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Boxes For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1960s
Royal Delft 300th Anniversary Commemorative Bonbonnière, 1953, Hand-Painted
By Royal Delft
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This rare and exceptional Royal Delft Blue bonbonnière, produced by De Porceleyne Fles to commemorate the factory’s 300th anniversary (1653-1953), is ...
Category
1950s Dutch Chinoiserie Vintage Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Earthenware
Mid Century Italian Alabaster Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A hand carved alabaster trinket box with silver plate trim. Circa 1950s, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Vintage Le Tallec Enamel Decorated & Gilt Porcelain Box Circa 1966
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite vintage Le Tallec porcelain box, dating to circa 1966, features intricate hand-painted enamel decoration and lavish gilt accents. Crafted in the French Limoges traditi...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Set of Three Decorative White Ceramic Boxes or Pots by Lion French Handmade
By Eugène Lion
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Eugene Lion,
circa 1940
Set of three decorative pots or boxes in stoneware ceramic.
Elegant white ceramic glaze color.
Original form of the 20th mid-century design.
n°...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1940's New Old Stock Pharmacy Box - Large Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's New Old Stock Pharmacy Box - Large Quantity Available.
Original new old stock French packaging, never used. Listing is for a single box and lid.
Workshop Report:
Our worksh...
Category
1940s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Paper
Rare Rockwell Kent for Chase Bacchus Art Deco Copper Cigarette Box
Located in St. Louis, MO
Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971) Rare Bacchus Art Deco copper cigarette box for Chase Chrome & Brass company, only offered in 1935 and 1936.
Rockwell Kent designed only three items for chase, all with the same young Bacchus motiff, and all are considered rare today. The other two were a "Wine cooler" and "Wine bottle stand...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Copper
Bitossi Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Stripes, Orange, Black, Yellow, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter box, ceramic, stripes, orange, black and yellow, signed. Small scale ceramic lidded box decorated with angled planks, glazed an...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Chrome and Braided Brass Italian Decorative Box, Gucci Style 1980s
By Gucci
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful midcentury decorative jewelry box in chromed metal and brass. This lovely Gucci style box was produced in Italy in the 1980s.
This gorgeous decorative rectangular box is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Chrome
1940s Mark Cross Luxurious Vintage Wood Box Italy
By Mark Cross
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1940s Mark Cross Italian Wood Yellow Box
2.25 h x 8 w x 6 d
Preowned original vintage unrestored condition
Refer to all images.
Stamp present.
Made in Italy
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Wood
1960s Italian Leather Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Italian leather box with gold embossing made for B. Altman’s.
Category
1960s Vintage Boxes
Materials
Leather
1960's French Soda Fountain Crates - Medium
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's French Soda Fountain Crates - Medium.
Practical original soda fountain crates made from pitch pine. Brilliantly practical with internal divisions. Listing is for one crate. ...
Category
1960s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Pine
Mughal Indian Polished Brass Pierced Incense Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful hand-crafted polished brass footed box with with lid, latch and handle intricately hand-hammered with geometric designs and pierced with holes.
Vintage pierced decorative Mughal Indian style brass box from India...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage 1940s Silver Openwork Box
Located in PARIS, FR
Elevate your decor with this exquisite vintage silver openwork box from the 1940s. This unbranded piece exudes an old-world charm that is sure to add a touch of elegance to any space...
Category
Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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 colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Chartreuse, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter box, ceramic, chartreuse, signed. Small scale lidded box decorated with impressed geometric patterns and glazed in chartreuse, ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
rare carl auböck box
Located in Munich, DE
rare piece from the carl auböck workshop.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal
1960s Vintage Brass Compact Case
By Dunhill
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Brass Compact Case
engraved
.38 thick x 5.25 w x 2.25 d
Hard to open.
Preowned unrestored vintage condition
See all images for details.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Jewelry Box Silver Plated in the Shape of a Hippopotamus
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960 we offer this rare jewelry box made in bronze and Silver Plated in the shape of a hippopotamus with fantastic patina.
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Elegant 1960 Black and Brown Stoneware Ceramic Tureen or Box by Pierre Digan
By Pierre Digan
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Pierre Digan,
circa 1960
Elegant black and brown stoneware ceramic tureen or decorative box
Original perfect condition
Signed at the base
Measures: Height 22cm, large ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Rectangular Form Silvered Hinged Natural Stone Box with Lid
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A hinged Rectangular light beige stone box with silvered frame.
Perfect for jewelry, keepsakes or on a desk to hold paperclips..........
Why not place it on a table just for good loo...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Stone, Silver Plate
Danish design. Lidded box in hardwood. Mid-20th century.
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Danish design. Lidded box in hardwood.
From the mid-20th century.
Handcrafted.
