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French Late 19th Century Onyx Champlevé Jewelry Box
French Late 19th Century Onyx Champlevé Jewelry Box

French Late 19th Century Onyx Champlevé Jewelry Box

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Beautiful onyx and gilt bronze champlevé enamel jewelry box in a chest design; made in France in the Late 19th Century, having a soft red velvet interior and impeccable hand-painted ...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Boxes

Materials

Onyx, Bronze

Large 19th C. Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box
Large 19th C. Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box

Large 19th C. Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box

By Baccarat

Located in New York, NY

A Very Large 19th Century Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box, Attributed to Baccarat. This incredible large crystal box is all hand-diamond cut and attri...

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1860s French Louis XVI Antique Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Ormolu

Gold Finish Decorative Box with Designer Style
Gold Finish Decorative Box with Designer Style

Gold Finish Decorative Box with Designer Style

Located in Saint-Ouen, FR

This gold finish decorative box is a chic and glamorous storage solution designed to add a sophisticated touch to your bedroom, lounge, or dining area. The gold finish decorative box...

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2010s French Modern Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Perfume Bottle Apothecary Caddy Box Casket
Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Perfume Bottle Apothecary Caddy Box Casket

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Perfume Bottle Apothecary Caddy Box Casket

Located in Dayton, OH

Antique 19th century burl walnut wooden box with decorative brass plaque on the lid, containing two glass or crystal perfume bottles with brass caps. Measure: 5".  

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19th Century Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Money Boxes
Money Boxes

Money Boxes

$1,088 / set

Money Boxes

Located in London, England

Collection of 18 tin money boxes. Circa 1950

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20th Century British Edwardian Boxes

Materials

Tin

Swedish Baroque Carved and Painted Box
Swedish Baroque Carved and Painted Box

Swedish Baroque Carved and Painted Box

Located in Greenwich, CT

Very good early 19th century Swedish baroque carved and polychrome decorated dome lidded box with strapwork and naive carving depicting a hunter, dogs, birds and vines surrounding in...

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Early 1800s Swedish Baroque Antique Boxes

Materials

Oak

Bronze Jar by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark
Bronze Jar by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark

Bronze Jar by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark

By Just Andersen

Located in Værløse, DK

A rare round jewelry box in light-bronze designed by Just Andersen in the 1930s. It is pretty little thing for a beautiful spot. * A round bronze jar and lit with ornaments * Design...

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1930s Danish Vintage Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Hand painted "Apple" jar by Josef Frank for Svenskt tenn
Hand painted "Apple" jar by Josef Frank for Svenskt tenn

Hand painted "Apple" jar by Josef Frank for Svenskt tenn

By Svenskt Tenn, Josef Frank

Located in Hägersten, SE

Rare lidded jar in the shape of an apple designed by Josef Frank. Produced by Firma Svenskt Tenn during the 1950s. Made from Aluminum with hand painted decor. Very good vintage condi...

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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Aluminum

Maitland Smith Large Pink Marble & Brass Box
Maitland Smith Large Pink Marble & Brass Box

Maitland Smith Large Pink Marble & Brass Box

By Maitland Smith

Located in Stamford, CT

Maitland Smith 1980s large tessellated stone and brass inlay decorative box. Light pink stone with light pink detailing. Brass banding retains unpolished patina.

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1980s American Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Stone, Brass

"Hunter in Paradise", Art Deco Humidor in Cast Iron by Elmberg, Sweden
"Hunter in Paradise", Art Deco Humidor in Cast Iron by Elmberg, Sweden

"Hunter in Paradise", Art Deco Humidor in Cast Iron by Elmberg, Sweden

By Carl Elmberg

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Although Sweden is known for its furniture and artisanry in a stylized Art Deco manner, often characterized as Swedish Grace, it is not so well known that Swedish artists led the way in creating fine pieces from humble materials such as cast iron or pewter. This humidor with high-relief sculpture in cast iron by Carl Elmberg is a fine example. The figure of a nude male archer chasing a deer, accompanied by a female nude figure in a wooded, idyllic setting, exhibits a beautiful texture and deep color thanks to the material Elmberg chose. The piece was cast by the famed Näfveqvarns Bruk foundry, which in the 1910s collaborated with the Swedish Society of Craft and Industrial Design to sponsor a competition which encouraged new and modern designs by artists such as Anna Petrus, Erik Grate...

