Boxes

The hinged top has four rows of decoration showing groups of people with their animals, opening to a compartmentalized cedar lined interior for small cigars, cigarettes or tobacco. ...

Wonderful Michael Elkan Burl Box, hinged top opens to revel open space for jewelry, keepsakes etc. American Craft Studio made box, but recognized master of woodworking.

A large English lacquered papier-mâché container from the Aesthetic Movement period, featuring a decorative chinoserie painting of stylized Asian figures, pagodas, and a garden bridg...

An antique Greek pure silver & cloisonne case, circa 1910. Despite this case dating circa 1910 it has a later engraved legend to the base "Greek Army Day Athens, 15th May 1946", from...

Japanese Meiji silver box, ca 1890. Rectangular with curved corners. Box sides have chased and engraved birds amidst blossoming branches and bamboo in rectangular frames. Cover top h...

Rare Scottish George III corporation treasury box, dated 1772, of caddy form, the lid with cove molded edge, the front with polychrome decoration commemorating the Edinburgh Corporat...

19th century hand turned treen tobacco box made from walnut. The lid is expertly turned and is topped with a finial over a fabulous hand turned base. The walnut is a handsome color...

Vintage Italian Embossed Leather 'Crocodile' Mens Jewelry Box Stamped in gilt lettering 'Made in Italy' A vintage Italian Embossed Leather 'Crocodile' Me...

Antique Poole Victorian Silver Plated Wood Lined Desk Jewelry Box with "MDW" Monogram. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 1.5" H x 6.25" W x 4.5" D.

Sèvres blue box, enamelled and gilded decoration, 19th century, Napoleon III period. A 19th century Napoleon III period Sèvres blue box with enamel and gilt decoration. H: 9.5cm. W:...

This elegant Art-Deco, lidded box was hand-crafted in France in the 1930s. The top of the lid is ornate with bone marquetry. The design is very modernist using slices of bovine bones...

Vintage French jewellery containers with decorative ceramic lids by Mithé Espelt (circa 1970s). Flower and Bird motifs decorate these five delightful, diminutive wooden boxes. Two of the ceramic lids have golden craqueleur boundaries encircling the inner decoration. The containers would be an attractive grouping on the surface of a vanity or dressing table. Alternatively, they might simply be suitable as a splendid decorative display in the home. The pieces are in good overall condition with some minor natural differences in the colour of the woods. The overall charm is undeniable and they are real collector's items. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying the listing. Upon request, a video will be provided. About the artist: Born in 1923 in Lunel, in the South of France, Mithé Espelt grew up in a family of affluent winegrowers and was very close to her grandfather who passed on his love for the arts and brought her into contact with major intellectuals and artists of the time. She rubbed shoulders with Jean Hugo, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Christian Bérard and many others. She graduated from the Beaux-Arts school in Montpellier in 1942, and then studied at the Fontcarrade school where she took a special interest in ceramics. She began by designing buttons for fashion houses in Paris, before managing the entire production of buttons and jewellery at the Lydia Chartier workshop and collaborating with Line Vautrin, amongst others. At the end of the war, she returned to her native south, opened her studio and took advantage of the growing excitement around ceramics, particularly those from the town of Vallauris. To stand out and sustain the workshop business, she started designing gilded jewellery...

A gilt bronze poudrier box with cast poem on surface by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The poem "Les 4 ages de la Femme" was an old French lyrical poem th...

Mid Century gilded 'lemon' form ceramic box with cover - mirror black glazed finish to the interior - nice aged patina to the cold painted/applied gilding - unsigned - Italy - circa ...

This exquisite Art Deco mahogany trinket box is a rare and elegant find. With its deep, rich color and sleek geometric design, it embodies the tim...

Charming Italian Mid-Century Florentine hand crafted box. This gilt-wood box can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry as well a stand alone piece on a coffee table as dec...

