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Vintage Heavy Bronze Box with Saint George and Dragon Relief, Cast Frieze Design
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This extraordinary vintage bronze box is one of the heaviest examples of its kind, boasting intricate craftsmanship and a stunning relief design. The lid features a detailed depictio...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Chinese Cloisonné Lapis Blue Round Lidded Box or Bowl
Located in Doylestown, PA
A striking Chinese lapis blue cloisonné round lidded box or bowl, early 1980s. Vibrantly decorated with a green border, ombre cherry blossoms, a single butterfly, gilded accents and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Beautiful Ormolu Pincushion Needle Box 19th C. 1890s, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This listing is for a beautiful Austrian gilt metal needle box on a alabaster base with a pincushion on top, circa 1890s. A beautiful collector's item and sure to be a lovely additio...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Metal, Ormolu
Antique Art Nouveau Ceramic Box by Carl Sigmund Luber for Johann von Schwarz
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite antique Art Nouveau ceramic box, designed by Carl Sigmund Luber for Johann von Schwarz, showcases a charming pastoral scene on its li...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Round Primitive Ceramic Decorative Trinket Studio Pottery Dish with Lid in Brown
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A round studio pottery trinket dish in brown. This piece will be perfect for a nightstand, coffee table, or bar. It is round and glazed in a deep brown. The lid on the top features a...
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Clay
$128 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Crystal Glass Trinket Decorative Vanity Box, vintage Austria 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A really beautiful clear crystal glass Art Deco Trinket Jewelry box or catchall. In very good condition with signs of use. A real collectors item for your Art Deco setting. Nice addi...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
18th Century German Hammered Copper & Brass Bread Box, Kitchen Utensil
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful antique 18th century German bread box. Perfect for decoration in your old country kitchen. The piece is in good used vintage condition with patina and a view minor dents. S...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Brutalist Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
1960s Modernist Huon Pine Small Wood Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Modernist Wood Vintage Jewelry Box
Huon Pine Wood
1.75 h x 3.38 diameter
Signed Rodeo Creations Myrtle Box.
Original Vintage Unrestored Conditi...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Pine
Set of 4, Plizé Boxes, 2l White, 2M Blue by Made by Choice
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4, Plizé boxes, 2L white - 2M blue by Made by Choice
Dimensions: W17 x D17 x H22 cm (L), W17 x D17 x H15.5 cm (M)
Materials: birch plywood
Also available: blue, white, gr...
Category
2010s Finnish Post-Modern Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch, Plywood
Ashes Box with Cover by Studio Lievito
Located in Geneve, CH
Ashes box with cover by Studio Lievito
Dimensions: D20 x W20 X H7 cm
Materials: Bianco carrara marble, nero marquina marble.
Weight: 3 kg.
An oppositio...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
$1,141 / item
Ash Do-Ri Tray by Matthias Scherzinger
Located in Geneve, CH
Ash Do-Ri tray by Matthias Scherzinger.
Dimensions: L 47.4 x W 19.8 x H 6.5 cm.
Materials: ash: white stained lacquered.
inside tin: hard wax.
Also available in Olive Ash and ...
Category
2010s German Modern Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ash
$1,399 / item
Small Caribe Chic Basket 3 by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Caribe Chic basket 3 by Sebastian Herkner
Materials: Galvanized and powder-coated tubular steel. PVC strings are made from recycled pla...
Category
2010s German Modern Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
$1,356 / item
Hong Kong Decorative Brass Pewter Six-Sided Trinket Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Brass Pewter six-sided decorative gift Trinket Box
stamped Hong Kong
2.5 h x 8 diameter
Preowned original vintage condition.
Refer to images.
Category
Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Antique South Asian Round Copper Bronze Box with Lid from India 19th C.
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 19th century beautiful handcrafted decorative round tinned copper bronze South Asian box with lid, latch and handle.
A very fine antique Pandan or B...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Agra Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper
Rare Signed Ceramic Container by Robert Meynard, France, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Fish shaped handle,
Vallauris.
Very good vintage condition but for two minor chips on the rim (please see last picture.)
This item will ship from France.
Price does not include h...
