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Boxes For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Midcentury Decorative Box in Bordeaux Acrylic by Tommaso Barbi, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in bordeaux acrylic by Tommaso Barbi.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original stamp is present on the bottom as shown in the photos...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Plexiglass
English Penwork Box
Located in Southampton, NY
English penwork box
Wooden box handpainted in a handsome black with white floral design and decoration.
The interior of the cover signed and dated 'Emily...
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides and erotic miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Snuff Box Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides has fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the ...
Category
1970s Italian Romantic Vintage Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate
Hollywood regency white ceramic bucket, Italy, ca. 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Hollywood regency white ceramic bucket
Italy, ca. 1970
Brass, ceramic
Label on the top
H 38.5 x diam. 37.5 cm
Conditions: excellent consistent with age and use
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Boxes
Materials
Brass
17th Century Japanese Bento Box for Cherry Blossom Viewing Party
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique Japanese bento box from Edo era which was used for cherry blossom viewing party. It is made with bamboo and painted with ...
Category
17th Century Japanese Antique Boxes
Materials
Bamboo
17th Century Italian Leather Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning 17th century Italian leather covered wood trunk covered in brass nail heads, some spelling out a word on top, and with iron strap hinges a...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Kang Table from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small low table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands kingdom circa 17-18th century. Ryukyuan kingdom was used to be an independent island cou...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Domed Burl Wood Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Small Elegant Domed Burl Wood Trinket Box
Category
1970s North American Vintage Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Splendid Sea Shell Encrusted Treasure Box Maitland Style
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Spectacular richly encrusted with great selection of natural sea shells in Redmille style treasure box. Great decor piece or precious gift.
Category
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Shell
Midcentury Box in Lucite, Wicker and Chrome Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing rectangular box in lucite, rattan and chrome in the style Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Great accessory for any modern interior.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel, Chrome
Italian Mid Century Modern Murano Sommerso Art Glass Jewelry Trinket Box
By Mandruzzato
Located in Englewood, NJ
An Italian Mid Century Modern Murano green & yellow "Sommerso" jewelry square casket trinket box attributed to Mandruzzato. The box is cased in heavy clear glass with yellow and gre...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
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...
Category
16th Century Indian Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver
18th Century French 18K Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Joseph-Etienne Blerzy c.1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th Century Exceptional French 18k gold & enamel snuff box, a circular snuffbox crafted in solid gold, adorned with blue, green, and white enamels, further enhanced by gold ...
Category
18th Century French Other Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Squared Box in Faux Tortoiseshell Lucite Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing squared decorative jewelry box in tortoiseshell-effect lucite in Christian Dior style.
Made in Italy in the 1980s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Studio Handcrafted Wood Jewelry Boxes by Dean Santner, 1970s
By Dean Santner
Located in San Diego, CA
Three handcrafted wood jewelry or stash boxes from the 1970s by Designed by California woodworker, Dean Santner. Expertly crafted in walnut. Felt lined.
The largest box is 4" de...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Wood, Walnut
An 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Box, Louis XV Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
An 18th century Meissen porcelain box, Louis XV period.
An 18th century Meissen porcelain box, Louis XV period, gilt brass mounting.
H: 14cm, W: 9cm, D: 9cm
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Boxes
Materials
Brass
Makio Hasuike Midcentury Set of Make-Up and Storage Italian Boxes for Gedy, 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury set of spherical plastic make-up and storage boxes. Makio Hasuike designed this set during the 1970s, as a part of the Roberta collection, and produced Gedy it.
The set is composed of a stunning rare vintage make...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Glass, Mirror, Plastic
18th Century Oak French Silver Chest Strongbox
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful handmade oak silver chest. It was made to hold valuables such as silver coins, jewels or maps. This was the precursor to the modern day safe. It is...
Category
18th Century French Primitive Antique Boxes
Materials
Iron
French Louis XIV Messenger Box - Leather Wrapped Wood - France - 17th 18th
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Magnificent Louis XIV period messenger box, late 17th and early 18th centuries.
This pretty box is made of leather-covered wood decorated with copper nails forming diamonds on the to...
Category
Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Table Box for Cigarettes in Sterling Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box for cigarettes in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with hand-engraved design in Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels. Measure cm. 6.5 x 10.2 x 2. Weigh...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Antique 18th Century Mennecy Figural Mouse Snuff or Patch Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare figural porcelain snuff box in the form of a mouse attributed to Mennecy porcelain.
Having a porcelain mounted lid with wonderfully hand-...
