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Boxes For Sale
Signed Alessandro Mandruzzato for Design Guild Murano Sommerso Faceted Glass Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Signed Alessandro Mandruzzato for Design Guild Murano Sommerso Faceted Glass Box, 1970s
A striking sculptural Murano glass box signed “Mandruzzato for Design Guild,” showcasing the ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Daniel Loomis Valenza Carved Lidded Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Daniel Loomis Valenza Lidded Hand-Carved Box. Sculptural Lidded Box fits together like a glove! Beautiful Walnut with amazing grain. In very nice original condition!
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Maitland Smith Book Form Storage Box
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Maitland Smith book form storage with gilt embellishments and gilt margins. The group of four literary classics opens to two small over two full dr...
Category
20th Century Philippine Georgian Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rosewood Trinket Jewelry Box with Brass Inlay and Key
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Dome Shaped Rosewood Jewelry Box. This elegant box, lined in royal blue velvet with an interior mirror, can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry and features remova...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Campaign Boxes
Materials
Brass
Swedish Grace decorative pewter box by Harald Linder, Uppsala 1933.
Located in Stockholm, SE
Decorative pewter lid box in pewter by Haralder Linder, Uppsala Swedish Grace 1933.
With hallmark. One smaller dent, nice patina. Normal signs of age and wear.
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Mid Century Turquoise Stoneware Ceramic Box by Hans Hedberg for Biot France 1950
By Hans Hedberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Rare and small decorative mid century turquoise glazed stoneware box by the Swedish ceramist Hans Hedberg produced by Biot in southern of France in the 1940s. In good original cond...
Category
1950s French Scandinavian Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Stoneware
1960s Mid-Century Modern Green and Gold Ceramic Italian Box by La Colonnata
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A green and gold ceramic round box by La Colonnata, small factory established in Sesto Fiorentino, town famous for hand-crafted ceramic. The box it's...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique English Coromandel & Silver Vanity Box by Hunt and Roskell
Located in Northampton, GB
By Hunt and Roskell
From our Vanity Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Coromandel Silver Gilt Vanity Box by Hunt and Roskell. The Vanity Box of rectangular shape with brass edging veneered in exotic Coromandel with a vacant initial plaque. The front and lid of the box feature brass stringing framing the outer perimeter with a barrel shaped escutcheon to the front. The exterior is finished with twin brass handles, one to each side with shaped accents and ball inlays. The interior of the Vanity Box is lined in royal blue velvet with a ruched inner lid containing a rear compartment holding a free standing mirror and storage for letters. The Vanity Box houses fourteen cut glass jars with engine turned sliver gilt Sterling Silver lids with vacant initial plaques to the centre of each jar. The Silver is hallmarked London, Sterling Silver by Charles Rawlings & William Summers and is dated 1846. To the centre of the top tray there is a rectangular removable tool pad containing various vanity tools. The top tray is removable via the two metal loop tabs to each side, located beneath the tray is a second tray with multiple partitions for jewellery, rings and or cufflinks.The second jewellery tray can be removed to access a larger storage area in the base. The rear of the Vanity Box is partitioned and contains five larger glass jars and an extremely rare silver gilt cup with a lined cushion for the glass jar which sits inside. The interior of the box is finished with a Bramah lock signed on the lock plate J.Bramah, 124 Piccadilly. The Vanity Box comes with its original fitted leather case with full leather straps and dates to the middle of the 19th century during latter years of the Victorian period and the reign of Queen Victoria dated 1846.
The Coromandel Vanity Box...
Category
Late 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass
Vintage Large Seashell Encrusted Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty large one of a kind lidded mahogany box transformed into a exotic seashell fantasy in an ambitiously assembled eccentric composition of art and function.
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Shell, Organic Material, Mahogany
Small Art Deco Brass and cut glass box vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Small Art Deco Brass and cut glass box vienna around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Original cut glass
Original wood inside
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Pair Hand Made Wood Hat/Storage Boxes
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1740 Pair antique hand made cedar hat/storage boxes
large 16x6"
Small 9.5x5"
Category
1920s Vintage Boxes
Materials
Cedar
$475 Sale Price / set
56% Off
Art Deco GAB Pewter Box with Ribbed Design, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A striking Art Deco pewter box designed and crafted by GAB (Guldsmedsaktiebolaget), Sweden, circa 1930s. This circular lidded box showcases a bold and streamlined ribbed design, char...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Full Color Blue Humidor (Special Club Edition) in wood by Morici
By Morici
Located in Milan, IT
Meticulously crafted from varnished wood with an extra glossy finish and adorned with a printed "full color" glass panel, this masterpiece is a true sight to behold. The interior, li...
