Boxes
to
1,473
8,931
1,266
192
623
2,970
5,338
1,458
1,426
1,875
1,265
257
129
265
286
129
266
414
607
218
101
1,067
885
774
674
275
225
182
181
126
126
112
111
101
87
82
71
43
25
5,027
4,203
1,533
1,474
1,196
5,207
4,604
6,666
1,695
1,655
1,648
1,448
Height
to
Width
to
10,389
9,779
10,047
135
130
81
77
76
Boxes For Sale
19th Century Swedish Wabi-Sabi Oak Lidded Box with Hand-Carved Patina
Located in Stockholm, SE
A soulful 19th-century lidded box handcrafted in Sweden from solid oak, showcasing the quiet beauty of the wabi-sabi aesthetic. This simple, round form reveals a deep, weathered pati...
Category
Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Boxes
Materials
Oak
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...
Category
1820s French Charles X Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique English Tortoise Shell Tea Caddy
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautiful tea caddy. The tortorise shell color is perfection.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Italian Leather Jewelry Tray
Located in New York, NY
An Italian leather and suede jewelry tray, Modern/Midcentury Modern design, made exclusively for B. Altman & Co. New York, NY, circa mid-20th century or e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Leather, Suede
Hand-Blown Murano Giant Box in Aqua Blue with Silver Flecks and Chrome Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Hand-Blown Murano Box in Aqua Blue with Silver Flecks and Chrome Fittings captures the essence of Venetian artistry through an exquisite fusion of form, material, and luminosity. Thi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Boxes
Materials
Chrome, Silver Leaf
Hand-Blown Murano Box in Ruby with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Hand-Blown Murano Box in Ruby with Brass Fittings is a jewel-like objet d’art, designed to captivate with its opulent radiance and modern silhouette. Crafted in Italy by master g...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Aldo Londi for Bitossi Lidded Box, Onion Decor
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A wonderful lidded box by Aldo Londi for Bitossi. Decorated in what is often referred to as “Onion” or "Pumpkin" decoration. Excellent colorway. Very reminiscent of Guido Gambone wor...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Playful Small Green and Amber Box by Badari
Located in Milan, IT
A sharp yet flattering interplay of conflicting hues, emphasized by a consistent fluted texture, allows this box to capture the eye in any context and deliver its playful personality...
Category
2010s Italian Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Hand-Blown Murano Box in Emerald Green with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite Murano box, hand-blown in a vibrant emerald green, is a celebration of Venetian craftsmanship and refined geometry. Its octagonal form is both striking and sculptural,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hand-Blown Murano Box in Emerald Green with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite Murano box, hand-blown in a vibrant emerald green, is a celebration of Venetian craftsmanship and refined geometry. Its octagonal form is both striking and sculptural,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hand-Blown Murano Giant Box in Tobacco with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite octagonal box is a celebration of bold geometry and artisanal finesse, rendered in hand-blown glass in a rich Tobacco hue. The clear-cut architectural silhouette frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
20th century design brown ceramic and leather decorative box by Longchamps Paris
By Longchamps
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Longchamps Paris
Decorative brown ceramic and leather box
Original perfect condition
Vintage decorative piece
Signed under the base Longchamps Paris
Height 20 cm
Large 11 cm
...
Category
Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Leather
Il Viaggio di Nettuno White Square Vide Poche by Luke Edward Hall by GINORI 1735
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by designer Luke Edward Hall passion for ancient Greek and Roman mythology, this elegant vide poche is crafted of the finest porcelain and decorated by hand with precious me...
Category
2010s Italian Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
A 1930s Art Deco Hand-Carved Oak French Box
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This is a 1930s French Art Deco hand-carved oak box, showcasing a unique blend of craftsmanship and geometric flair characteristic of the Art Deco period.
Solid oak wood, noted for i...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Oak
Seashell Jewelry Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
A real natural seashell jewelry or trinket box with glass and mirror design, circa late-20th century. Boxes' hinged lid is a real natural seashell (be...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Boxes
Materials
Shell, Glass, Mirror
17th Century William and Mary Period Kingwood Strong Box / Coffre Fort on George
Located in Benington, Herts
An Exceptional 17th Century William and Mary Period Kingwood Strong Box or Coffre Fort of Excellent Colour and Patina on George I Period Walnut Stand
England circa 1690 -1710
Thi...