Category
18th Century French Rococo Antique Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
talian Florentine Domed Top Box
Located in Clearwater, FL
Italian gilt gesso wood Florentine domed top box in vibrant green and gold. From Italy.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Boxes
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Pair of Decorative Box in Travertine Enzo Mari Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury pair of cylindrical decorative box in travertine in the style of Enzo Mari.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Large box: Height 8 cm, Diameter 12.5 cm.
Little box: Height 6 ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Marble
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...
Category
18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Boxes
Materials
Silver
Superb 18K gold "Sur plateau" musical snuff box purse form
Located in Zonhoven, BE
A superb gold music box, made by the craftsmen of Jean-George Remond & Co in Geneva between 1804 and 1811. The rectangular box is decorated with an exquisite, fine ornamental pattern...
Category
Early 18th Century Swiss Other Antique Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron, Gold
18th C Allegorical Gilt Enamel Snuff Box, Atrib Fromery Workshop
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th C Brass-Mounted Allegorical Motif Enamel Snuff Box, Attributed to the Fromery Workshop
The Cartouche-shaped bombe box, the hinged lid applied with rais...
Category
Mid-18th Century European Rococo Antique Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Decorative Box in Polished Steel, Brass and Wood by Rue Royale, France 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing rectangular decorative box in polished steel and brass with a wooden interior arrangement.
Its style resembles contemporary products by Romeo Rega.
Made in France in th...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Steel, Chrome
1750 Venezia Italy Rococo Lacquered Wooden Yellow Box and Jewelry Case
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a magnificent lacquered wooden box, with rich polychrome decoration on a yellow background.
In the center of the lid an exotic landscape has been painted with palm, flowers and berries surrounding the figure of the elegant dressed lady.
The box has done following the techinque of "arte povera". With this tecnique there are less layers of lacquer and the decoration is made with a paper collage together some lacquered parts.
This brighting piece hails from the Mid-18th Century in Venezia and masterfully shows the lacquered Venetian style.
This box has a timeless beauty and it is a little jewel to contain jewels.
One of the distinctive characteristics of Venetian Baroque and Rococo furniture and decorative objects is the skilful use of lacquers. Lacquer is a natural resin that was very rare in the past, imported from the East and used to create smooth and colored surfaces on furniture, ready to be finely decorated with refined floral designs or exotic animals.
Venetian artisans became masters in lacquer processing which required time and patience because it was made with many steps.
The Venetian style deeply influenced furniture design throughout Europe, but none reached the Venetian level in terms of beauty. The skillful use of lacquer and carvings defined Venice's unique style during the Rococo period, its Golden Age.
The piece is in very good state of maintenance and it is guaranteed original in every parts. The surface was only cleaned not restored and it is original. The little iron key is not working.
The wooden yellow lacquered box...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Black Lucite and Rattan Box, Italy 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This superb decorative Lucite lidded box was crafted in Italy circa 1970. The piece boasts a rounded shape, with a base in licorice black Lucite topped by a lid in crystal clear Luci...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Wicker, Cane, Rattan, Resin, Lucite
Stuart Devlin Set of Twelve Silver and Silver-Gilt "Twelve Days of Christmas"
By Stuart Devlin, Cartier
Located in North Miami, FL
Introducing an extraordinary and complete collection of Twelve English silver and silver-gilt "Twelve Days of Christmas" gift boxes, presented...
Category
1970s English Vintage Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Decorative and Jewelry Box in Wood with Geometrical Inlays France 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is a jewelry box or a decorative box. It was made in the 1970s, in France. Its lid is made of a checkerboard rectangle in wood. It is brown in color.
Category
1970s French Vintage Boxes
Materials
Wood
Midcentury Box in Lucite, Rattan and Brass Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing large rectangular box in lucite, rattan and brass in the style Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Great accessory for any modern interior.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique 18th Century French Three-Colour 18K Gold Snuff Box c.1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 18th Century French magnificent three-coloured 18k gold snuff box. During the reign of Louis XVI, French artisans demonstrated their unparalleled skill in crafting magni...
Category
1780s French Louis XVI Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold
Yellow alabaster box, Spain, 1970
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Superb yellow alabaster box designated and produced in spain in the 1970s. Handcrafted yellow alabaster box and gilded metal structure. Decorative object that will bring a real desig...
Category
1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
18th Century German 18K Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Freres Jordan, Hanau c.1790
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th Century German 18k gold & hand painted enamel snuff box. of rectangular shape with angled corners, this exquisite snuff box features a meticulously designed lid. At its ...