Category
2010s Italian Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pear Decorative Box in Teak - Mid-Century Wooden Jewelry Box - Danemark 1960s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Pear Decorative Box in Teak - Mid-Century Wooden Jewelry Box - Danemark 1960s
Nice wooden box shaped like a pear, very typical of Danish design from this era.
It opens in two halve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood, Teak
1920's Art Deco Enamel Ladies Make up Compact Mirror Rouge, Mirror, Puffs
Located in Red Lion, PA
1920s Art Deco Enamel Ladies Makeup Compact Mirror with Rouge, Mirror, and Powder Puffs
A striking and authentic 1920s Art Deco enamel ladies makeup compact, featuring a beautifully...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Contemporary Necklace 90/1
Located in Berlin, DE
This modern necklace is a bold statement suitable for extravagant, modern, fashion-conscious people with an artistic consciousness. Lasered from fluorescent plexiglass, the edges of ...
Category
2010s German Boxes
Materials
Acrylic
Flavio Poli Murano Sommerso Smoked Grey Faceted Glass Box
By Flavio Poli
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern Sommerso faceted Murano lidded box in grey and clear glass. Attributed to Flavio Poli, Italy, 1950s.
Rectangular faceted box in grey gla...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
$1,232 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century English Regency Mahogany Box With Satinwood Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
English Regency mahogany box with satinwood inlay. The four corners of the top are inlaid with lovely triangular scalloped decoration. All the border molding are also satinwood inlay...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand-Carved Organic Wooden Box with Lid, France, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A wonderful organically shaped Mid-Century hand-carved wooden lidded storage or jewelry box, crafted in France during the 1950s. It is in very good original, unrestored condition. Th...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Malachite Box 7" Gemstone Jewelry Box
Located in Somis, CA
This magnificent, large 4.15 lb malachite box is a testament to exceptional craftsmanship and the inherent beauty of fine-grade gemstone malachite. The carefully selected stone displ...
Category
2010s Congolese Boxes
Materials
Malachite
$990 Sale Price
44% Off
1980s Christian Dior Style Modernist Brass and Plexiglass Italian Jewelry Box
Located in Aci Castello, IT
An elegant brass and plexiglass designed and manufactured in Italy in the Eighties, it's in lovely condition. the jewelry box is characterized by use of high-quality materials, geome...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Museal Tahan-Paris Perfume Box, Herringbone Pattern Veneer and Crystal Bottles
By Tahan Paris
Located in Bochum, NRW
Highly Collectible Perfume Casket, Napoleon III Period (pre-1882), with Expertise.
A rectangular perfume box veneered in rare wood, featuring a finely executed herringbone pattern. T...
Category
1850s French Napoleon III Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Sterling Silver "Paint Tin" Tea Caddy / Canister by Asprey & Co - 1929
Located in Bath, GB
These novelty solid sterling silver boxes or Canisters are always highly sought-after in the form of a paint tin with a lift off lid.
This one is made by the creme de la creme of si...
Category
1920s British Vintage Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1921 Rene Lalique Box Tokio Tokyo Opalescent Glass Chrysanthemum Flower
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Tokio' "Tokyo" made in opalescent glass by Rene Lalique in 1921.
Molded signature on lid.
Perfect condition. Beautiful opalescent.
height : 5 cm
diameter : 17 cm
Félix Mar...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
An Exceptionally Fine & Rare 19th C. Russian Jasper / Chalcedony Trinket Box
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The rectangular base & confirming hinged lid mounted with striking panels of Russian Jasper, each exhibiting mottled striations in hues of russet, brown, black, grey etc. Each in...
Category
Late 19th Century Beaux Arts Antique Boxes
Materials
Serpentine, Brass, Other
French Art Deco Silver, Enamel, Coral & Diamond Compact Box By Augusta Peyroula
Located in Bristol, GB
ANTIQUE VANITY CASE/COMPACT
A beautiful and good-quality piece made from silver, which has been enamelled on the exterior to imitate malachite. The clasp features a stylised carved...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Coral, Silver, Enamel
Tronador Rectangular Cream Onyx Stone Box
By AIREDELSUR
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...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx
$1,100 / item
Antique Victorian Silver Plated Jewellery Casket Walker and Hall 19thC
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely antique Victorian silver plated casket bearing the makers mark of the renowned silversmiths, Walker and Hall, Circa 1840 in date.
The square casket freatures an epic mythological scene of the four seasons with eight winged cherubs on the lid.
Each side features the four seasons: spring features a bull and a goddess, summer has a lion and a goddess, autumn has a scorpion and a goddess and winter has a cherub and goddess.
The interior of the box features its original quilted buttoned silk upholstery.
Add some elegance to your home with this lovely casket.
