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Early American Painted Boxes

Painted 19th Century American Document Box
Painted 19th Century American Document Box

Painted 19th Century American Document Box

Located in Hudson, NY

A spectacular and fine, painted and stenciled, pine documentbox. The original blue paint having turned a dark green over time with the varnished finish, typical of Boston pieces. Yo...

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Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture

Materials

Brass

Federal Grain Painted and Stenciled Document Box 19th Century American
Federal Grain Painted and Stenciled Document Box 19th Century American

Federal Grain Painted and Stenciled Document Box 19th Century American

Located in Hudson, NY

A spectacular and fine, dovetailed poplar, rosewood grain painted and ebonized document box. The gold stenciling is of a very fine quality. Retains the original fire gilded steel bai...

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Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Painted Furniture

Materials

Gold, Steel

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Box
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Box

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Box

Located in Chicago, IL

A fascinating and truly unique early 20th century American Folk Art box with the most wonderful Greek temple design with eight blue painted Doric columns around the perimeter and wit...

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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Folk Art "American Eagle" Silhouette Decorative Box
Early 20th Century Folk Art "American Eagle" Silhouette Decorative Box

Early 20th Century Folk Art "American Eagle" Silhouette Decorative Box

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Folk art decorative box with eagle motif in attractive red paint (ca. 1910-1920, USA). The hinged top opens to reveal a divided storage compartment, perfect for housing small accesso...

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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paint

Antique Primitive American Paint Decorated Tool or Document Storage Box
Antique Primitive American Paint Decorated Tool or Document Storage Box

Antique Primitive American Paint Decorated Tool or Document Storage Box

Located in Atlanta, GA

They are a testament to the creativity and resourcefulness of early American craftsmen. The age and condition of an antique primitive American paint decorated tool or document stora...

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Antique Early 19th Century American Primitive Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Wood, Paint

Antique C.F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Company Exposition Brand Green Tin Coffee Bin
Antique C.F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Company Exposition Brand Green Tin Coffee Bin

Antique C.F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Company Exposition Brand Green Tin Coffee Bin

Located in Chicago, IL

Antique C.F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Company Exposition Brand Green Tin Coffee Bin This antique forest green coffee bin with a slanted lid opening has an exterior reading: "Blankes Ex...

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Early 20th Century American American Classical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Pair of Early Leather Bound Ditzler Automotive Paint Chip Boxes
Pair of Early Leather Bound Ditzler Automotive Paint Chip Boxes

Pair of Early Leather Bound Ditzler Automotive Paint Chip Boxes

Located in Ferndale, MI

Early 20th century automotive color chip or sample container. Raised in the leather design the words Compose - Vogue - Series, and automobile colors with the Ditzier logo shown in th...

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Early 20th Century North American Art Nouveau Books

Materials

Leather

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Painted American Folk Art Box
Painted American Folk Art Box

Painted American Folk Art Box

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H 10 in W 24 in D 13 in

Painted American Folk Art Box

Located in New York City, NY

Painted American Folk Art box with floral motif and yellow trim.

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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

American Naive Grain-Painted Decorative Wooden Suitcase
American Naive Grain-Painted Decorative Wooden Suitcase

American Naive Grain-Painted Decorative Wooden Suitcase

Located in Woodbury, CT

This "suitcase" features yummy and amazing grain painting in red, brown, ochre and black and makes this a whimsical decorative piece, maybe for stacking with other suitcases. If you ...

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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

American Blue Painted Miniature Antique Chest Box, Pennsylvania, circa 1830
American Blue Painted Miniature Antique Chest Box, Pennsylvania, circa 1830

American Blue Painted Miniature Antique Chest Box, Pennsylvania, circa 1830

Located in Shippensburg, PA

An absolutely stunning and entirely original miniature chest, this precious piece retains a very early and vibrant blue painted surface and is untouched other than replaced brass hin...

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Antique Early 19th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture

Materials

Pine

Antique Early American Farmhouse Dovetailed Table Box
Antique Early American Farmhouse Dovetailed Table Box

Antique Early American Farmhouse Dovetailed Table Box

Located in Forney, TX

A charming early American farmhouse country painted pine miniature blanket chest / dowry / table box.

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Antique Early 19th Century American Country Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine, Paint

Early 20th Century American Painted Trunk or Blanket Chest
Early 20th Century American Painted Trunk or Blanket Chest

Early 20th Century American Painted Trunk or Blanket Chest

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Wooden trunk / storage chest in maroon and black with a hinged top that opens to reveal three, removable boxes for storage. These boxes, vintage but later additions, can be removed f...

