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Music Play Box, Around 1960s, Made in Switzerland
Located in Wien, AT
Music play box, around 1960s, made in Switzerland. Wood inlays. Plays " Love story " Music Hight
Category

Vintage 1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Music Play Box, Around 1960s, Made in Switzerland
Music Play Box, Around 1960s, Made in Switzerland
$285
H 2.76 in W 8.27 in D 5.52 in
Art Deco Play Box maple wood vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Play Box maple wood vienna around 1920s With decoration ( carts, Coins )
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Vintage 1920s Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Maple

Art Deco Play Box maple wood vienna around 1920s
Art Deco Play Box maple wood vienna around 1920s
$571
H 8.27 in W 10.24 in D 6.3 in
Small play box from Swiss alp
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Small play wood box from Swiss alp
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Swiss Antiquities

Materials

Wood

Small play box from Swiss alp
Small play box from Swiss alp
$680
H 3.15 in W 6.3 in D 3.15 in
Antique English Playing Card Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
19th century Victorian English wood playing card box with a Jack of Clubs painted on paper on the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paper

Antique English Playing Card Box
Antique English Playing Card Box
$1,500
H 9 in W 5.5 in D 1.5 in
Ottaviani Italian Playing Card Game Box
By Ottaviani
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Ottaviani Italian Playing Card Box This Ottaviani Italian Playing Card Box is presented as an
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20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Ottaviani Italian Playing Card Game Box
Ottaviani Italian Playing Card Game Box
$1,500
H 1.78 in W 9.06 in D 5.12 in
19th Century English Playing Cards Box
Located in Tampa, FL
An exceptional English playing cards box dating to the 1860s suitable for both bridge and standard
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Antique 1860s English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Italian Playing Card Box
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A box for playing cards made in maple with decor in chrome and enameled symbols for spades, hearts
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel

Art Deco Italian Playing Card Box
Art Deco Italian Playing Card Box
$476
H 1.58 in W 10.63 in D 7.88 in
Music Box by Nicole Freres playing Belini
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare keywind music box by Nicole Freres. Playing 8 tunes as indicated on the original tunesheet. 7
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Antique Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Music Box by Nicole Freres playing Belini
Music Box by Nicole Freres playing Belini
$4,706
H 4.97 in W 20.28 in D 6.11 in
interchangeble 6 cylinder music box playing 36 tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box on matching table – 6 cylinders with 6 melodies each Beautiful Swiss music box, crafted
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

interchangeble 6 cylinder music box playing 36 tunes
interchangeble 6 cylinder music box playing 36 tunes
$11,796
H 38.59 in W 38.19 in D 21.26 in
19th Century French Playing Card Box Rosewood
Located in Münster, DE
Large casket, rosewood solid and veneered, France circa 1860/70, brass handle embedded in the lid, brass inlays, nice division inside (originally for tokens and cards), restored cond...
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Antique 1860s French Empire Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century French Playing Card Box Rosewood
19th Century French Playing Card Box Rosewood
$2,323
H 10.5 in W 47.5 in D 33 in
Italian 1960s Graphic Playing Card Boxes for Formica
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1960s Graphic Playing Card Boxes for Formica
Category

Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Formica

Italian 1960s Graphic Playing Card Boxes for Formica
Italian 1960s Graphic Playing Card Boxes for Formica
$714 / set
H 2.56 in W 9.26 in D 3.94 in
Music Box by Nicole Freres playing 4 Tunes
By Nicole Frères
Located in Zonhoven, BE
this early music box plays 4 cheerful melodies on a 20.5cm cylinder as provided on the original
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Music Box by Nicole Freres playing 4 Tunes
Music Box by Nicole Freres playing 4 Tunes
$6,374
H 5.71 in W 16.15 in D 7.09 in
Antique English Sterling Silver Playing Card Box, 1899
By Levi & Salaman
Located in Bath, GB
A superb late Victorian playing card box made from English sterling silver fully hallmarked for
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Antique 1890s English Late Victorian Decorative Boxes

