Mother-of-Pearl Sewing Nécessaire
By Palais Royal
Located in New Orleans, LA
This captivating Palais Royal sewing nécessaire is crafted of engraved mother of pearl mounted in rich doré bronze.
Bronze
Exceptional Diamond Sarcophagus Palais Royal Musical Sewing Box
Located in London, GB
An exceptionally rare French Palais Royal musical sewing box of magnificent diamond sarcophagus form, crafted in finely chased gilt bronze and mounted with exquisitely engraved mothe...
Ormolu
Unavailable
H 4 in W 9.75 in D 6.5 in
Antique Striped Mahogany Palais Royal Sewing Box, France, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Palais Royal sewing box with mahogany and maple striped design.
Cut Steel
Unavailable
H 3.5 in W 8.25 in D 4.5 in
Antique Mahogany Sycamore Palais Royal Sewing Box, French, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Palais Royal sewing box veneered in mahogany and sycamore with boxwood stringing and floral inlays, standing on four small ball feet.
Mother-of-Pearl, Mahogany, Sycamore
Palais Royal Mother-of-Pearl Sewing Box
By Palais Royal
Located in New Orleans, LA
The delicate artistry of this 19th-century Palais Royal sewing nécessaire matches the intricate work for which it was made.
Bronze
Antique French Palais Royal Mulberry Sewing Box
By Palais Royal
Located in Northampton, GB
Louis XVIII (1814-1824) From our Sewing Box collection, we are delighted to introduce to the market this superb Palais Royal Mulberry Sewing Box.
Gold, Cut Steel
Sold
H 1.58 in W 5.32 in D 4.34 in
Antique French Palais Royal Mother of Pearl Clam Necessaire Etui Sewing Box
By Palais Royal
Located in Northampton, GB
Mother of Pearl and Ormolu From our Sewing collection, we are delighted to offer this Palais Royal Necessaire Etui.
Silver
Antique Satinwood Palais Royal Sewing Box 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
This charming little Palais Royal sewing box comes with a fully working lock and tasselled key.
Mother-of-Pearl, Boxwood, Satinwood
Antique Maple and Mahogany Palais Royal Sewing Box, 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Palais Royal sewing box with mahogany and maple striped design with cut steel corner brackets and sturdy ring handle.
Velvet, Mahogany, Maple
Palais Royal Mulberry Sewing Box 19th Century
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Mulberry Palais Royal sewing box with ebony edging and brass and faceted stud decoration.
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
19th Century Palais Royal Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
A lovely, outstanding quality fully-fitted mid-19th century French “Palais Royal” combination sewing, writing, vanity and tea box.
Antique French Palais Royal Mahogany Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, United Kingdom
Antique Palais Royal mahogany sewing in the form of a miniature grand piano.
Bone, Silk, Ebony, Mahogany
A French Palais Royal Mother-of-Pearl Perfume Caddy, 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A French Palais Royal Mother-of-Pearl Perfume Caddy, 19th Century Description: Features iridescent mother-of-pearl shells housed within a fire-gilded brass frame. Produced in Paris ...
Bronze
19th Century Coffret with Mother of Pearl
Located in Opole, PL
We present you a low wooden coffret, whose surface is covered with diamond-shaped mother of pearl tiles. This item is from Q3 of the 19th century. The mother of pearl is made of tw...
Mother-of-Pearl, Velvet, Plastic
Empire Style Crystal Box with Classical Gilt Ormulo Mounts
Located in London, GB
A French late 19th century Empire style crystal box with classical gilt bronze mounts.
Ormolu
19th Century Mother of Pearl Tea Caddy with Silver Set
Located in Atlanta, GA
19th Century Mother of Pearl Tea Caddy with Silver Set
Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century French Bronze Box with Semi Precious Stones
Located in Houston, TX
19th century French bronze box with semi precious stones. Lovely 19th century French Baroque style bronze box or jewel casket with semi precious stones retaining the original tufted...
Multi-gemstone, Bronze
Fine 19thC Rosewood and Mother of Pearl Jewellery Cabinet
Located in Altrincham, GB
Fine 19thC Rosewood and Mother of Pearl Jewellery Cabinet, the table top work casket with hinged top enclosing a compartmented interior above a pair of doors enclosing three graduate...
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
$3,500
H 7 in W 11.5 in D 8.5 in
Antique Spanish Gilt Bronze / Silvered Casket Box Lined Interior Decorative Box
Located in Tarry Town, NY
An elegant antique decorative casket box, made in Spain in the early 20th century and finely executed in gilt bronze & silvered with lined interior. This richly detailed box refl...