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1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Iron

19th Century French Marble and Onyx Box or Jewelry Casket
19th Century French Marble and Onyx Box or Jewelry Casket

19th Century French Marble and Onyx Box or Jewelry Casket

Located in Chapel Hill, NC

Large 19th Century French Marble and Onyx Box or Jewelry Casket. The box is constructed from different colored marble and onyx stone on the top that is mounted on a mahogany chamfere...

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Late 19th Century French Antique Boxes

Materials

Marble

Fine Quality Antique Stationary Box
Fine Quality Antique Stationary Box

Fine Quality Antique Stationary Box

Located in Ipswich, GB

Fine quality antique stationary box having a quality mahogany rectangular box with original brass carrying handles, the hinged lid opens to reve...

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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Modernist Handblown Murano Glass Box in Olive  Green w/ Polished Brass Fittings
Modernist Handblown Murano Glass Box in Olive  Green w/ Polished Brass Fittings

Modernist Handblown Murano Glass Box in Olive Green w/ Polished Brass Fittings

Located in New York, NY

This Modernist hand-blown Murano glass box in luxurious olive green exudes both craftsmanship and contemporary elegance. Designed and executed in Italy during the 21st century, this...

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Boxes

Materials

Brass

Very Cool French Early 1900s Stack of Leather Books Tantalus Liquor / Drinks Box
Very Cool French Early 1900s Stack of Leather Books Tantalus Liquor / Drinks Box

Very Cool French Early 1900s Stack of Leather Books Tantalus Liquor / Drinks Box

Located in Lisse, NL

Unique stack of leather books design tantalus with hidden 'shot glasses' & decanters. If you are looking for the most interesting and worldly gift for yourself, a friend or a loved ...

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Early 20th Century French Empire Revival Boxes

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique Hand-Painted Limoges Porcelain Lidded Dish, Early 20th Century
Antique Hand-Painted Limoges Porcelain Lidded Dish, Early 20th Century

Antique Hand-Painted Limoges Porcelain Lidded Dish, Early 20th Century

By Limoges

Located in LA CIOTAT, FR

Beautiful Limoges porcelain hand-crafted and hand-painted, gold-rimmed trinket, jewellery box or lidded sweets dish. Glazed throughout in a creamy ivory, the lid of the dish features a startlingly vivid bouquet of wildflowers and foliage, enclosed within a gold border, itself embellished with golden...

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Early 20th Century French Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Majolica Cottage Money Bank Box, Circa 1900
Majolica Cottage Money Bank Box, Circa 1900

Majolica Cottage Money Bank Box, Circa 1900

Located in Austin, TX

Majolica cottage Money Bank Box, Circa 1900.

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Early 1900s French French Provincial Antique Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

16th-Century Indo-Portuguese Colonial Mother-of-pearl Gujarat Casket
16th-Century Indo-Portuguese Colonial Mother-of-pearl Gujarat Casket