Antique English Sterling Silver Playing Card Box, Chester, 1901
By Grey & Co, Birmingham
Located in Bath, GB
A wonderful and rare example of an English playing card box by the silversmith's, Grey & Co
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique English Sterling Silver Playing Card Box, Chester, 1901
Antique English Sterling Silver Playing Card Box, Chester, 1901
$4,206 Sale Price
20% Off
H 5.5 in W 3.13 in D 3.13 in
Italian Painted and Lacquered Playing Card Box, circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare and very charming Italian hand crafted playing card case painted in Venetian red with
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Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique French Satinwood Ecarte Playing Card Box, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
A very fine antique French satinwood "Ecarte" playing card box, circa 1870 in date. The slightly
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Antique 1870s French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Satinwood

Mid-Century Modern Brass and Exotic Wood Playing Card Box
Located in Brussels, BE
Mid-Century Modern Brass and Exotic Wood Playing Card Box
Category

Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

DECORATIVE ANTIQUE ORIGINAL KASHMIR PLAYiNG CARD BOX WITH TWIN COMPARTMENTS
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
decorative antique Kashmir playing carved box with period paper mâché finish A wonderfully original find
Category

20th Century European Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Ottaviani Mid Century Sterling silver enamel and wood playing card box
By Ottaviani
Located in Antwerp, BE
Mid Century Sterling silver enamel and wood playing card box, Italy 1979. Signed Ottaviani
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Art Deco Playing Card Box, Brown Color, France, circa 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box, is a playing card box. This game box is a box that consists of two separate compartments
Category

Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Chrome

Art Deco Playing Card Box, Brown Color, France, circa 1940
Art Deco Playing Card Box, Brown Color, France, circa 1940
$238 Sale Price
20% Off
H 3.15 in W 12.6 in D 4.34 in
1950 Felice Galbiati Italian Midcentury Design Metal Play Card Box
By Felice Galbiati
Located in Brescia, IT
Box Felice Galbiati _ Milano Italy, 1950 Serigraph metal and wood Very good condiction
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Antique Sterling Silver & Leather Miniature Knife Holder Styled Playing Card Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sterling silver and leather playing card box was made in London, England is 1885 by an
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Modernist Italian 800 Silver Small Playing Card Box, C.1950/1960
By Jean Despres
Located in Bath, GB
Hefty Italian silver was used to create this mid-century modern box with a stylish cast silver
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

GAB Sweden Pewter Box with Playing Card Motif - Art-Deco 1930's
Located in Stockholm, SE
This vintage GAB pewter box from Sweden showcases a unique design, featuring a stylized burst of
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Vintage 1930s Swedish Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pewter

Antique English Regency Penwork Games or Playing Card Box, circa 1820
Located in Bath, GB
About as exotic and decorative as they get, this magnificent playing card or games box has a deep
Category

Antique 1820s English Regency Decorative Boxes

Fontana Arte Playing Cards Box in Cerused Oak and Glass, Italy 1940s
By Pietro Chiesa, Fontana Arte
Located in Milan, IT
Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Playing Cards Box in Cerused Oak and Glass, Italy 1940s The Handle
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Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass, Oak

Fontana Arte Playing Cards Box in Cerused Oak and Glass, Italy 1940s
Fontana Arte Playing Cards Box in Cerused Oak and Glass, Italy 1940s
$1,715 Sale Price
20% Off
H 11 in W 21 in D 13 in
Music Box by Duccommun Girod playing 2 per Turn of the Cylinder
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Extremely large music box made in 1854 by Duccommun Girod in Switzerland. Duccommun Girod was
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Edwardian sterling silver playing card box for 2 packs of cards - made in 1908
By Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in London, London
Sterling Silver Playing Card Box, will hold 2 packs of playing cards, and is very plain in design. The box
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Music Box by Ducommun Girod playing 8 Tunes in a 2 per turn setting.
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very early fat cylinder music box. The mechanism has a 2 per turn setting, but plays 1 tune in 2
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Finest Quality Reuge Swiss 3.72 Note Grand Piano Inlaid Music Box Plays 3 Songs
By Reuge Ste-Croix
Located in Tustin, CA
with gorgeous instrumental motif marquetry on burl walnut wood case. The music box plays 3 songs
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Neoclassical Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Burl

