Antique Persian Silver Engraved Box

Finely carved Persian hinged box. Decorated with fantasy animals. Circa 1900. Carved hardwood.

Orientalist silver and gold gilt bronze box. Continental. 19th century. Original key and velvet lining.

Collection of six Italian leather boxes. Mid 20th century. Measures: Largest box 7.5" x 3.25" x 1.75. Smallest box 2.5" x 2" x 2".

Rare Tiffany Studios gilt bronze jewelry box. The finest Tiffany gilding in Venetian gold tone. A rare pattern. After an exhaustive search I was able to find only one other example o...

Two finely painted Vienna enameled silver pieces. Includes a cup with Bacchanalian scene and a ewer or vase dreaming maiden. Ewer measures 4.5" high x 1....

Islamic Persian iron helmet with chainmail. Engraved with Arabic symbols. Early 20th century. Lucite display stand is included.

This antique engraved sterling silver cigarette or decorative box was made in Japan in approximately 1900 in the period Japonisme style. The box is composed of an ebonized hardwood c...

Lovely sterling silver keepsake box. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and tabbed. Cover top has engraved border with dense and overlap...

Asprey Exceptionally stunning sterling silver military humidor box made by Asprey of London, England. This beautiful box has the original fitted case. It is finely hand engraved and engine turned with scenes including: - The king and queen at ascot - Trooping the color...

Rectangular table box with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with a beautiful hand-engraved and fire-enamelled frame and in the center a beautiful hand painted miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres "Odalisque with slave". Dimensions cm. 9.5 x 12.3 x 3.3. Weight gr. 671. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1979 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature...

This fine sterling silver box is a piece of high craftmenship. All the surfaces are finely engraved with rich Baroque decor. It is a little jewel of handmade work. It was a jewel bo...

Antique sterling silver cigar box Wood interior. Maker: Unknown (maker mark faded) Made in England, Birmingham, 1912 Fully hallmarked. ...