Metal, Bronze
$8,328Sale Price|20% Off
H 3.55 in W 9.65 in D 6.7 in
Maison Maire travel necessities Paris 1825-1830 ca
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
Charles X-era travel nécessaire consisting of citronnier wood case, decorated with small polished steel studs and fitted with key, containing chiseled gold, turquoise (insets) and mo...
Gold
$1,800 / item
H 4.25 in W 7.5 in D 4.25 in
19th Century French Ormolu Bronze Jewelry Casket From Alphonse Giroux
Located in New York, NY
Antique (19th century) French ormolu bronze jewelry casket from the Gothic Revival period, inlaid with oval green stones with lined interior, retailed by the revered Parisian tableti...
Bronze
19th Century French Large and Finely Gilt Bronze Casket
Located in Dallas, TX
Finest quality French 19th century bronze doré box. Beautiful scenes of cherubs at play on all sides. Boucher scenes. Lined with a beautiful silk original key.
Bronze
Victorian Nécessaire de Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanity case is as much an item of luxury as it is of necessity. Known as a nécessaire de voyage, the case features a lux...
Velvet, Glass, Wood
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 4.5 in W 12.25 in D 9.65 in
Renaissance Style Gilt Rectangular Casket , Jewelry, Desk and /or Decorative Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Renaissance style gilt bronze rectangular casket lidded box. It depicts embossed decoration of scrolls of acanthus leaves, birds flowers and hearts around the whole box. In...
Bronze
German Mother-of-Pearl Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent layers and inlays of multi-colored mother-of-pearl cover each side of this breathtaking German snuff box. Each incredibly detailed scene is framed by finely engraved yell...
Gold
19th Century Sewing Box by Maison Aucoc, Paris
By A. Aucoc
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Late 19th century oval sewing box decorated with crowned monogram. The case contains five gold and steel sewing utensils embellished with small flowers. Labeled on the inside: AUCOC ...
Gold, Steel
$37,982
H 0.48 in W 2.6 in D 1.89 in
19th Century Swiss 18K Gold Pearl Set & Enamel Musical Box, Remond c.1800
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Music box’s sound recording available on request Antique early-19th Century Exceptional Swiss 18k gold & enamel music box, of elegant rectangular form, in the shape of an envelope, ...
Gold, Enamel
Large Gilt and Silvered Bronze Jewel Box/Casket
Located in Norwood, NJ
French 19th century large gilt and silvered bronze table box. Finely cast Renaissance Revival gilt and silvered bronze jewelry box with tufted velvet interior lining. Four corners wi...
Bronze
Tiffany Studios Poppy Lamp
By Tiffany Studios
Located in New Orleans, LA
Poppy Lamp Tiffany Studios Circa 1910 This exquisite table lamp by Tiffany Studios features the firm's iconic Poppy shade and its patinated bronze root base. The coveted Tiffany flo...
Bronze
Jewelry Safe Brushed Gold Brass
Located in Paris, FR
Jewelry safe vintage golded distinguishes itself following a new hyperluxury trend. Special compartments for jewelry and precious liquors, watch winders for watches and humidors f...
Gold Plate, Brass
Secretary Swedish Rococo. Black
Located in Kastrup, DK
Elegant Swedish Rococo Secretary Desk in Black-Painted Pine. Executed in a beautiful and characteristic Rococo style with a wavy body, sides, and back. The slanting writing flap with...
Brass, Iron
$78,000
H 70.87 in W 33.08 in D 1.58 in
Rare Late Gothic Hand-Forged Iron Castle Door, France, 15th-16th Century
Located in Doha, QA
An exceptional and remarkably rare Late Gothic solid wrought iron castle door, entirely hand-forged in France during the second half of the 15th century. Monumental in both scale and...
Wrought Iron
$9,200
H 6.3 in W 4.14 in D 1.38 in
Antique Museum-Quality 1719 Benedictine Antiphonal Handwritten Manuscript-Book
Located in Doha, QA
An exceptional and completely intact early 18th century Benedictine monastic chant-antiphonal manuscript, handwritten in Upper Austria in 1719 by the nun Johanna Elisabeth Zundorffs ...
Brass
Austro-Hungarian Jeweled Silver Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Singing Bird Box Hallmarked Pest, 1872–1922 This exceptional silver singing bird box unites ingenious automaton engineering with richly detailed enameling. Conceived as a luxury obj...