We are very pleased to offer a modern, tessellated stone storage box attributed to Maitland Smith, circa the 1980s. This gorgeous box features a tessellated stone exterior with inlai...

1960's Vintage New Old Stock Bonbon Tins - Large Quantity Available. We sourced these tins from a tin factory in the south east of France. New old stock and never used. The tins we...

ABOUT An antique Machinist's tool chest with round brass pulls, original label, two keys, seven graduated drawers with Mahogany fronts, metal corner...

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...

A Japanese writing box with ink stone (known as Suzuribako) with exquisite maki-e decoration circa late Meiji to early Taisho period (1890s-1930s)...

A very attractive vintage inlaid rosewood Indian jewelry box. The hinged box made is from solid figured rosewood and finely and is sumptuously inla...

Squarish rectangular hinged lid opening to a compartment. Later mahogany base.

Antique 19th century French Boulle/Napoleon III marquetry box. The wooden box is decorated with inlaid brass and tortoiseshell and red silk textile inside. Including key. Signed: Aud...

Outstanding quality antique Victorian walnut jewellery cabinet having an outstanding quality antique Victorian walnut jewellery cabinet with two doors to the front opening to reveal ...

A beautiful, delicate box in white matte finish with fossil (ammonites) motifs, Marked at the bottom

This is a Chinese Export porcelain Lidded Box, hand painted with a figural decoration, made in China, circa 1920 The box is well potted in an oval shape, the lid having a domed top...

The Priora box is designed to provide an exquisite storage solution for small items. Fashioned from glossy ebony, each box is distinguished by an elegant detail in Corno Italiano and...

Dominick & Haff for Bailey, Banks & Biddle sterling silver oval snuff box in repousse pattern, beautifully adorned with floral motifs. It measures 3 3/8'' by 2 1/2'' by 1 5/8'' in he...

A wonderful Bailey Banks & Biddle Company sterling oval jewelry keepsake footed box.

Exquisite shagreen cigar case with silver collar. Expands for differing lengths of small cigar or cigarettes. Made in the U.K. in the 1900-1920´s. It has the stamp of the retail sho...

Small Vintage Malachite Box. Hinged malachite box, this was probably used as a pill box. In very good vintage condition.

Jewelry box in casted polished brass designed by Nika Zupanc. Smaller ring holder is also available.

This is a stunning decorative aluminum box, circa the early 20th century. The design boasts wood detailing and a modernist industrial Bauhaus, Arts & Crafts shape. It is a large rect...

PRESENTING a LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP (Mother of Pearl) Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box from circa 1875-85. Gorgeously detailed and hand-crafted ‘sadeli mosaic’ inlay, from the Bombay Area, with deep greens with silver, pewter, mother of pearl, bone and ebony in geometric patterns. The box case, is made of sandalwood but completely covered in MOP, bone, faux ivory, ebony and mosaic inlay. Edged with faux ivory and banded with a different pattern of sadeli mosaic. Some minor damage to the top (repair is obvious in pics) and ivorine replacements to some edging, but it still a BEAUTIFUL BOX and of real QUALITY! The mosaic work is FABULOUS! Box opens to reveal its original blue velvet lining. It sits on 4 (recently added) silvered button feet. SADELI MOSAIC: “Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins. The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before the Anglo Indian boxes were made. It was a technique, which required a high degree of skill and patience. It was executed very lavishly, in that the frequent cuts wasted a great amount of the precious materials used. The workmanship was however more than commensurable to the value of the materials. Ivory, silver, pewter (or other metals), wood and horn were cut into faceted rods which were bound together to form geometric patterns. When the glue has set, the rods were sliced in transverse sections. This gave the maker a number of angled circular pieces in the original pattern. Several variations of patterns could be achieved by combining the materials in different ways. The ivory was sometimes dyed green to give an extra color. The mosaic pieces in a combination of patterns, often separated by ivory, ebony, horn or silver stringing were used to veneer sandalwood boxes. In the early boxes, which date from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century, there are large panels of mosaic covering tops and sides of boxes. It took incredible skill to cover such large areas without any shakes or wavering of the pattern. The corners and joins on these boxes are impeccably matched. The makers (reputed to be Persian) of Sadeli mosaic made in the first two decades of the 19th century displayed a total understanding of the qualities of the different materials they used. They combined substances, which can expand and contract according to atmospheric conditions with others, which are hard and unyielding. The result was a sharp definition of the lines and patterns, which made up the whole design. On the early boxes the designs look deceptively simple. The fact is, they emerged from a culture, which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity is not immediately apparent. The earliest Sadeli boxes...

