Tura Boxes

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...

Vintage French jewellery containers with decorative ceramic lids by Mithé Espelt (circa 1970s). Flower and Bird motifs decorate these five delightful, diminutive wooden boxes. Two of the ceramic lids have golden craqueleur boundaries encircling the inner decoration. The containers would be an attractive grouping on the surface of a vanity or dressing table. Alternatively, they might simply be suitable as a splendid decorative display in the home. The pieces are in good overall condition with some minor natural differences in the colour of the woods. The overall charm is undeniable and they are real collector's items. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying the listing. Upon request, a video will be provided. About the artist: Born in 1923 in Lunel, in the South of France, Mithé Espelt grew up in a family of affluent winegrowers and was very close to her grandfather who passed on his love for the arts and brought her into contact with major intellectuals and artists of the time. She rubbed shoulders with Jean Hugo, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Christian Bérard and many others. She graduated from the Beaux-Arts school in Montpellier in 1942, and then studied at the Fontcarrade school where she took a special interest in ceramics. She began by designing buttons for fashion houses in Paris, before managing the entire production of buttons and jewellery at the Lydia Chartier workshop and collaborating with Line Vautrin, amongst others. At the end of the war, she returned to her native south, opened her studio and took advantage of the growing excitement around ceramics, particularly those from the town of Vallauris. To stand out and sustain the workshop business, she started designing gilded jewellery...

Intricately inlaid vintage Damascus box with hinged lid in hardwood, sandalwood, ebony, and camel bone. The box features a geometric inlaid field over fiv...

Alabaster Box in the brown tones. The box has a lid that is independent from the box and lifts off, not on a hinge. A compliment to the cocktail table for candy or nuts, the deskto...

A vintage box with a brass hinged lid. The box was designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s / 1960s. The box is composed of what appears to be a mahogany dovetailed wooden box, bras...

Antique traditional cigar holder. By unknown manufacturer, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Mater...

A singular piece from the Roma Collection, this cigar case boasts a practical and stylish design equipped with a handprinted ceramic ashtray. Masterfully handcrafted of cedar, it combines an ebony and a walnut veneer enriched with a splendid inlay work of a tobacco leaf marking the curved and polished top. Adorned with a small metal key, the piece is also equipped with a hygrometer and Boveda holder. Available with a wooden case upholstered with eco-leather, please ask the Concierge for details. This box is supplied with an handmade wooden suitcase...

A vintage nautical theme jewelry or trinket box. This small rectangular brown box will be a great accent on a coffee table, dressing table, or on a bookshelf. It is created from wood...

Versatile and sophisticated, this elegant box is a precious addition to any modern or contemporary home. Crafted of wood, its rectangular silhouette and lid are covered by hand with ...

A wonderful porcelain box with the Gucci logo. Originally sold as a set for Incense, the holder is also included with some incense. We would suggest usi...

Extra large vintage Giorgio Armani acrylic table box in tiger pattern with a red felt inlay in very good vintage condition. Measures: 10 H x ...

Vintage hand painted lidded wood box, paper mache.