Unstamped.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: Height 12.0 cm x Diameter 8.6 cm.
Provenance: Danish pri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Swedish Modern Jar in Pewter, CG Hallberg -1931
By CG Hallberg
Located in Örebro, SE
Swedish Modern Jar in Pewter, CG Hallberg -1931. Signed with makers mark.
Good vintage condition, wear and patina consistent with age and use. The lid is slightly uneven.
Numbers i...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Square Cut Crystal Glass Box
Located in Winnetka, IL
Square cut crystal and ormolu casket box.
Category
Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Anglo-Raj Marble Inlay Box Pietra Dura Made in India
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Anglo Raj inlaid marble pietra dura decorative box
This handmade marble decorative box is inlaid with semi precious stones, this type of design is the same art that you see in the Taj Mahal.
Very nice fine pietra dura art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Boxes
Materials
Marble
Vintage Cigarette Box Red Polkadot Art Deco Werkstatte Argentor Vienna Austria
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Stamped into coin shaped feet, 273 and, Made in Austria. Chips to paint, tarnish to brass, oxidation to lid surface. Functioning properly.
W 4 x D 3 x H 1.5 in.
Category
1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal
Wedgwood Jasperware Lidded Box with Blue and White Decor
By Wedgwood
Located in Meer, VAN
Wedgwood Jasperware Lidded box, England, 20th century. This is a quintessential piece of Wedgwood Jasperware. Lidded box in the famous Jasperware blue and white decor. Neo-classic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
DEAKIN & FRANCIS 1935 Birmingham Guilloche Green Enamel Box In .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box designed by Deakin & Francis.
This is a fabulous squared antique case-box, created in the city of Birmingham England at the silversmiths of Deakin &...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Vintage Balsa Wood and Tin Lined Tea Box Workshop Prop Decor Storage
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage balsa wood, and tin lined lidded tea box, retaining partial labels.
Category
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
An Italian 1950s cobalt blue Murano glass hinged box by Giovanni Cenedese
Located in London, GB
An Italian 1950s cobalt blue Murano glass hinged box with faceted lid and decorated metal edge detail by Giovanni Cenedese, Murano Italy
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal
Mid Century Decorative Brass Nailhead Lidded Box by Sarreid Ltd Spain 1960s
By Sarried Ltd.
Located in Troy, MI
Decorative lidded box by Sarried Ltd Spain circa 1960s
Solid wood construction clad in patinated brass with nailhead trim
Lined interior with original label
7 x 7 inches wide
6.75 i...
Category
1960s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage 1930s Bakelite Box, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Linsden Art Deco Bakelite Box, Half Moon Swivel Mechanism, Dispenser/Container.
Brown/Orange Marble. 1930s
Good condition.
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
Russian USSR Made Black and Red Lacquered Snuff Box, Signed and Dated
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Rectangular Black and Red Lacquered Snuff Box, Signed and Dated 1971.
This tobacco snuff box is richly and colorfully decorated with a winter scene showing 3 people riding a sleigh in the snow being pulled by 3 wild horses.
This Soviet-era box has a strong and great condition red lacquer on the inside and fine gilded decorations running around the edges of the box.
The box is signed and dated on the front cover and with hand-written "Made in USSR...
Category
Mid-20th Century Russian Empire Boxes
Materials
Brass
wondeful carl auböck peau porc box
Located in Munich, DE
wondeful wooden carl auböck box covered with peau porc.
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Nickel
Blue Cristal Art Box
By Cristal Arte
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Beautiful petite Cristal Art box with blue colored signature glass, brass detail and wood frame.
Italy 1950's
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Art Deco Porcelain Powder Box, German, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
An exceptional Art Deco powder jar very desirable and would enhance any collection. The representation of a couple in love has been expertly hand painted, from the lightly blushed ch...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Hans Hansen Wood and Sterling Silver Matchbox 1950s Made in Denmark
Located in Krefeld, DE
Beautiful Hans Hansen (1884-1940) matchbox with Silver inlay from the 1950s Made in Denmark.
Price for one box.
Category
1950s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Silver
Egg on Tripod with folding frame for 6 photos Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod with folding photo frame for 6 photos, inside, in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated, with translucent fired enamels on guillochè. ...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Large Jewelry Music Box Made in Italy by Reuge 1960s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant large footed wooden music box with top finely hand painted and inlaid with foliages floral decor.A Sorrento Italy Romance Inlayed Wood Music Box Handcrafted in Italy, upon opening, the music box begins to play a theme.
Elegant large footed wooden music box with top finely hand painted with foliages.
The box is made in Italy stamped in the bottom.
The musical movement...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Moorish Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
1950s Mid-Century Chinese Rosewood+Brass Turtle Hinged Jewelry Box Chinoiserie
Located in Hyattsville, MD
An older mid-century Chinese export/souvenir Jewelry Box. Inside it has two removable separators, outside is has brass decorations, hinges, and a wond...
