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Boxes For Sale
Style: Industrial
Style: Chinese Export
Vintage Metal Bin Powder Coated Turquoise, Industrial Era
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Industrial era metal stackable bins or baskets with handles. Freshly powder coated in vintage mellow turquoise. The bins have endless uses; in an office...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century Squared Spinach Jade Snuff Bottle with Unique Design
Located in Lomita, CA
This spinach jade snuff bottle has a geometric appearance with its squared silhouette and ledge that is ergonomically designed to accommodate a finger or a thumb while using the bott...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Jade
Collectible Gilt Metal Tibetan Box with Turquoise 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Collectible Chinese Tibetan Gilt Brass Metal Filigree with Turquoise and Coral beads round Box Handcrafted round Tibetan, Nepalese decorative brass trinket wish box with pull-off lid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Magical Old Chinese Box in Faded Cinnabar
Located in Hopewell, NJ
If objects could talk, this box would have some interesting stories for all its wonderful aged patina, cracks and character. A faded cinnabar, the entire surface is meticulously hand...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Wooden Lacquered Rectangular Chest with Hand Painted Figural Scenes
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Mid-Century rectangular hinged chest with black metal latch and two side ring handles, lacquered and hand painted featuring three women and one girl in two outdoor courtyard ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Wood
Qing Dynasty - 13 Antique Chinese Porcelain Enameled Salt Boxes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 19th century.
A grouping or instant collection of antique porcelain enameled salt boxes. Each box is decorated with immortal being riding the fabl...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Signed Stanley Szwarc Stainless Steel Jewelry Box
Located in San Antonio, TX
Beautiful stainless steel box by Stanley Szwarc, signed and dated underneath. 6" x 6" x 3.50"
"Former accountant Stanley Szwarc immigrated from Poland to Chicago in 1977. With no sk...
Category
Early 2000s Industrial Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Large Oval Jewelry Box, Color with with Internal Compartments France 19th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is an Ovale large box. It has been decorated with a sivered color metal plate and lid. It has been made in France, during the 19th Century. In brown color.
It is a jelwery box.
Category
19th Century French Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Metal
Chinese Pig Head Shaped Porcelain Tureen
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) export porcelain tureen in the form of an orange and pink pig head divided into lid and base at the mouth, and decorated...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Export Silver Box by Wang Hing
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver dragon box; an addition to our collection of boxes and cases
This fine antique C...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver Trinket Box with Chinese Scene, Late 19th-Early 20th Century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A heavy silver box with canted corners, the hinged cover in the style of an ancient traditional woodcut featuring a Chinese traveling figure or salesman w...
Category
1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver
Vintage solid brass and enamel Chinese export trinket box.
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a vintage Chinese export solid brass and enamel trinket box. This solid brass box has four medallions on the top and medallions on each side of the box. The top of the box fe...
Category
1970s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique, Chinese Hand Painted Meal Delivery and Lunch Box
Located in Pomona, CA
This Antique lacquered painted lunch box from China has about 100 years history and still maintained very good condition. There are some traditiona...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export Pigskin Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Chinese export pigskin box now on custom made stand as a side table. Early 20th century. Foo dogs, birds, flower & auspicious symbols. 15 1/2" w., 9 1/2" d...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin
19th Century Handmade Wooden Chinese Hat Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Chinese wooden hat box - handmade, with a chinoiserie image. The box is in very good condition with fitted top, the wood is a wonderful patinated colo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Jewelry or Decorative Box Brown Red colors Color Japan 19th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Jewelry or Decorative Box Brown Red colors Color Japan 19th
Category
19th Century Japanese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Burgundy and Gold Vine Design Painted Decorative Box
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese wrapped decorative box with a burgundy base with muted metallic gold gourd and leaf pattern on vines with a large central character, bronze handles and latch, and an interior...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Decorative or Jewelry Box, in Carved Wood, Trees and Birds Decor, China
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
It is a carved wooden box, brown and black. One part is hand carved, the other Painted lacquered. It was made in China during the 1930s and 1940s, so it is from the Republic period.
