Boxes

A beautiful lidded bronze box with amazing patina. Art Deco / Swedish Grace. Made by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s. Great condition, with only some light scratches. S...

Onyx jewelry box Italy 1960 with flower decorations

French Bauche Safe / Money box / Fire box. Originates from the 19th century. Very solid and heavy. Original inside. Original Lock. Dimensions: 39L x 22H x...

A rectangular cut-crystal casket with a "bamboo" cut. The crystal is set in an ormolu mount with finely chased flower bands. The lock is decorated with a motif of cornucopia. This bo...

Small Dutch 19th Century Silver Lodderein or Snuff Box by Dirk de Gilde Koppenol A Lodderein box or a snuff box in rectangular shape with filigree motif The Silversmith is Dirk de ...

This remarkable and highly decorative Japanese export large writing box is a rare high quality example with a complicated and intricate interior. The box is in very good condition c...

Swedish 19th century blue painted shaped strong box circa 1860. An example of the traditional Swedish shaped strong box with domed lid. This example has been painted in a vivid blue...

19th Century English Blonde Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy

An Extremely Attractive Mid 18th Century George II Period Rectangular Walnut Tea Caddy Having Boxwood Strung Decoration Throughout And Original Brass Swan Neck Handle To Hinged Lid E...

English tortoiseshell box. Ovoid shaped lidded snuffbox with integral handle of richly patterned tortoiseshell, England, circa 1900. Dimensions: 3.5...

A beautifully detailed French, brass mounted, marquetry and inlaid burl, fruitwood, and kingwood dresser box. The top is domed and the interior lined with original velvet. Bass bandi...

Elevate your style with this exquisite antique hand-embroidered silk purse dating back to 1910, a true testament to the craftsmanship of a bygone era. The intricate embroidery on the...

Stunning large Mid-Century square jewelry or decorative box in a charming combination of tortoiseshell effect lucite and brass. This stylish object was made in Italy during the 1970s...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver tea caddy; an addition to our 18th century silver teaware collection. This exceptional antique George II...

Carved Oak Trinket Box From the Early 20th Century A small, richly carved, openwork box made of oak wood, adorned with floral motifs.

Antique Japanese Mother of Pearl inlaid jewelry box w lap desk This item includes restricted materials and can not be sold outside of the contiguous United States. Additional i...

An asian iron and wood coopered bucket, 19th century. 12 ½ inches iwde by 9 ¼ inches tall

A beautiful antique Scandinavian bentwood box, known in Sweden as a Svepask, dating from the early 20th century and originating from the region of Västernorrland. Traditionally hand...

Fine Cloisonné Enamel Silver Pill Box A finely crafted kidney-shaped sterling silver pill box, delicately enamelled throughout in vibrant shades of cobalt blue, turquoise, burgundy...

A dwarf cassone with hinged top with chip carved edge over a paneled case with central keyhole, arcaded carved base.

Place this elegant, antique Napoleon III silverplated box in your master bath to keep your jewelry safe and organized. Crafted in France circa 1870, and built of bronze, the rectangular casket with raised top, sits on small scrolled feet, and is dressed with lion face handles on both sides. All sides including the top are decorated with detailed repousse floral and leaf motifs in high relief throughout; the top is decorated with a oval medallion featuring Poseidon, one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology...

An oval Guilloche Nephrite Jade Trinket Box adorned with Louis XV Rococo gold and silver foliage swags. An example of "Fauxberge", the box is bearing spurious marks, including a Fabe...

An Incredible 19th Century Royal Casket Box/Safe with Coat of Arms, Made of Gold, Damascene, and Etched Steel. Charles Le Hon, a Belgian politician, lawyer and industrialist, served...

Rare French Majolica Pineapple Basket Box Sarreguemines, circa 1890. Height / 6 inches , Diameter / 3.8 inches.

A striking decorative box featuring a large, naturally iridescent mother-of-pearl shell mounted within a polished brass frame and fitted to a matching brass base. The oversized shell...

A charming vintage gold-tone pineapple decorative box, beautifully modeled with a textured crosshatch body and sculptural leafy crown. The piece opens at the center, making it ideal ...

Pair of small painted ceramic egg boxes raised on tripod legs. France, circa 2000.

