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Paul Evans "Patchwork" Decorative Hinged Box in Etched Aluminum 1970
Located in New York, NY
Rare "Patchwork" hinged box in etched aluminum with 3 compartments lined in cork by Paul Evans for C.C. Design, American 1970. Boxes like this were made in small numbers and this is...
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Aluminum

Kleenera Travertine Marble Tissue Holder
Located in Mexico City, MX
Indulge in the epitome of opulence with the Kleenera Tissue Holder, a creation meticulously hand carved from pure, pristine marble. Crafted with artisanal expertise, this objet trans...
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2010s Mexican Modern Boxes

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Marble

Art Deco Box with Cut Glass 'the Glass is Slightly Damaged on the Side'
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco box with cut glass ( the glass is slightly damaged on the side) please take a look on the two last attached photos. Brass polished and stove enamelled Original cut glass ...
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

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Brass

Quartz and Marble Box
Located in Paris, FR
Box quartz and marble in black marble with lid. With natural quartz on lid's top.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Boxes

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Quartz, Marble

Vintage Italian Signed Round Travertine Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This substantial vintage round Italian hallmarked box with a separate lid and a knob top is hallmarked on the bottom. It reads "Vero Travertino Dirapolano". The original blue vintage...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Travertine

Quartz and White Marble Box
Located in Paris, FR
Box quartz and white marble in white marble With lid. With natural quartz on lid's top.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Boxes

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Quartz, Marble

Vintage Blue Glazed Ceramic Box Handsigned by Cases, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage blue glazed ceramic box, handsigned base by Cases. By unknown artist from Spain, circa 1960. In original condition, with minor wear cons...
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1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Ceramic

Japanese Meiji Dressing Stand with Mirror Black Lacquer
By Vintage Japanese Monochrome
Located in Valladolid, ES
Elegant and beautiful Dressing Table or it could be suitable for a jewellery box , Meiji Period ( 1868 - 1912 ). Executed with black lacquer, holding a bronze hand mirror ( ekagami) Configured with five smooth-running drawers of different Size. Two are equipped with slender "hirute"-shaped bail handles and three with decorative pull-rings. The front-and backside featuring oval grips for easy transport. Surmounted by a mirror frame in a shape reminiscent of a Shintô shrine torii-gate- a twin-posted framework with a triangular crossbar flared in upswept Chinese-style gable ( Karahafu) endings. Resting of the frame is the Japanese traditional handheld mirror with auspicious embossed design of wisteria ( fuji) and lovely patina. Inscription on the right. Considering its age the set is in a very good condition with some traces of usage and wear conform age. Dimensions: Dressing stand...
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1880s Dutch Meiji Antique Boxes

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Bronze

Antique Traditional Cigar Holder, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Antique traditional cigar holder. By unknown manufacturer, circa 1950. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Wood

Roll Top Metal Bread Box, circa 1950
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Vintage roll top bread box. Manufactured in Spain, circa 1950. In good original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a be...
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Metal

Vintage Jewel Case, Italy Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jewel Case is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century. A terracotta case black colored with ochre decorations. Perfect to preserve your dearest things. G...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Boxes

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Terracotta

Exquisite Victorian Rosewood & Leather Tooled Writing Slope, Inkwell and Pen
Located in High Wycombe, GB
19th Century Rosewood handcrafted exquisite writing slope with tooled leather, fitted interior befit with original glass inkwells and secret compartment. Would make an ideal gift for the writing enthusiast. Item will include pad, Quill pen (modern) and antique propelling pencil...
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19th Century British Campaign Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Tunbridge Ware Jewellery Box by Robert Vorley, 2010
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Tunbridge Ware Jewellery Box by Robert Vorley, 2010 Additional Information: Heading: Tunbridge Ware jewllery box by Robert Vorley Date : 2010 Period : El...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Victorian Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century Russian Niello Cigarette Case
Located in Firenze, IT
SHIPPING POLICY: No additional costs will be added to this order. Shipping costs will be totally covered by the seller (customs duties included). A 19th century Russian rectangular Niello box, Moscow, 1865 with rounded corners and gilt interior, decoration at the centre of belt shape with a monogram inside a cartouche: HS Maker's mark and standard Russian silver mark...
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1860s Russian Edwardian Antique Boxes

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Silver

Georgian Rosewood Vanity Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Howell, James & Co Sterling Silver by Thomas Whitehead From our Vanity Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Rosewood Vanity Box. The Vanity Box of rectangular sha...
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Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Boxes

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Vintage Cobalt Blue and Gold Trim Limoges Porcelain Trinket Box France
Located in East Quogue, NY
Beautiful vintage cobalt blue lidded porcelain trinket jewelry box with gold hand-painted floral decorative rim. The central illustration is of a couple dressed in Louis XVI period...
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1950s French Louis XVI Vintage Boxes

