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Boxes For Sale
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Style: Chinese Export
Danish Modern Teak Desk Organizer Box by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk
Located in San Diego, CA
A super cool and very hard-to-find Danish modern teak desk organizer box by Jens Quistgaard for Dansk, circa 1970s. The box has a removable lid and three compartments for storage. G...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Teak

Antique Vintage Italian Lady's Gentleman's Faux Leather Gilt Jewelry Casket Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Italian Faux Leather Ladys or Gentlemans Jewellery Box of compact size. First quarter of the Twentieth Century. The hinged lid with a very decorative cushioned surface whi...
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Faux Leather

Unusual Ceramic Box By Bitossi Raymor, Italy
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual ceramic box by Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter, Italy, ca' 1960's, signed. Geometric design, beautifully decorated in yellow, brown, black.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Ceramic

Midcentury Box in Wood, Brass and Steel Tommaso Barbi Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing large rectangular box in wood, brass and steel in the style of Tommaso Barbi. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Metal, Brass, Steel

Small Mid-Century Majolica Blackberries Tureen
Located in Austin, TX
Small Mid-Century Majolica Blackberries Tureen.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Ceramic

Rare Hermès, Paris Equestrian / Horse Box c.1970
Located in Bath, GB
A very rare example of a French mid-century modern silver plate and gold plate box by the iconic French fashion house, Hermès of Paris. A stunning design in silverplate with a gilde...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Gold Plate, Silver Plate

Paul Greene Vintage Sculptural Carved Zebra Wood Box
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage small storage or trinket box features rounded, biomorphic shape and simple, but elegant construction. The box is hand carved of solid zebra wood; the storage compartment slid...
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Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Zebra Wood

Lidded Box in Walnut by Alexandre Noll (1890-1970), France circa 1950
Located in New York, NY
Exquisitely carved lidded box by Alexandre Noll (1890-1970), created around 1950. The walnut wood exhibits a smooth, polished finish, retaining its natural charm. The lid securely fa...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Walnut

Canton Chinese Porcelain Box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Canton Chinese porcelain box. Chinese export. Circa 1920 origin China. Rectangular format. With internal divisions. Family Rosse style. Box...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes

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Porcelain

Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Silver Turquoise Ghau Prayer Box
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes

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Silver

Aldo Londi Bitossi Lacrima Vase, Ceramic, Blue Turquoise, Textured, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi vase, ceramic, blue turquoise, impressed, textured, signed. Medium scale chunky vase from Aldo Londi's 'Lacrima' series. Its body is decorated with a relief pattern of impres...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Ceramic

Italian Florentine Domed Wood Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
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 ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Wood, Giltwood

wonderful antique silver cigarette case from china
Located in Munich, DE
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...
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1890s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes

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Silver

An amaranth Wood Jewelry Box - Apple Shape - France 1970s
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
An unique jewelry box made of turned amaranth wood in the shape of an apple. Opens in two to store small items like jewelry, rings, earrings, pills, coins, etc. Elegant design with ...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Wood

Midcentury Rectangular Box in Wood and Chrome Willy Rizzo Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in wood and chrome in the style of Willy Rizzo. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Perfect desk object or gift idea.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Metal, Steel, Chrome

Brass painted Jewelry Box vienna around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Brass painted Jewelry Box vienna around 1960s Original condition
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Vintage Wooden Box, Suitcase, 1960s
Located in Praha, CZ
In fair condition new painted only for decoration have damages and scratches.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Metal

Midcentury Decorative Box in Lucite and Rattan Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing little rectangular decorative box in lucite, rattan and brass in the style of Christian Dior Home. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Perfect desk object or gift idea.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Metal, Brass

1940s Italian Wood and Glass Box by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
Located in London, London
This elegant trinket box by Fontana Arte, showcases a refined design that combines luxurious materials and minimalist aesthetics. The base of the box is crafted from rich wood, which...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Glass, Wood

Chinese Export Cloisonné Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Lovely Chinese export cloisonné box made of brass and enameled with a beautiful floral pattern in beautiful colors of red, green, blue and red. The box rests on ball feet. This chino...
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1910s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Boxes

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Brass, Enamel

French Riviera Vide-Poche or Jewelry Box in Rattan and Brass, Crespi, Italy 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Delightful Mid-Century round vide-poche or decorative jewelry box made in curved rattan, hand-woven wicker and brass. This stylish French Riviera style object was made in Italy durin...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Brass

Rare Cartier Modernist Enigma Box, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
Cartier designed this stunning luxury copper and brass box. The rare piece was crafted in France circa 1950. It is an enigma box that uses Leonardo da Vinci's specular writing techni...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Metal