A Highly Important Viennese Enamel, Silver, Lapis Lazuli, and Rock Crystal Mounted Hinged Box, Attributed to Hermann Ratzersdorfer. The box is constructed from silver-gilt and fully ...

A truly iconic Art Deco double-lidded cigarette or cigar box with the most fantastic shaped handle to the top. The box is entirely engine-turned and stands on four elegant feet. T...

Charles X Style French Ormolu-Mounted Optic Cut Crystal Casket Box, Signed Lehmann France, circa 1900–1920 A fine French crystal and gilt bronze ca...

A distinctive Italian decorative box crafted from richly grained wood and accented with hand-applied vertical brass bands across the lid, creating a rhythmic, architectural compositi...

Stunning midcentury Lucite and chrome squared valet tray or ashtray. This wonderful item was produced in France in the style of Christian Dior in 1970. The pocket emptier is lovely because of the beautiful straight lines and the chromed metal central part, making it look like a cube of ice with a floating rounded chromed plate in the middle. A wonderful example of design from the 1970s, both for the fusion of materials and colours. The chromed plate can be moved, changing the shape of the item. A gorgeous item that will enhance a midcentury-style living room, studio or entrance hall. Christian Dior was founded in 1946 by designer Christian Dior. It currently designs and retails leather goods, fashion accessories, footwear, jewelry, timepieces, fragrance, makeup, and skincare products, while also maintaining its tradition as a creator of haute-couture under the Christian Dior Couture division. The Christian Dior label remains largely for women's offerings, although the company also operates the Dior Homme division for men and the baby Dior...

Very charming Mid-Century small rectangular Italian hand crafted box in leather and gold embossed with fleur-de-lis decoration. This tiny box can be used to store your favorite piece...

An Important French Renaissance Revival Covered Box, Crafted in Silver and Mounted with Lapis Lazuli Panels, Gilt Bronze Figures, and Jeweled Cabochons. The piece is signed in two lo...

A true masterpiece, this fully hand-carved 19th-century Black Forest jewelry box from Switzerland is a remarkable work of art. Nearly 150 years old, the wood has developed an extraor...

Belgium Majolica Rat Smoke Set Wasmuel , circa 1900. H / 6.5 inches , 10.5 by 5 inches.

A 19th-century Regency period rosewood and brass inlaid jewelry box, likely dating from around 1830. The box with a sarcophagus shape and featuring intricate brass inlay work, often ...

Presenting an astonishing Japanese Antique Carved Bone Pillbox Inro, museum quality with the amazing carving skill depicting rats on the lid and body and the relief weaved basket pat...

Sophisticated American folk art box. Wood painted and inlaid with mother of pearl. 19th century.

Mid 19th century English sheffield silver plate tea caddy / thin biscuit with exterior design details and attached covered top . The tea caddy ...

This is a good and complete English handmade wood "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in its original box with a sliding lid, made by John Jaques of London and dating to the mid 20th century period. The chess pieces are made of turned and carved varnished wood. The bases of ALL pieces are weighted with metal pieces and the bases have a green felt/paper cover. Weighted sets like this one have a much nicer "feel" when playing. The pieces in the set are in the Staunton style. Sizes: Kings: 70mm ( ~ 2.75 inches); Pawns: ~45mm (~1.7 inches) The set comes complete with its original wood storage box, having a sliding lid and complete with a paper makers sticker to the lid. Overall a good "weighted" John Jaques chess...

French Art Deco cigarette box, France, late 1930s. Constructed with fine mahogany and birch woods. Designed by French ebeniste Marius Agogue Loiret. This very decorative box would ...

A Fine Art Deco Period Brass-Mounted Ship’s Humidor from the M. Y. Princess, owned by Sir James Gomer Berry, Retailed by Benson and Hedges, this fine humidor is veneered in oak with ...

Amazing Wiliam Spratling Dominoes set made of ebony wood and silver inlay. William Spratling (September 22, 1900–August 7, 1967) was an Americ...

Walter Bosse for Herta Baller polished cast brass square box with patinated stripe lid, Austria, circa 1950's.