Category
1950s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Boxes
Materials
Brass
1960s Geometric Jewelry Trinket Geometric Box Mexican Craft Eclectic Woodworker
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage hinged lidded hexagonal box by Don Shoemaker, Senal.
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Cocobolo
Thai Vintage Negora Lacquer Circular Storage Bin with Snake Skin Patterns
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage Thai negora lacquer round storage lidded bin box from the mid-20th century, with snake skin patterns. This vintage Thai negora lacquer round storage lidded bin box from the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Thai Boxes
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century French Yellow Marble and Chrome Jewelry Box Casket
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep your jewelry safe in this elegant antique marble box. Created in France circa 1950, the casket sits on small square feet. The top open and re...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Boxes
Materials
Marble, Chrome
Spherical in signature silver plate engraved under the base
Located in Catania, IT
Spherical in signature silver plate engraved under the base. In good condition with small wear caused by years and use.
In an old windmill on the lake meets Rolando Hettner, a disp...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
A little glass jewelry box
Located in London, GB
A little glass jewelry box with hand hammered ship to the copper lid.
Category
1950s English Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Glass
Vintage Christofle Silver Plated Decorative Box
By Christofle
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Signed Vintage Christofle Silver Plated Decorative Box. Nicely cast with beautiful design. This would have held cigarettes or trinkets. In very good...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
1960s silver plated apple with brass leaf handle
Located in London, GB
Silver plate apple with decorative brass stem and leaf handle. A lovely objet d'art that is perfect for the dressing-table or bathroom.
Category
1960s Unknown Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Vintage Rosewood Carved Peach Shaped Lidded Box, Japan
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Lidded Decorative Box, Japan
Carved Rosewood in Peach Shape
"very nice decorative box to hide some "stuff" in"
"in very good as found vintage condition"
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Bitossi for Raymor Box, Ceramic, Fused Glass, White, Orange, Blue, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Raymor Box, ceramic and fused glass, white, orange and blue, signed. Small scale white glazed box with a lid decorated in an abstract pattern of...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Anglo-Raj Marble Inlay Box Pietra Dura
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Anglo Raj inlaid marble pietra dura decorative box
This handmade marble decorative box is inlaid with semi precious stones, jasper, malachite, carnelian, mother of pearl, lapis lazuli, this type of design is the same art that you see in the Taj Mahal.
Very nice fine pietra dura art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Boxes
Materials
Marble
French Hand-Crafted and Painted Ceramic Trinket or Jewelry Box
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful hand-crafted ceramic lidded trinket or jewelry box.
Mid-20th century, French.
Used as decorative item, this piece would enhance any shelf or tabletop.
Measures: 6 1/8...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Mid Century White Murano Glass Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Exceptional Mid Century White Murano Glass Box in very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Boxes
Materials
Murano Glass
Bitossi for Raymor Box, Ceramic, White, Black, and Brown, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Raymor box, ceramic white, black, and brown, signed. Small lidded box glazed in chocolate brown, white and black from Aldo Londi's Piastrelle Bi...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Extra Large Bodil Eje Danish Rosewood Box / Humidor by Alfred Klitgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautifully crafted extra large solid rosewood trinket box / humidor by Danish craftsman Alfred Klitgaard, circa 1960s. Very detailed construction and exquisite finish with a three g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
1930's New Old Stock Cacao Sinor Box - Pack of Six
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1930's New Old Stock Cacao Sinor Box - Pack of Six - Large Quantity Available. Originally used to box up and sell Sinor Coco. Original new old stock packaging, never used or folded.
...
Category
1930s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Paper
Octagonal Jewelry Music Box, Made in Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant octagonal wooden music box in thuya wood.
Thuya tree is famous for rich gold and brown shades of its grain and unique exotic fragrance, simila...
Category
1950s Italian Moorish Vintage Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
French Limoges Rectangular Hand Painted Porcelain Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Found in Paris, a charming Limoges porcelain rectangular trinket box painted in blue with a fantastic cross hatch design on the lid. This piece would certainly be a fantastic additio...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
Liberty brooch box
Located in Braintree, GB
A square brooch or pendant box with a textured exterior. The interior is lined with velvet and features Liberty branding, emphasizing its elegant presentation.
This Liberty brooch b...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Boxes
Materials
Leather
2 boxes and a vase by tapio wirkkala for rosenthal studio line
Located in Munich, DE
beautiful set of 3 tapio wirkkala porcelain pieces for studio line / rosenthal. 1 vase 6cm diameter + 16cm high. 2 boxes with lid. one 11cm diameter + 16cm high - the other 19cm diam...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
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.