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Lidded Canary Porphyry Box
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
entire box sits on the plinth and is wrapped in a white and pale yellow, porphyry-inspired and hand
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Midnight Porphyry Column Box
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
box with flat top, wrapped in Engelhart's 'Midnight' porphyry-inspired, hand-painted paper.
Category
2010s American Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Small Pewter Box with Inlay of Swedish Porphyry
Located in Stockholm, SE
A small box with lid made of pewter. The lid has inlay of Swedish Porphyry. Made 1974 by the
Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Pewter
Small Swedish Pewter Box with Porphyry inlay, made in 1974.
Located in Stockholm, SE
A small pewter box with lid. In the lid a piece of Swedish Porphyry is inlaid. Made 1974 by the
Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Pewter
Butter Casket Empire Bronze Porphyry Sweden \\\'800
Located in Milano, IT
Casket in Swedish porphyry, the faceted cylindrical body is equipped with a slightly rounded
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
Pink Porphyry Spire
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
underside
A rectangular hand-constructed spire comprised of two components. The base component is a box
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Large Italian Bronze Mounted Porphyry Casket, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
The borders of the casket are mounted with varied stones including marble, agate and porphyry
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Marble, Porphyry, Bronze
An Ormolu Mounted Swedish Porphyry Butter Tub, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The delicately chamfered edges of the round tub and cover carved from Blyberg Porphyry with ormolu
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Ormolu
The Rivera Box
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
and pyramid boxes are the result of a passion for antique curiosities. The Metropolitan Museum in New
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Pair of Sceaux Faux Porphyry Tobacco Jars, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The pair of jars with covers with old repairs and chips.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Faience
Faux Marble and Scarlet Ribbon Stripes Slender Document Box
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
Unique hand-painted papier-mâché Document Box in a marbleized and speckled salmon, Coral, and beige
Category
2010s American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ribbon
19th Century French Red Aventurine Top Silver Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French red aventurine top silver box.
Category
Antique 18th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Silver
Sainte Chapelle
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
spire which tapers to a point. The bodies of both boxes were first wrapped in a gray and black porphyry
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper, Paint
Percier's Tomb
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
top. The box is wrapped in a gray and blue porphyry-inspired paper. The interior of the box is painted
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Green Porphyry Obelisk
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
return to New York in 2017.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes are the result of a passion
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Obelisks
Materials
Paint, Paper
19th Century, Pair of Italian Lacquered Bronze Vases
Located in IT
porphyry with applications in chiseled and gilded bronze, Rome, late nineteenth century - early twentieth
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Vases
Materials
Bronze
Precious Objet Stand
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
stand situated on three triangular legs, wrapped in Engelhart's 'Roman Stone' porphyry-inspired
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Paint, Paper
Van Eyck’s Mirror in Milky Way
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
wrapped in Engelhart's 'Milky Way' porphyry.
From architectural follies of the eighteenth-century to
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Convex Mirrors
Materials
Glass, Paper, Paint
Exuberant Square Mirror
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
four ribbon shapes sprouting from each side. The flourishes are wrapped in a yellow and gold, porphyry
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Paper
Lunaire Mirror in Moonstone
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
Engelhart's 'Moonstone' porphyry-inspired, hand-painted paper.
From architectural follies of the eighteenth
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Convex Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Paper, Paint
Garden in Hell
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
wrapped in a red-based hand-painted paper with black and gold marbleization. There are black porphyry
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Baskets
Materials
Paint, Paper
Reeded Brass Floor Lamp
Located in Asheville, NC
insert of faux porphyry, finely chased border on three paw feet, new box pleated taupe silk shade with a
Category
Early 20th Century American Floor Lamps
The Golden Eye
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes are the result of a passion for antique curiosities. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Convex Mirrors
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
The Palladian
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes are the result of a passion for antique curiosities. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Paper
The Bérard
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
return to New York in 2017.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes are the result of a passion
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Paper
The Grand Piranesi
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
return to New York in 2017.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes are the result of a passion
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Paper
The Little Piranesi
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes are the result of a passion for antique curiosities. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mirror, Wood
King Tut's Mirror
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes are the result of a passion for antique curiosities. The
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Wood
Pair of Blue Marbleized Mirrors
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
upon his return to New York in 2017.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes are the result of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Paper
Neptune's Galachite
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
upon his return to New York in 2017.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes are the result of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Mantel Mirrors and Fi...
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Paint, Paper
The Mirror of Nitocris
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
, Engelhart flourished upon his return to New York in 2017.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Metal
Austrian Biedermeier Jeweled Silver Gilt Casket with Cameos, 1846
Located in New York, NY
mounts including porphyry and lapis lazuli as well as cabochon jewels. On front two turquoise cabochon
Category
Antique 1840s Austrian Biedermeier Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Swedish Porphyry Box
Located in Stockholm, SE
Made in characteristic porphyry derived from Älvdalen, northern Sweden. With a beautiful knob
Category
Antique 1810s Swedish Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Bronze
Edouard Pepin, Beautiful Young Shoeshine Arabian, "CIRER M'SSIEU", '1842-1927'
By Adolphe-Jean Lavergne
Located in Ulestraten, Limburg
several patinas and porphyry. Inscribed Ed. Pépin, and behind the box and titled on a copper cartel at the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble, Bronze
H 25.2 in W 13 in D 9.45 in
Silver Mounted Swedish Porphyry Box
Located in Stockholm, SE
A silver mounted Swedish porphyry box. Early 19th century.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Silver
Swedish Porphyry Box with Silver-Plated Bronze Mounts, Early 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Swedish porphyry box with silver-plated bronze mounts, early 19th century. The color of the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porphyry
Swedish Porphyry Butter Box, Early 19th Century
Located in Stockholm, SE
Porphyry is a fantastic stone and the Swedish porphyry is the mos beautiful of all. This is a very
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Swedish Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porphyry
Micromosaic and Porphyry Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Crafted from exceptionally rare porphyry, this round Italian snuff box epitomizes the delicate
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Stone, Porphyry
Swedish Pewter and Porphyry Stone Jewelry Box by Stenlya, 1974
Located in Uppsala, SE
Swedish pewter jewelry box with Porphyry stone handle made by Swedish company Stenlya in 1974
Category
Vintage 1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Pewter
19th Century Specimen Precious Hard Stone and Ormolu Mounted Jewelry Cabinet
Located in London, GB
, the sides with rare inset Porphyry panels.