Category
Early 18th Century English William and Mary Antique Boxes
Materials
Kingwood, Walnut
Antique 19th Century Victorian Brass & Oak Grand Estate Postbox c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Victorian wooden grand estate internal postbox. Showcasing a brass posting slot and an early Arts and Crafts style escutcheon, complete with its original lock an...
Category
20th Century British Other Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mark Cross Brown Suede and Leather Jewelry Box, Italy
By Mark Cross
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Made in Italy, a beautiful chocolate brown suede and leather hinged jewelry box with lock and key by designer Mark Cross. Box interior is a brown...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Louis Prodhon Art Deco Wood, Chrome and Glass Cookie Box Candy Jar, France 1930s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Louis Prodhon, Paris, designed and crafted this refined Art Deco decorative cookie box or candy jar in the 1930s. The modernist design boasts a chromed metal and wood holder base wit...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Art Deco playcard box vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco playcard box vienna around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Wood inside
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinoiserie Large Porcelain Dresser Box with Lid In Style of Ginori, Italy
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Large rectangular dresser or trinket box with lid features Chinoiserie decor with faux bamboo construction elements and dragonfly motifs on the sides and the lid. The handle is sculp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica, Porcelain, Pottery
18th Century Wrought Iron Italian Antique Hobnail Safe Strong Box Bar Cabinet
Located in Carimate, Como
Beautiful and rare example of late 18th century Italian master blacksmith craftsmanship, this antique studded safe with typical all-around hobnails and great wrought iron details, pr...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Boxes
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
Venezia Rialto SC4 Box by Morici
By Morici
Located in Milan, IT
A sophisticated everyday piece to be displayed anywhere in the house, this magnificent box is exquisitely crafted, veneered, and finished by master hands. Fashioned of mahogany and l...
Category
2010s Italian Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century Quill and Ebony Sliding-Lid Box With Inlaid Dots
Located in Charlottesville, VA
This 19th century decorative box features a sliding lid and is constructed with dark-stained wood, likely ebony, set with vertical porcupine quills around the body and lid. The edges...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Decorative Box - Marquetry Wood - Cubics
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique decorative box, inlaid with different types of wood.
This type of marquetry work is also called 'Oeben Cubes', named after the famous ebenist Jean Oeben (1721-176...
Category
1880s French Belle Époque Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood, Walnut, Burl
Takahashi Artichoke Porcelain Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A beautiful, petite, porcelain artichoke box by Takahashi, made in Japan in the 20th century. It is a fun green artichoke fruit vegetable box with a gold gilt brass hinge and floweret front lift. It is both decorative and functional as a jewelry box. Perfect for a kitchen, vanity, nightstand, etc. The original maker sticker is attached to the bottom which reads, "Takahashi San Francisco...
Category
20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Geometric Straw Marquetry Box attributed to Jean Michel Frank, circa 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant straw marquetry decorative lidded box has its design attributed to French designer Jean Michel Frank (1895 - 1941). The long rectangular shape has a refined geometric de...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Straw, Wood, Cork
Vintage Italian Figural Snail Pill Box in White Metal
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unusual miniature pill box in the shape of a very detailed snail. These were made in Italy circa 1970-90s usually of 800/1000 silver or alpaca/argentan/German silver (an alloy of zin...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal
Egg style Faberge Blue Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large egg on smooth tripod with 8-day mechanical skeletal Swiss movement with alarm, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché with Russian E...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Set of Seven Neoclassical Architettura Lacquer Eggshell Boxes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating and rare set of seven boxes featuring a lacquered eggshell veneer attributed to French artist Thierry Voeltzel. Each box is designed with Greco-Roman neoclassical archite...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Lacquer
Craftsman's Handmade Jewelry Cabinet
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A wonderful handmade craftsman's jewelry cabinet. Beautifully constructed out of mahogany and a secondary wood I can't identify. It has drawers lined...
Category
1980s American Vintage Boxes
Materials
Wood
Very Large 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Celeste Blue Ground Porcelain Box
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th Century Ormolu Mounted Sèvres Celeste Blue Ground Porcelain Box with Watteau Scene Cartouches. This box consists of signature celeste blue ground of Sèvres porcela...