Category
1960s French Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
18thc European Pantry Box With Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
18thc European Pantry Box With Lid in great condition.This is like a oversized pantry box or storage box with the original lid.
Category
18th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Lovely Hand Carved Wood Jewelry Box w. Stylized Kingfisher Bird Motive
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite hand-carved wooden jewelry box features a beautifully stylized depiction of a kingfisher bird. The octagonal box showcases intricate craftsmanship, with the bird motif...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Stylish Set Burl / Burr Wood Two Jewelry Caskets / Boxes With Picture Frame
Located in Lisse, NL
Clever designs and perfect condition pair of antique jewelry boxes with curved tops + photo frame with curved front.
The burl or burr nutwood that was used to create these two stunn...
Category
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Metal
Vintage Brown Nautical Sailing Ship Wood Box with Hinged Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vintage clock and calendar and box, 1970.
Located in Praha, CZ
A leatherrette case that has a battery-operated clock embedded in a circular brass frame on the top hinged side, a calendar consisting of a grid with numbered days from 1 to 31, the ...
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Burmese Red Carved Wood Temple Offering Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Burmese red lacquered temple offering box called "Hsunok".
Burmese offering basket made of carved bamboo wood painted and lacquered in hues of red and oranges.
The lid adopts a Burmese temple shape, with a sharp top surmounting a gadroon dome.
This kind of basket is used to display offerings to Buddhist temples, in Asia.
During most of the 19th century Burma was ruled by members of the Konbaung dynasty, the last dynasty that would rule the country.
This Asian Burmese red offering...
Category
Early 20th Century South Asian Folk Art Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo
Vintage Bohemian Tessellated Horn Decorative Box by Nordstrom
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible luxurious vintage bohemian box created for Nordstrom's signature line. This beautiful piece is sculptural and pleasing to the eye. A great pi...
Category
1970s East Asian Bohemian Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
Decorated Hand-Crafted Gourd Vintage Art
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Decorated Hand-Crafted Gourd Art
10.25 h d x 9 diameter
Original vintage
Refer to images listed
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood, Beads
Swedish 'Timplåda' Wooden Box, dated 1824
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish 'Timplåda' Wooden Box, dated 1824
A 'timplåda' is a traditional Swedish wooden box, handcrafted with care. Popular during the 18th and 19th centuries, these boxes were used ...
Category
1820s Swedish Folk Art Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch
$1,140 / item
Persian Lacquer Pen Box Hand Painted with Floral and Gilt Design
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Persian hand painted lacquer pen box in rectangular shape.
Decorated with floral designs on gold background, black interior.
Moorish Mughal pen box papier maché with miniature floral painting in the Persian style.
Great Islamic Art collector museum quality piece on this miniature painting on box.
Nice Mughal Indo Persian pen Box...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Moorish Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
19thc Hand Carved Wooden New England Dough Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 219thc Wooden dough bowl found in New England. Wonderful patina and age to the surface. Great size.
Category
Early 19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Table SHIP Box embossed completely by hand
Located in VALENZA, IT
Rectangular solid silver 800°°/°°° table box.
The box is embossed by hand with flowers, leaves and fruits.
At the center of the hinged lid is embossed and engraved a sailing ship in ...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Japanese Silver Incense Box Signed, 19th-20th Century
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An extremely fine quality antique heavy gauge Japanese silver incense box, the cover inset with a copper and inlaid metal panel depicting a seated figure drinking from a large bowl a...
Category
20th Century Japanese Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Colorful Semi Precious Stone Rectangular Jewelry or Trinket Box with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful colorful decorative box with a lid created from Carrara marble and inlaid with a variety of semi-precious stones. The sides are inlaid with a variety of stones in abstrac...
Category
20th Century Indian Folk Art Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Jade, Carrara Marble
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Late 19th Century French Dome-Top Burled Amboyna and Ebony Box with Original Key
Located in Middleburg, VA
An elegant late 19th-century French dome-top box, made circa 1900 and constructed from beautifully burled amboyna wood. Renowned for its striking grain and warm, glowing patina, the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Spanish French Provincial Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Yellow Gold, Garnet, Ruby, Hardstone and Glass Scent Bottle, circa 1845
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive 18 carat yellow gold, 0.43 carat garnet, 0.08 carat ruby, green coloured hardstone and glass scent bottle; an addition to our diverse ornamental collection
This exceptional 18 carat yellow gold antique scent bottle has a has a plain flask shaped form.