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Vintage 1920s American American Craftsman Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Hand Painted Ivy League University Band Lunch Box c.1920
Antique Hand Painted Ivy League University Band Lunch Box c.1920

Antique Hand Painted Ivy League University Band Lunch Box c.1920

By The American Thermos Bottle Company

Located in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT An antique lunch box with metal thermos and original food storage case, advertising a college rock band "The Kollege Kids". It features three hands waving different school pen...

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Early 20th Century English Industrial Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Chrome

Americana Folk Art Dovetailed Antique Document Box, circa 1830-1850
Americana Folk Art Dovetailed Antique Document Box, circa 1830-1850

Americana Folk Art Dovetailed Antique Document Box, circa 1830-1850

Located in Shippensburg, PA

American dome top dovetailed document box Probably Pennsylvania, circa 1830-1850   This most attractive document box probably originates in Pennsylvania and is exceptionally wel...

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Antique Early 19th Century American American Colonial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

Tinwear Tea Caddy Possibly American
Tinwear Tea Caddy Possibly American

Tinwear Tea Caddy Possibly American

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H 5.5 in W 4.3 in D 3.15 in

Tinwear Tea Caddy Possibly American

Located in Northampton, GB

Antique Tinwear Tea Caddy From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this documented early 19th century Tinwear tea caddy. The top of cushioned shape with raised han...

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Antique Early 19th Century British Tea Caddies

Materials

Tin

Painted Red and Black Blanket Box
Painted Red and Black Blanket Box

Painted Red and Black Blanket Box

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H 19 in W 38 in D 18.75 in

Painted Red and Black Blanket Box

Located in Nantucket, MA

Retaining its original first surface of a red ground and black brush work, dovetailed joinery with applied moldings, butt hinges and an open till. New England or New York, circa 1820...

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Antique Early 19th Century North American Country Blanket Chests

Materials

Pine

American Civil War Era Black Metal Ballot Box by Geo Barnard & Company, 1800s
American Civil War Era Black Metal Ballot Box by Geo Barnard & Company, 1800s

American Civil War Era Black Metal Ballot Box by Geo Barnard & Company, 1800s

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

Black cylindrical 19th century ballot box by Geo Barnard & Company of Saint Louis Missouri. A wonderful piece of history, this State government ballot box is tall and round in form. ...

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Antique Early 19th Century American American Classical Political and Pat...

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Metal, Tin

Antique City Hall Park Union Depot Wind Up Tin Street Trolley Car & Box c1900
Antique City Hall Park Union Depot Wind Up Tin Street Trolley Car & Box c1900

Antique City Hall Park Union Depot Wind Up Tin Street Trolley Car & Box c1900

Located in Big Flats, NY

Antique City Hall Park 175, Union Depot Wind Up Painted Pressed Steel Summer Trolley Clockwork Toy Trolley Car by the Morton E. Converse Co. (Winchendon, MA), in original dovetailed ...

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Early 20th Century North American Toys and Dolls

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Steel, Tin

American Red Painted Fireman's Toolbox
American Red Painted Fireman's Toolbox

American Red Painted Fireman's Toolbox

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H 7 in W 24.5 in D 9.5 in

American Red Painted Fireman's Toolbox

Located in Chicago, IL

This charming painted chest is a wooden toolbox originally used to store spare nozzles and various tools on a turn-of-the-century American fire hose reel. While some fire hoses of th...

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Early 20th Century American Rustic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Oak, Pine

Vintage Wood Red White and Blue Wood Ballot Box American Folk Art
Vintage Wood Red White and Blue Wood Ballot Box American Folk Art

Vintage Wood Red White and Blue Wood Ballot Box American Folk Art

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Early 20th century locking ballot box. Found in the Kansas. Fantastic red, white and blue original paint alligatored surface. Nice graphic design piece. Great for storage.

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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Iron

Wall Box, American Adirondacks Folk Art
Wall Box, American Adirondacks Folk Art

Wall Box, American Adirondacks Folk Art

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H 58 in W 13.25 in D 6 in

Wall Box, American Adirondacks Folk Art

Located in Lenox, MA

This beautiful piece of American folk art is a painted wooden wall box consisting of a red case with six pockets and five individual paintings. It came from a camp on Blue Lake in th...