Category
18th Century German Other Antique Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Georgian 18th Century Rosewood Square Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An attractive and well figured, late 18th century
Square rosewood tea caddy having boxwood
Stringing and key escutcheon with original brass
Hinges to...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Burl Wood & Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite Box, Italy, 1970s
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular box in tortoiseshell-effect lucite and burl wood frame made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Aluminum
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Very Good Quality 18th century Georgian, Chippendale Period, Mahogany Tea Caddy Of Rectangular Form, Having Elegant Shaped Top Enclosing Original Tin Containers, Retaining Original...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Christian Dior Midcentury Brass, Lucite, Vienna Straw Decorative Box, Italy 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century decorative box in brass, clear lucite and Vienna straw. This incredibly elegant jewelry box was designed in Italy during 1970s and is attributed to a Christian ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Brass
Karl Springer Snakeskin Covered Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Karl Springer snakeskin box with suede interior.
Category
1970s American Vintage Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin
Ceramic & Brass Box Tommaso Barbi for B Ceramiche, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Oval box in ceramic with marble effect borders and brass handle by Tommaso Barbi for B Ceramiche made in Italy in the 1970s.
The original label is stil...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid-18th Century Decorative Lacquered Wooden Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine wood lacquered wood case is painted both on the sides: there is the elegant portrait of a pretty woman on one side and on the other side, a natura...
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer
Antique Figural Bird Battersea or Staffordshire Enamel Bonbonniere / Snuff Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful, antique figural bird form Battersea or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonniere.
The lid is decorated with a bird on a branch in a lan...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Steven Spiro, Jewelry Box, Oak, USA, 1970s
By Steven Spiro
Located in High Point, NC
A carved oak jewelry box designed and produced by Steven Spiro, USA, c. 1970s.
Category
1970s American Vintage Boxes
Materials
Oak
17th Century William and Mary Floral Marquetry Olive Oyster Lace Box, Circa 1685
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare 17th-century William and Mary olive oyster floral marquetry lace box, circa 1685. England
The cross grain olive moulded and holly banded top is centred by an oval of...
Category
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Boxes
Materials
Bone, Boxwood, Ebony, Oak, Olive, Tulipwood, Holly
Regency English Penwork Cabinet
Located in Northampton, GB
Extremely Rare Regency Antique Penwork Cabinet
A very interesting and rare Antique Regency Penwork Cabinet decorated with numerous scenes of exquisi...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Boxes
Materials
Sycamore
Midcentury Box in Lucite, Wicker and Brass Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing large rectangular box in lucite, wicker and brass in the style Christian Dior Home.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Great accessory for any modern interior.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Candle Mold In Fruit Wood From The 1800s
Located in Søborg, DK
Antique candle wax mold used for dipping candles
Made of mahogany with a tin liner
Great decorative piece
Would also look great as a planter on a s...
Category
Late 18th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes
Materials
Tin
Pill Box shaped Silver Sterling Enamel hand-painted striped Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent 2-color striped fire enamel on guilloché and fine hand engravings in Viennese Art Nouveau style, second half...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Alessandro Albrizzi Cube Box in Purple Lucite and Gold Metal, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
This auction is for a purple cube Lucite box with gold color metal in the centre by Italian Designer Alessandro Albrizzi. Overall the piece is beautiful wi...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel
Italian Lapis Lazuli and Brass Box, circa 1970
Located in New York, NY
A stunning lapis lazuli lidded box with hinge and brass surround; the inner box lined in midnight blue velvet. A lovely decorative piece for any table, desk or vanity. A wonderful ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Brass
Pill Box Art Deco style fire-enamelled stripes Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Indulge in the allure of vintage artistry with this rounded rectangular pill box, exquisitely crafted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. Adorned with intricate hand-engraved ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Figural Bird Battersea or Staffordshire Enamel Bonbonniere / Snuff Box
By Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A good antique figural bird form Battersea or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonniere.
The lid has bronze mount and a bird on a branch decoration....
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Good Ottoman Scribes Box
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
An 18th century mother of pearl and tortoiseshell inlaid ottoman scribes box. The box covered in geometric tiles and floral design.
Category
18th Century Asian Antique Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Table Box shaped tiles of the Baptistery of Florence Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with painted fire enamels like lapis lazuli stone and beautiful miniature hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing ...
Category
1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Table from Ryukyu Islands
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small square-form table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands kingdom circa 17-18th century. Ryukyuan kingdom was used to be an independent is...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
17th/18th Century Italian Venetian Marquetry Table Box
Located in Forney, TX
An important early antique Italian Renaissance table box, handcrafted in Northern Italy in the 17th/18th century, cassone chest form, richly inlaid, the top and front panel with fruitwood banding framing...
Category
18th Century Italian Renaissance Antique Boxes
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood
18th Century Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
Late 18th century dresser box with lid made from oak. The lid is banded , and tops the curved box. The box has a lovely shape to it and is constructed in such a way that the bottom...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Boxes
Materials
Oak
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.