This antique opalesque glass scent bottle is fitted with a fine and impressive yellow gold cylindrical collar and domed hinged cover, which opens to reveal the original push fit glass stopper.
The rim of the collar, cover and mounted foot are embellished with impressive leaf designs.
The surface of the cover is ornamented with impressive scrolling leaf decoration on a matte background, incorporating quatrefoil shaped floral motifs comprised of four collet set green-coloured hardstones.
Each quatrefoil shaped design is embellished with a collet set cabochon cut ruby to the centre, totalling 0.08ct.
The domed upper portion of the cover is further ornamented with an impressive scrolling leaf bordered floral design, comprised of five collet set green hardstone petals with an impressive 0.43ct round faceted cut garnet to the centre, collet set in relief.
Condition
This antique gold scent bottle...
Category
1840s Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Metal
Lucite Covered Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Lucite and Silvered Metal Covered Box
Similar to the work of Gabrielle Crespi
Unidentified label present
The curved interior creates an optic appearance
Category
1970s American Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Decorative Wood Carved Tramp Art Keepsake Box or Sailors Valentine with Heart
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A superb Folk Art sailors valentine Tramp Art keepsake box. Wide in form, this beautiful Primitive wood carved box features the letters S and M with a heart between on both sides. Tw...
Category
19th Century English Folk Art Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Moroccan Amber Footed Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Embossed Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish amber painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over amber glass.
The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay.
This has a long metal top spout that unscrews. This is a recycled vintage French perfume...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Metal Hinged Wood Box Distressed Transport Chest
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique Wood Covered Box Hinged Latched
Distressed Keyhole Lock transport chest
6.5 h x 10 d x 28.75
Original unrestored condition. No key included.
Refer to images.
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Moorish Handcrafted Octagonal Box with White Mosaic Marquetry
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern Lebanese mosaic marquetry wood box.
Small octagonal walnut Syrian style box intricately decorated with Moorish...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Shell
Swedish bentwood box in birch, ca 1790
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish bentwood box in birch, ca 1790
Svepaskar were used to store various household items.
Crafted by bending thin strips of wood, often birch, into an oval or circular shape and ...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch
19thc original painted Fruit & Floral Decoration Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc original painted Fruit & Floral Decoration Box.
Dovetailed construction and walnut wood. Wonderful age consistent of use.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Walnut Cutlery Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This finely handmade 19th century walnut cutlery box is in fine condition and retains a nice mellow patina. Great for so many different uses. Super cool for outgoing mail or bills! N...
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
19Thc Original Brown Painted Box W/ Drawer & Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is either a 19thc hardware drawer box or a cash drawer of sorts.The construction is early cut nails and a dovetailed drawer.There is a brass & iron handle on the side of the box...
Category
1890s American Adirondack Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Hinged Brass Frog Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely polished vintage brass frog box is hinged. It is from the 70's and charming. It has a background of black wash on the brass. The label says Made In Korea. The forms are i...
Category
1970s Korean Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vizagapatam Anglo-Indian Rectangular Box with Bone Inlaid
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous Anglo-Indian decorative box inlaid.
Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras.
Great decorative inlaid pen box or jewelry box.
Inside dimen...
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sandalwood
Mid-Century Plastic Box, Pear, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of Plastic
Re-polished
Good Original condition.
Category
1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plastic
19thc New England Bucket With Original Lid From Maine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc New England Bucket With Original Lid From Maine original paint and wonderful metal handle with wooden grip. Great color and great patina.
