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Boxes For Sale
Period: Mid-20th Century
Period: 1990s
Silver Plated Metal 1960s Bowl & Box by Christofle
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Set of 2 silver plated metal decorative objects: a "leave" bowl and an "apple" box from the '60s. Pretty good condition: the bowl show light defect on one side as showed in the pictu...
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1960s French Space Age Vintage Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

20th Century Italian Silver Boxes Shell-Shaped on feet with gilted interior
By Ge.Ca
Located in VALENZA, IT
Shell-shaped box in solid 800 silver completely handmade. The lower part and the lid have been shaped and chiseled by faithfully copying the veins and structure of the Chlamys shel...
Category

1990s Italian Other Boxes

Materials

Silver

German 1935 Bauhaus Art Deco Bartender Mechanical Cigarette Dispenser Box
Located in Miami, FL
Barman mechanical cigarette dispenser box. An exceptional and very beautiful desk piece, created in Germany during the art deco period, back i...
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1930s German Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass, Steel

Handcrafted New Zealand Maori Paua Abalone Shell Stash Trinket Wood Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful decorative handcrafted mahogany wood and natural abalone shell (Paua) inlay cigarette stash/trinket box. Made in New Zealand and still has the original tag on the top. The ...
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Mid-20th Century New Zealand Boxes

Materials

Shell

Collection Of French & German Crystal Hinged Lidded Boxes
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Collection of three crystal boxes including: Crystal box with dome lid, flame form finial, egg and dart brass embossed banding, swirled design, unmarked, attributed to vintage Baccar...
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Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Vintage Handmade Natural Malachite Stone Lidded Stash Trinket Box Italy
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful decorative handcrafted lidded natural green malachite stone stash/trinket box. The box has a wonderful form and design. Malachite stone has great color and natural patterns...
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Mid-20th Century Boxes

Materials

Malachite

English Enamel Painted Trinket Box of a Bunny Rabbit
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming ceramic trinket, pill or small jewelry box with an adorable rabbit on the front, surrounded by lush greenery. This piece would certainly be a fantastic addition to an existi...
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Mid-20th Century English Boxes

Materials

Gold, Brass, Enamel

Vintage Cast Metal Chalice with Cobalt Glass Art Nouveau
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and unique chalice holder with lid. This piece is incredibly full of detail while maintaining a simple aesthetic. The holder builds up from the base into a frame with four ...
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1950s American Art Nouveau Vintage Boxes

Materials

Metal

Italian Richard Ginori Porcelain Jewelry Box Neoclassical
Located in New York, NY
A small Italian porcelain jewelry box, in the Neoclassical design style, by Italian designer, Richard Ginori, circa mid to late-20th century, Italy. Porcelain box is round with black...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Armenian Alphabet by Line Vautrin, Gilt Bronze Compact
Located in Uccle, BE
Line Vautrin was inspired by the Armenian alphabet to create this very pretty compact whose lid and reverse are entirely carved with the characters o...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Rhodochrosite Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful vintage Rhodochrosite box out of a collection of 4 rare stone boxes we recently acquired out of an estate collection. This box has stunni...
Category

1960s Italian Vintage Boxes

Materials

Stone

Vintage Huanghuali Wood Box, China
Located in Norton, MA
A ventage Chinese Huanghuali wood box with a beautiful natural grain of Huanghuali. Measures: 2.5in (6.3 cm) X 8 3/4 in(22.2 cm) X 4 7/8 in(12.3 cm).  
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

La Sirène au Bateau (The mermaid with the boat) by Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
La Sirène au Bateau (The mermaid with the boat) by Line Vautrin – Silvered bronze box La Sirène au Bateau (The mermaid with the boat) by Line Vautrin, silvered bronze box. Silvered bronze box whose lid is decorated with a Mermaid carrying a boat at arm’s length. This rare box, icon of the artist’s work, presents a very important thickness. The inside of the box and lid lined with cork. The bronze boxes made by Line Vautrin are true works of art that combine the elegance of design and mastery of craftsmanship. Line Vautrin, a famous French artist and designer of the 20th century, specialized in the manufacture of jewelery and decorative bronze objects...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Chinese covered cinnabar box, c. 1950
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Carved round cinnabar box on brass with a blue enameled interior and underfoot. The carved top centers on peonies growing from a rocky outcropping with ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Boxes

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Decorative Box in bird’s-Eye Maple Burl by Michael Elkan
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A wonderful lidded box made by Michael Elkan from Oregon Birdseye Maple Burl. Box features a live edge front with great movement. Lid is not hinged like ma...
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1990s American Organic Modern Boxes

Materials

Birdseye Maple

display case for objects in brass, bamboo style and alabaster
Located in grand Lancy, CH
display case for objects in brass, bamboo style and alabaster
Category

1960s French Vintage Boxes

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

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...
Category

1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Round Marble Trinket Box With Lid
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This beautiful vintage round trinket box, crafted from smooth stone marble, offers both timeless elegance and functional storage. Its natural marbling features delicate swirls of ear...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Marble