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Playing Card Holder
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
925 silver playing card holder. The object was handmade, starting from a 925 silver sheet and
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2010s Italian Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Playing Card Holder
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Playing Card Holder
$583 / item
H 3.75 in W 2.96 in D 1.97 in
Mid-20th Century Italian Leather Playing Card Case
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful Italian handcrafted tooled leather playing card case with painted enamel-like decoration
Category

Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather

Coconut Rectangular Box
By Compagnia del Tabacco
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rectangular coconut box by Tobacco Company in Italy. It's a beautiful elegant unusual box for
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Late 20th Century Italian Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Coconut

Coconut Rectangular Box
Coconut Rectangular Box
$595
H 2.37 in W 5.91 in D 11.82 in
Playing card suit-shaped boxes Set of 4 fired enamel guilloché Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Set of 4 playing card suit-shaped boxes in 925/1000 sterling silver with Art Deco style fire
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Vintage 1950s Italian Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Box shaped “heart”playing card suit red fired Art Deco style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Playing card suit-shaped box “heart” in 925/1000 sterling silver with red fired enamel in Art Deco
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Box shaped “quadri” playing card suit red fired Art Deco style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped like a “quadri” playing card suit in 925/1000 sterling silver with red fired enamel in
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Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Box shaped “flowers” playing card suit black fired Art Deco style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped like a “flowers” playing card suit in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Box shaped “spade” playing card suit black fired Art Deco style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped like a “spade” playing card suit in 925/1000 silver with black fired enamel in Art Deco
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Nicole Freres Mozart music box
By Nicole Frères
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare Nicole Frères music box – exclusively playing Mozart Beautiful Swiss music box by Nicole
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Nicole Freres  Mozart music box
Nicole Freres  Mozart music box
$4,468
H 4.73 in W 15.75 in D 6.5 in
Vintage Italian Music Box Footed Wooden Inlaid Jewelry Box Made in Italy
By Casa Di Sorrento
Located in North Hollywood, CA
play "Torna A Surriento" theme. The box is made in Italy stamped in the bottom. The musical movement is
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Mother of Pearl Mounted Box with Four Boxes and Counters, 18th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
engraved with playing card suits. The box has its original velvet inset base and is not marked. Offered
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Antique 1770s Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Antique French Palais Royal Musical Writing Box
By Palais Royal
Located in Northampton, GB
Internal Music Box Playing Two Aires From our Writing Box collection, we are delighted to bring
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Antique Early 19th Century French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Antique French Palais Royal Musical Writing Box
Antique French Palais Royal Musical Writing Box
$16,603
H 4.53 in W 10.24 in D 7.09 in
Polyphon 71G disc music box with bells
Located in Zonhoven, BE
box, model 71G, plays music using 24.5 cm discs, which are green and specially made for this model
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Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Iron

Polyphon 71G disc music box with bells
Polyphon 71G disc music box with bells
$2,323
H 6.5 in W 14.38 in D 12.01 in
Norman Rockwell Young Love Walking to School Music Box
By Norman Rockwell
Located in North Hollywood, CA
, the tune will play when you open the box. Made in Japan Circa 1970. Dimensions: 2 in H x 4.5 in
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Late 20th Century American American Classical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Octagonal Jewelry Music Box, Made in Italy
By Reuge Ste-Croix
Located in North Hollywood, CA
with various precious wood top. Upon opening, the music box begins to play. The box is made in Italy
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Vintage 1950s Italian Moorish Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Granada Moorish Spain Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Music Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
geometric designs in precious wood, reminiscent of the Moorish Syrian style. When opened, the box plays
Category

Mid-20th Century Spanish Islamic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Vintage Footed Wooden Jewelry Music Box Made in Italy
By Reuge Ste-Croix
Located in North Hollywood, CA
with foliages floral decor. Upon opening, the music box begins to play " We've only just begun"theme
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Revival Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Bentwood

