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Boxes For Sale
Sabrina Landini Samples Hat-Box , complete of silk, gauzes, brass glass finishes
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
Sabrina Landini 50s-style hat-box for samples that contains:
-dashboards of silks and handpainted gauzes, in all color and versions
-brass finishes
-precious silvered glass in all co...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Boxes
Materials
Metal
Sabrina Landini Silk-Gauze samples, brass finish, silvered glass tile
Located in Pietrasanta, IT
Sabrina Landini's kit of 2 dashboards containing :
-selection of silk and handpainted gauze colors
-brass finishes
-Sabrina's silvered glass plate
The pair of dashboards are pac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Boxes
Materials
Metal
P.¨P. Rubens Adoration of the Magi Tin, De Beukelaer Antwerp
Located in Antwerp, BE
P.P Rubens - Peter Paul Rubens - Adoration of the Magi
A Tin box for De Beukelaer Antwerp - Antwerp Biscuit Factory.
This rectangular tin looks like a framed Rubens painting.
Rube...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Baroque Boxes
Materials
Metal
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 Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Mid 20th Century Leather Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A nice little leather box . It has brass accents.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Georg Jensen Danish Modern Classical Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver box. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Rectangular; straight sides bisected by wraparound rectilinear band. Corner bracket supports. Cover flat and hinged wi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Papier Mache Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A floral decorated tea caddy. It is so pleasing .
Category
19th Century British Antique Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Little flower
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
A jewelry box created as a tribute to the American musician and composer Sidney Bechet, by one of the leading figures in 20th-century French ceramics, who turned her art into an ode ...
Category
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Maitland Smith Olive Burl Tumbling Block Marquetry Footed Letter Keepsake Box
Located in Dayton, OH
An impressive vintage Maitland Smith Letter Box; circa last quarter 20th Century. Features a tumbling block marquetry pattern crafted from olive burl and mahogany. The box is accente...
Category
Late 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Olive, Burl
Limoges, France. Porcelain covered box decorated with 22-karat gold leaf.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. A porcelain covered box decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: From a large French private...
Category
1970s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure by Matsuyoshi松吉 Meiji Period
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Figure depicts a man holding a large hammer, Signed by Matsuyoshi 松吉 on the bottom from the Meiji period.
A truly hand-carved ivory figure with fine craftsmanship in a detailed carving
This item is 1.5" wide x1" deep x 1.5" high in dimension, from the 19th century.
This item is in excellent condition with no damages.
Shipping Note: USA only, no International shipping
The Essence of Netsuke:
Like all art objects of great worth, netsuke distills the essence of a specific time and place. Worn as part of a traditional Japanese man’s ensemble from the 17th century onwards, the netsuke’s purpose was hyper-specific, and its functional simplicity lent artists unlimited freedom to constantly redefine what it could be.
Formally, netsukes have few requirements: they must be small, they must have holes through which to pass a single cord, and they must have no protuberances that could damage one’s kimono. Everything else is left to the carver’s imagination. As such netsuke differs in style, subject, and material as widely as the personalities of their makers, and they are consequently supremely collectible.
Netsuke emerged as a practical solution to dressing in 17th-century Japan. ‘Men’s kimonos didn’t have sewn-up sleeves — they were completely open, front and back, and that meant that the sleeves couldn’t be used as a pocket, as they could in women’s kimonos,’ Goodall explains. To carry things such as tobacco, medicine, or other necessities, men hung stylish inro and other vessels from cords looped under and behind the wide sashes that held their kimonos in place. At the other end of those cords, men fastened small, ornamental objects as counterweights; those objects evolved into netsuke.
The netsuke’s origins are still ‘theoretical’, Goodall says. ‘It’s thought that, with increasing imports from China in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the toggles that were used on Chinese...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Paint
19th Century English Victorian Papier Mache Inlay & Gold Leaf Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This exquisite Papier Mâché box, circa 1870s, has a black lacquered finish with mother of pearl inlays, gold leaf hand-painted floral motifs and embellished decoration.
The Engli...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Victorian Era Tramp Art Chip Carved Trunk/ Box with Additional Glove Box
Located in Waxahachie, TX
2 handmade boxes included.
Rare 1800s Tramp Art Lion Door knocker Hand Carved Storage Box / Jewelry Box / Crimson Velvet with Brass Hardware
With intricate and elaborate decoration, ...