This is an elegant Art Deco silver plate and wood-lidded box hand-crafted in France in the 1930s. The rectangular shape boasts a refined composition with a Macassar wood body ornate ...

This exquisite sewing box is a testament to the artistry of woodworking and decorative painting. Crafted from wood and adorned with intricate inlaid designs. The centerpiece of the...

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Powder compact in silvered bronze with incised mother-of-pearl top. Signed.

Charming Italian Mid-Century Florentine hand crafted box. This lined gilt-wood box can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry as well a stand alone piece on a coffee table ...

Indian intricately hand carved Mughal floral design solid teak wood jewelry box with hinged top, c. 1960's. Ornate carving on top and all four sides around.

A fine example of a money chest or cash box with steel engraved figures on each side and an intricate locking mechanism under the lid, typical of metalwork coming out of a host of ci...

Outstanding quality antique Victorian rosewood jewellery and vanity box having a outstanding quality rosewood jewellery and vanity box with a lift up lid opening to reveal a fitted i...

Antique Hindu brass decorative box. This is an antique Mughal style brass Indian ornate locking trinket box container. It has six compartments that lock ...

Impressive antique Anglo Indian lap top desk crafted in quills and ebony decorated with bone dots. The surprising interior has multiple components featuring a felt writing surface, n...

Mid-Century Trunk Jewelry Box in Mahogany by Tommaso Barbi Per Bottega Gadda-Milano About Tommaso Barbi Tommaso Barbi is an Italian Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in the...

Art Deco pewter box, Guldsmedsaktiebolaget GAB -1934, with engraving AB. Wear and patina consistent with age and use. Dents, dings and scratches. The inside of the lid with visible ...

Unusual early 19th century English mahogany and brass mechanical bellows for stoking a fire by blowing air into it to make it burn better. This clever contraption consists of a mahog...

This stunning ornamental lidded box with a marquetry design was made in France around the 1930s. It has a distinctive raised design with a rectangular body and is composed of lacquer...

EXCEPTIONNEL CABINET DE BOIS, MÉTAL ET PIERRES DURES CRÉATION CONTEMPORAINE DE L’ORFÈVRE DANIEL ARNOUL ORIGINE : FRANCE PERIODE : XXe SIÈCLE, 1995. ...

Arts and Crafts Bleached Oak Purdonium, Coal Box This is an attractive design, the Purdonium has a Rose and Thistle carved panel on the front and the top and inside there is a fitte...

Brass bound Regency period rosewood document box by Wells & Lambe with brass edges, geometric line inlay and flush mounted skeletal lift handles. The top with a monogramed rectangula...

Very fine early 19th century carved ebony writing slope, the exterior richly carved with foliate decoration, the interior profusely inlaid with bon...

A French Art Deco Period Silver, Enamel, and Chinese Jade Double Slot box, attributed to Cartier. The box is barrel-shaped and finished in black enamel. It rests on a pair of Chinese...

in good original condition hard construction good for coffee table and more

Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature on the lid. Early 1900s English Art Nouveau style. Measurements cm. 5....

French Majolica duck tureen circa 1950.

An Art Deco silver plated and beech wood double card box, attributed to Maison Desny (1927-1933) France, Circa 1930