Category
19th Century American Adirondack Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Bill Long Large Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A great organic shaped Box
Integrated carved interior tray
Beautiful wood selection
A large organic example of American Craft
Category
1980s American Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
$3,500
Antique Art Nouveau Silver & Enameled Oval Box Depicting a Woman Picking Grapes
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique Continental silver and enamel box is hallmarked by an unknown maker, and presumed to have been made in Austria in approximately 1890 in the period Art Nouveau style. The oval shaped box is done in silver with an very well executed vignette of a woman reaching for a bunch of grapes on the vine on the top with presumably the rising morning sun in the background. The sides of the box are done with a deep green enameled banding...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Handcrafted Three Trinket Boxes Mod Geometric Design
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Mod Set Three Geometric Design Trinket Boxes
Handcrafted Wood Art
2 h x 4 x 4
Original vintage
Refer to images for details
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Middle Eastern Micro Mosaic Handcrafted Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid wood box.
Small octagonal box intricately decorated with a miniature painting of an old man with a textile in his hand motif and inlaid with mosaic marquetry.
Middle Eastern, Asian micro mosaic box...
Category
Mid-20th Century Azerbaijani Moorish Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Moroccan Antique Large Tribal Drinking Flask in Polished Brass
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moroccan antique tribal drinking flask gunpowder large brass flask polished and decorated with semi precious glass stones and filigree metal.
Huge antique copper and brass decorative bottle, flask wall hanging sculpture.
Large brass circular canteen, water, drinking flask.
The front of the brass canteen is decorated with the repoussé technique and hammering and is overlay with brass filigree and semi precious glass stone.
Has a two hooks to add a strap.
Collector decorative handcrafted drinking, or powder flask...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$999 Sale Price
20% Off
1992 Alaska Native Nations Spakwus Eagle Bentwood Yellow Cedar Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1992 Alaska Native Bentwood Box
Spakwus Eagle
Red and Black Native Nations
Yellow Cedar
signed appears as David R Moore
dated art 92 August
10.75 x 5.38 d x 7.5 h
Preowned vintage c...
Category
1990s American Native American Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bentwood, Cedar
Carved Art Deco decorative box
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Carved Art Deco Decorative Box
This Art Deco decorative box features a cylindrical shape with a silver-plated metal base and a Bakelite or resin lid in shades of cream and brown. The...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Decorative Mughal Motif Box with Hinged Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful Mughal motif wood box with a hinged lid. This lovely box will be a great way to hold jewelry or other trinkets. The top features a battle scene with two men on horses in ...
Category
20th Century Indian Folk Art Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$200 Sale Price
27% Off
Swedish Limestone Butter Box ca 1850
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Butter Box ca 1850
The base part is made of grey Öland limestone and the lid is made of red Öland limestone.
Heigth: 10 cm/3.9 inch
Depth: 11.5 cm/4.5 inch
Widht: 15 cm/5.9...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Scandinavian Modern Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Limestone
Rajasthani Decorative Brass Lidded Betel Caddy Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted decorative round brass Indian lidded betel box with latch and a top handle.
Delicately and intricately hand-chased with geometric designs.
Used as a tea caddy with tea bo...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Mid-Century Small Hand Carved Wood Box, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of wood, Veneer
Good original condition.
Category
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Shell Encrusted Rectangular Keepsake Box with Red Silk Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Long rectangular shell encrusted box. Carefully applied shells decorate the top and bottom edges of this red board box in a variety of colors. At...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Silk, Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Shell Encrusted Rectangular Keepsake Box with Green Silk Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Long rectangular shell encrusted box. Carefully applied shells decorate the top and bottom edges of this green board box in a variety of colors. ...
Category
20th Century English Folk Art Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Fabric, Paper
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Portuguese Wooden Stamp Box
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Wooden stamp box. With the word ‘Stamps’ applied in metal on the front, it has a central rectangular handle at the top, also in wood, and decorative e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Moroccan Brass Berber Tribal Flask
By Berber Tribes of Morocco
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Great decorative Moroccan Tribal flask..
African decorative brass with front richly decorated with embossed brass and overlay.
The valve stem turns and open.
Truly a conversation mu...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Unknown Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Unknown decorative boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Unknown decorative boxes are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of metal and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Unknown decorative boxes, although brown editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 238 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 143 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original decorative boxes by Unknown were created in the modern style in europe during the 20th century. Prices for Unknown decorative boxes can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $55 and can go as high as $40,000, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $811.
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