Deco Mirrored Elegant Bakelite Casket for Jewelry or Playing Cards
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant wood casket, covered with mirrors, black bakelite cover : for Your jewels or cards or photos... France - Art Deco O/1607.
Category

Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Bakelite

Duccommun Girod 6 tune music box with exposed controls
Located in Zonhoven, BE
arrangements, and very refined made music boxes. This music box plays 6 melodies as provided on the original
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Antique Early 19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron

Duccommun Girod 6 tune music box with exposed controls
Duccommun Girod 6 tune music box with exposed controls
$4,670 Sale Price
20% Off
H 3.75 in W 13.39 in D 4.73 in
Stunning Antique English Regency Penwork Games Box c.1820
Located in Bath, GB
About as exotic and decorative as they get, this magnificent playing card / games box has a deep
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Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Stunning Antique English Regency Penwork Games Box c.1820
Stunning Antique English Regency Penwork Games Box c.1820
$2,767 Sale Price
20% Off
H 4.5 in W 11.5 in D 8.5 in
Collection of Four Vintage Florentine Scuola del Cuoio Embossed Leather Boxes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
del Cuoio (ca. 1970s, Florence, Italy). Includes a cylindrical snuff box, a matchbox, a square playing
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Leaf

Vintage Lidded Wooden Box with Brass Hinges by Piero Fornasetti
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Doraville, GA
house two decks of playing cards or a cigarette box or trinket box. The box has two stickers on the
Category

Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Thorens Swiss AD 30 Upright Music Box with Ten Discs, circa 1970
Located in Evergreen, CO
metal discs as they play. The music box has an upright design with a bail handle at the top and block
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Vintage 1970s Swiss Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Outstanding Games Box in Burl Walnut, Brass and Malachite, c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning English Victorian Games / playing card box made from Burl Walnut mounted with impressive
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Antique 1880s British Late Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Malachite, Brass

Outstanding Games Box in Burl Walnut, Brass and Malachite, c.1880
Outstanding Games Box in Burl Walnut, Brass and Malachite, c.1880
$5,202 Sale Price
20% Off
H 5 in W 12.25 in D 9 in
Footed Blue Jewelry Music Box Made in Italy by Reuge Sainte Croix Sorrento
By Reuge Ste-Croix, Casa Di Sorrento
Located in North Hollywood, CA
. Lined in green jade velvet, original key with tassel. Upon opening, the music box begins to play a theme
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Rodi Marble Box Round Small by Giobagnara
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
. Available in several nuances of choice, and provided with removable leather placemats, the Rodi boxes play
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2010s Italian Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Marble

Rodi Marble Box Round Small by Giobagnara
Rodi Marble Box Round Small by Giobagnara
$805
H 2.76 in W 7.68 in D 7.68 in
Vintage Jewelry Music Box Hand-Made in Italy
By Reuge Ste-Croix
Located in North Hollywood, CA
. Upon opening, the music box begins to play "Blue Danubio" theme. The box is made in Italy stamped in
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Baroque Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Large Jewelry Music Box Made in Italy by Reuge 1960s
By Reuge Ste-Croix
Located in North Hollywood, CA
begins to play a theme. Elegant large footed wooden music box with top finely hand painted with foliages
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Moorish Jewelry Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

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Playing Box For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal playing box for your home. Each playing box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and silver. Find 51 options for an antique or vintage playing box now, or shop our selection of 3 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. Your living room may not be complete without a playing box — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. A playing box, designed in the Mid-Century Modern, Victorian or Art Deco style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. Many designers have produced at least one well-made playing box over the years, but those crafted by Cartier, Ottaviani and Fornasetti are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Playing Box?

Prices for a playing box start at $55 and top out at $7,984 with the average selling for $857.
Questions About Playing Box
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    The box that plays music is called a music box in the U.S. and a musical box in the UK. Early versions date back to the 19th century, and many of them came from factories located in Switzerland. Shop a large selection of antique and vintage music boxes on 1stDibs.