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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
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 )
Category
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Maple
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
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
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
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Category
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
Category
20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
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
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
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...
Category
Antique 1860s French Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
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
Category
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
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$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
Category
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
Category
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
$311
H 2.96 in W 4.73 in D 1.97 in
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
$2,692
H 2.37 in W 12.8 in D 8.67 in
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
$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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,499
H 3.75 in W 2.5 in D 3 in
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
Category
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
$3,459
H 4.5 in W 11.5 in D 8.5 in
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
Category
Vintage 1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Oak
$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
$11,081
H 6.11 in W 21.26 in D 8.86 in
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
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,376
H 3.75 in W 2.76 in D 1.78 in
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
$10,604
H 5.71 in W 16.15 in D 7.09 in
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
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Neoclassical Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Burl
$3,800
H 6 in W 8.5 in D 14.5 in
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
Category
2010s Italian Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Coconut
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
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$18,163
H 0.71 in W 7.88 in D 7.88 in
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
$4,592
H 0.71 in W 3.94 in D 3.75 in
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
Category
Vintage 1950s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$4,616
H 0.71 in W 4.85 in D 4.1 in
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
$4,456
H 0.71 in W 3.75 in D 3.75 in
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
$4,519
H 0.71 in W 4.22 in D 3.75 in
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
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
Category
Antique 1770s Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
$7,264
H 1.97 in W 7.17 in D 5.4 in
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
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
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Black Forest Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
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
Category
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
Category
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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
$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
Category
Antique Early 19th Century British Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$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
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
$400 / set
H 1.25 in W 4 in D 4 in
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
Category
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
Category
Antique 1880s British Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Brass
$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
$495
H 3 in W 8.25 in D 5.25 in
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
Category
2010s Italian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Marble
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, 2022The 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.
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