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Barbini Murano 1950s Blue Gold Flecks Bubble Italian Art Glass Vanity Powder Box
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown blue, gold flecks and controlled bubbles Italian art glass powder / jewelry box. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. The piece ha...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique Tiffany Edwardian Classical Sterling Silver Oval Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Classical sterling silver trinket box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Oval with upward tapering sides and hinged scrolled cover. On sides applied ribbon-tied garland. O...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Art Deco Coffee Dispenser, Coffee Tin, Gentlemen, Casino, Hungary
Located in Antwerp, BE
Art Deco Coffee Tin - Coffee Dispenser - Coffee Container with gentlemen. A red tole coffee tin with a beautiful design on it: 3 gentleman in suit with white shirt an bow tie drinking casino coffee. Casino coffee is the tastiest roasted coffee ! 2 men standing - 3rd one sits in a chair and a waiter beautiful dressed is serving a tray with an art deco coffee can filled with hot coffee and cups. The tin is also signed T.V and W.M. This large round tin or circular tin comes from Hungary and dates circa 1930 - 1940. It's a large sized coffee bin. This antique coffee dispenser...
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Mid-20th Century Hungarian Art Deco Boxes

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Metal

A Large 20th C. French Ormolu Mounted Green Opaline Egg Form Covered Box
Located in New York, NY
A Large 20th C. French Ormolu Mounted Green Opaline Egg Form Covered Box. This exceptionally rare and large box, meticulously crafted from green opaline c...
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Early 1900s French Louis XVI Antique Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

Gio Ponti Ceramic Box for Richard Ginori San Cristoforo, Italy, 1927
Located in Malmö, SE
A glazed and hand painted porcelain box and cover with figural serpent finial. Model no. 5709, 'The passions of man'. Designed by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori, Milan, Italy, circa 1...
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1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

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Ceramic, Porcelain

Silver925 and Murano box " PIZZATO" by Roberto Giulio
Located in Milano, Lombardia
925 silver box "PEZZATO yellow blue and green" by Roberto Giulio Rida The 925 sterling silver box was handcrafted by an experienced silversmith at the request of Roberto Giulio Rid...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique 19th Century French Art Nouveau Pierced Gilt Bronze Jewelry Box
Located in Firenze, IT
This lavish French Art Nouveau period (1880-1910) jewelry box is entirely chiseled, hammered and pierced with flowers and leaf patterns. This late 19th – early 20th century rectangul...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Boxes

Materials

Bronze

McCoy Crystal Quartz Amethyst Pyrite Cab Jewelry Box, 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
McCoy Crystal Quartz Amethyst Pyrite Cab Jewelry Box, 1960. Measures 10" long, 8.5" deep and 5.5" tall
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Amethyst

Antique French Cobalt & Delicate Gold Bronze "Lacework" Jewelry Box, Circa 1870.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Cobalt and Delicate Gold Bronze "Lacework" Jewelry Box, Circa 1860-1880. Tortoise shell lined.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Aldo Tura Green Goatskin Box
Located in Munich, DE
Elegant small box in green goatskin with a brass nope and walnut inlay inside, made by Aldo Tura in the 1970s. Excellent vintage condition.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Brass

Anglo Indian Amboyna Campaign Writing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Brass Bounded From our Writing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Anglo Indian Amboyna Campaign Writing Box. The Writing Box of slim re...
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Early 19th Century Indian Campaign Antique Boxes

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Brass

Box in Brass, with an Anchor Pattern, Old Patina, in a Gold Color France 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box has been made in France, circa 1970. It is in a very good condition. The material is Brass, in a gold color, with an Anchor pattern. It is a rectangular Box with an old patina.
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1970s French Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Baker Furniture Side Table Or Humidor. Satinwood With Inlay.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Baker Furniture Side Table Or Humidor. Satinwood With Inlay.
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20th Century George III Boxes

Materials

Satinwood

Circa 1850 American Document Box of Historical Importance Boston
Located in Hudson, NY
This historically important, American leather clad document box, was made in Boston in the mid nineteenth century. The box belonged to, Samuel Francis Smith (October 21, 1808 – Novem...
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Mid-19th Century American American Classical Antique Boxes

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Leather, Pine, Linen

JEWELLERY BOX shark leather black color modern design
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
La very special shark skin composed of a myriad of tiny grains that they look like dots and give the same feeling of the smooth skin covers the lid of the box ornamental of ...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Boxes

Materials

Metal

Continental Silver Fruit Pear Box Italian mid 20th century.
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Continental Silver Pear Box Italian mid 20th century. The box in the form of a pear realistically textured with leafage complete with stem forming the handle ...
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1960s Italian Vintage Boxes