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

1960s French Vintage Boxes

Materials

Steel

Middle Eastern Persian Khatam Trinket Box with Miniature Art Painting 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Middle Eastern Persian Khatam Trinket Box with Miniature Art Painting. This hand-painted, lacquered wooden box features Moorish micro mosaic marquetry, perfect for holding sm...
Category

Mid-20th Century Lebanese Islamic Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Leather Covered Tobacco Box Wood Brown Jacques Adnet Style France 1940 by Lancel
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Leather Covered Tobacco Box Wood Brown Jacques Adnet Style France 1940 by Lancel
Category

1940s Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Music Play Box, Around 1960s, Made in Switzerland
Located in Wien, AT
Music play box, around 1960s, made in Switzerland. Wood inlays. Plays " Love story " Music Hight when open: 19cm.
Category

1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Wood

Vintage Tibetan Style Dragon Stacking Picnic Box, Painted Wood, 1990's, China
Located in Austin, TX
A highly decorative vintage Chinese red painted stacking picnic box and carrier, painted in the Tibetan style, circa 1990's, China. The large painted and textured wood picnic box and carrier comprised of three trays or boxes, and one lid, all housed in a handled carrier. The red painted boxes and cover stack. A large roundel design of a golden dragon face within a cloud collar...
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1990s Chinese Tibetan Boxes

Materials

Wood

Vintage Italian Pink And Gold Alabaster Round Pill Box 1970
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage timeless elegance handcrafted Italian pink alabaster pill box trimmed in gold tone metal. Featuring a hinged lid and gilt brass metal trim,the lid is decorated with a rose, i...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Post-Modern Boxes

Materials

Alabaster

Sommerso jewelry box engraved by Mandruzzato, Murano glass, Italy, 1960
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Superb and rare pink sommerso box designed and manufactured by alessandro mandruzzato in murano in the 1960s. Exceptional glass craftsmanship according to...
Category

1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Boxes

Materials

Crystal

Fornasetti Enamel Metal Mahogany Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage decorative matches box with enamel metal portraying a hot air balloon and mahogany wood insert / designed by Piero Fornasetti, made in Italy in the 1960s Length: 4.5 inches /...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Metal

Maches Mexican Brutalist Bronze Dresser Box with Gemstones & Nude Dancing Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Brutalist dresser box. With stylized nude figures around its circumference, linked hand-in-hand as if in a Bacchanalian dance, the male figures with erect penises...
Category

Mid-20th Century Mexican Brutalist Boxes

Materials

Brass

Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood brown color India
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood brown color India
Category

1960s Indian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Wood, Olive

John Player Treen Humidor Tobacco Jar By Macabo, Milan, Italy Circa 1950's
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Superb treen mid century tobacco jar with brass pipe decoration to lid Made by Macabo in Milan, Italy for English tobacco company John Player Stamped Macabo Cusano to base. Has origi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Wood

Fine Patinated Etched Brass Jewelry Box Style Tiffany
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents Vintage Patinated Brass Safe Keeping Box Cigar Cigarette Jewelry Floral vine ornamentation Hinged and Lined Style Of Tiffany 4 h x 8.5 w x...
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Brass

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.
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Small Vintage Malachite Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Small Vintage Malachite Box. Hinged malachite box, this was probably used as a pill box. In very good vintage condition.
Category

Mid-20th Century Russian Boxes

Materials

Malachite

The sweeper of the Sacred Heart by Line Vautrin – Gilt bronze box
Located in Uccle, BE
La balayeuse du Sacré-Coeur (The sweeper of the Sacred Heart) by Line Vautrin, gilt bronze box. Generously sized gilt bronze box. The lid chiselled with a decoration of a multitude o...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Mid-Century Onyx Box, Made in Italy, 1950s
Located in Palermo, IT
Mid-Century onyx box, Made in Italy, 1950s Complete and in good condition.
Category

1950s Italian Vintage Boxes

Materials

Marble

Lucite and Silver Squared Italian Decorative Box, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing Lucite and silver squared decorative box. This item was designed in the 1970s. This piece is made of a crystal Lucite and silver with a crystal Lucite removable top, the way...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Silver

American Victorian Style Brass Jewelry Box by Wade Manufacturing Group Co.
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
American Victorian style brass jewelry box by Wade Manufacturing Group Co.   
Category

Mid-20th Century English Victorian Boxes

Materials

Brass

1950's New Old Stock Vintage Box Of Toothbrushes - Box Of Twelve
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950's New Old Stock Vintage Box Of Toothbrushes - Box Of Twelve. We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untouched si...
Category

1950s Vintage Boxes

Materials

Paper

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...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Set of Bronze Jewelry boxes by Just Andersen, 1930s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
Set of round light-bronze jewelry boxes designed by Just Andersen in the 1930s. A fine set for a beautiful home. * Set (2) of round bronze jar and lit with ornaments. * Designer: Ju...
Category

