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Tribal Painted Wood Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A great table-top object.
This example exhibits a lovely patinated finish.
Mouse riding on a frog's back.
Category
Vintage 1960s African Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Beautiful North African Box Richly Decorated with Silver Wire, Late 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful North African Box richly decorated with silver wire, very exquisite craftmanship
Category
Antique Late 19th Century African Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
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H 9.85 in W 10.63 in D 7.49 in
African Canister
Located in New York, NY
African bentwood canister with carved wood figurine with exquisite hand stitching.
Property from
Category
Antique 19th Century African Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bentwood, Wood
West African Berber Medium Dowry Chest
Located in Alton, GB
A medium sized Berber dowry chest of West African origin featuring bulbs of metal elaborately
Category
Antique 19th Century African Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Old African Hand Carved Wooden Box 19th Century Brown Color Powder Box
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Superb old African box with hand-carving & carrying chain on the top. Carved on all sides
Category
Antique 19th Century African Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
West African Berber Large Dowry Chest
Located in Alton, GB
A larger sized Berber dowry chest of West African origin featuring bulbs of metal elaborately
Category
Antique Early 19th Century African Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Scarce Antique Tuareg Mauritania North Africa Mixed Metal Mounted Wood Chest
Located in Forney, TX
/ monumental table box.
Most impressive size, hand-crafted in Mauritania, Northwest Africa, around the turn
Category
Early 20th Century Mauritanian Tribal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, Iron
H 11 in W 24 in D 14 in
1950s South African Branded Produce Crate
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950s South African Branded Produce Crate
1950s South African Branded Produce Crate. Good honest
Category
Vintage 1950s European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Palisander & Rosewood Box / Humidor by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk Rare Woods
By Jens Quistgaard, Dansk
Located in San Diego, CA
Dansk, circa 1960s. The box is made of palisander or rosewood (same family of wood) that was part of
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Palisander, Rosewood
Regency Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Northampton, GB
.
The box comes complete with working lock and tasselled key.
Partridge Wood also known as Cabbage wood
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Satinwood
Large Moroccan Wedding Silvered Jewelry Box Inlaid with Semi-Precious Stones
Located in North Hollywood, CA
inside is lined with black velvet fabric.
Great African folk art decorative jewelry box, handcrafted by
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone
H 8 in W 10.5 in D 6.25 in
Luna Box by Jean-Baptiste Van den Heede
Located in Geneve, CH
Luna box by Jean-Baptiste Van den Heede
Signed, Limited edition
Dimensions: L 22 x W 20 x H 6 cm
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plywood
Table Box in Malachite with Hinged Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table box in malachite with hinged frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Sterling Silver
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H 1.97 in W 8.67 in D 6.7 in
Lacquered Solid Wood Modern Minimal Modular Drawers from Costantini, Baccello
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
Baccello lacquered solid wood Modern minimal modular drawers from Costantini.
Each unit measures
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Coromandel Jewellery Box with Perfume Bottles
Located in Northampton, GB
Rare Small Sized Jewellery Box
From our Jewellery Box collection, we are delighted to offer this
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Antique African Kuba Textile Museum Mount in Lucite Shadowbox Wall Hanging
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Professionally museum mounted exceptional antique African Kuba textile with brown small textile
Category
20th Century Congolese Shadow Boxes
Materials
Cotton, Raffia, Lucite, Wood
H 63.75 in W 38.5 in D 3.75 in
MCM Handcrafted Wooden Isigo Pervuvian Ebony Jewelery Box by J.Amberg
Located in Van Nuys, CA
rare wood from Central West Africa—this piece exemplifies meticulous attention to detail.
Featuring
Category
1990s Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigar Box
By John Henry Wynn
Located in Northampton, GB
original Cedar wood lining with an adjustable partition for varying sized cigars. The Box is hallmarked to
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Cigar Box Poston Products Ltd
Located in Northampton, GB
Asia, Europe and North Africa. Cedar trees are long lived and often offer poor quality, knotty wood
Category
Late 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Middle Eastern Moorish Turkish Mother-of-pearl Inlaid Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
Egypt, Mesopotamia, North Africa and Syria and of the Safavids and Qajars of Persia. During the course
Category
20th Century Syrian Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Georgian Knife Boxes Thomas Dobson (attributed)
By William Charles Thomas Dobson
Located in Northampton, GB
Presented with Silver Shield Escutcheons
From our Knife Boxes collection, we are delighted to
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British Georgian Knife Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Green Grossular Garnet Decorative Jewelry Gemstone Box with Black Marble
Located in Kirschweiler, DE
looks like an artful painting of nature.
