Ojime depicting floral and beams and levy on...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Coral, Gold
Japan Carved Okimono Group Of A Fisherman and His Kid, 1890 Meiji, Signed
Located in Norton, MA
Japan, Meiji Period, a finely carved figurine with outstanding detail of a fisherman and his kid. The man has a peddle on his right and a fisher on his left hand. The kid also has a ...
Category
1880s Japanese Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
Japanese Carved Bone Pillbox Inro
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting an astonishing Japanese Antique Carved Bone Pillbox Inro, museum quality with the amazing carving skill depicting rats on the lid and body and the relief weaved basket pat...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Japanese a pair of finely carved cuff links with opposing faces
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese a pair of finely carved cuff links with opposing faces
Dimension: Size: 3cm
Condition: Excellent Condition, no damage.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
White And Tan Raised Pyramid Geometric Design Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian lidded bone box with white raised pyramid design.
Overall geometric pattern.
Added texture on border pieces.
Part of a large collection of boxes.
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Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
19th Century English Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English dresser box made from exquisitely grained rosewood. The box has wonderfully inlaid patterns on the top and front in ivory, along with the beaded ivory trim. Th...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
Oval box in ivory decorated with guinea fowl in the reeds.
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Oval box in ivory decorated with guinea fowl in the reeds.
Very detailed and realistic. Hand carved, highly skilled craftsmanship.
Category
1880s Chinese Other Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory
Shepherd Box, Carved Horn or Antler, Spain, 1822
Located in Madrid, ES
Shepherd box. Carved horn. Spain, 1822.
Rectangular box made of carved horn that has a date (1822) engraved on the lid and front, a legend (Soi de Manuel Zulueta year 1822) and an...
Category
1820s Neoclassical Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
Large Moorish Arabesque Inlaid Table Box
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning vintage Moorish arabesque inlaid table box, 20th century, high quality rectangular box with hinged lid, featuring contrasting mother of pearl, exotic hardwood, and bone ma...
Category
20th Century Moorish Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood, Ebony, Rosewood, Tulipwood
French Tortoise Shell Circular Box With Inlaid Silver Top Depicting Fox & Stork
Located in San Francisco, CA
French Tortoise Shell Circular Box With Inlaid Silver Top Depicting Fox & Stork
Category
18th Century Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
19th Century Chinoiserie Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a remarkable 19th century lacquered sewing box with multiple compartments on the interior.
The exterior is decorated in elaborate black and gilded motifs including flowers, f...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood, Lacquer
Marquetry Wood Box with Mosaic Bone Inlays, Middle East. c. 1970's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite handcrafted Khatam wood box with micro mosaic marquetry design, an Ancient Persian technique of inlaying. Moorish style box features geometric inlays of wood and bone. Art...
Category
1970s West Asian Moorish Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
1940s Mother of Pearl Inlaid Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 1940s Mosaic Mother of Pearl Inlaid Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Box.
Mosaic Luxury Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Vanity Box.
Middle Eastern Asian Mosaic Wood Box wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shell, Abalone, Fruitwood
19th Century Jewelry Box in Leather with Diamond Pattern
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Rectangular Leather Jewelry Box on small brass balls with diamond pattern.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mother of Pearl Mosaic Inlay Trinket Box, Middle Eastern, c. 1960's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite handcrafted geometric wood box with micro mosaic inlays of mother of pearl in Khatam artistry, an Ancient Persian technique of inlaying. Moorish style box also features geo...
Category
1960s West Asian Moorish Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Velvet, Wood
Anglo-Indian Stag Horn Veneered Sewing / Work Box From Vizagapatam
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian stag horn veneered sandalwood sewing or work box with a sloped two-tier lid having a carved finial above tapered sides and raised on compressed ball feet. The interior w...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Antler, Wood
Geometric Trinket Box in Brass with Bone Inlay, Handcrafted in Morocco, 1970's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Handmade mosaic trinket box in beaded brass metal over wood with bone inlays. The box has a geometrical octagon design with a footed base and lidded top. It features incised metal ...
Category
1970s Moroccan Moorish Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Anglo-Indian 14"w Stag Horn Veneered Sandalwood Document/Storage Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian antler veneered work/storage made in Vizagapatam, of large size and having a double tiered sloped top with a large circular finial above vertically veneered sides, all r...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Antler, Horn, Wood
Anglo-Indian Ribbed Horn Box with Sandalwood Interior
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian glove or trinket box from Vizagapatam of rectangular form with sloped top. Made from sandalwood with vertically ribbed horn veneered sides and starburst ribbed lid with ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
Moroccan Brass and Bone Overlay Box with Lid 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan footed box, handcrafted from brass with overlay carved bone in orange amber color and white.