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Early 20th Century American Painted Furniture

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Wood

Vintage  Painted  American  Wooden  Tool  Box
Vintage  Painted  American  Wooden  Tool  Box

Vintage Painted American Wooden Tool Box

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H 8 in W 32 in D 8.5 in

Vintage Painted American Wooden Tool Box

Located in Bedford, NY

OLD PINE TOOL BOX- ORIGINAL TURQUOISE COLOR- WONDERFUL WEAR MARKS- INTERIOR IN NATURAL WOOD--AMERICAN MADE

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Early 20th Century American Boxes

Materials

Pine

Early 19th C. American Painted Steel Ship's Strong Box
Early 19th C. American Painted Steel Ship's Strong Box

Early 19th C. American Painted Steel Ship's Strong Box

Located in Kensington, MD

VERY HEAVY Early 19th C. American painted steel ship’s strong box with original keys.

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Antique 19th Century American Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Steel

1920's Navajo Hand Painted Trunk or Box with Whirling Logs
1920's Navajo Hand Painted Trunk or Box with Whirling Logs

1920's Navajo Hand Painted Trunk or Box with Whirling Logs

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Pre- 1930s painted box. Made with A. E. Staley 50 lb. starch box. Hand painted in Native American Navajo motif.

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Early 20th Century American Native American Native American Objects

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Metal

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Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price

Portrait of Lady Caroline Price

By George Romney

Located in Miami, FL

DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...

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1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Rosso Wall Mirror

Rosso Wall Mirror

$1,395 / item

H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 1.97 in

Rosso Wall Mirror

By Specchi Veneziani

Located in Milan, IT

Crafted in the finest Murano tradition, this exquisite Venetian mirror is a true work of art. Assembled with crystal and gold elements, and adorned with red glass flowers, each piece...

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2010s Italian Renaissance Wall Mirrors

Materials

Glass

Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure
Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure

Mid-Victorian Moorish wrought & cast iron pergola or decorative garden structure

Located in London, GB

A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a unique masterpiece in High Victorian Ironwork design. Our research confirms it is French, da...

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Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements

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Wrought Iron

circa 1800 Extra Large Antique Original Paint German Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk
circa 1800 Extra Large Antique Original Paint German Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk

circa 1800 Extra Large Antique Original Paint German Blanket Chest Coffer Trunk

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning, extra large circa 1800 hand painted German clothes trunk or marriage coffer chest with Acanthus leaf painting I have recently pu...

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Antique Early 1800s European George III Trunks and Luggage

Materials

Pine

Mid 18th Century Floral Painted Blanket Chest
Mid 18th Century Floral Painted Blanket Chest

Mid 18th Century Floral Painted Blanket Chest

$3,967

H 31.89 in W 57.09 in D 27.17 in

Mid 18th Century Floral Painted Blanket Chest

Located in Vo', Veneto

Tyrolean painted chest H. 81 – W. 147 – P. 69 Ancient Tyrolean chest, entirely built in fir wood. The surface has been decorated with a dark brown background color, semi-covering, ...

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Antique Mid-18th Century Austrian Folk Art Blanket Chests

Materials

Fir

18th Century Swedish Folk Art  antique rustic Trunk /Chest
18th Century Swedish Folk Art  antique rustic Trunk /Chest

18th Century Swedish Folk Art antique rustic Trunk /Chest

$1,517

H 22.45 in W 35.44 in D 20.48 in

18th Century Swedish Folk Art antique rustic Trunk /Chest

Located in Boden, SE

18th Century Swedish antique rustique Chest from Boden Norrbotten, Northern Sweden. The chest has untouched original paint. The trunk was dated 1799 to celebrate a birthday ,and the ...

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Antique Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Painted Furniture

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Pine

Mid 19th century Swedish folk art hand painted pine coffer
Mid 19th century Swedish folk art hand painted pine coffer

Mid 19th century Swedish folk art hand painted pine coffer

Located in Debenham, Suffolk

Mid 19th century Swedish folk art hand painted pine coffer circa 1841. Fine quality piece of Scandinavian folk art.  Made from solid pine with a slight dome top lid.  Base coated in...

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Antique Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Blanket Chests

Materials

Iron

1822 Blue Floral Painted Alpine Chest
1822 Blue Floral Painted Alpine Chest

1822 Blue Floral Painted Alpine Chest

$3,150

H 20.48 in W 49.22 in D 23.63 in

1822 Blue Floral Painted Alpine Chest

Located in Vo', Veneto

1822 Painted Tyrolean Chest Measurements: H. 52 cm - W. 125 cm - D. 60 cm Period: 1822 Origin: Tyrol Wood: Fir Description: Tyrolean chest, painted in teal. On the front it has th...