Category
19th Century British Folk Art Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Shagreen Box
By Clement Rousseau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In the manner of Clément Rousseau
Lidded box
c. 1925
Shagreen over wood
1¾ h × 5⅞ w × 4½ d in (4 × 15 × 11 cm)
Category
1920s Vintage Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
Antique George IV 18k Gold Snuff Box (1829)
By John Linnit
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique English 18 karat gold snuff box; an addition to our 19th century collection.
This exceptional antique English 18k yellow gold snuff box has an oblong form with rounded ends.
The body of this antique box is embellished with engine turned decoration, accented with tooled borders.
This impressive antique 18k gold box is fitted with a hinged hallmarked cover ornamented with further engine turned decoration to the upper plateau; the underside of the box bears the same design as the cover.
The anterior rim of the cover incorporates an impressive applied yellow gold thumbpiece, ornamented with cast floral festoon decoration.
The interior of the cover is embellished with the contemporary engraved inscription 'Presented to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cother C.B. on his retirement from the Service by the Officers of the 83d Regiment, As a token of their respect and esteem, MDCCCXXIX'; these Roman numerals pertain to 1829.
Condition
This antique 18k gold snuff box is an exceptional gauge of gold, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
The cast decoration is very sharp and the engine turned and engraved decoration is very crisp.
The hallmarks to the interior of the body and part hallmarks to the interior of the cover of this English gold box...
Category
1820s English Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold
RARE OFFICE ARK Indo-Portuguese, from the 17th century (early)
Located in Madrid, ES
RARE OFFICE ARK
Indo-Portuguese, from the 17th century (early) in ebony.
Rectangular box with drawer.
Opens with a lid secured by 2 hinges.
The decoration limited by ivo.. fillet...
Category
Early 17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone & Brass Art Deco Revival Decorative Stash Box
Located in San Diego, CA
We are offering a beautiful elegant natural tessellated mosaic stone and brass inlay decorative stash box designed by Maitland Smith. This box does not have the original tag on the i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Stone
Box Birds
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
This wooden box is topped by a stamped earthenware lid decorated with orange, green, white and blue polychrome enamels. For Mithé Espelt, the object is an essential element of the bo...
Category
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Erhard & Sohne Art Nouveau Casket, c. 1905
Located in London, GB
A beautiful art nouveau casket made by Erhard and Sohne in Germany in c. 1905.
The casket is exquisitely executed with foliate detailing, made in th...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique English Victorian Leather and Sterling Silver Table Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Victorian English table box.
In brown leather with a wood lined interior.
With applied triangular sterling silver mounts to the corners.
The mounts marked for the J...
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Karl Springer Striking Hinged Box in Mottled Lacquer with Silver Foil 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Stunning hinged box in mottled red and yellow lacquer with applied silver foil by Karl Springer, American 1970s. This is an early Springer design. The interior is lined in red suede...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Jewelry Box
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
A rectangular jewelry box whose fine craftsmanship resonates with the talent of this renowned French ceramist. Here, the artist creates a sparkling decorat...
Category
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Limoges, France. Two round covered jars / boxes in porcelain.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. Two round covered jars / boxes in porcelain decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: From a ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges, France. Two covered jars / boxes in porcelain, one oval.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. Two covered jars / boxes in porcelain, one oval, decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: Fr...
Category
1970s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges, France. Two porcelain boxes / jars decorated with 22-karat gold leaf.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. Two lidded porcelain boxes / jars decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and featuring a beautiful royal blue glaze with a Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: ...
Category
1970s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges. Two porcelain boxes / jars. Ca 1970
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. Two porcelain lidded boxes / jars in porcelain, decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: Fro...
Category
1970s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Limoges. Two lidded porcelain boxes / jars. Ca 1970
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. Two lidded porcelain boxes / jars adorned with 22-karat gold leaf and featuring a beautiful royal blue glaze with a Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Provenance: Fr...
Category
1970s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and ebonized Fruitwood Boulle box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A highly detailed and most elegant French early 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and ebonized Fruitwood Boulle Marquetry cabinet/trunk. This impressive rectangular trunk is raised ...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Vintage Italian Silver Gilt Box Awarded to U.S. Navy Admiral James Russell 1965
Located in New York, NY
Our magnificent Italian-made silver box with 18K gold inlay was presented in 1965 to the United States Navy Admiral James S. Russel by the Italian navy in honor of his service as Com...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver
Antique Gilt Bronze and Crystal Dresser Casket / Box
Located in New York, NY
Lovely antique (late 19th century) molded crystal and gilt bronze dresser box measuring 5 1/2 by 3 1/2 by 4 3/4 inches and in very good condition.
