Sold|$1,600
Handsome Inlaid Syrian Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large scaled with intricate inlaid designs in both bone and mother-of-pearl, this box is a great accessory piece for any home.
Brass
Sold|$675
Monumental Inlaid Horn Box
Located in North Miami, FL
Wonderful rectangular box with inlaid pentagonal shaped horn pieces. Black interior and four small chrome ball feet.
Sold|$495
Inlaid Marquetry Wood Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Decorative marquetry box with paw feet & crossed hands handle.
Wood
Sold|$437
Inlaid Wood Box
Located in New York, NY
Mother of Pearl Inlaid Wood Box. Available in two colors, light and dark wood.
Wood
Sold|$1,850
Syrian Inlaid Mosaic Backgammon Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Large Syrian inlaid mosaic backgammon game. Great inlaid wooden micro mosaic Middle Eastern box with backgammon and checker game box.
Fruitwood
Sold|$1,895
Inlaid camphor wood jewelry box
Located in San Francisco, CA
An ivory Anglo-Indian inlaid camphor wood jewelry box, circa 1850.
Sold|$1,200
English Inlaid Music/Cigarette Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rare and stunning finely inlaid Tumbler, England music/cigarette box. The car shape of the box is really unique.
Sold|$2,450
Tortoiseshell gold inlaid snuff box
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine English or Continental tortoiseshell gold inlaid snuff box depicting a neoclassical architectural scene.
Gold
17th C Inlaid Valuables Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
17th C Spanish or Spanish colonial inlaid travelling/valuable box with floral, heart and scroll inlay, original wrought iron hardware.
Sold|$957
Regency Satinwood Inlaid Writing Box
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A fine early 19th century satinwood writing box, the top finely inlaid with a butterfly. Good colour and patiation.
Satinwood
Sold|$6,368
Indian Ivory inlaid writing box
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A suberb Indian writing box, the inlaid decoration of the finest quality.
Ivory
Sold|$850
Walnut Box with Inlaid Design
Located in New York, NY
This small English box stands apart from the rest. Rectangular in shape, the top features canted corners, and the entire box is decorated with an inlaid Greek key design in ebonized ...
Sold|$403
Antique Mahogany Inlaid Writing Box
Located in Worcester, GB
Antique Mahogany inlaid writing box Measures 34 x 25 x 17 cm Offered for sale an English late nineteenth century writing box.
Mahogany
Sold|$827
Brass Inlaid Folding Jewellery Box
Located in Dublin 8, IE
Highly decorative Victorian era three-tiered folding jewellery box with brass inlay. This piece is complete with key.
Metal, Brass
Sold|$325
Anglo Indian Inlaid Letter Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 20th century handmade Anglo Indian letter box with beautiful and intricate marquetry inlay. The hinged top opens to an interior lined with crimson velvet.
Wood
Sold|$650
Maitland Smith Inlaid Marble Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Norwalk, CT
Handsome patterned inlays on top, brass bun feet and best --a gem-like onyx ornament. Varnished wood interior. Super quality.
Middle Eastern Handcrafted Box Inlaid Marquetry
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box. Small box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which have been painstakingly inlaid with mos...
Fruitwood
Sold|$1,275
1880s English Tunbridge Inlaid Walnut Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1880s English Tunbridge inlaid walnut box.
Walnut
Sold|$1,475
1880s English Inlaid Walnut Sewing Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1880s English inlaid walnut sewing box.
Walnut
Vintage Rectangular Moroccan Inlaid Decorative Box
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage rectangular Moroccan inlaid decorative box. This unusually shaped felt lined Moroccan or Middle Eastern box is the perfect coffee table accessory.
Wood
Sold|$1,875
Inlaid Marquetry Lap Top Desk/Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inlaid Italian Marquetry Lap Desk/Box. Lined in velvet.
Inlaid Bone and Lacquer Geometric Box
Located in Queens, NY
Inlaid white and black bone and lacquer square box with faceted sides and radiating design.
Wood
Sold|$2,600
Large Inlaid Bone India Vizagapatam Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Lovely inlaid pattern of natural cream and black bone jewelry/trinket box.
Bone, Wood
Sold|$3,007
Regency Brass-Inlaid Ebony Document Box
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Regency brass-inlaid ebony document box, of rectangular form with and end drawers and two postage slits, set on bun feet, English c 1815 H 5”
Sold|$1,950
Inlaid Syrian Box C. 1940's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inlaid with ebony, tortoise shell, and mother-of-pearl this stunning box would make a great accessory in any style home.
Sold|$312
Inlaid Dark Wood Box
Located in New York, NY
A Mother of Pearl Inlaid Wood Box. Dark Wood.
Wood
Sold|$2,880
Vintage Inlaid Malachite and Marble Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Uniquely shaped and generously proportion marble and malachite clad box with gold detailing.
Marble, Malachite
Sold|$1,845
Antique Brass inlaid Rosewood Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Antique Rosewood sewing box by Edwards with ornate brass inlay to the top and front, with an engraved initial plate and ornate escutcheon. The interior is lined in green silk with a...
Brass
Sold|$1,500
Lidded Jewelry Box with Inlaid Marquetry
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Anglo Indian jewelry box with a diamond form decorated with intricate geometric marquetry in bone, mother of pearl, and exotic woods. The interior is lined with red velvet and lacque...
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl
Vintage Spanish Inlaid Marquetry Decorative Music Box Inlaid with White Bone
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Spanish Granada Inlaid Marquetry Decorative Music Box Inlaid with White Bone.
