Antique French Bronze Dore Portrait Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A strikingly beautiful French dore bronze box is all engraved with an ivory picture of an aristocrat, LeBron.
Category
Antique 1890s French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
French Ivory Box
French Napoleon III Inlaid Walnut Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A handsome French Napoleon III walnut box, richly decorated with intricate mother-of-pearl, ivory and brass inlay.
Category
Antique 1870s French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco French Ivory 'Celluloid' Vanity Jewelry Box Set Pyralin Du Barry
$271Sale Price / set|20% Off
Art Deco French Ivory 'Celluloid' Vanity Jewelry Box Set Pyralin Du Barry
Located in Van Nuys, CA
French ivory (Celluloid) vanity jewelry pink and blue velvet lined box set by Pyralin Du Barry, circa 1900.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Box with Original Key
Located in Tampa, FL
A refined Napoleon III period jewelry box from 19th century France, beautifully crafted in burl wood, rosewood, ebony and ivory with intricate inlaid detailing throughout.
Category
Antique 1870s French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Ebony, Rosewood
Antique 1920s Durham Duplex Straight Razor French Ivory Celluloid
$207Sale Price / set|20% Off
Antique 1920s Durham Duplex Straight Razor French Ivory Celluloid
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Antique 1920s Durham Duplex straight razor and shoe horn French ivory celluloid. Shaver measures 1" high x 6" wide x 2" deep. Shoe horn measures 7.5" wide x 1.2" deep.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
19th Century French Cloisonné Jewellery Box by Maison Alphonse Giroux
$5,247Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century French Cloisonné Jewellery Box by Maison Alphonse Giroux
By Ferdinand Duvinage, Maison Giroux
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A French gilt-bronze mounted, fruit wood and ivory marquetry metal cloisonné jewellery box by Maison Alphonse Giroux and Ferdinand Duvinage, Paris, circa 1875, rectangular, on four f...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare Art Deco Lidded Box with Floral and Geometric Motifs, Silver and Ivory Hues
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
Rare Art Deco Lidded Box with Floral and Geometric Motifs, Silver and Ivory Hues
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly marked "Made in France," this box may have been made by the famous Primavera Studios established by Le Printemps department store in Paris.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
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Signed Sormani Box
By Paul Sormani
Located in Stamford, CT
A late 19th century burl walnut box signed Sormani Paris with ivory, ebony, satinwood and kingswood inlays having a brass banded edge and bun feet.
Category
20th Century French Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Ivory, Ebony, Satinwood, Kingwood
Elegant Antique French Game or Cards, Gambling Box, Ivory Chips
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H 2.325 in W 12.5 in D 9.5 in
Elegant Antique French Game or Cards, Gambling Box, Ivory Chips
Located in South Coast, CA
One of the most elaborately made and most beautiful of these Napoleon III era game boxes we've had in a long time, it's not only a superb serpentine form, but also is inlaid with pre...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Games
Materials
Ebony, Ivory, Tortoise Shell
Antique French Game Box, Tortoise Shell Boulle with Ivory Chips
Located in South Coast, CA
The beautiful old boulle-worked lid is in remarkably fine condition without a loss or lift to detract from it's 1800s appeal or it's value as antique. 'Boulle', named for the French ...
Category
French Games
Materials
Tortoise Shell
19thC Ivory Portrait Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Extraordinary oval shaped ivory box with a finely painted portrait of a lovely young woman. Portrait is under glass, box has original worn velvet lining.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory
French Burl Wood Glove Box with Ivory and Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Troy, MI
Early 20th century French long and narrow burl wood lidded glove box.
Category
Early 20th Century French Boxes
Materials
Wood, Satin, Ivory, Mother-of-Pearl
Art Deco French Ivory 'Celluloid' Vanity Jewelry Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
1930s Art Deco French ivory (celluloid) vanity jewelry box mauve velvet lined and scalloped edges.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
Art Deco French Ivory Vanity Keepsake Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage 1920s Art Deco French ivory vanity keepsake/jewelry box lined in pink velvet.