16th-Century Indo-Portuguese Colonial Mother-of-pearl Gujarat Casket

Located in Amsterdam, NL

An exceptional Indo-Portuguese colonial mother-of-pearl veneered casket with silver mounts India, Gujarat, 2nd half of the 16th century, the silver mounts Goa or probably Lisbon Measures: H. 16 x W. 24.6 x D. 16.1 cm An exceptional Gujarati casket with a rectangular box and truncated pyramidal lid (with slopes on each side and a flat top) made from exotic wood, probably teak (Tectona grandis), covered with a mother-of-pearl mosaic. The tesserae, cut from the shell of the green turban sea snail (Turbo marmoratus, a marine gastropod) in the shape of fish scales, are pinned to the wooden structure with silver ball-headed nails. The casket is set on bracket feet on the corners. The masterfully engraved decoration of the silver mounts follows the most refined and erudite Mannerist repertoire of rinceaux and ferroneries dating from the mid-16th century. The high quality and refinement of the silver mounts and, likewise, the silver nails that replaced the original brass pins used to hold the mother-of-pearl tesserae in place indicate the work of a silversmith probably working in Lisbon in the second half of the 16th century. The Indian origin of this production, namely from Cambay (Khambhat) and Surat in the present state of Gujarat in north India, is, as for the last three decades, consensual and fully demonstrated, not only by documentary and literary evidence - such as descriptions, travelogues and contemporary archival documentation - but also by the survival in situ of 16th-century wooden structures covered in mother-of-pearl tesserae. A fine example is a canopy decorating the tomb (dargah) of the Sufi saint, Sheik Salim Chisti (1478-1572) in Fatehpur Sikri in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, north India. This is an artistic production, geometric in character and Islamic in nature, where usually the mother-of-pearl tesserae form complex designs of fish scales or, similar to the dishes also made using the same technique, with the thin brass sheets and pins, stylized lotus flowers. The truncated pyramidal shape corresponds, like their contemporary tortoiseshell counterparts also made in Gujarat, to a piece of furniture used in the Indian subcontinent within the Islamic world prior to the arrival of the first Portuguese. This shape, in fact, is very old and peculiar to East-Asian caskets, chests or boxes used to contain and protect Buddhist texts, the sutras. A similar chest is the famous and large reliquary chest from Lisbon cathedral that once contained the relics of the city's patron saint, Saint Vincent. Both match in shape, having the same kind of socle or pedestal and bracket feet, and in their engraved silver mountings, featuring the same type of refined, erudite decoration. Their differences lie in the silver borders that frame the entire length of the edges of the chest (both the box and the lid), pinned with silver nails, and on the lock plate, shaped like a coat of arms in the Lisbon example. Given the exceptional dimensions of the reliquary casket...

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16th Century Indian Antique Boxes

Materials

Silver

A Brass Mughal Indian Oval Betel Pandan Box
A Brass Mughal Indian Oval Betel Pandan Box

A Brass Mughal Indian Oval Betel Pandan Box

Located in Ottawa, Ontario

A BRASS MUGHAL INDIAN OVAL BETEL PANDAN BOX Northern India, early 19th century. Length: 5 1/4" in. (13.3 cm.) height: 3 1/4" in. (8.3 cm.) width: 4" in. (1...

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Early 19th Century Indian Other Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Lidded Box with Grape Decoration in Patinated Silver Plated Brass 19th Century
Lidded Box with Grape Decoration in Patinated Silver Plated Brass 19th Century

Lidded Box with Grape Decoration in Patinated Silver Plated Brass 19th Century

Located in Meer, VAN

Lidded Box with Grape Decoration in Patinated Silver Plated Brass Europe Late 19th Century A wonderful silver plated lidded box with grapevine decoration. Europe, late 19th century....

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Late 19th Century Arts and Crafts Antique Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

17th Century Spanish Colonial Tortoiseshell Box with Silver Piqué Inlay
17th Century Spanish Colonial Tortoiseshell Box with Silver Piqué Inlay

17th Century Spanish Colonial Tortoiseshell Box with Silver Piqué Inlay

Located in Dallas, TX

Exquisite 17th century Spanish Colonial tortoiseshell box, beautifully decorated with intricate silver piqué inlay in a repeating design across the surface. The craftsmanship is exce...

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1690s Spanish Antique Boxes

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Art Nouveau Sea Battle Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
Art Nouveau Sea Battle Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet

Art Nouveau Sea Battle Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet

By Alfred Daguet

Located in Palm Beach, FL

Daguet’s beautifully patinated box is a rich textural and colorful tour de force. The top of Daguet’s box is striking for its bird’s-eye-view of a crab clutching a viper eel. Using r...

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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Boxes

Materials

Copper, Steel

Midcentury Decorative Box Advertising Enamel Metal and Wood, Italy 1960s
Midcentury Decorative Box Advertising Enamel Metal and Wood, Italy 1960s

Midcentury Decorative Box Advertising Enamel Metal and Wood, Italy 1960s

Located in Rome, IT

Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box or cigarette box advertising enamel metal and wood. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Perfect desk object or gift idea.

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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Old Pen Box Wood and Brass Anglo-Indian
Old Pen Box Wood and Brass Anglo-Indian

Old Pen Box Wood and Brass Anglo-Indian

Located in Poperinge, BE

Antique Anglo-Indian pen box with hidden drawer, made of wood and brass, featuring a central blank brass cartouche, circa first half of the 20th century. This beautiful box is of hi...