Bone, Fruitwood
Sold|$1,845
Brass Inlaid Jewellery Box
Located in Cheshire, GB
Harewood jewellery box the hinged lid decorated with floral relief and brass detail opening to reveal a maple interior with divided compartments. Dimensions Height 2.5 inches Widt...
Harewood
Moroccan Decorative Box Inlaid with White Bone
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Moroccan decorative trinket rectangular lidded box inlaid with white bone and wood. Large stylish Moorish trinket lidded box with bone and wood inlaid handcrafted in Marrakech, Moro...
Bone
Inlaid Mahogany Box from England Circa 1790
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inlaid mahogany box from England circa 1790.
Mahogany
19th Century Satinwood Birch Inlaid Knife Box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality birch and satinwood knife box circa 1890. Inlaid with shell to lid, ebony inlaid to the front.
Birch
19th Century book shaped inlaid olive box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century book shaped inlaid olive box circa 1890. Unusual Italian keep sake box made in olive wood.
Olive
Sold|$1,100
Maitland Smith Inlaid Marble and Brass Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Maitland Smith inlaid marble and brass box. Lid lifts off. From a Greenwich, Connecticut Mansion.
Marble
Sold|$1,950
Large Rosewood and Bone Inlaid Octagonal Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A large early 20th C. inlaid bone and rosewood box, with a carved bone pull.
Wonderful Inlaid American Sailor-Made Dressing Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very unusual American octagonal profusely inlaid sailor's dressing box with mixed wood geometric inlaid top, the interior with velvet lining and fitted mirror.
20th Century Inlaid Walnut Wood Sorrento Box
Located in Catania, Sicilia
Polished walnut wood, commonly used in Italian marquetry. The top of the box features a central inlaid design showing three traditional Italian figures dancing.
Walnut
Chinese Mother of Pearl Inlaid Lacquered Box
Located in Astoria, NY
Chinese mother of pearl inlaid lacquered rectangular box, depicting in landscape, circa late 19th-early 20th century.
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Sold|$1,650
Antique Mid-19th Century Inlaid Desk Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Amazing inlaid lap desk box made in England, circa 1860. The exotic wood inlaid top with rosewood and olive wood and others with central medallion with cube work and highly detailed ...
Olive, Rosewood, Tulipwood
Chinese Mother of Pearl Inlaid Lacquered Box
Located in Astoria, NY
Chinese mother of pearl inlaid lacquered long rectangular box, the cover depicting two figures or immortals with all-over landscape decoration, circa late 19th-early 20th century. 2....
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Chinese Mother of Pearl Inlaid Lacquered Box
Located in Astoria, NY
Chinese mother of pearl inlaid lacquered circular box, the cover depicting mother with two children with all-over landscape decoration, circa late 19th-early 20th century.
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Sold|$650
Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Moorish Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Middle Eastern Moorish micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid. Intricate inlaid Middle Eastern box with floral and geometric Islamic Moorish design in a rectangular form.
Wood
Persian Tessellated Bone and Inlaid Wood Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Persian box with intricate tessellated polished bone, rosewood and colored wood design covering the entire surface, the workmanship that goes into one of these boxes is stunning. All...
Bone
Sold|$312
Inlaid Two Tone Wood Box
Located in New York, NY
A Mother of Pearl Inlaid Wood Box. Light wood with dark wood trim.
Wood
Sold|$1,500
Kathryn McCoy quartz box inlaid with pyrite
Located in Winnetka, IL
A beautiful quartz and pyrite box by Kathryn McCoy.
Quartz, Pyrite
Los Castillo Taxco Style Malachite Sodalite Box Inlaid Rosewood Interior Box
By Los Castillos
Located in Chicago, IL
Hinged inlaid malachite and sodalite brass, copper and bronze metal box with rosewood interior, circa 1960 Stone inlay, bronze, brass on raised copper feet.
Malachite
Sold|$375
Anglo-Indian Inlaid Bone Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Mid-20th Century Anglo-Indian Inlaid Bone Jewelry or Trinket Box. Box features hand-cut bone tiles arranged in a paneled pattern, giving the piece a subtle textural appeal and natura...
Bone, Wood
Lovely quality antique Victorian walnut inlaid sewing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely quality antique Victorian walnut inlaid sewing box, having a quality antique Victorian sewing box with beautiful inlaid detail with a lift up lid opening to reveal a tray with...
Walnut
Vintage Middle Eastern Moorish Inlaid Marquetry Mosaic Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Middle Eastern Moorish Inlaid Marquetry Mosaic Trinket Box. Middle Eastern Moorish inlaid marquetry storage box.
Fruitwood, Shell
Sold|$995 / set
Moroccan Decorative Trinkets Boxes Inlaid with White Bone
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Set of three Moroccan decorative trinkets octagonal shaped lidded box inlaid with white bone. Stylish Moorish trinket lidded boxes handcrafted wood with bone inlaid.
Brass
Late 19th Inlaid Mahogany and Maple Wood Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Inlaid English Mahogany and Maple box with dovetail joints and fitted interior.
Mahogany, Maple
Antique Brass and Copper inlaid Betel Nut Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Philippine Brass and Copper inlaid Betel Nut Box. The top lifts to reveal 2 hinged compartments that held the betel leaf, areca nut.
Brass, Copper
Inlaid Walnut Box from Late 19th Century England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inlaid walnut box from late 19th century England.
Walnut
English Mid-19th Century Small Inlaid Rosewood Box
Located in Santa Monica, CA
English mid-19th century small inlaid rosewood box.
Walnut
Late 19th Century Inlaid Decorative Box from England.
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Late 19th century inlaid decorative box from England.
Wood
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.
The French sculptor shaped dense blocks into tactile forms meant to be used and held.
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The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.