1930s Danish Vintage Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps Lalique Double Dove
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps double dove in yellow box. Rare, Nina Ricci L'Air Du Temps glass perfume bottle in box . Circa: 1950s The p...
Category

Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Crystal

Early George Nelson Thin Edge Jewelry Chest Model 5211 for Herman Miller
Located in Dallas, TX
Early, original George Nelson teak wood thin-edge Jewelry chest model number 5211 for Herman Miller. Signed inside top drawer with original silver Herman Miller Medallion. The case m...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Boxes

Materials

Steel

Original Mid Century Murano Glass Sommerso Box, Bucella Cristalli, Italy c. 1960
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous authentic and original emerald green and gold sommerso Murano glass casket, made in Italy c. 1960 and retaining its original label for Bucella Cristalli of Murano, Venice....
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Art Glass

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

Materials

Ceramic

Borghese Ceramic box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Borghese Ceramic lidded Box with a tourtise shell or marbleized finish. Gold trim with a blue interior. Beautiful simple, elegant Design! Box in nice original condition with paper...
Category

1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Fornasetti Mid-Century Modern Card Box, 1950s, Metal and Wood, Italy
Located in Rome, IT
Italian Mid-Century modern card box by Fornasetti in metal wood, representing a carriage with coachmen pulled by two horses. This typo of artistic boxes was created to stay over ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Metal

Midcentury Cloisonné Lidded Box, Käthe Ruckenbrod
Located in London, GB
Cloisonné lidded box attributed to jeweller Käthe Ruckenbrod (1905 - 1989). Germany, mid-20th century. The box is rounded, smooth and tactile to to...
Category

Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Middle Eastern Moorish Handcrafted Mosaic Decorative Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box. Small box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which h...
Category

Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood, Shell, Mother-of-Pearl

Este Ceramiche for Bergdorf Goodman Porcelain Cat Box with Lid
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Charming vintage cat shaped decorative box with lid features high gloss white luster glaze on outer surfaces and glossy white glaze on the bottom and on inner surfaces. The cat is s...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain

1930 Art Deco Walter Dorwin Teague Kodak 1A Gift Camera in Original Box and Case
Located in Red Lion, PA
1930 Art Deco Walter Dorwin Teague Kodak 1A Gift Camera – Original Box & Case Museum-Worthy This rare and highly collectible 1930 Kodak 1A Gift Camera, designed by Walter Dorwin T...
Category

1930s American Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Paul McCobb Walnut Jewelry Box for H. Sacks & Sons Connoisseur Collection
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very nice six drawer jewelry / watch box with sculptural chromed tear drop styled pulls . Crafted in beautiful well grained walnut including the backside with book matched front dr...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Chrome

Hermès Sterling Silver Box circa 1950s by Ravinet d’Enfert
Located in Bath, GB
A truly luxurious find, I have only ever seen these before in silver plate, this one in sterling silver with the "Minerva" mark (corresponding to 950/1000 for French silver). The ...
Category

1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte blue mirror jewellery box 1940
Located in Paris, IDF
A beautiful Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte jewellery box made in Italy in the early 1940s. Carved from walnut wood, with a beautiful blue mirrored crystal covering the box, finished ...
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1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Mirror

Vintage Dowry Chest, Oriental, Nesting Box, Ceramic, Art Deco, Storage, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a charming vintage dowry chest. An Oriental, lacquered nesting box with ceramic inset, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Wonderfully decorative and practical, this f...
Category

1930s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Lacquer

Chinese Blossom Papier-Mâché Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Formed around a simple wooden frame, this papier-mâché storage box is a charming example of Chinese folk art. Crafted with old newspapers and dyed rice paper, the box would have been...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Folk Art Boxes

Materials

Paper

Murano Purple Pulled Feather Gold Flecks Italian Art Glass Vanity Powder Box
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful, and rare, vintage Murano hand blown, gold flecks with purple pulled feather design Italian art glass powder box. Attributed to the Barovier e Toso company, in a "Fenicio" ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Hollywood Regency Boxes

Materials

Gold Leaf

Snuffbox Fired Enamel Miniature on Lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature on the lid. Early 1900s English Art Nouveau style. Measurements cm. 5....
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Moorish Inlaid Marquetry Mosaic Jewelry Box with Geometric and Floral Patterns
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This is a Moorish-style jewelry box adorned with inlaid marquetry work, featuring a mosaic of geometric and floral patterns. The design is highly detailed, with small pieces of wood,...
Category

1940s Moroccan Moorish Vintage Boxes

Materials

Wood, Mother-of-Pearl, Fruitwood

Italian Carved Round Green Onyx Marble Box with Gilded Lionfeet, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
A box as precious as the jewels it could contain inside, hand carved in Italy with the highest quality onyx marble from Pakistan (as attested by the adhesive label still present). Al...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Boxes

Materials

Onyx, Metal

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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