The Inlay is clad with cedar wood and is ideal as a cigar box
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Boxes and Cases
Materials
Garnet
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H 1.58 in W 5.91 in L 4.34 in
Framed Antique Coptic Textile
Located in Atlanta, GA
with pink accent, this piece was likely from Northern Africa nowadays Egypt or Ethiopia. Maybe
Category
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Archaistic Shadow Boxes
Materials
Wool, Wood
Georgian Burr Yew Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Caddy of rectangular shape is beautifully finished in veneered Burr Yew wood, edged in boxwood with
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British George III Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Boxwood, Tulipwood, Yew
Coopered Barrel Advertising Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
ownership.
Mahogany the name given to many types of tropical hardwood and can be found in Africa, India and
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Georgian Oval Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
to take the natural cream colour to a rich brown.
Boxwood can be found in Europe, Northwest Africa
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British George III Tea Caddies
Materials
Brass
Georgian Burr Yew Conch Shell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Yew wood veneered lids and turned bone handles. The box dates to the late Georgian period during the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English George III Tea Caddies
Materials
Yew
Antique Georgian Masonic Freemasons Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
rare Georgian Masonic Tea caddy. The Tea Caddy of box form with chequered edging and borders of
Category
Antique Early 1800s English George III Tea Caddies
Materials
Satinwood, Tulipwood, Yew
Georgian Burr Yew Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
this square Georgian Burr Yew wood inlaid Tea Caddy. The Caddy of square form with canted corners
Category
Antique Late 18th Century English Georgian Tea Caddies
Materials
Boxwood, Yew
Georgian Satinwood Tea Chest with Secret Compartments
Located in Northampton, GB
.
Boxwood can be found in Europe, Northwest Africa and Southwest Asia. It is a light cream that turns darker
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British Georgian Tea Caddies
Materials
Silver
Table Cigar Lighter Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
how is it formed? Malachite is petrified wood in environments saturated with copper oxide.
This is
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Other Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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H 2.76 in W 3.15 in D 3.15 in
Yves Saint Laurent YSL African Mask Charm Wood Link Bracelet
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT large wood chain link bracelet featuring african mask charms.
Antiqued bronze
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Charm Bracelets
Modernist Detroit Table Sculpture Wood Collage Box Assemblage Americordo Copper
Located in Surfside, FL
Copper and wood box. "Americordo #7" is composed of copper tiles inlaid to the bottom half of the
Category
1990s Cubist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Copper
H 1.75 in W 17 in D 34 in
Kuba African Anthropomorphic Double Head Palm Wine Cup
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and exceptionally carved Central African tribal anthropomorphic wooden double head palm
Category
20th Century North African Decorative Bowls
Materials
Wood
African chess set of Namibia
Located in Delft, NL
wood in natural dark and light brown color on a marble look style lidded chess board box, made of
Category
Late 20th Century Namibian Games
Materials
Plastic, Wood
Mboma Contemporary Chair in Mahogany Wood by Pate Arts & Crafts
By PATE Arts & Crafts
Located in London, GB
patterns in African handcrafted creations, ranging from ingese (basket), Kuba (blanket) and Dogon 'isichaba
Category
2010s South African Modern Chairs
Materials
Wood, Mahogany
Victorian Apothecary Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Apothecary Box. The Apothecary Box of square form made from solid Mahogany with two flush mounted handles one
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Apothecary Cabinets
Materials
Wood
"Quarantine" Self-Portrait, African American, Structural Painting, Rich Colors
By Henry Heading
Located in Detroit, MI
design and build three dimensional pieces. Working mixed mediums, I use various wood, metal and paint
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Acrylic
"Queen" African American Female Portrait, Rich Browns & Lavenders, Sculptural
By Henry Heading
Located in Detroit, MI
. Working mixed mediums, I use various wood, metal and paint, thus allowing me to achieve the visual effects
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
African Ethiopian Tribal Folk Art Painting 20th Century
Located in Milan, IT
the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the
Category
Mid-20th Century Ethiopian Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Copper Plate Bruce Shadow Box Sculpture
By The Bruce High Quality Foundation
Located in New York, NY
The Bruce High Quality Foundation
Copper Plate Bruce Shadow Box Sculpture, 2017
Customized wooden