Condition:
In excellent condition with no dings, dents or signs of repair. Please see photos for confirmation.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 15 cm x Width 24 cm x Depth 24 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 6 inches x Width 9 inches x Depth 9 inches
Walker & Hall
the business was established in Sheffield in 1845 by George Walker who become an assistant of Dr John Wright. Dr John Wright had conducted important experiments on electroplating, Walker secured the royalty of electroplating for Sheffield.
The business was joined by Henry Hall and became in 1853 Walker & Hall. The factory was at Howard Street, Sheffield, while showrooms were opened in 45 Holborn Viaduct, London. Branches were opened in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Cardiff, Belfast, Hull, Bristol, Melbourne and Adelaide (Australia), Cape Town (South Africa).
Walker & Hall was converted into a limited liability company in 1920 under the style Walker & Hall Ltd and combined in 1963 under the British Silverware...
Category
1840s Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Tronador Square Cream Onyx Stone Box
By AIREDELSUR
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...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx
$1,320 / item
Art Deco Dunhill Eggshell and Enamel Cigarette Case
By Dunhill
Located in Red Lion, PA
Rare Art Deco Dunhill Silver-Plated & Lacquered Cigarette Case with Coquille d’Œuf Inlay – Circa 1930
This stunning Art Deco Dunhill cigarette case is a masterpiece of elegant desig...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Chinese Export Antique Lacquer Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
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Raised on Dragon Feet
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Chinese Export Lacquer Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of curvaceous rectangular ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century Walnut Box With Bone and Mother Of Pearl Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century walnut box with bone and mother of pearl inlay, whaler made. This beautifully hand crafted box would have been made during the long voyage of a whaling ship. The star in...
Category
Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Walnut
Early 20th Century Decorative Box - Brass - Gothic Tristan and Isolde Theme
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful decorative box, made of brass.
The box is richly decorated with elegant motifs and representations of the classic story Tristan and Isolde.
The box was probably made in B...
Category
Early 1900s French Medieval Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Tronador Rectangular Blue Onyx Stone Box
By AIREDELSUR
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...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx
$1,267 / item
Egg Set, Small, Medium and Large Jars, Cream Onyx & Alpaca Silver
By AIREDELSUR
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...
Category
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
French Art Deco Silver Cigarette Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Art Deco silver plate decorative box from France, 1930s. Rectangular box on four silver round pad feet. Wooden interior and pressed scalloped detail on lid. Original finish shows nic...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian Alabaster Marble Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
An Italian dark brown alabaster marble jewelry box with a blue matte metal hinge. Box can hold jewelry or other small items. A great piece for a...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Marble, Metal
$495 Sale Price
20% Off
Memphis Style Triangular Mixed Wood Trinket Box by Russ Keil
By Russ Keil
Located in San Diego, CA
Memphis style mixed wood triangular trinket box by Russ Keil, circa 1990s. The box measures 4.5"W x 4.5"D x 5.75"H and is made of a padouk, walnut and sugar maple hardwood . There is...
Category
Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Boxes
Materials
Maple, Padouk
Jewelry Box Rhodonite Quartz Bronze
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful and rare pink and black rhodonite quartz jewelry box with bronze/brass frame and a midnight blue velvet interior, circa early-20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Boxes
Materials
Quartz, Brass, Bronze
$2,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Leather Faux Book Storage Cabinet For CDs and Keepsakes
Located in Waxahachie, TX
I never thought I'd call a CD case vintage.
Leather faux book storage cabinet with two drawers and CD storage with two doors.
In the style of Maitland Smith.
Lacquered drawers.
Ma...
Category
1990s American Classical Boxes
Materials
Leather
$315 Sale Price
30% Off
Burl Walnut Thuya Wood Handmade Jewelry Casket Box Manning of Ireland Irish New
Located in Dublin, Ireland
This rare North African Thuya Wood Jewellery Casket was manufactured by the famed manning of Ireland company and is truly a jewel of handcrafted genius. This box is constructed of th...
Category
Early 2000s Irish Modern Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Walnut
Pair of Rosewood Dresser Boxes w/Lids, 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Rosewood Dresser Boxes w/ lids, 1960’s. Beautiful condition.
Large box measures 9.5” long 4” deep 2” tall. Small box measures 4” x 4” 2” tall.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Beautifully Styled Ceylonese Porcupine Quill, Lidded Dark Wood Conical Pot
By SILVA (Sri Lanka)
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Superb Ceylonese porcupine quill lidded pot in a most unusual conical shape
Fashioned in dark wood and decorated with quill pieces
All quills are present and in excellent order. Int...
Category
1950s Sri Lankan British Colonial Vintage Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Hermès Ravinet d'Enfert & Cie Rare Silver and Gold-Plated Box, France, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Hermès and executed by silversmith Ravinet d'Enfert & Cie, very rare exquisite rectangular hinge lidded box consisting of silver-plated ground adorned with central gold-p...