Category
1870s French Louis XVI Antique Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Stunning & Unusual Antique Treen Turned Domed Lidded Container
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning and unusual quality antique treen turnedr domed shape lidded container believed to date from the 19th century or early 20th Century. The turned hard wood container sits sl...
Category
Early 20th Century British Other Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Gothic Revival Religious Ecclesiastical Bronze Chest Casket Jewelry Box
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Gothic revival religious ecclesiastical bronze chest casket / jewelry box circa 1910
A finely cast solid bronze rectangular casket features stylized decorative gothic archway panel ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Baroque Revival Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Anglo-Indian Fluted Writing Box With Secret Drawers. Early 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful writing box made from a tropical hardwood
Fabulous shape and plain fluted carving. It gives it a modernist appearance
Probably Sri Lankan
3 secret drawers*
Replaced lea...
Category
Early 19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo-Indian Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
1930 Arrigo Finzi Art Deco Blue Silver Porcelain Small Decorative Box
By Arrigo Finzi
Located in Brescia, IT
Small Art Deco Box
Arrigo Finzi
1930
Blue Porcelain with Silver Leaf decor
"Finzi" Sign under the buttom
Perfect Condiction
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Silver Leaf
Maitland Smith Chinese Chinoiserie Lacquered Silverware Flatware Chest Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th century black lacquered chinoiseries silverware chest by Maitland Smith. Features a scene of familial figures in a garden on the lid and Chinese landscapes along the sides....
Category
1990s Philippine Chinoiserie Boxes
Materials
Brass
Tessellated Stone Trunk
Located in Houston, TX
Late 20th Century tessellated stone with red lining, featuring brass hinges, handles, and chain.
Category
Late 20th Century Boxes
Materials
Stone
Venezia Rialto SC1 Watch Case by Morici
By Morici
Located in Milan, IT
Characterized by a masterfully handcrafted silhouette, this superb watch case combines mahogany wood, gold-finished metal, and beige Alcantara lining in a refined design. Lined and f...
Category
2010s Italian Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique 18th Century Sterling Silver Toothpick Case Birmingham Samuel Pemberton
Located in Portland, OR
An exceptional & early antique Georgian 18th century engraved sterling silver toothpick holder case, Birmingham, Samuel Pemberton, 1790.
This very fine antique silver case...
Category
1790s English George III Antique Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Jean Michel Frank Geometric Straw Marquetry Box, France circa 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
This rare Art Deco straw marquetry lidded box is attributed to French designer Jean Michel Frank. The piece was crafted in France circa 1930. The rectangular shape is stunning, refin...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Straw
Antique Tibetan Bronze Filigree and Agate Jewelry Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Tibetan bronze filigree and inlaid agate dresser box, jewelry box, or decorative box
China, Early 20th Century
Measures: 4.25"W x 3.5"D x 2.25"H.
Good original ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Agate, Bronze
Onyx Mineral Stone and Brass Jewelry Box, Italy 1970s
Located in ROUEN, FR
Onyx Mineral Stone and Brass Jewelry Box, Italy 1970s
Very elegant jewelry or decorative trinket box.
Entirely constructed with onyx stone and a brass hinge.
Different shades of o...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Marble, Onyx
Vintage Brass Cigar Box with Medieval Micro-Cosmos, 1950s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A unusual brass cigar box embossed with medieval scenes to its lid and sides. Cedar wood panneling to its inside making in suitable as a humidor for storing cigar, pipe tobacco or ci...
Category
1950s Danish Medieval Vintage Boxes
Materials
Brass
Small Italian Florentine Jewelry Miniature Chest of Drawers
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This vintage gilt wood storage or jewelry box features one drawer and flip up top with mirror. with storage below lined in an orange velvet fabric. The box has has lots of character,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Giltwood, Paint, Fabric, Velvet
Solid Brass Lion Stash Box with Feet 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is an excellent solid brass stash box with a carved lion's head and four feet. This piece is both functional and decorative.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Gilt Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Louis XVI Style Casket on Stand
Located in London, GB
Gilt bronze and Sèvres style porcelain Louis XVI style casket on stand
This magnificent Louis XVI style ormolu casket is supported by a mirror-topped table stand, which sits on four tapered, fluted legs connected by a curving X-form stretcher. In the centre of this stretcher is an ormolu urn decorated with rams heads, four hoof feet and birds on the top. The legs of the table are also ornately decorated with draped garlands and scrolled detailing. The apron is inset with Sèvres style porcelain plaques depicting scenes of cherubs and children in landscapes as well as decorative floral detailing, and is surmounted with laurel leaf mounts.