Multi-gemstone, Silver
$66,003
H 76.38 in W 48.43 in D 18.12 in
Fine Late 17th Century Flemish Tortoiseshell Architectural Cabinet On Stand
Located in Kent, Dover
A rare and of fine quality, late XVII Century Flemish European ormolu mounted ebony and red tortoiseshell cabinet on stand, of architectural form, crowned with an architectural, gall...
Bone, Ivory, Tortoise Shell, Ebony, Pine
Rustic Black Forest Settee, Carved Walnut with Bear Supports, Germany
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Black Forest style (20th Cent) carved walnut settee with bear sides suppports and center hat tree
Wood, Mirror
$30,886
H 2.68 in W 1.86 in D 1.19 in
Votive Horse. Ancient Greece, Archaic Period, 800–700 BC. Bronze. 6.8 cm height.
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Votive Horse Ancient Greece, Archaic Period, 800–700 BC Bronze 6.8 cm high; 4.7 cm long. Provenance: Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired before 1980. Private collection...
Bronze
Ancient Egyptian Blue-Painted Vase
Located in New Orleans, LA
Ancient Egyptian Blue-Painted Vase Amarna Period, circa 1348-1320 BCE Egyptian pottery seldom survives at this scale with its painted decoration intact. This monumental vessel dates...
Clay
$38,800Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 14 in Dm 8.25 in
Important Pair Meissen Porcelain Filigree Vases w/ Applied Raised Flowers/Fruit
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An Important and Quite Unusual Pair of Meissen Porcelain Filigree Vases with Raised Flowers. Each vase is modeled in an elongated baluster form with a flared rim, rounded shoulder, ...
Porcelain
$65,000 / set
H 41 in Dm 31 in
Monumental Pair Chinese Cloisonne Enamel Dragon Vases Amid Crashing Waves
Located in Long Island City, NY
An impressive and monumental pair of Chinese cloisonné enamel vases produced by the Beijing Cloisonné Company, each standing approximately 41 inches in height. These large-scale va...
Enamel
Delft - 18th century 'Chinoiserie' Blue and White Floral Delft Plate
By Delft
Located in DELFT, NL
A mid-18th-century Dutch tin-glazed earthenware plate, unmarked, decorated in underglaze blue with a Chinoiserie motif. The central scene depicts a bird perched on a fence, surrounde...
Earthenware, Delft, Faience
$660
H 8.08 in W 5.12 in D 5.12 in
Antique Edo 18/19th C Japanese Jubako Ikegawa Ware Tea Ceremony Box Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A lovely piece Condition Hairline in the base and Kintsugi repair to lid. Size. 20.5x13x13 Period 19th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912)
Porcelain
Rare Pair Anthony Redmile Palm Tree Sculptures
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of 1970s Antony Redmile bespoke steel palm trees featuring ostrich eggs, agate cabochons, and octagonal black-lacquered wood bases. A seldom encountered form, reflecting the mor...
Agate, Stainless Steel
Large Pine kitchen buffet, 1900s
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A large pine sideboard from around 1900, in its original paint. The sideboard consists of two separate sections. The top section has two doors, behind which are two spacious shelves,...
Glass, Pine
Antique, vintage and new decorative boxes will safely store items while adding a splash of color or texture to a corner in any room. They have had a range of purposes over the years — from trinkets to serving as useful receptacles, such as snuff boxes, jewelry boxes and more. Boxes have also been designed in a range of forms and styles.
Box making is a craft dating back thousands of years. Early boxes as decorative objects were regularly designed and decorated both inside and out, ranging from minimal looks to more flashy styles. Decorative boxes have been constructed from different materials, with wood and metal being the most common. Wood is widely available and versatile, with woodworkers able to carve complex designs or showcase its natural grain.
Some antique jewelry boxes were made with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory and even porcupine quills, such as those created by the Anishinabe in Canada and the United States. In Sri Lanka, well-crafted boxes were inlaid with porcupine quills and ivory discs between ebony bands. Chinese sewing boxes and tea boxes made of black lacquer were popular in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These often featured gold-painted designs or landscape scenes. Silk, paper and velvet frequently enhanced these boxes’ interiors.
Any style of decorative box can be a nice tabletop or desktop decor, whether to hold candy or tea in the living room or paper, pencils and other business supplies in the office. They can also act as jewelry boxes. Sewing boxes can be a lovely touch to any space while storing magazines or other trinkets.
You can find metal, wood and silver antique boxes on 1stDibs. The collection includes mid-century modern, Victorian and Art Deco styles that can add elegance to any home.
The French sculptor shaped dense blocks into tactile forms meant to be used and held.
After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
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.