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Antique 1820s Italian Neoclassical Revival Blanket Chests

Materials

Fir

Schoharie County, New York State Blanket Chest
Schoharie County, New York State Blanket Chest

Schoharie County, New York State Blanket Chest

$35,000

H 20 in W 30 in D 17.5 in

Schoharie County, New York State Blanket Chest

Located in York County, PA

Painted Schoharie County, New York blanket chest, decorated with a beautifully embellished yellow urn of flowers on a blue ground. This is traditional fashion of the region, in which...

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Antique 1820s American Painted Furniture

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Wood

An English Painted Box resembling an early Georgian house, 19th Century
An English Painted Box resembling an early Georgian house, 19th Century

An English Painted Box resembling an early Georgian house, 19th Century

Located in Spencertown, NY

A tromp l'oeil painted box in the manner of a georgian house. H. 10inches, W. 8 inches, D. 6.75 inches Good condition, but lacking lock.

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Antique Mid-19th Century British Georgian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Swedish Allmoge Folk Art Bentwood Chest
19th Century Swedish Allmoge Folk Art Bentwood Chest

19th Century Swedish Allmoge Folk Art Bentwood Chest

Located in Pearland, TX

An incredible Swedish hand-painted chest, having hand-forged iron straps and fittings. Original key included.

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Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Decorative Boxes

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Bentwood

Original Painted Flat Top Trunk With Flowers, Austria dated 1804
Original Painted Flat Top Trunk With Flowers, Austria dated 1804

Original Painted Flat Top Trunk With Flowers, Austria dated 1804

Located in Round Top, TX

The paint is all original on this delightful flat top trunk from Austria. The flowers in vases are depicted in the front panels, which was a popular folk art design throughout the 18...

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Antique Early 19th Century Austrian Folk Art Trunks and Luggage

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Wood, Paint

Pine Trunk or Blanket Chest in Original Decorative Paint
Pine Trunk or Blanket Chest in Original Decorative Paint

Pine Trunk or Blanket Chest in Original Decorative Paint

Located in Baltimore, MD

Shades of red fading and blending into each other in a stylized grain pattern are used to beautiful effect in the background of this extraordinary painted trunk. The design on the f...

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Antique Mid-19th Century German Folk Art Blanket Chests

Materials

Pine

Red Floral Painted Cabinet, 1790, Central Europe
Red Floral Painted Cabinet, 1790, Central Europe

Red Floral Painted Cabinet, 1790, Central Europe

$6,814

H 74.81 in W 34.26 in D 19.69 in

Red Floral Painted Cabinet, 1790, Central Europe

Located in Vo', Veneto

Sideboard, antique Tyrolean red painted cabinet - 19th century, Central Europe Measures: H. 192 cm – L. 87 cm – P. 50 cm (82 cm to the frames) Two-body sideboard entirely paint...

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Antique 1780s Italian Country Sideboards

Materials

Fir

Grain Painted Blanket Chest American
Grain Painted Blanket Chest American

Grain Painted Blanket Chest American

$3,375Sale Price|25% Off

H 22.5 in W 42.5 in D 16.5 in

Grain Painted Blanket Chest American

Located in Hudson, NY

Painted blanket chest with bracketed feet and beautiful saw tooth apron. Top with molded edge and stepped cleats. An absolute delight, this festive 18th century jewel made of pine wi...

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Antique Late 18th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture

Materials

Pine, Paint

Folk-Art Bridal Chest, 1826
Folk-Art Bridal Chest, 1826

Folk-Art Bridal Chest, 1826

$2,042

H 20.08 in W 50.4 in D 22.45 in

Folk-Art Bridal Chest, 1826

Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland

German pine bridal chest made in 1826 for a certain Jacob Sallberger. Hand-painted with beautiful fine details. The iron hinges and handles are hand-forged. The key and lock are orig...

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Antique 1820s German Folk Art Painted Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

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Early American Painted Boxes For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are several options of early American painted boxes available for sale. The range of distinct early American painted boxes — often made from wood, metal and pine — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of early American painted boxes available, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Early American painted boxes made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Neoclassical — are very popular at 1stDibs.

How Much are Early American Painted Boxes?

Prices for early American painted boxes can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, early American painted boxes begin at $500 and can go as high as $3,250, while the average can fetch as much as $1,800.