Beautiful Hand Crafted Cigar Humidor Box Catchall Antique Austria, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A cigar or desktop catchall box from Austria in the 1900s, made of patinated brass and wood, sounds like a unique and valuable antique. The fact that this particular box is an antique from the early 1900s adds to its value and collectability. Depending on the condition and other factors such as the brand or maker, it could be worth a significant amount of money to collectors of antique smoking...
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1910s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Metal

Mithé Espelt Square Ceramic Box
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Decorative square box by Mithé Espelt, stained wood box covered with a ceramic lid showing a single white and blue flower framed with gold glaze....
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Norwegian Solid Birch Expandable Sewing Stand Organizer Made in Norway MINT
Located in Rockaway, NJ
Norwegian Solid Birch Expandable Sewing Stand Organizer Made in Norway MINT
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20th Century Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Birch

Gustave Tiffoche large 20th century grey and black ceramic decorative box 1970
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Gustave Tiffoche 20th century design large black and grey stoneware ceramic decorative box Signed by Gustave Tiffoche Original perfect condition height 21 cm Large 27 cm Depth 19 cm
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Ceramic

Italian Black Leather Jewelry Box, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern black leather jewelry box. Sweet petite jewelry box in butter soft black leather with red felt interior. This little box i...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Leather

Gilded Bronze Box with Poem by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
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...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Bronze

Barbini Murano 1950s Blue Gold Flecks Bubble Italian Art Glass Vanity Powder Box
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown blue, gold flecks and controlled bubbles Italian art glass powder / jewelry box. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. The piece ha...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Gold Leaf

Italian Modern Architectural Brass Inlaid Travertine Box, Circa 1970s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Modern Architectural Brass Inlaid Travertine Box, Circa 1970s Italy, Circa 1970s A sleek and sophisticated Italian modern architectural travertine box with brass inlay, mad...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Travertine, Brass

Aldo Londi Bitossi Lacrima Bowl, Ceramic, Blue, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi Lacrima Bowl, Ceramic, Blue, Signed. Large low bowl decorated with a relief pattern of impressed teardrops from Bitossi's Lacrima Decor. Minute...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Ceramic

Midcentury Wood and Gold Plate 24 KT Box Afra & Tobia Scarpa Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury wonderful rectangular large decorative box in wood and gold plate 24KT in the style of Afra & Tobia Scarpa. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Metal, Gold Plate

Midcentury Squared Box in Black Acrylic and Wood by Tommaso Barbi, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful squared decorative box in black acrylic and wood by Tommaso Barbi. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Perfect desk object or gift idea.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Acrylic, Wood

Eastern bloc wooden military crate, Soviet Union
Located in Prague 8, CZ
Vintage military crate, made in the former Soviet Union in the 1980´s. Original paint, shows signs of age and wear, but generally in good Vinta...
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Late 20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Wood

Christian Dior Midcentury Lucite Tortoiseshell Effect and Brass Jewelry Box 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous mid-century square shaped decorative jewelry box in an elegant tortoiseshell effect lucite and brass. This fantastic piece was designed in France during the 1970s for Christ...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Pill box by Line Vautrin- Talosel encrusted with garnet red mirrors
Located in Uccle, BE
Talosel pill box encrusted with garnet red mirrors by Line Vautrin. Black scarified Talosel pill box. The inside of the lid and of the box decorated with a small round mirror. The ex...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Mirror, Talosel

Italian Florentine Rectangular Wood Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small and Charming Italian Mid-Century Florentine hand crafted box. This gilt-wood box with flowers on the top can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry as well a stand al...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Italian Navy Blue and Gold Lidded Round Box Candy Dish, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful Italian navy and gold round lidded box. The dark blue shade contrasts beautifully with the gold ribbed accents along the sides and on the finial. The size makes this piece ...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Ceramic

Pair of Mid Century Italian Onyx Marble Boxes
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A pair of trinket or jewelry boxes with a hinged lids. Handmade all in onyx and brass gilded in gold. The onyx has a range of colors from red, brown, yellow and green. Measurements ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Onyx

Bakelite Minaudière Box
Located in New York, NY
Bakelite minaudière box. Vintage Italian bakelite tortoise box with hinged mirrored removable lid, hinged lid double compartments and two open comp...
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1930s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Brass

Midcentury Abalone Shell and Brass Decorative Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful midcentury abalone shell and brass decorative trinket box with hard wood lining made in Mexico in the style of Los Castillios, circa...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Brass

c. 1840-60 Gilt & Lacquer Decorated Chinese Export Sewing Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1840-60 Chinese Export sewing box. Gilt & lacquer decorated with writing/reading surface in bottom drawer. Carved, winged feet. Original side brass handles. Worn top surface & ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes

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Lacquer

Midcentury Modern Game Box Exotic Burlwood
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Exotic Burlwood Box 3 h x 9 w x 11.5 Crafted in exotic wood. No label present. Game inside the box. The Captain's Duel Game from Pusser's Rum. Incomplete game set, missing ba...
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Wood, Burl

Fontana Arte Playing Cards Box in Cerused Oak and Glass, Italy 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Playing Cards Box in Cerused Oak and Glass, Italy 1940s The Handle depicts two cannons, and the box inside is divided into three compartments to hold p...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Glass, Oak

Rectangular Decorative Box in Travertine Fratelli Mannelli Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular box in travertine and green glazed tile in the style of Fratelli Mannelli. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Perfect desk object or gift idea.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Travertine

Maitland-Smith Bronze Hippopotamus on a Marble Jewelry Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Slightly eccentric vintage jewelry box with a cast bronze hippopotamus standing on a three drawer chest clad in marble veneer and set on four bro...
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Mid-20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Marble, Bronze

Large Italian Rectangular Red Leather Jewelry Box, Signed Antinori circa 1960s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Midcentury Leather Embossed Rectangular Box For Jewelry, Cards etc. Italy, circa 1950s. The box is gold embossed decoration banner and lions and is si...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Leather

MCM Abalone Shell and Brass Humidor / Box in the Style of Los Castillo
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful midcentury abalone shell and brass decorative trinket box /humidor with cedar wood lining made in Mexico in the style of Los Castillios, circa 1960s. The piece is stamped o...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Brass

Italian Marble Round Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful small Italian blue, white and black alabaster marble round jewelry or trinket box, circa mid-20th century, Italy. Alabaster marble is a combination of blue hues with touc...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Alabaster, Marble, Metal

Malachite Mineral Jewelry or Trinket Box, 1950s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Outstanding Mid-Century Modern round lidded box in Malachite stone, Spain, 1950s. This exquisite vintage 1950s ball shaped box is all constructed with malachite and features a brass ...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Stone, Malachite, Brass

Mid-Century Trunk Jewelry Box in Mahogany by Tommaso Barbi Per Bottega Gadda-Mi
Located in Vigonza, Padua
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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Mahogany

Small Square Early Florentine Blue and Gilt Wood Trinket Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
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...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Wood, Giltwood

Chinese Export Porcelain oval Lidded Box Hand Painted, circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes

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Porcelain

French Line Vautrin Bronze Poem Box with Sonnet by Felix Arvers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful jewelry box in gilt cast bronze by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). From a small special series, the designer created circa 1945-55. on which some French poems were cast in relief on the cover. This box features a well-known love poem "Sonnet" by Félix Arvers (1806 – 1850), widely considered as one of the most romantic French poems written about unrequited love and longing. Three out of four passages are shown on the lid except the third one. The box is lined with cork. There is a line on the back from casting, commonly seen in the boxes of the series. Mon âme a son secret, ma vie a son mystère, Un amour éternel en un moment conçu Le mal est sans espoir, aussi j'ai dû le taire, Et celle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su. Hélas ! j'aurai passé près d'elle inaperçu, Toujours à ses côtés, et pourtant solitaire. Et j'aurai jusqu'au bout fait mon temps sur la terre, N'osant rien demander et n'ayant rien reçu. Pour elle, quoique Dieu l'ait faite douce et tendre, Elle suit son chemin, distraite et sans entendre Ce murmure d'amour élevé sur ses pas. À l'austère devoir, pieusement fidèle, Elle dira, lisant ces vers tout remplis d'elle " Quelle est donc cette femme ? " et ne comprendra pas. A secret fills my soul, and a mystery fills my life, An eternal love conceived in an instant. As the scourge was hopeless, it remained wordless, And the one responsible was unaware of it. Alas! I lived close to her but without notice, Always by her side yet so lonely. And I shall have lived my days on this Earth, Not daring to ask for anything, obtaining nothing. Even though God made her gentle and tender, She goes her way, careless and oblivious To the sough of love rising...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Bronze

1970s Mid-Century Modern Fake Tortoise Shell Lucite Round Jewelry Box
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This lucite jewelry box designed and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies embodies the mid-century modern style with its sleek, minimalist form and use of synthetic materials. The ...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Lucite

Vintage Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Seattle, WA
Believed to be a Japanese Lacquered wooden butterfly Box. Believed to be early 20th Century. Beautiful color and nice patina. Vintage Condition as pictured. Listing is for described ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Wood

Italian Florentine Gold Gilt Wood Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
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...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

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Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Modernist Amber and Clear Lucite Box, France circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning modernist Lucite, acrylic lidded box was crafted in France circa 1970. Its design is reminiscent of Maison Mercier Freres's work. The piece boasts transparent and red t...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

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Lucite, Plexiglass

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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