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1930s Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Small Chinese Export Cloisonné Lidded Box decorated with peaches, Circa 1930
Small Chinese Export Cloisonné Lidded Box decorated with peaches, Circa 1930

Small Chinese Export Cloisonné Lidded Box decorated with peaches, Circa 1930

Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire

This is a very decorative Chinese Export cloisonné lidded box which we date to the 20th century, Circa 1930. The box has a cylindrical shape, with its original lid and is all beauti...

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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Mid Century Modern Italian Art Glass Sommerso Jewelry Casket/Box by, Mandruzzato
Mid Century Modern Italian Art Glass Sommerso Jewelry Casket/Box by, Mandruzzato

Mid Century Modern Italian Art Glass Sommerso Jewelry Casket/Box by, Mandruzzato

By Mandruzzato

Located in Englewood, NJ

An Italian Mid Century Modern Art Glass Murano Sommerso decorated jewelry casket trinket box by, Mandruzzato. This unique box is faceted on. the lid and has boulbous body that is cas...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Brass

Renaissance Revival Damacened and Bronze Casket
Renaissance Revival Damacened and Bronze Casket

Renaissance Revival Damacened and Bronze Casket

Located in Essex, MA

With a domed hinged lid and bail handle over a conforming case decorated overall with figures in Renaissance dress. Bun feet. Provenance; David and P...

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1650s European Renaissance Revival Antique Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Large Red Lacquer Asian Box / Side Table
Large Red Lacquer Asian Box / Side Table

Large Red Lacquer Asian Box / Side Table

Located in Greenwich, CT

A Unique and exceptionally Large Red Lacquer Asian Box converted into a center/side Table Elegant and warm touch to any Livuing room - please, see 2nd photo for reference in its mo...

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Agra Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Mid-Century Bee Trinket for Jewelry, Salt Pepper Cellar on Lucite Base
Mid-Century Bee Trinket for Jewelry, Salt Pepper Cellar on Lucite Base

Mid-Century Bee Trinket for Jewelry, Salt Pepper Cellar on Lucite Base

Located in Haddonfield, NJ

As found in Paris, this charming bee has been later mounted on a lucite base. The wings of the bee open with a compartment that can be used to store jewelry or functional for salt an...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Metal

Midcentury Rectangular Decorative Box in Wood and Glass, Italy 1960s
Midcentury Rectangular Decorative Box in Wood and Glass, Italy 1960s

Midcentury Rectangular Decorative Box in Wood and Glass, Italy 1960s

By Fontana Arte

Located in Rome, IT

Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in wood and glass with double compartment. Made in Italy in the 1960s. Perfect desk object or gift idea.

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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Silver Box Austria-Hungary 18th Century
Silver Box Austria-Hungary 18th Century

Silver Box Austria-Hungary 18th Century

Located in Madrid, ES

SILVER BOX Austria-Hungary 18th Century in silver with profuse decoration inspired by the Crimean War, in which Russia lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, United K...

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18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Boxes

Materials

Silver

1960's Mark Cross Velvet Covered Jewelry Box With Psychedelic Designs
1960's Mark Cross Velvet Covered Jewelry Box With Psychedelic Designs

1960's Mark Cross Velvet Covered Jewelry Box With Psychedelic Designs

By Mark Cross

Located in Stamford, CT

Mark Cross velvet covered jewelry box with walnut frame with Renaissance style gadrooning. With a rare and wonderful psychedelic design, this mid 20th century box is quite the collec...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Velvet, Walnut

mid 20th Japanese vintage small Tansu, wabi sabi box chest of drawers japandi
mid 20th Japanese vintage small Tansu, wabi sabi box chest of drawers japandi

mid 20th Japanese vintage small Tansu, wabi sabi box chest of drawers japandi

Located in 常陸大宮市, JP

wooden small tansu (chest of drawers) with 5 drawers, made of Tamo (Japanese Ash). This piece is one of the "Ashed" line furnitures of my shop items - bleached with lye made from th...