A rare and exquisite creation by Camille Fauré Limoges, this enamel and silver-plated decorative box is a masterwork of French craftsmanship, dating circa 1950. Likely a bespoke comm...

Rivoli Black Tissue Box Small in Lacquer & Brass, Viya By Vikram Goyal How society rejoiced when Art Deco dared to create a new approach to life, breathing fresh life into archi...

Antique French Napoleon III box with inlaid bone decor, polished black color surface, natural silk textile inside. Includes key. After the renovation - very good condition. NOTE: Bu...

another piece from my personal collection. wonderful handmade cigarette case from china. made by an unknown artist and retailed by the company woshing / shanghai. the stamp dates the...

Here is a richly textured and visually compelling Italian ceramic box by Aldo Londi for Bitossi, dating to the mid-20th century and retailed by Raymor. The rectangular form is distin...

Antique Victorian quality burr walnut brass bounded writing box, having a quality antique Victorian burr walnut brass bounded writing box opening to reveal a writing surface with gre...

Art deco magic monkey mechanical dispenser box designed by Ronson. An extremely rare and very decorative mechanical desk box, created in the city of Newark, New Jersey United States by The Ronson Metal Works Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1936. This is the mechanical Pik-a-Cig Monkey box...

Art Deco Hammered Jewelry Box around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled.

Decorative pumpkin-shaped 800 solid silver box. The body of the box is round and has been embossed and chiseled with the typical stripes of the pumpkin. The knob is cast and has th...

So very rare this standing sewing box. Early design by Cees Braakman all Wood in primary colors. 4 boxes. Typical Holland 1950s This piece is still all original.

Impressive mid century lidded box handcrafted and clad in a polished coconut shell mosaic, highlighted with twisted brass, bronze shaking hands as a handle and bronze ball feet.

PRESENTING A GORGEOUS 19C Anglo Indian Highly Carved Sadeli Mosaic Sarcophagus Sewing Box. Made in Bombay, India circa 1860-80. Box made of sandalwood with highly carved teak wood reliefs and panels on all sides. Edged with bone and ebony veneers and glorious sadeli mosaic, made from tiny pieces of faux ivory, pewter, green semi-precious stone. The box is in a sarcophagus form with domed lid. The original brass carry handles are on the sides. The interior is in great condition and consists of a removeable mirror under the lid portion, with the original red velvet lining behind it. The base is removeable and contains a number of lidded compartments. 6 of the interior lids on the base, are each inlaid with sadeli mosaic banding. The rest are also carved and chased. The interior is fully complete with 7 lidded faux ivory/bone, thread canisters with sadeli domes and the original bone thimble. The box sits on 4 brass ball or bun feet with the original velvet lining on the base. Some minor repairs and losses, but this box is fully complete. This is ‘rare’ as many of these boxes have not survived in such condition! Included in the sale are 2 photos that were in the box (under the base tray). Interestingly, one of them is a view of downtown Nassau, New Providence (Bermuda) from the early 20C and stamped on the rear. What a ‘journey’ this piece has made! Made in India … travelled to Bermuda, probably via Britain … back to Ireland (where we bought it) …. then to Texas! These boxes were made by superb Indian craftsmen, specifically for sale to the ruling British elite. These types of boxes, carved padouk and sandalwood, (whilst beautiful and superbly crafted) were of a lesser quality, than the more profusely and intricately mosaic inlay, tortoiseshell and ivory boxes, made for the British ‘Upper Classes’ in the areas of Bombay and Vizagapatam. These type of boxes were much more affordable back in 1880 (and indeed today) and would probably have been bought by mid-level diplomats, civil servants or visitors. Sewing boxes (in general), were in EVERY Victorian home in Britain in the 19th Century and like other boxes etc were ‘status symbols’ of your place in society! The more ornate the box, the more ‘Upper Class’ you were! Of it’s type, this one, is one of the very higher quality one’s, than the norm! 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...

A well painted Chinese Canton enamel lobed round box and cover featuring the Eight Immortals, with a Qianlong mark to the underside, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China The deligh...

Fabulous Art Deco cobalt blue cut glass musical jewelry box in two tiers .

This is a very good quality English Art Deco period lidded Box, of two contrasting woods with a hinged lid and one internal compartment, dating to circa 1925. The box has very in-pe...