Category
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Chase USA Art Deco Chrome and Wood Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Classic Rectangular Art Deco Box from Chase USA. Both form and function best describe this piece. We see this decorative box holding favorite trinkets as well as sitting on a coffee...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$156 Sale Price
20% Off
Jay Jeffers "Duval" Brass Lidded Box For Arteriors Home
By Arteriors
Located in Bridgeport, CT
"Duval" elongated hexagonal shaped box in antique brass finish with embossed linear decoration, polished brass knob and having three divided interior compartments. Designed by Jay Je...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Edwardian Bentwood Hatbox
Located in Riverdale, NY
Large Edwardian Bent Wood Hat Box with metal riveted banding for support on all edges. Has a lot of period labels including Cunard Ships, with 4 feet as well to sit upright. Great fo...
Category
1910s European Edwardian Vintage Boxes
Materials
Bentwood
Regency Tortoiseshell Box With Sterling Silver Details
Located in Tampa, FL
A fine Regency period tortoiseshell box, accented with sterling silver and ivory details. This is a very early and elegant example, showcasing the refined craftsmanship and materials...
Category
1810s English Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver
Italian Mid Century sewing box made of walnut wood with fold-out compartments
Located in München, DE
Original Mid-Century Modern fold-out sewing box in very good vintage condition. Made in Italy.
Made of walnut.
A stunningly beautiful decorative Italian design from the 1950s with ma...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal
Tree Full of Parrots Trinket Box in Brass & Semi Precious Stone
Located in Noida, DL
Tree Full of Parrots Trinket Box in Brass & Semi Precious Stone, Viya by Vikram Goyal
A tree full of parrots is a sign of success in aspirations and future endeavours. According to the 17th century Indian manuscript...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century German Hammered Copper & Brass Bread Box, Kitchen Utensil
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Antique 19th-Century German Tin-Lined Bread Box — Marked “Fr. Müller Nürnberg”
A charming and well-preserved German bread box dating from the mid to end 19th century. Discovered at ...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Biedermeier Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique German Sterling Silver Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in Long Island City, NY
An early 20th century German sterling cilver cigarette case with hinged lid. Striped relief surface. The front is decorated with polychrome enamel portrait of a woman in Oriental sty...
Category
Early 20th Century German Boxes
Materials
Silver
$780 Sale Price
35% Off
Rare Edwardian Sterling Silver Cherub Designed Jewelry Box - By William Comyns
Located in New York, NY
Rare, Edwardian Period, Victorian-Style, sterling silver, footed jewelry box, London, England, year-hallmarked for 1902, William Comyns - maker. The top of the box is designed with t...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Glaciar Large Silver Alpaca & White Onyx Stone Box
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
Glaciar collection is meticulously handcrafted by our local artisans with these rectangular onyx pieces set around alpaca silver flower vases, boxes and trays.
Our pieces are made...
Category
2010s South American Modern Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Metal
$1,070 / item
Japanese Vintage Silk Covered Jewlery /Music Box 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1574 Vintage Japanese Fabric covered wood jewlery /music box
Make Made in Japan
Music mechanism in working condition
Category
1950s Asian Vintage Boxes
Materials
Textile, Boxwood
$325 Sale Price
50% Off
Malachite Box Turkey Tail Hexagonal Box
Located in Somis, CA
This extraordinary fine-grade malachite hexagonal box showcases the coveted turkey tail pattern, a rare and highly prized formation within the stone. Mala...
Category
20th Century Italian Boxes
Materials
Malachite
$299 Sale Price
45% Off
Large Malachite Box 8" Hinged Finely Made
Located in Somis, CA
A very large, 5.7 lb, 8" stunning grade AAA malachite box. Gemstone malachite ranges from light to dark green, with the highly sought after ones displaying concentric rings and swirl...
Category
2010s Italian Boxes
Materials
Malachite
$1,120 Sale Price
37% Off
Vintage Sheffield Tea Caddy Box
By Sheffield
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage tea caddy or box. This vintage piece is rare and it is captivating. Octagonal in silver plated finish, this piece can have a variety of uses. This piece displays...
Category
1930s American Edwardian Vintage Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Porcelain Peint Main Vintage Slot Machine Trinket Box by Limoges
By Limoges
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful porcelain peint main (hand painted) vintage slot machine trinket box by Limoges, circa 1980s. This piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measu...
Category
20th Century French Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Aimara Medium Alpaca Silver Box
By AIREDELSUR
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The waves on a choppy lake, rough by the wind, inspire the design of alpaca boxes and picture frames of this family, whose name comes from the tribe that dwelled in the North Argenti...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Boxes
Materials
Metal, Sheet Metal
$410 / item
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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