Category
1930s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Lacquer Box
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A metal framed box with all-over lacquer decoration featuring multi-coloured flowers, leaves, ribbons. The inside of the box is veneered in a light wood. It is stamped China on the u...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Dark Green Garrison Shoe Cleaning Tin
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Dark green garrison shoe cleaning tin
2 sections, brown on one side and black on the other, the tin has a central carrying handle and 2 lidded sections
In good vintage condition,...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Boxes
Materials
Tin
Early 20th Century Chinese Hand-Painted Wooden Box
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a traditional style of Chinese painted wooden Box from Shan Xi, China. It has about 100 years history. Normally it was used to store jewelry and valuable accessories as well ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rare Chinese Tonkin Ware Shakudo Sawasa Erotic Tobacco Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A ruyi-shaped Shakudo-style erotic tobacco or snuff box, relief-decorated with silvered applied figures
Possibly Jakarta (Batavia), first half 18th century
Measures: H. 2.2 x L. 12.1 x W. 8 cm
This box is very much in the Dutch taste, for the illustration is after a print with a legend reading “L’oiseau sans cage. Prenez, belle, mon oiseau. C’est le plus doux présent que je puisse vous faire. Pour les autres oiseaux, la cage d’ordinaire est une espèce de tombeau. Mais le mien semble prendre une nouvelle vie, Lorsqu’il sera dans la cage de mon aimable Silvie.” The erotic message is as clear as can be.
In Dutch culture the verb ‘vogelen’ (catching a bird) is another word for having sex and a bird escaping from his cage indicates loss of chastity. The lady with the bare breasts, while making the sign of sealed lips to the lady behind her, who is pointing towards heaven, seems to be caressing the bird held in the sleeping man’s groin. 17th century Dutch pictures...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze
Chinese Wooden Small Rectangular Chest with Hand Painted Exotic Birds
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese Mid-Century small rectangular hinged chest with metal latch and two side ring handles, hand painted featuring two exotic birds (depicted on the top and front), pine, berries,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Wood
Vintage Celebration Dish, Chinese Ceramic Lidded Box, Famile Jaune Decor, C.1980
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage celebration dish. A Chinese, ceramic lidded box with Famile Jaune decor, dating to the late 20th century.
Striking decoration across this appealing box
Displays a ...
Category
1980s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Etched Brass Box with Carved Jade Inset Top, Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Sweet little Chinese export brass box with beautiful floral etched designs, looks like peonies to me. With a lovely white jade top carved in fretwork with a vase framed by the flower...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Jade, Brass
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 Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Chinese Red Lacquered Box With Brass Mounts, Mid 20th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese red and black lacquered box with fine brass mounts in the Chinese Export style. Lovely color. A refined and classic decorative box, beautiful craftsmanship.
20 wide 14 deep ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Brass
Industrial Era Metal Storage Bins, Powder Coated Bright Chartreuse
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Industrial era steel stackable bins with handles. Freshly powder coated in bright chartreuse.
The bins have endless uses; in an office, mud room, hall...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel, Metal
Pair of Chinese Mahogany and Tin Hinged Painted Figural Tea Bins, Circa 1840
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of Chinese mahogany and tin hinged painted tea bins with gilt figural stenciling and decorative landscape scenes with bird motif, Mid-19th century.
Category
1840s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Large Antique Tibetan Ghau Prayer Box With Three Buddha
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This large Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Chinese Red Lacquered Box With Brass Mounts, Mid 20th Century
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese red and black lacquered box with fine brass mounts in the Chinese Export style. Lovely color. A refined and classic decorative box, beautiful craftsmanship.
16 inches wide, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Box with wood lined interior. The box rests on round brass ball feet. The interior appears to have had dividers...
Category
1920s Chinese Export Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal
Set of Chinese Red & Black Boxes, 20th Century
Located in London, GB
Set of Chinese red & black boxes, 20th century.
Set of three Chinese red and black boxes, decorated with scenes of figures amongst landscapes with temples and pavilions.
Wood,...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Rond Jewelry Box, Color with with Internal Compartments, Japan 19th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is an rond large box. It has been decorated with gilted drawing. It has been made in Japan, during the 19th Century. In red and gold color.
It is a jelwery box.
Category
19th Century French Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pair of Vintage Chinese Wicker Foo Dogs From the Shanghai Collection
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Ultimate pair of mid century Chinese foo dogs with removable heads, ambitiously hand crafted in wicker, reed and rattan with carved wood and paint decorated highlights, set on wicker...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Wicker, Rattan, Reed
Two Famille Rose Cosmetic Boxes, Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng Period
Located in seoul, KR
Circular form with flattened doomed covers, the covers with a medallion of flower with full bloom, the bowls with two round borders.
Period : Qing Dynasty, Kangxi-Yongzheng Period
P...
