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Chinese Silver Box with Bird and Floral Motifs
Located in New York, NY
Chinese silver box, with an intricate design showcasing birds, floral, and other natural motifs, measuring 2 7/8'' by 2 7/8'' by 1 7/8'' in height.
Please feel free to ask us any q...
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Secessionist Porcelain Vase by Karl Klaus for Serapis Wahliss
By Karl Klaus, Serapis Fayence Wahliss
Located in Chicago, US
Secessionist Porcelain Lidded Box by KARL KLAUS (1889-1925) for SERAPIS WAHLISS, Vienna, c. 1911, hand-painted in gold and black enamels in a stylized geometric diamond and holly mot...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Circa 1910 Arts & Crafts Brass Desk Organizer
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1910 Arts & Crafts brass desk organizer. Hand raised, scrolled & punched brass; joined & decorated with copper rivets on corner decorative p...
Category
Arts and Crafts Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Austrian Art Deco Silver Plate & Cut Glass Casket or Table Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Austrian casket or table box.
With a silver plate mount, a beveled glass insert top, and with a mold blown and cut body with a facete...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Regency Style Brushed Steel and Brass Tinder Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual and very handsome brushed steel and polished brass tinder box. This box has a removable tin liner that would have been used to fill with hot c...
Category
English Regency Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Art Nouveau Basilisk Repoussé Box 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...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Antique Chinoiserie Blue Staffordshire Porcelain Box
Located in Richmond, London
A charming mottled-blue glazed Crown Staffordshire porcelain box in the chinoiserie style
England, circa 1900–1920.
Why we like it
The deep, mottled ‘powder blue’ colour of this...
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English Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Construction Worker Tool Caddy c.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A vintage vulcanized rubber construction worker took caddy with strap.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Vulcanized Rubber.
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Category
Industrial Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rubber
Weighted Wood Chess Set by John Jaques of London in Wood Box Kings, ca 1950
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English handmade wood "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in its original box with a sliding lid, made by John Jaques of London and dating to the mid 20th century period.
The chess pieces are made of turned and carved varnished wood. The bases of ALL pieces are weighted with metal pieces and the bases have a green felt/paper cover.
Weighted sets like this one have a much nicer "feel" when playing.
The pieces in the set are in the Staunton style.
Sizes: Kings: 70mm ( ~ 2.75 inches); Pawns: ~45mm (~1.7 inches)
The set comes complete with its original wood storage box, having a sliding lid and complete with a paper makers sticker to the lid.
Overall a good "weighted" John Jaques chess...
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British Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Tiffany Studios New York 'Zodiac' Bronze Box, circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous bronze desk box, jewelry box, or decorative box featuring Zodiac designs
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, Early 20th century
Measu...
Category
American Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Austrian Alabaster and Gilt Metal Book Box
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Austrian Alabaster And Gilt Metal Book Box.
Unusual Austrian gilt metal and alabaster box in the form of a book.
This lovely decorative box has a wood interior and hinged l...
Category
Austrian Aesthetic Movement Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Metal
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...
Category
English Late Victorian Early 20th Century 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...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Steel
Art Nouveau Firebirds Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Daguet explored the subject of stylized birds multiple times in his studio. He was more than capable of rendering his zoomorphic subject matter naturalisticly; however he chos...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Unique Low Cabinet with Intarsia by Viktor Lurje for Wiener Werkstätte c. 1926
By Wiener Werkstätte, Viktor Lurje
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique low cabinet with intarsia designed by the architect, artist and craftsman Viktor Lurje (1883-1944) and manufactured by Wiener Werkstätte GmbH, circ...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Lacquered Japenese Wood Keepsake Trinket Box, circa 1920s
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique Black Lacquered Japenese Wood Box With Skeleton Key Hole, circa 1920s.
Measures 3" High x 11" Wide x 3.5" Deep.
Category
Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Tiffany Studios New York Art Deco 'Zodiac' Bronze Doré Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous bronze doré desk box, jewelry box, or decorative box featuring Zodiac designs
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 5.38"W x 3.5"D x 1"H....
Category
American Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Cosmic Repoussé Box 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...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Chinese Silversmith, Lidded Jar / Box Richly Decorated in Relief, Approx. 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Chinese silversmith. Lidded jar richly decorated in relief with flowers and ornaments.
China approx. 1900.
Stamped with Chinese characters.
In excellent condition with traces of u...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Large Antique German Silver Box c.1910 Round Jewellery Trinket Decorative Cherub
Located in London, GB
An impressive Antique Solid Silver Box with a round body and a fitted hinged lid. The Box is embellished on both the lid and sides with ornate...
Category
European Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Japanese Covered Grape Plique a Jour Enamel Kogo
Located in New York, NY
A Japanese covered silvered and enamel kogo or box for incense. The box is enameled with polychrome images of grape vines with berries made in the Plique a Jour technique on burgundy...
Category
Japanese Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
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...