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Mid-20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Boxes

Materials

Wood, Ash, Hardwood

Set of 3 Boxes in White Shagreen and Quartz with Brass Frame by R&Y Augousti
Set of 3 Boxes in White Shagreen and Quartz with Brass Frame by R&Y Augousti

Set of 3 Boxes in White Shagreen and Quartz with Brass Frame by R&Y Augousti

By R & Y Augousti

Located in West Hollywood, CA

This set of three square boxes by R&Y Augousti is a stunning example of refined design, where the interplay of materials creates a captivating visual contrast. The textured white sha...

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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Quartz, Brass

Antique Metamorphic Stationery Case, English Oak Rotating Writing Box, Edwardian
Antique Metamorphic Stationery Case, English Oak Rotating Writing Box, Edwardian

Antique Metamorphic Stationery Case, English Oak Rotating Writing Box, Edwardian

Located in Hele, Devon, GB

This is an antique metamorphic stationery case. An English, oak and brass writing box, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. A fascinating piece of Edwardian ingenuity, blendin...

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Early 20th Century British Edwardian Boxes

Materials

Brass

Vintage Middle Eastern Persian Khatam Trinket Box with Miniature Art Painting
Vintage Middle Eastern Persian Khatam Trinket Box with Miniature Art Painting

Vintage Middle Eastern Persian Khatam Trinket Box with Miniature Art Painting

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Vintage Middle Eastern Khatam Art Painting Miniature on hexagonal shape trinket box. Hand painted, lacquered wooden Moorish micro mosaic marquetry inlaid tobacco or trinket Box. Handcrafted vintage marquetry Indo Persian wood inlay micro mosaic with miniature hand painted scene. Finely handcrafted khatam Persian hand painted micro mosaic inlaid wooden box...

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Mid-20th Century Asian Islamic Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

1960's Medium Sized Industrial Scientific Equipment Boxes - Single Box
1960's Medium Sized Industrial Scientific Equipment Boxes - Single Box

1960's Medium Sized Industrial Scientific Equipment Boxes - Single Box

Located in Hook, Hampshire

1960's Medium Sized Industrial Scientific Equipment Boxes - Single Box - Good Quantity Available. We bought a good volume of these great industrial boxes and are selling them indiv...

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1960s Czech Vintage Boxes

Materials

Wood

Macassar Ebony and Satin Wood Game Box, France 1940, Brown Color
Macassar Ebony and Satin Wood Game Box, France 1940, Brown Color

Macassar Ebony and Satin Wood Game Box, France 1940, Brown Color

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

Very rare box in Macassar ebony and satinwood. It is a box of games, which opens by articulating the flaps on each side, and which allows you to put the many game objects you want in...

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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Ebony, Macassar, Satinwood

Antique French Silver Plated Brass Stamp Box Case Figural Cherry B. Wicker
Antique French Silver Plated Brass Stamp Box Case Figural Cherry B. Wicker

Antique French Silver Plated Brass Stamp Box Case Figural Cherry B. Wicker

Located in Greven, DE

Antique French Silver Plated Brass Stamp Box Case Figural Cherry B. Wicker France Silver plate, brass Late 19th Century Dimensions: H x W x D: 2cm x 6.5cm x 3.5cm This antique wa...

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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

Cigar Box and Ashtray by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1950
Cigar Box and Ashtray by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1950

Cigar Box and Ashtray by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1950

By Fontana Arte

Located in Palermo, PA

Introducing an exquisite piece of functional art: the Fontana Arte Cigar Box and Ashtray. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this unique item seamlessly combines the elegan...

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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Crystal

Silver-plated Art Deco Trinket Box with Egyptian Motifs
Silver-plated Art Deco Trinket Box with Egyptian Motifs

Silver-plated Art Deco Trinket Box with Egyptian Motifs

Located in Poperinge, BE

A unique Art Deco chest, perfect as a jewelry or trinket box. Decorated with Egyptian motifs in bas-relief, the top depicts a hunting scene with a chariot drawn by horses, reminiscen...

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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Louis XVI Gilt-Tooled Leather Box with Red Silk Lining, 18th Century
Louis XVI Gilt-Tooled Leather Box with Red Silk Lining, 18th Century

Louis XVI Gilt-Tooled Leather Box with Red Silk Lining, 18th Century

Located in Kittery Point, ME

With a domed cover, the interior with red silk lining, the whole with gilt iron mounts and lock box.