Decorative Moroccan vintage brass canister...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
J. Antony Redmile, Silver-plated Rectangular Box, UK, c. 1970
Located in New York, NY
This box clad in silver plate and adorned with a bone, which curves up like a flourish, is typical of Redmile whose works combined an appreciation for antique sophistication with an ...
Category
1970s British Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Moroccan Inlaid Treasure Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Moroccan lidded chest handcrafted in classic form with a domed top ambitiously inlaid with bone and dyed bone having intricate jewelry-like metal work highlights.
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
Ink Blue/Natural Horn Checkerboard Box
Located in New York, NY
Decorative keepsake/jewelry box clad in hand incised natural horn and ink blue dyed bone tiles hand set on a wood structure. A great addition to any desk or coffee table.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
19th Century Anglo Ceylonese Porcupine Quill Box with Interior Divided Tray
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A large rectangular box made of dark hardwood inlaid with bone dots framing panels of porcupine quill. The exterior of the box is veneered with quill cut and arranged to create a zig...
Category
Late 19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo Raj Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Bone, Horn Patchwork Box
Located in New York, NY
Decorative keepsake, jewelry box clad in geometric horn and bone tiles, some with hand engraving, lined in wood. A great addition to any desk or coffee table.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Horn, Wood
Tessellated Bone Egg Box with Semi-Precious Cabochons Jewels
Located in Richmond, VA
Offered is an exquisite, Early 20th Century, Tessellated Bone Box. This piece is adorned with 13 semi-precious cabochons jewels. It's a very unusual and unique shape and style. Hinge...
Category
Early 20th Century International Style Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany, clad in tortoise shell, and ambitiously decorated with bone. The inside has a mirror and red felt lining.
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Embriachi workshop marquetry casket - Northern Italy, 15th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Embriachi workshop marquetry casket
Northern Italy, 15th century
Alla certosina inlays (bone, stained bone, pewter and wood)
H 28.2 x W 18 x D 14 cm
This beautiful casket of rectangular form is richly decorated with the characteristic geometric patterns of the Embriachi style.
The intricate geometric patterns are fashioned by juxtaposing lighter and darker pieces of wood, (colored) bone, horn and pewter. The lid and base are framed by a broad band of horn. When ivory became scarce in Europe due to disrupted trade routes, bone was substituted.
The attention to Symmetry and balance created an harmonious visual effect
Enhancing the overall aesthetic appeal of the casket.
The application of geometrical motifs is in Italy known as marquetry ‘alla Certosina’, named after the Certosina Church in Pavia with its famous altarpiece decorated in this way. This is ‘intarsia technique’, a term derived from the Arabic 'tarsi', which means ‘incrustation' recalling ancient mosaics made from various materials.
These geometric elements not only enhance the aesthetic appeal of the caskets but also demonstrate the versatility and skill of the artisans in creating multifaceted works of art.
‘Alla Certosina’ became famous through the Northern Italian Embriachi family who achieved a particularly high standard in working in this technique. Venice in particular was known for the production of these luxurious boxes. The caskets, hexagonal or rectangular, surmounted by a lid decorated in several registers constitute the secular, albeit equally renowned component of the workshop’s production, in addition to mirror frames and various everyday objects.
The method of fabrication of those objects was based on two concepts that underlay pre-industrial production: standardization and modularity, thanks to a distribution of skills according to the different phases of fabrication.
even the realization of the marquetry motifs (in the form of ingots from which portions of the desired size were cut) were therefore entrusted to various specialized craftsmen, as were the assembly phase.
Today better known thanks to the extensive research work recently carried out by Michele Tomasi, this workshop owes its name to its founder and owner, the Florentine Baldassare Ubriachi (or degli Embriachi), a merchant and banker established in the Tuscan capital before he settled in Venice in 1395. Together with sculptor Giovanni di Jacopo, who directed the workshop, from the last years of the fourteenth century, Baldassare oversaw a production that was truly original, and still easily recognizable today, comprising monumental altarpieces and various objects, primarily triptychs and caskets.