Materials

Silver

18th Century Satinwood Domed Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Charming Late 18th Century Satinwood tea caddy, Having Attractive Conch Shell Inlaid Decoration To Front And Domed Top, Enclosing Double Lidded Interior. This attractive satin...
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Late 18th Century English Sheraton Antique Boxes

Materials

Satinwood

Late 19th Century Silver Deer Box from India
Located in Marseille, FR
Late 19th century silver deer box from India.
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Boxes

Materials

Britannia Standard Silver

Decorative Object Boxe Alpaca Pineapple Midcentury Italian Design 1960s
Located in Palermo, IT
Rare decorative pineapple object/box made of alpaca with at folding central open and close mechanism, from which a small circular stand with two shelv...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Alpaca

Austria 1922 Art Deco Polychrome And Blue Enamel Round Box .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box made in Austria. Beautiful enamel round box, created in Vienna Austria during the art deco period, back in the 1922. This beautiful antique piece wa...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Chinese Wicker Camel
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid century Chinese smiling camel caught in mid strut, ambitiously crafted in wicker with wood highlights. From the noted Shanghai Collection.
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes

Materials

Wicker

French Folk Art Money Box House c1900
Located in Trensacq, FR
Folk Art money box c1900 France A fabulous example of French 'Arte Populaire', this 'Maison de Maitre Tirelire' is handcrafted in wood complete wit...
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Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Boxes

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Steel, Metal

Egg Set, Small, Medium and Large Jars, Cream Onyx & Alpaca Silver
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Salta province is called the beautiful, and this adjective introduces us to its profound beauty. Its fertile valleys, windy desert, colorful mountains and blue sky are the images tha...
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2010s Argentine Organic Modern Boxes

Materials

Stone, Onyx, Metal

HERMES leather Travel Case Circa 1989
Located in New York, NY
Vintage HERMES Leather suitcase, with brass locks, cotton interior with leather straps. Leather handle all Original. Locks are stamped "Hermes ...
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Late 20th Century French Boxes

Materials

Leather

Montesquieu Portrait Tortoiseshell Snuff Box
By Jacques Joseph de Gault
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exquisite miniature of French philosopher Charles Montesquieu graces the lid of this tortoiseshell-lined snuff box. The handsome portrait was fash...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Boxes

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Enamel, Gold

Gold Croco Candle with 24 Karat Gold Plate
Located in Paris, FR
Candle box Gold Croco made with white porcelain from Limoges, France. With porcelain lid. With gold plated 24 karat crocodile and with black crocodile skin in leather style. Insi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate

Set/2 Pineapple Ceramic Pots, White, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Pineapple Decorative Pots, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. This beautiful set includes two wa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes

Materials

Gold

Antique George III Mahogany Satinwood Inlaid Double Tea Caddy Box Conch Shell
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Impressive English Georgian Sheraton Period Flame Grain Mahogany Double Tea Caddy of Outstanding Quality and Workmanship and compact size. Circa 1800-20. The hinged lid cross bande...
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Boxes

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Mahogany, Satinwood

Set/5 Ceramic Pots, White & Grey, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Graham pots, Lusitanus Home Collection, handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. This beautiful set includes three waterproof ceramic pots with lid, perfect to be displ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Set/2 Boxes, White and Light-Blue, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Lanzarote Boxes, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. Lanzarote box set includes two wooden boxes, perfect to be displayed together and enr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes

Materials

Gold Leaf

Set/2 Pots, Ceramic Pots, White, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Chaucer Pots, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. This beautiful set includes two waterproof ceramic pots with lid, perfect to be displayed together and enrich your room decor. Each piece has its own elegant silhouette in white glazed ceramic with gloss finish plus hand turned natural beech wood base and lid. Set of 2 Ceramic Pots Chaucer...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes

Materials

Wood, Ceramic

Boiled Leather Trunk, Spanish, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Leather trunk Spanish, 17th century Boiled Leather, wood and iron Measures: 22 x 53 x 32 cm. Provenance : - collection Metz-Noblat, Château de Clevant, France Rectangular trunk of the form and size of a small suitcase with wrought iron hinges and lock-plate. Wood, covered with leather, cut and embossed with every surface of the thick cow hide covered in interlace, zoomorphic features. The construction method is boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation cuir-bouilli: a process used to change flexible, vegetable-tanned leather into rigid, moulded objects. For shaping of the vegetable-tanned leather, heat and moisture were used, as indicated by the term boiled leather. No written medieval sources describing the production of decorated cuir bouilli objects survive, so knowledge of the process relies on the important studies of the Scottish leather historian John William Waterer. A large range of methods, materials and techniques could be used in various combinations. The vegetable-tanned leather, made supple with moisture and heat, was stuffed, shaped and nailed to the rigid wooden coffer support. The stuffing material was probably modeled beeswax or stearin wax. To shape the leather, to create its topography, « Cushions » were made by lacing a thread through an awl hole and attaching the flexible leather and stuffing to the rigid wooden support on the bottom. Then the decoration was done: lines were incised through the upper layer of the leather (epidermis) with different thicknesses of knives or needles. Contours were created with deep v-shaped cuts, decoration with thin incision and final details with a needle point. For the incision and pouncing stage, the leather was probably kept heated and moistened for suppleness. Once dry, the leather would be hard and rigid. the saturated leather is worked over a form, possibly even damp sand, with the pattern shaped using bone or wooden tools. Compare to metal, leather was lighter and it offered protection from cuts and punctures. Cuir bouilli objects were produced by specialist leather workers and needed skillful craftsmanship. The surface is filled with roundels shaped foliages enclosing animals, lions and peacocks. The foliate arabesques creating a vegetal connection tweet the animals create the impression of a lush verdant space . The vegetal pattern here employed in combination with geometrical pattern came from the pre-islamic artistic traditions of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires. An aspect of Islamic geometry Is the basic symmetrical repetition and mirroring of the shapes that create a sense of harmony. The decoration of this truck is inspired by the islamic « arabesque » a form of vegetal ornament composed of spirals, intertwining plants and abstract curvilinear motifs. An arabesque character is given to the birds of the decorations through extreme stylisation. This arabesque maintained the classical tradition of median symmetry, freedom in Detail and heterogeneity of ornament. The presence of the peacocks is a paradisiacal allusion: in popular Islamic literature they were among the original inhabitants of the garden of Paradise expelled with Adam and Eve. Peacock as a decorative motif may have originated in the West, despite their eastern provenance. There was an ancient belief that the flesh and feathers of peacock do not decay. This led to the peacock becoming a christian symbol for Christ’s resurrection. Renowned for their decorative wall hangings, seventeenth-century Spanish leatherworkers also produced utilitarian objects, such as this trunk. A similar trunk is on display at the Metropolitan museum of art ( 09.158.1). Related literature : Davies L. 2006. Cuir bouilli. Conservation of leather and related materials, 94-102, Oxford: elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Grabar, Oleg. The Mediation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992 Gabriela Germana Roquez, "El mueble en el Peru en el siglo XVIII...
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17th Century Antique Boxes

Materials

Iron

Art Deco Style Box with Ebony Veneer, with Inlays in Bronze and Springwood
Located in Mexico, Ciudad de México
Box built in springwood with ebony veneer, with inlays in bronze and springwood. Influence came from Marion Dorn ´s design of the black and cream geometric patterned rug lounge of Th...
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2010s Mexican Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Set/5 Ceramic Vases & Bowl, Green, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set/5 Ceramic Vases and Bowl, White & Green, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. This beautiful set includes four waterproof ceramic vases...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Set/2 Boxes, Aged Silver, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Madagáscar Boxes, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. Madagáscar box set includes two wooden boxes, perfect to be displayed together and e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes

Materials

Brass

Set/2 Boxes, Wooden Boxes, Cream, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Dandara Boxes, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. Dandara box set includes two wooden boxes, perfect to be displayed together and enrich ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes

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Brass, Gold Leaf, Metal

Set/5 Ceramic Pots & Jars, White & Cream, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set/5 ceramic pots and vases, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. This beautiful set includes two waterproof ceramic pots and three cera...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Set/2 Porcelain Pots, Yang Pots, Light Blue, by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Set/2 Yang Porcelain Pots, Lusitanus Home Collection by Lusitanus Home. Real chinese porcelain waterproof pots with lids in light-blue, produced by hand with traditional methods. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Tronador Square Blue Onyx Stone Box
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
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2010s Argentine Modern Boxes

Materials

Stone, Onyx

Tiny Regency Partridgewood Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming and extremely rare Regency period 19th century partridge wood tea caddy, of incredibly small proportions, having elegant pagoda shaped top enclosing lined interior raised on original brass ball feet. This is one of the smallest tea caddies we have ever seen. It also really is very charming indeed. The shape has real elegance and the overall package is just so very rare. Partridge wood is a wood imported from South America towards the end of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Available in particularly small sheets it was almost exclusively used in cross banded, or inlaid decorations or for very small decorative boxes...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes

Materials

Other

Set/2 Pots, Ceramic Pots, White, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Burgess Pots, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. This beautiful set includes two waterproof ceramic pots with lid, perfect to be displa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Boxes

Materials

Brass, Metal

Rare Pair of 18th Century Georgian Mahogany Wall Hanging Boxes
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An extremely rare and delightful pair of late 18th century mahogany wall Hanging boxes, the larger for storage of candles and the smaller for salt, Havin...
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Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

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.

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