The casket itself is of oval architectural form, and is set on fourteen small feet. It features further porcelain plaques depicting cherubs, musical instruments and a central oval portrait of Queen Marie Antoinette within a crowned gilt cartouche. Her portrait is flanked by two cherubs and is sat within a decorative royal blue border, matching the turquoise colored borders of the other plaques. The reverse of the casket is similarly decorated and features a painted plaque of her husband King Louis XVI.
The plaques are separated by mounted ormolu columns decorated with crowns and draped laurel leaves, and each column is surmounted by floral crowns. Each curved side of the casket features an ormolu mask of a female figure, and the hinged lid is surmounted by two reclining female figures wearing draped dresses and holding a central crown. The casket opens at the lid to reveal a velvet interior.
There is an inscription below the portrait of Marie Antoinette which spuriously reads ‘This casket formerly property of Marie Antoinette, presented to my beloved wife as souvenir of our European tour / Sept 8th 1886 / Louis L...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
19th century Large Wooden Box No. 11 Olga Nikolajewna Romanow Brass Fittings
Located in Epfach, DE
Large wooden box No. 11 with brass fittings for the transport of silver objects from Olga Nikolajewna Romanova's dowry
1822–1892 for marriage to the ...
Category
1840s Russian Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone Regency period ebonized wooden casket
Located in London, GB
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone mounted ebonized wooden casket
English, 19th Century
Height 41cm, width 72cm, depth 52cm
Exceptionally fine and richly adorned, this beautiful piece is a large, ebonized wooden casket or coffer, mounted with extensive ormolu decorations, and inlaid on front and back with Florentine pietra dura hardstone panels.
It was made in English in the early 19th century during the regency period, using a host of stylistic influences, and amalgamating various outstanding decorative techniques. The front and reverse are set with hardstone panels, depicting flowers, fruits and insects in the corners. It is attributed to Robert Hume Jr., of Hume & Son, leading English makers of the Regency period, engaged for a time as interior designers for the wealthy 10th Duke of...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Ormolu
Vintage Decorative Brass Hinged Shell Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A stunning mid century modern brass shell-form box, masterfully cast in a richly patinated golden brass. This exquisite piece showcases a naturalistic scallop shell motif with deeply...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Japanese Meiji Period Silver and Mixed Metals Cigar Decorative Box by Hidekuni
Located in Newark, England
From our Japanese collection, we are delighted to introduce this Japanese Silver and Mixed Metals Box by Hidekuni. The Japanese Box of large rectangular form lined in a dark asian ro...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver
19th Century English Regency Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A large English tea caddy. It is mahogany with brass feet.
Category
19th Century British Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Fred And Marilyn Buss Cazadero California Cocobolo Heart Wood Mushroom Stash Box
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This beautiful stash box was hand-carved from the heart of Cocobolo wood by Fred and Marilyn Buss of Cazadero, CA—a lovely vintage patina to the wood.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Mexican Silverplate Box in Owl Shape
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1970. We offer this Mexican Silverplate Box in Owl Shape. Fantastic patina.
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Stunning France Art Nouveau Bronzed Jewelry Box with Detailed Leafs and Flowers
Located in Lisse, NL
Antique, superb workmanship, bronzed metal Art Nouveau box, decorated " snowdrops and branches and leaves " on all sides, even the bottom.
Over the years we have sold a number of ra...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Boxes
Materials
Metal, Spelter, Gold Leaf
Sterling Peanut Pill Box
Located in Richmond, VA
Hand-crafted sterling pill box in the shape of a peanut, stamped 950 Mex.