Category
2010s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Copper
H 9.6 in W 11.5 in D 3.5 in
"Joe Louis" Oil on Board with Mixed Media, Iconic Portrait, African American
By Henry Heading
Located in Detroit, MI
person of African-American descent to achieve the status of a nationwide hero within the United States
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Board, Oil
Ebonized Box Elder Z-End Table
Located in New Hope, PA
Box Elder has been ebonized for unrivaled quality and luxury in design and is perfect for a
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American End Tables
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Maple, Wenge, Burl
Baobab N5 by Calo Carratalá - Work on paper, graphite drawing, tree, Africa
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Baobab N5 is a unique graphite on paper mounted on a wood frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Baobab N3 by Calo Carratalá - Work on paper, graphite drawing, tree, Africa
By Calo Carratalá
Located in Paris, FR
Baobab N3 is a unique graphite on paper mounted on a wood frame drawing by contemporary artist Calo
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Espacio Wood Centerpiece by Jean-Baptiste Van den Heede
Located in Geneve, CH
Espacio wood centerpiece by Jean-Baptiste Van den Heede
Unique piece signed and numbered
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Centerpieces
Materials
Wood
Catching Blessings: shadow box painting & collage w/ figures & found objects
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Glass, Acrylic
"Untitled" Painting Acrylic on canvas on wood 59"x55"in. by Ibrahim Khatab
By Ibrahim Khatab
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled" Painting Acrylic on canvas on wood 59"x55"in. by Ibrahim Khatab
Ibrahim Khatab was born
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
"Untitled" Painting Acrylic on canvas on wood 59"x55"in. by Ibrahim Khatab
By Ibrahim Khatab
Located in Culver City, CA
"IK00023" Painting Acrylic on canvas on wood 59"x55"in. by Ibrahim Khatab
Ibrahim Khatab was born
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
"Abstract Calligraphy" Painting on canvas & wood 53" x 39" in by Ibrahim Khatab
By Ibrahim Khatab
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Calligraphy" Painting on canvas & wood 53" x 39" in by Ibrahim Khatab
Ibrahim Khatab was
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
"Abstract Calligraphy" Painting on canvas & wood 58" x 39" in by Ibrahim Khatab
By Ibrahim Khatab
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Calligraphy" Painting on canvas & wood 58" x 39" in by Ibrahim Khatab
Ibrahim Khatab was
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Acrylic
20th Century Tribal Figural Head Bust by David Tennant Hand Carved Ebony Wood
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful 20th Century Tribal David Tennant figural head bust comprised of hand carved ebony wood
Category
20th Century Unknown Tribal Busts
Materials
Wood
H 12.5 in W 9 in D 8.5 in
Table Box Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone and Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table box in the shape of a four-leaf clover in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated and real
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Other Sterling Silver
Materials
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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H 0.99 in W 4.73 in D 4.73 in
Whistle A Happy Tune: shadow box painting & collage w/ figures & found objects
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a shadow box construction approx. 13" x 9" x 2.5" with painted and collaged materials and
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Found Objects, Acrylic
Tableau n°57 by Jean Krillé - Oil on wood
By Jean Krille
Located in Geneva, CH
lake and facing eternity.
Work on wood
American white wooden box
56 x 76 x 3,3 cm
Category
1970s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Willy Rizzo Midcentury Cubic Chromed Steel, Wood and Glass Dry Bar, Italy 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Roma, IT
many low, box-like tables in granite, metal, glass, or burled wood, often embellished with brass or
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Barware
Materials
Steel, Metal, Chrome
H 16.34 in W 15.56 in D 15.56 in
MAXWELL - Multifunctional Pedestals/Bedside Tables
Located in Durban, ZA
working prosperities that each have to offer. The sensuous appeal of the solid wood cabinetry, combined
Category
2010s South African Modern Dressers
Materials
Brass
Cheshire 2 - A Credenza Unit
Located in Durban, ZA
construct our drawer boxes from solid wood, and dovetail the joints. In the interests of ergonomics and
Category
2010s South African Mid-Century Modern Credenzas
Materials
Wood
Get-A-Grip Pedestals MINI
Located in Durban, ZA
.
The dovetailed drawer boxes are manufactured from a solid aromatic timber which prohibits the
Category
2010s South African Mid-Century Modern Dressers
Materials
Wood, Oak
Arte Coffee Table by Jean-Baptiste Van Den Heede
Located in Geneve, CH
H 43 cm
Each piece of furniture is packed in a wooden box for maximum care.
ARTE collection
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Tables
Materials
Wood
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