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18th Century and Earlier French Louis XVI Antique Boxes

Materials

Leather

Neon Green Acrylic Small Round Box by Paola Valle
Neon Green Acrylic Small Round Box by Paola Valle

Neon Green Acrylic Small Round Box by Paola Valle

By Paola Valle

Located in Ciudad De México, MX

Modern, colorful and fun round box that can be used as a decorative element on a coffee table, desk or nightstand. Serving double duty as a storage box or as a candy bowl. They loo...

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2010s Mexican Modern Boxes

Materials

Acrylic

French Victorian Bronze and Enamel Box
French Victorian Bronze and Enamel Box

French Victorian Bronze and Enamel Box

Located in Queens, NY

French Victorian bronze and multicolored enamel cloisonne box with floral and scroll design with red velvet interior.      

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Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Striking Art Deco Style Cubist Geometric Decorative Wood Box Wonderful Gift
Striking Art Deco Style Cubist Geometric Decorative Wood Box Wonderful Gift

Striking Art Deco Style Cubist Geometric Decorative Wood Box Wonderful Gift

Located in Red Lion, PA

Striking Art Deco Style Cubist Geometric Inlaid Wood Decorative Box This Art Deco style decorative wood box showcases a bold Cubist-inspired geometric design crafted from a variety ...

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Late 20th Century Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Wood

Vintage Indian Handcarved Wooden Decorative Box
Vintage Indian Handcarved Wooden Decorative Box

Vintage Indian Handcarved Wooden Decorative Box

Located in Copenhagen, DK

Handcarved wooden trinket box with carved geometric shapes, small handmade ornamental indentations and cream white decor on the lid. Rustic organic ...

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20th Century Indian Folk Art Boxes

Materials

Metal

Box in Burled Wood, Brown Color, France, 20th Century
Box in Burled Wood, Brown Color, France, 20th Century

Box in Burled Wood, Brown Color, France, 20th Century

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

This box is in burl wood. It has been made in France in the 1970s. The color is brown, and it is in an good condition.

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1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Boxes

Materials

Wood

English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy

English Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy

Located in Dallas, TX

A lovely bow front tortoiseshell tea caddy inlaid with mother of pearl flowers and topped with a silver badge. English, circa 1870.

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1870s English Antique Boxes

Materials

Silver

Danish Aksel Bender Madsen & Ejner Larsen Solid Teak Jewelry Box for Willy Beck
Danish Aksel Bender Madsen & Ejner Larsen Solid Teak Jewelry Box for Willy Beck

Danish Aksel Bender Madsen & Ejner Larsen Solid Teak Jewelry Box for Willy Beck

By Willy Beck, Aksel Bender Madsen, Ejner Larsen

Located in San Jose, CA

Mid century modern organizing trinket jewelry box designed by Ejner Larsen and Aksel Bender Madsen for cabinet maker Willy Beck, Denmark. This piece features gorgeous wood grains and...

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1950s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Teak

Antique French Palais Royal Musical Writing Box
Antique French Palais Royal Musical Writing Box

Antique French Palais Royal Musical Writing Box

By Palais Royal

Located in Northampton, GB

Internal Music Box Playing Two Aires From our Writing Box collection, we are delighted to bring to the market this exceptional French Palais Royal Musical Writing Box. The Writing ...

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Early 19th Century French Antique Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Decorative Wooden Box Attributed Dean Santner Studio Organic Modern
Decorative Wooden Box Attributed Dean Santner Studio Organic Modern

Decorative Wooden Box Attributed Dean Santner Studio Organic Modern

By Dean Santner

Located in Chula Vista, CA

For your consideration, a decorative wooden box, Attributed to artist Dean Santner. The box features a sleek, rectangular design with rounded edges. The lid is composed of differen...

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1980s American Organic Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Wood

Exotic 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, Style of Karl Springer
Exotic 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, Style of Karl Springer

Exotic 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, Style of Karl Springer

By Karl Springer

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

Exotic 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, Style of Karl Springer A unique box of exotic elegance with this 1970s Frog Skin-Leather Asymmetrical Table Box, in the style...

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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Leather, Velvet

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.