The precise location of the workshop is unknown, except that it originated in Florence and in ca. 1431 there was apparently a workshop in Venice, in the area of S Luca. They employed local workers specializing in 'certosina' (inlay of stained woods, bone and horn), and the workshop produced items carved in bone (usually horse or ox) with wood and bone marquetry.
The geometric decoration of Embriachi caskets reflects the artistic complexity and attention to detail that characterized their work.
this inlaid casket is a testament to the skill and artistry of the Embriachi family and serves as a stunning example of the decorative arts of the late Middle Ages.
Related Literature :
E. Berger, Prunk-Kassetten: Europäischen Meisterwerke aus acht Jahrhunderten / Ornamental Caskets...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Black Three Dimensional Decorative Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian three dimensional design black colored lidded bone box.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Ivory and Blue Chevron Bone Inlay Trinket Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Ivory and blue chevron decorative trinket rectangular lidded box inlaid with white bone and resin on wood.
Large stylish Moorish trinket lidded box with bone and wood inlaid handcraf...
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Vintage Maitland-Smith Tessellated Horn Box
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Maitland-Smith Tessellated Horn Box.
This handsome large Maitland Smith decorative square box or jewelry box is in great condition and makes a great coffee table accessory.
Category
1980s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn
Grey And Cream Stripe Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian grey and cream stripe lidded bone box.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
18th Century, Heavily Carved Bone Inset & Iron Mounted Spanish Vargueno
Located in Atlanta, GA
Spanish, 18th century or earlier.
An 18th century Spanish bargueno or vargueno traveling desk, used for storing documents, jewels, or sewing box. The six drawer chest is inset with ...
Category
18th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
1900's Tortoiseshell Box in the shape of a Book
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tortoiseshell box in the shape of a small book, with silver hinges and locks. A small silver round inlaid piece is attached to the bound edge of the book, not yet engraved.
The pict...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Gold Stripe Decorative Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian gold stripe lidded bone box.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays.8
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Moroccan Dowry Box Inlaid with White Camel Bone Rectangular Carved Wood Trunk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique handcrafted Moroccan jewelry wooden box with camel bone inlay trunk.
A large early 20th century decorative Moroccan camel bone casket with bra...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Etched Horn Grid Pattern Box, 11x7
Located in New York, NY
Modernist handmade keepsake box clad in hand etched/scored horn. Horn over wood.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
Black and White Stripe Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian black and white stripe bone box.
Hinged lid.
White with inlaid black strips.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
1900's Boulle Cigar box
By Ecole Boulle, J. C. Vickery
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Cigar Box in the style of École Boulle by JC Vickery with tortoiseshell and brass inlay, on the lid the brass badge isn't engraved.
The interior is fitted with cedar wood. No keys.
...
Category
Early 20th Century British Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hollywood Regency Tessellated Box Or Chest
Located in Houston, TX
Hollywood Regency Tessellated Box Or Chest.
This charming vintage tessellated box or tabletop chest would make a lovely jewelry box or decorative table box.
Category
1970s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
1905 Tortoiseshell Card Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Small 1905 Tortoiseshell card box, with gilded gold lining and floral decoration. The dates 1860 / 1910 are engraved on the top.
Inside the box, two compartment to fit two small card...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
1906 Oval Tortoiseshell Dressing Table Box with Silver Hinges
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Very fine Tortoiseshell box, mounted with a virgin silver plaque, hallmarked silver hinges. Lined with dark blue suede. This shape indicates that this box was used to store a set of ...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
1924 Boulle Card box
By Ecole Boulle, J. C. Vickery
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Card Box in the style of École Boulle by JC Vickery with tortoiseshell and brass inlay, engraved on the lid by the initials "B.H.C".
The interior is fitted with two card sets, a scoring block with pencil and Royal Auction Bridge card game...
Category
Early 20th Century British Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1900's Tortoiseshell and Silver Pique Work Letter Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
An early 20th century tortoiseshell and silver piqué work Letter Box. The sloping front is inset with a delicately engraved design comprising of flowerheads and scrolling foliage. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century British Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
1850's Tortoiseshell Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Small Silver and Tortoiseshell jewellery box, with the top of the lid and the bottom of the box being tortoiseshell. The edges of the box is ...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
Cream Three Dimensional Decorative Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian three dimensional design cream colored bone box.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone
Musical Snuffbox by Alibert playing 2 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Bone Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
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