Category
Late 19th Century Neoclassical Revival Antique Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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 Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
English Silver and Enamel Two-Tiered Freedom Casket, Dated 1899
Located in New York, NY
The freedom box is marked on the side in enamel stating "This casket - to contain the diploma of the honorary freedom of the city of Exeter - was presented...
Category
1890s Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
1924 René Lalique, Box Jar Chantilly Frosted Glass with Pinky Sepia Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Chantilly" made in frosted glass with pinky sepia patina by Rene Lalique in 1924.
Molded signature on base.
Perfect condition.
height : 4,5 cm
diameter : 7,5 cm
Félix Mar...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
English Modern Sterling Silver Horse Box
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Padgett & Braham Ltd in Birmingham in 1980. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and tabbed; on top stand a horse and jockey in a f...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Limoges, France. Lidded porcelain box with brass mountings.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Limoges, France. Lidded porcelain box with brass mountings.
Adorned with 22-karat gold leaf and featuring a beautiful royal blue glaze with a Scène galante.
Approximately 1970.
Prov...
Category
1970s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Swedish Miniature Baroque Chest of Drawers
Located in Mjöhult, SE
Good 18th century Swedish miniature Baroque jewellery box / commode in it's original finish with good patination. ca 1750 Sweden.
Category
18th Century Swedish Baroque Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export Black Leather Box On Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular box with brass tacks and hinged lid set in a brass base.
Category
1850s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Macassar Wood Hand-Carved Horse Head Tall Box
By Bois & Design
Located in Atlanta, GA
This extra tall decorative lidded box has an incredible hand-carved horse head on the top. The piece features an all-height square shape, made in Macassar wood, handmade and hand-car...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Macassar
RONSON 1960 Germany Varaflame Scandia Lighter Box Cedar & Brushed Aluminum
By Scandia Design, Ronson
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist geometric cigarette box designed by Ronson for Scandia.
An exceptional and very beautiful desk box, created in West Germany by The Ronson Co. for Scandia. This piece was m...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Aluminum, Steel, Chrome
20Thc Tin Coffee Canister
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 20Thc Coffee tin canister in original painted labels & original condition.
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Boxes
Materials
Tin
Snuffbox female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting a female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing, hand-...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th c. Embossed and Gilded Lap Desk
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A 19th century pressed paper lap desk with an embossed and gilded stag decoration to top. Top and bottom open to reveal storage areas along with an area for writing instrument...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Paper
1919 René Lalique Box Amour Assis Glass with Sepia Patina Cherub Putti
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Amour Assis" (Cherub, Putti) made in clear and frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1919.
Molded signature.
Perfect condition. Very rare model.
Height : 14,5 cm...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
Van Cleef & Arpels Styptor Diamond and Ruby Compact box
Located in Braintree, GB
Van Cleef & Arpels: A Styptor Diamond and Ruby Compact box.
Made in Circa 1930's
Geometric design with pave set rose - cut diamonds, and rubies.
Signed, Styptor, VCA, Metal.
Met...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal
Theodore Alexander Mahogany Matchbook Veneer Parquetry Trinket Keepsake Box 15"
Located in Dayton, OH
Theodore Alexander keepsake, trinket box or casket. Features a matchbook veneer mahogany frame with parquetry top and dove finial. Includes two handles along the sides and claw fee...
Category
Late 20th Century Sheraton Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique German Hanau Rococo Silver Snuffbox
By Hanau
Located in New York, NY
German Rococo 800 silver snuffbox, ca 1910. Oval with hinged cover; on top is chased scene depicting a large bird confronting two cherubs with soft chubby bodies and ethereal wings. ...
Category
Early 20th Century German Rococo Revival Boxes
Materials
Silver
Large Italian Mid-Century Rectangular Leather Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Rectangular Leather Jewelry Box, Italy
Leather Embossed Rectangular Box, circa 1960s. The leather box features gold embossed decoration banners and signed Made in Italy....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Leather
Very Cool French Early 1900s Stack of Leather Books Tantalus Liquor / Drinks Box
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique stack of leather books design tantalus with hidden 'shot glasses' & decanters.