The serpentine base with two foliate doors inset with
Category
Antique 1870s French Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Porphyry, Ormolu
H 10.63 in W 9.06 in D 5.91 in
Ziggy Amethyst
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
two stepped ornamental, trapezoidal flourishes. The box is wrapped with black and magenta porphyry
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
Early 19th Century Micromosaic Gold-Mounted Hardstone Bonbonnière
By Giacomo Raffaelli
Located in Paris, FR
Round box made in hardstone (green porphyry). The removable lid is decorated with a circular
Category
Antique Early 1800s Italian Empire Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Loopy Bauble
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
.
A small columnar-shaped, hand-constructed pentagonal box, situated on a plinth. The base acts as a
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
A Fine Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted Porphyry Center Table
By Martin Guillaume Biennais
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Fine & Rare Louis XVI Ormolu Mounted
Porphyry Center Table, attributed to M.G.Biennais
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier French Center Tables
Fine 18th Century Swedish Secretaire Commode
Located in London, GB
A Swedish secretaire commode of fine quality in mahogany with ormolu fittings, box wood stringing
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Swedish Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Green Diamond Tray
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
, hand-painted tray wrapped in a black and green porphyry-inspired design, accented with gold paint. The
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Tableware
Materials
Paint, Paper
Purple Diamond Tray
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
, hand-painted tray wrapped in a black and deep purple porphyry-inspired design, accented with gold paint
Category
2010s American Post-Modern Tableware
Materials
Paint, Paper
Green Malachite Tray
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
return to New York in 2017.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes are the result of a passion
Category
2010s American Neoclassical Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Paint, Paper
Pietra Dura Florentine Stone Mosaic Italian Landscape
Located in Topeka, KS
are quartzes, chalcedonies, agates, jaspers, granites, porphyries, and petrified woods. The only semi
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Art
Materials
Stone
An equestrian statuette of the Duke of Wellington by Morel after Marochetti
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
rectangular double plinth made from simulated porphyry marble and applied with four bronze bas-reliefs showing
Category
Antique 1840s English Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
H 31.5 in W 22.25 in D 14.5 in
Swedish Porphyry Box, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The octagonal shaped box carved from exotic Swedish porphyry, early 19th century.
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Grand Tour Porphyry, Yellow and White Marble Paperweight, Italian, late 19th C.
Located in Spencertown, NY
porphyry and yellow “marmo giallo” on white marble base.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Grand Tour Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Marble, Porphyry
H 1.25 in W 4.5 in D 5.5 in
Pair of Large Ribbon Stripes Pyramid Boxes
By Thomas Engelhart
Located in New York, NY
, Engelhart flourished upon his return to New York in 2017.
Engelhart’s papered obelisks and pyramid boxes
Category
2010s American Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint, Paper
1950s Diorite Mineral Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Barcelona, ES
diorite porphyry matrix.
This trinket box shows beautiful orbicular bandings and it is in excellent
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Stone
Dutch 1920s Large Study Case with Collection of 48 Minerals and Rocks Specimens
Located in Haarlem, NL
A large fascinating suitcase or box with handles containing a 'homemade' mineral and rock
Category
Vintage 1920s Dutch Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Stone, Sandstone, Marble, Rock Crystal, Quartz, Agate
H 2.76 in W 22.45 in D 16.15 in
18th Century Porphyry Box
Located in Stockholm, SE
18 th centurySwedish porphyry box with top.
Elfvedals porphyrverk.
Category
Antique Early 1800s Swedish Empire Boxes
Materials
Porphyry
18th Century Swedish Porphyry Box
Located in Stockholm, SE
18/19th century Swedish porphyry box with top.
Elfvedals porphyr manufacture.
Category
Antique Early 1800s Swedish Gustavian Boxes
Materials
Porphyry
Italian Ormolu and Porphyry Box
Located in London, GB
Italian Porphyry and gilt bronze casket in a renaissance style, collectable from the Grand Tour
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Ormolu
Swedish Porphyry Early 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
# Y020 - Swedish porphyry covered rectangular box with cut corners.
Swedish, Early 19th Century
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Boxes
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Porphyry Box For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the porphyry box you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paint, paper and glass, every porphyry box was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a porphyry box, we have 7 options in-stock, while there are 23 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect porphyry box — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. When you’re browsing for the right porphyry box, those designed in Empire and neoclassical styles are of considerable interest. Thomas Engelhart each produced at least one beautiful porphyry box that is worth considering.
How Much is a Porphyry Box?
Prices for a porphyry box start at $290 and top out at $150,000 with the average selling for $1,200.
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