Category
17th Century Vietnamese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Mid-Century Chinese Wooden Scenic Design Carved Hinge Top Box
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century Chinese carved wooden box featuring an elaborate scenic design with a hinged top and brass closure hardware. (Stamped HUNG HOP CHEST CO. HONG...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-Century Chinese Wooden Scenic Design Carved Hinge Top Box
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century Chinese carved wooden box featuring an elaborate scenic design with a hinged top and brass closure hardware. (Stamped HUNG HOP CHEST CO. HONG...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese Handpainted Enamel Snuff Bottle with Qianlong Mark Famille Rose Yellow
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite Chinese enamel snuff bottle from the 20th century features a beautiful hand-painted design in the famille rose style, showcasing vibrant peonies and traditional motifs...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Chinese Export Porcelain Tea Caddy Jar
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese Export hand-painted porcelain tea caddy jar. Pictures of a boy and his dog adorn both sides of jar in rich colors of dark blue, gold, red and turquoise. Greek key border fram...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
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
Mid-20th Century American Steel Strongbox
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-20th century American steel strongbox is a captivating blend of industrial strength and artistic flair. Adorned with intricate machined spiral...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Boxes
Materials
Steel
Rustic Live Edge Rosewood Box c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A handmade rustic live edge Rosewood box with lid, lined with felt.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940-1950.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Rosewood, Felt.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Vintage Boho Distressed Tool Box
Located in west palm beach, FL
This vintage wooden toolbox is full of rustic charm and utilitarian history. With its original reddish-brown finish, domed lid, and timeworn patina, this piece tells a story of craft...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Pair of 19th Century Hand Painted Store Counter Bins Duane St NYC
By Empire NY
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Spectacular pair of hand decorated large store tins from lower Manhattan C1875. Created by Empire Hardware Co from Duane st NYC. Hand decorated and sold to a local downtown business...
Category
1870s American Industrial Antique Boxes
Materials
Metal
Collection Of Large Industrial Powder-Coated Sunshine Yellow Metal Bin Boxes
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Collection of 10 large vintage industrial powder-coated sunshine yellow metal utility bins or boxes
Other colors are optional, since only one has been po...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Boxes
Materials
Metal
Large Jewellery Box, with a Mirror Inside, Vietnam from the End of 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Large box from Vietnam. Manufactured at the end of the 19th century. Red in color slightly pinkish, with magnificent fish decorations in white and yellow colors. This box locks, the ...
Category
Late 19th Century Vietnamese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Cylindrical Box, Brown Lacquer Paint with Flower Decoration, Japan, Early 20th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is a very beautiful Japanese box dating from the beginning of the 20th century. It is lacquered in brown color, with flower patterns.
It was made in Japan.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Foliage Painted & Brass Mounted Tacked Chest on Stand with Key, C. 1880
Located in Charleston, SC
Chinese foliage painted and brass mounted tacked hinged chest on stand with flanking side handles and interior lock with key, Late 19th Century
Category
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Brass Box with Jade Medallion
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Chinese brass decorative box with Jade Medallion. This stunning Chinese export brass box features a beautiful etched bat design with a central c...
Category
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Boxes
Materials
Jade, Brass
Small Handcarved Chinese Chest
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A hand carved Chinese large table box with hinged lid. Intricately carved all-over with Asian carvings resting of four paw feet. Bronze lock plate on front.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Round Chinese Box in Carved Red Lacquer Blue Enamel Interior
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
1960's Chinese Box in Carved Red Lacquer, Bronze Hardware and Blue Enamel Interior.
Marked with Chinese export sticker
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Rare 19th Century Chinoiserie Lacquer Boxes, Monogrammed 'DF', c. 1800
Located in Richmond, London
Chinese-export monogrammed lacquerware is extremely rare and particularly sought after. The exquisite decoration of these lacquer boxes is simply superb, which makes them a true col...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Vintage Construction Worker Tool Caddy c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A vintage vulcanized rubber construction worker took caddy with strap.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Vulcanized Rubber.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial Boxes
Materials
Rubber
1960´s Wooden Box Crate
Located in Dusseldorf, DE
A 1960´s "Canadian Butter" wooden crate.
Simple open top crate with square base made of thin pinewood boards with fine mortise and tenon joints. No stamps or markings.
Very decorati...
Category
1960s Canadian Industrial Vintage Boxes
Materials
Pine
Mid-Century Chinese Black & Gold Cloisonné 'Good Luck' Circular Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Chinese black & gold cloisonné 'good luck' circular table box.
The tall circular box of exceptional quality, The conforming removable lid enameled with the Chinese character for 'Happiness' A stately piece, its an unusual example in black cloisonné fish...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Brass
Oriental Chinese Octagonal Black Lacquered Gilt Painted Covered Box 1940s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Oriental Chinese Export Black Lacquered Gilt Painted Covered Box 1940s.
Large Asian Chinese black lacquered tea box with nume...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Mid 19th century Chinese export hand painted tea caddy
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid 19th century handpainted Chinese export tea caddy. This tea Caddy stands on four hand carved miniature foo dog sculpted feet. This tea caddy has its original pewter lin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood
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.