Category
20th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1970s Mid-Century Modern fake Tortoiseshell Lucite Italian Jewelry Box
By Guzzini
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This 1970s Mid-Century Modern Italian jewelry box is a beautiful example of the era's design sensibilities, combining elegance, functionality, and high-quality craftsmanship. Here's ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Antique Burr Walnut Gentleman's Cigar Humidor. English C.1830
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful burr walnut cigar humidor
Fabulous colour and figure in the wood. With brass trim
Original patina. Not re-polished
3 internal cedar lined drawers
It has a key but it is...
Category
1860s English Georgian Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Sterling Gemstone Pillbox
Located in Richmond, VA
A petite polished sterling box for storing daily supplements, safekeeping spare hair ties, protecting a special talisman…or hiding a tiny secret. Handcrafted out of sterling and semi...
Category
2010s Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Sterling Silver
Table Cigarette Case “Venus with Cupid” miniatures and citrine quartz Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with slightly rounded lid with perforation and fine hand engravings. In the center, a beautiful rectangular mi...
Category
1930s Italian Baroque Vintage Boxes
Materials
Quartz, Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box in Lacquered Wood, Vietnam 20th Century, Black and Orange -Red Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Beautiful Lacquered Wooden Box, Vietnam, 20th Century
This exquisite lacquered wooden box from Vietnam, crafted in the 20th century, is a stunning example of traditional Vietnames...
Category
20th Century Vietnamese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Wood
Fantastic After Carl Faberge Egg "Mansion at MGM Grand"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fantastic After Carl FABERGE egg "The Mansion at MGM Grand"
Yellow enamelled egg, gilt bronze frame resting on a tripod foot, covered with palmet...
Category
20th Century French Modern Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Vintage 20th Century Rolls Royce Radiator Grille Humidor & Accessory Case
By Dunhill, Rolls Royce
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A 20th Century Rolls-Royce car grille with a retractable Spirit of Ecstasy ornament has been repurposed into a two-tier cigar humidor and accessories storage. Opening the vertical gr...
Category
20th Century British Other Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
19th C. Royal Casket Box/Safe with Coat of Arms, Gold, Damascene, Etched Steel
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible 19th Century Royal Casket Box/Safe with Coat of Arms, Made of Gold, Damascene, and Etched Steel. Charles Le Hon, a Belgian politician, lawyer and industrialist, served...
Category
1850s French Renaissance Revival Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold, Steel
Art Deco nickel-plated Jewelry Box vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco nickel-plated Jewelry Box vienna around 1920s
Original wood inside
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Modernist Plexiglass or Lucite Faceted Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This spectacular geometric Lucite decorative lidded box was designed in Italy. The piece was crafted circa 1960. It features a modernist shape with an incredible carved prismatic for...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Plexiglass
Antique Edwardian Scottish Sterling Silver and Oak Humidor
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Edwardian Scottish sterling silver and oak humidor/cigar box; an addition to the ornamental smoking accessories collection.
This exception...
Category
Early 1900s Scottish Edwardian Antique Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tessellated Abalone Shell Brass Inlaid Cigarette Tobacco Trinket Box Mexico
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
1950s mahogany lined brass and tessellated abalone cigarette box from Mexico.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silverplate German Box
Located in New York, NY
A sterling silver-plate German box with teak wood interior, circa early to mid-20th century, Germany. I'm showing piece as a jewelry box (holding earrings); however, it's actually a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Porcelain Peint a la Main Vintage Crossword Puzzle Trinket Box by Limoges
By Limoges
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful porcelain peint a la main (hand painted) vintage crossword puzzle trinket box by Limoges, circa 1980s. This unusual piece is in very good vintage condition and measures 3"W...
Category
20th Century French Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Designed By Sybil Connolly For Tiffany & Co. Heart Shaped Porcelain Trinket Box
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Fashion designer Sybil Connolly designed a fine, small, heart-shaped porcelain trinket box for Tiffany & Co. It's in perfect condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Victorian Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
XL rattan and brass basket, Italy, 1970, 36cm Diam
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Very beautiful and large rattan and brass basket made in Italy in the 1970s. Round shape, mid-century modern style, it is inspired by the designs of Gabriella Crespi. Magnificent dec...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Boxes
Materials
Wicker, Rattan
Fred & Marilyn Buss Big Leaf Maple & English Walnut Box
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage carved wood box features Modernist abstract organic form and striking choice of solid wood. The combination of Big Leaf maple and English walnut wood...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Vintage, Mid-Century and Antique Boxes
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.