Category
Belgian Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Longevity Relief Scroll Cases, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Delicately carved of dense hardwood, these 19th-century scroll cases were an essential accessory for the esteemed Qing-dynasty scholar. The perfect size for a rolled-up scroll, the cases were once used to store and protect works of traditional calligraphy and landscape painting.
The matching cases are hand-carved in low relief with all-over scrollwork and borders of geometric meanders. Each case is carved with repeated Shou characters, symbols of longevity and a blessing for a long and complete life. Amid the scrollwork flourishes are ribbon-clad objects known as the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism, including the eternal knot...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Cambray Ware Arts & Crafts Silver Plated Letter Stand for Liberty & Co
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine Arts & Crafts silver plated letter stand mounted with a Ruskin cabochon by Cambray Ware and dating from around 1905. The stylish stand has a hand p...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
French Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Pill Box
Located in New York, NY
A small French sterling silver pill box, Art Nouveau period, decorated with flowers and a gold gilt interior, circa late-19th century, France. Piece ...
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French Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Handsome European Red Stone Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
Handsome European stone trinket box, ca 1910. Rectangular with straight sides and sharp corners. Shoulder and base chamfered. Cover hinged, inset, and ch...
Category
European Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Silver Plate
Excellent Huge Wooden Box, Casket, circa 1900, Jugendstil, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Huge wonderfully decorated wooden box, an original of the Jugendstil era, made in Austria. This casket is an impressive example of the craftsmanship of the period around 1900.
Only ...
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Austrian Jugendstil Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Owl Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
This piece features dozens semi-precious moonstones.
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalw...
Category
French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Zinc
Tiffany Studios Gilt Bronze Jewelry Box, circa 1910
Located in Rochester, NY
Rare Tiffany Studios gilt bronze jewelry box. The finest Tiffany gilding in Venetian gold tone. A rare pattern. After an exhaustive search I was able to find only one other example o...
Category
American Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Footed Engine-Turned Table Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Period, sterling silver, paw-footed, engine-turned-designed table box with with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1926, Hollings and Hutchinson - makers. ...
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English Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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...
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English Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Nickel
Pair Signed Erhard Sohne Trinket Casket Box Casket Original Keys Brass Wood 1900
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Fine and rare pair Jugendstil / Art Nouveau / Secession / Arts & Crafts Erhard & Sohne trinket boxes / jewelry caskets with amazing inlaid wood veneer and patinated brass showing fruit baskets and floral leaf branch decoration, Germany circa 1900. The presented and chosen motifs reflect the spirit of the time, Jugendstil. The offered antique caskets come with their rare original keys, normally lost over the years, here the keys with pierce work Erhard & Sohne lion logo and additional E.S.. The original locking mechanism is working properly. They are each 10 cm / 3.94 inches wide, 4,5 cm / 1.77 inches tall and 7 cm / 2.76 inches deep and stay in very good to excellent original condition with a nice and warm patina, minor typical and characteristic wear consistent with age and use. The high-end antique Jugendstil boxes or caskets show superior craftsmanship and design elements by the renowned designers, Erhard & Sohne, established in 1844 in Germany. The famous German company was granted the world patent for the manufacture of brass inlay in 1904.
We are proud to offer additionally a rare Jugendstil dragonfly bowl...
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German Jugendstil Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Guangxu Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table or console with this colorful antique box. Crafted in China circa 1920 and round in shape, the large Guangxu box opens in the center and features different hand pain...
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Two Compartment Sterling Silver Footed Table Box with Hinged Lids
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, Art Deco Period, sterling silver, two-compartment table box on bun feet and having two hinged lids and a handle, The Watrous Division of The International Silver Co., Meride...
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American Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique British Wooden Trunk “Clayton”
Located in High Point, NC
This sturdy wooden trunk was manufactured in the UK circa 1900. The chest is strengthened by sheets of iron, the sides and belted by wooden slats for extra durability. Ornamental iron...
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British Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Bernham Linder, Hammered Copper Box, Jugend, Sweden Early 1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare box in hammered copper, by and marked Bernham Linder. Jugend, Sweden early 1900s.
In good condition, smaller sign of age and wear.
Category
Swedish Jugendstil Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Edwardian 1905 Desk Matches Box in Bronze and Crocodile Leather
Located in Miami, FL
Edwardian desk matches box with crocodile leather.
Beautiful and very unusual box, created in England during the Edwardian period, back in the 1905. This is a very decorative matc...
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English Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage to Antique Wood Box with Hidden Compartments Marquetry Inlay MOP
Located in Greer, SC
Intriguing antique hand crafted wood box with marquetry top. This decorative box features paua shell and mother of pearl inlay, there are also two secret compartments which makes thi...
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Unknown Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Art Nouveau Decorative Wood Box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Art Nouveau decorative wood box.
Category
European Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Rene Lalique Art Deco Box Set, Blue Stain Marguerites Menu Holders, 1924
By René Lalique
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Amazing boxed set of six glass Rene Lalique Marguerites (Daisies) pattern menu holders, dating around 1924 with original blue staining. (Ref: Marcil...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Pair of Sheraton Revival Small Locking Cabinets
Located in Hanover, MA
Pair of interesting and lovely single door walnut cabinets with satinwood decorative inlay, probably Edwardian made in the Sheraton taste.