If you are looking for the most interesting and worldly gift for yourself, a friend or a loved ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Indochinese Box in Wood and Mother of Pearl circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Nice wooden and mother-of-pearl box from the 1900s. The mother-of-pearl inlays form plant motifs (flowers and foliage), incised to give volume to the different parts. It closes with ...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Montagnani Firenze, Marquetry Walnut Wood and Brass Decorative Box, 1970s
By Montagnani
Located in Atlanta, GA
Montagnani Firenze, Italy, designed this sophisticated decorative box in the 1970s. Its Mid-Century modernist design boasts an elongated rectangular flat shape, with burl-wood geomet...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Boîte en ébène
Located in Paris, FR
Carved box in solid Macassar ebony. It is opened by means of a handle that is also carved. It is signed "A.Noll" on the underside.
Category
1950s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Ebony
BOUCHERON watch, model "Reflet", 2001 with box and paper
Located in Encino, CA
Wrist watch.
Designer : BOUCHERON
Model: : Reflet
Metal: Stainless Steel
Movement: Quartz
Measurements: 32mm x 22 mm (case)
Functions: Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Date
Comes wit...
Category
Early 2000s French Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Box with fired enamels and fine horse racing miniature Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche and large fire enamelled rectangular miniature hand painted by the painter ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Handcrafted Solid Malachite Hexagonal Lidded Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Gemstone quality lidded Malachite box. Hand carved and hand crafted with removable lid in a hexagonal shape. Beautiful patterns to the lid and box sides. Five inches wide and over fi...
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Malachite
19th Century Victorian Box
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A Victorian dresser box. Beautiful decoration.
Category
19th Century British Antique Boxes
Materials
Paper
Italian Nickel plated & brass 1970s "Solaria" boxes by Nella Longari
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Elegant set of 2 metal boxes mod. Solaria in nickel & brass designed and made in Italy by Nella Longari, a well-known Milanese antique dealer, decorator and designer from the 1970s. ...
Category
1970s Italian Regency Revival Vintage Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Chateau Edgewater Inc Faux Bamboo & Alligator Domed Keepsake Trinket Vanity Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Chateau Edgewater Inc keepsake box. Features a domed exterior with faux alligator / bamboo form. Includes brass hardware with a silk line interior.
DIMENSIONS
19" x 11" x 11.25"h
Category
Late 20th Century British Colonial Boxes
Materials
Faux Bamboo, Alligator
French Set of Three Manual Coffee Grinders for Grinding Coffee Beans
Located in Marbella, ES
French Set of Three Manual Coffee Grinders for Grinding Coffee Beans
The Size is the Largest
Category
19th Century French Antique Boxes
Materials
Iron
Vintage, Mid-Century and Antique Boxes
From mere trinkets to useful receptacles that serve a distinct purpose, antique boxes as decorative objects have come in many forms over the years. No matter what they’re made of or where they end up in your home, decorative boxes add both style and storage to your space.
The decorative box that is likely most common is the jewelry box. These boxes were originally known as jewel caskets and were in common use in Ancient Egypt, as most Egyptians wore some sort of jewelry. A portable jewelry box, in its original intended use, was integral to keeping your jewelry safe and secure. This accessory has transformed in size, shape and appearance over the years. Initially it was common for a jewelry box to bear intricate ornamentation. Whether they’re mid-century modern works of marble and brass or feature playful Art Deco–style geometric decor, jewelry boxes boast real staying power.
Snuff boxes began to soar in popularity during the 17th century (and were commonplace in European homes by the mid-19th century). The boxes, some hand-painted with landscape scenes, some made from gold, porcelain or stone, contained a small amount of tobacco, which users would sniff, or “snuff,” throughout the day. Some particularly ornamental snuff boxes featured enameled designs or were set with precious gems and were given as gifts or party favors, particularly at the coronation of royalty or other lavish events.
Whether you’re organizing important mail in the foyer or tucking away medications in your bathroom, antique boxes — be they metal tea caddies, sterling-silver decorative boxes or Victorian cigar boxes made of oak (even if you don’t smoke) — are a sophisticated solution to help keep the surfaces in your home clutter-free. And no matter if you’re seeking a decorative box to beautify a desktop or bestow upon a loved one, you are sure to find something you love in the collection of antique and vintage boxes on 1stDibs.
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