Category
20th Century American Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
Fabulous French Inlaid Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful and elaborately inlaid box. Marquetry design of pewter, ivory, mother of pearl, and brass on black walnut. Has original silk velvet interior.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Boxes
Materials
Pewter, Brass
French Napoleon III "Boulle" Marquetry, Blackened Pear Decorative Box
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H 4.73 in W 11.82 in D 8.67 in
French Napoleon III "Boulle" Marquetry, Blackened Pear Decorative Box
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice French Napoleon III "Boulle" marquetry, blackened pear decorative box. Original key.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Wood
19th c. French Liquor Box with Baccarat Glasses and Bottles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Very fine 19th c. French Liquor Box with Coral, Mother of Pearl, Ivory and Malachite, Copper and Brass Inlays.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Boxes
Materials
Coral, Malachite, Crystal, Brass, Copper
French Napoleon III "Boulle" Marquetry, Nacre and Gilded Brass Gloves Box
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H 3.15 in W 10.24 in D 3.94 in
French Napoleon III "Boulle" Marquetry, Nacre and Gilded Brass Gloves Box
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice French Napoleon III "Boulle" marquetry, tortoiseshell, nacre and gilded brass decorative gloves box. Restored by a cabinetmaker.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Napoleon III Decorative Box of Thuya, Rosewood, Ivory, Lacquer and Bronze
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H 5.5 in W 11 in D 8.5 in
Large Napoleon III Decorative Box of Thuya, Rosewood, Ivory, Lacquer and Bronze
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This unusually large decorative marquetry box was created during the reign of Napoleon III in France.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Napolèon III Palissander Box
Located in Miami, FL
Extremly refined and elegant solid palissander inlayed with brass , ivory and violet wood. Could be used for jewleries or cigars box as well.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Jewelry Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Embellished with ivory overlays and faux pearls, this jewelry box was designed to resemble a treasure chest~ a perfect choice for keeping one's treasured jewelry!
Category
Antique 19th Century French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Ivory
Art Deco Shagreen Box
Located in NYC, NY
A fine small shagreen jewelry, card or cigar box with inlaid mother of pearl along the inside edge, and ivory on the outside edge.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Ivory, Rosewood
Large 19th Century French Napoleon III Marquetry Jewelry Box, Marked Lucie
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H 5 in W 13 in D 9.5 in
Large 19th Century French Napoleon III Marquetry Jewelry Box, Marked Lucie
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This large mid nineteenth century marquetry box from the Napoleon III period features a burl thuya wood field surrounded by a concentric border of intricately inlaid ebonized pearwoo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Museum Quality Rosewood Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Museum Quality Rosewood/Ivory and Kings wood Box circa 1860-1870 original bronze Dore mounts
Category
Antique 19th Century French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century French Napoleon III Marquetry and Ivory Cigar Humidor
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H 8.67 in W 11.42 in D 11.42 in
19th Century French Napoleon III Marquetry and Ivory Cigar Humidor
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful 19th century French Napoleon III blackened wooden cigar cellar and ivory marquetry ornamentation. Four drawers for cigars and one drawer for cigar cutters. Very good condi...
Category
Antique 1850s French Napoleon III Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
19th c. Liqueur cabinet
Located in Casteren, NL
This liqueur-cabinet is made of blurred walnutwood and cross-band inlay with ebony, ivory and copper. Includes 2 x 8 glasses and 4 bottles on a copper frame. The box can be closed w...
Category
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
English 19th Century Rosewood Tea Caddy
Located in Santa Monica, CA
English 19th century rosewood tea-caddy, shell inlay and ivory embellishment.
Category
Antique 1890s French Tea Caddies
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
19th Century French Tea Caddy Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century French Tea Caddy Box with fine inlays of wood, brass and ivory.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of Cutlery, 32 Pieces in Metal and Bakelite, Ivory Color, France circa 1970
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H 7.88 in W 1.97 in D 0.79 in
Set of Cutlery, 32 Pieces in Metal and Bakelite, Ivory Color, France circa 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a 32 pices of cutlery. Knives, forks, spoons. Metal and Bakelite materials, they has been made circa 1970 in france. In an ivory color.
Category
Vintage 1970s French Knife Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique French Leather Box With Brass & Ivory
Located in Corona Del Mar, CA
Late 19th Century French leather box with brass and ivory.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Jewelry Box
Located in Hudson, NY
French Jewelry box. Inlaid with various exotic woods and ivory.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early Signed French Tortoiseshell and Ivory Round Portrait Box
Located in Denver, CO
Signed: Lafon. Beautifully fashioned with tortoise shell trim and lining, and a fine, brass bezel, this lovely box features a watercolor miniature portrait on ivory of an aristocrati...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Boxes
Tortoise Shell Jewelry Box with Ivory Detailing
Located in Charleston, SC
This jewelry box is made of tortoise shell with Ivory detailing on the top, bottom, and sides of the item. The front side of this item feature a bushel of flowers that is over the iv...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Tortoise Shell
Art Deco Carved Ivory Box
Located in New York, NY
Carved ivory box with spiral hemi-cylinders all around and quarter circle finial.
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
19th Century French Tortoise Shell Box with Bronze Detail and Miniature Painting on Ivory
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H 2 in W 9 in D 6.5 in
19th Century French Tortoise Shell Box with Bronze Detail and Miniature Painting on Ivory
Located in Charleston, SC
This miniature jewelry box is was made in France during the 19th Century.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
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French Ivory Box For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the French ivory box you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of bone, ivory and metal, every French ivory box was constructed with great care. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect French ivory box — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. A French ivory box is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Art Deco styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one French ivory box that is appealing in its simplicity, but Maison Giroux, R & Y Augousti and Tilden Thurber Co. produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a French Ivory Box?
Prices for a French ivory box start at $140 and top out at $11,800 with the average selling for $1,895.
Finding the Right Boxes for You
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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