Each has a single pull-out open drawer shelf.
Possibly bedside lockers...
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American Sheraton Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Satinwood, Walnut
Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar & Enamelled Box with Imperial Dragon Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique decorative box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from China, and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Chinese...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
German Modern Silver and Shagreen Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
German Modern 800 silver box, ca 1920. Rectangular with straight sides and crisp corners. Cover hinged with tapering tab; cover top gently curved and inlaid with shagreen in geometri...
Category
German Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
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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French Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Large French Hand Carved Walnut Box with Olive Branches and Grape Vines
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Measuring 12.25 inches wide by 6.5 inches deep, this large French hand carved box from the turn of the twentieth century features a central cartouche on the top monogrammed with the ...
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French Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique Large Wood Marquetry Inlay Box with Decorative Checkered Design
Located in Greer, SC
A finely crafted antique wood marquetry box with hinged lid and green fabric interior. This box has a refined geometric design featuring bot...
Category
Unknown Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Japanese Cloisonne Detailed Antique Decorative Box Incredible Colors Design
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Japanese Cloisonne Detailed Antique decorative box with incredible colors detail and design. Most likely Meiji Era.
Category
Japanese Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Chinese Canton Enamel Round Stacking Boxes and Cover, circa 1900, China
Located in Austin, TX
An absolutely lovely Chinese export pink Canton enamel round stacking box and cover, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China.
The circular stacking box consists of a bowl form base, ...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Copper
English Burl Wood Veneered Box with Inlaid Borders
Located in Stamford, CT
English desktop box with beautiful burl wood veneer, the top with an exquisite intricate mosaic inlay of various fruit woods. The sides with simpler inlaid fruit wood frames. An eleg...
Category
English Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Burl
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...
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Japanese Meiji Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold, Silver
Antique American Gilt & Inset Glass Decorative Dresser Box or Vide Poche
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique decorative box was made by the Apollo Manufacturing Company of the United States in approximately 1920 in an Anglo-Indian style. ...
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American Anglo-Indian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Spelter
Edward F. Caldwell Neoclassical Style Silvered Bronze Box, Angels, Music Motifs
Located in New York, NY
Fine and unusual signed Edward F. Caldwell & Co. Neoclassical style silvered bronze box depicting a pair of winged angels playing music at an altar. One angel plays a lyre and the other an aulos or double flute, flanked by impressive torcheres bearing pine cones and surrounded by a wide border of olive leaves and olive fruit. The interior of cover decorated with a highly artistic pair of Bacchus masks flanking a grapevine garland, signed on upper right corner E. F. Caldwell & Co. Inc New York. The sides of the box further decorated with Bacchus masks and grapevine garlands of very fine quality Caldwell is known for.
Substantial size- excellent as a jewelry box or tabletop decorative box.
Very good condition commensurate with age. Base is lined with black velvet, very slight bend to upper left corner, silvered finish in good condition.
Edward F. Caldwell & Co was established in 1895 in New York City at 31 East 17th Street and quickly became one of the premier designers and manufacturers of fine lighting and decorative objects. Their commissions included J.P. Morgan's residence, Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Vanderbilt Mansion, Henry Clay Frick residence, Harvard Club...
Category
American Neoclassical Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Howard Edwardian Classical Sterling Silver Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver trinket box. Made by Howard & Co. in New York in 1901. Oval with straight sides and flat hinged cover. Leafing scrollwork applied to sides and cov...
Category
American Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Small Vintage Chinese Enamel Box
Located in Seguin, TX
Small vintage brass stamp box with enamel decoration. Marked China on bottom and sloped interior bottom. Overall patina with a few tiny dings t...
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
French Ghiso Paris 1920 Art Deco Cards Case Box In Agate Diamonds And Platinum
Located in Miami, FL
Cards case designed by Ghiso Paris.
Gorgeous piece, created in the art deco style in Paris France by the luxury makers and jewelry house of Ghiso, back in the 1920. It was carved ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Multi-gemstone, Platinum
Early 20th Century Chinese Red Lacquer Decorated Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 20th century Chinese Red Lacquer decorated box. Relief carved top panel of an attendant and scholar. Fine finger joints on the box and lid. Inside top of the lid having Chinese...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Viennese Secession Ceramic Box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Viennese seseion ceramic box
Ceramic Origin Austria circa 1900
Very good condition and no restorations
Sealed at its base
Some chips on the lid ring due to wear and tear.
Pink, black and yellow color
with orientalist character on its cover.
We are Saint John, a company dedicated to the trade...
Category
Austrian Vienna Secession Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Large Primevères Glass Boxe by R.Lalique
By René Lalique
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
The primevères Boxe was created by R.Lalique in white glass in 1927 .
R.Lalique was famous for his many inventive and decorated boxe's designs.
This boxe is strongly Art Deco s...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
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