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Style: Art Deco
Style: Regency
Antique English Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Jewellery Trinket Box Casket 19 Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality example of a Lady’s or Gentleman’s English Regency Period polished brass mounted Flame Mahogany Inlaid Boulle Style Jewellery or Trinket Casket or Table Box made during the first quarter of the Nineteenth Century, of English origin.  The rectangular form with hinged lid opening to reveal a later burgundy coloured woven fabric which is superbly done. Central cartouche on lid with initials possibly RLH.  This exquisite casket is raised on four generous beaded bun supports.  Condition: Good condition with nice patination, no losses to brass inlays. Lock is present and working, key does not turn, original drop ring handles at sides.  Height: (entire closed) 3.5" (9cm). Width: (at front) 10.5” (27cm). Depth: 7.75” (19.5cm).  Location: Dublin City, Ireland.  Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes

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Brass

Antique Folk Art Painted Playing Card Games Box, 1930
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an old New England collection. Unique find. An attractive one-of-a-kind antique folk art circa 1930 period hand crafted, hand incised and hand painted playing card games b...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Boxes

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Wood, Pine

Table Box Art Deco Style Inspired by Louis Cartier Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular Table Box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire Enamel Art Deco design. Dimensions cm. 9 x 11 x 2.8. Weight gr. 324. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Edward Farmer New York Sterling and Dragon Carnelian Art Deco Matchbox Cover
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Edward Farmer New York Sterling and dragon carnelian art deco matchbox cover Signed as shown. We believe the original stone to be Carnelian, but are...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Art Deco Two Compartment Sterling Silver Footed Table Box with Hinged Lids
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, Art Deco Period, sterling silver, two-compartment table box on bun feet and having two hinged lids and a handle, The Watrous Division of The International Silver Co., Meride...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
George V sterling silver box. Made by Henry Matthews in Birmingham in 1930. Rectangular with straight sides. Corner posts on ball support. Cover flat and hinged; on top horizontal en...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique English Regency Flame Mahogany Sarcophagus Wine Cellarette Lion Paw Feet
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Superb Flame Mahogany Wine Cellarette of sarcophagus outline and of English origin. First quarter of the 19th century, Regency period. The flat top lid opening to reveal the inte...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes

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Brass

Table Box in Malachite with Hinged Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table box in malachite with hinged frame in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated. The malachite is a large single whole slab on the lid and the stone design becomes...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Malachite, Sterling Silver

Cigar Box for Decoration, or Desk Box in Wood, Art Deco, France, 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is from France. It has been made in 1940, it is an art Deco Item. The box is in wood. It is a cigar box but It can be used as a docorative box...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Bone, Wood

Jade Carnelian and Sterling Cigarette Box with Decorative Rooster Top circa 1920
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Jade Carnelian and sterling cigarette box with decorative rooster top circa 1920‘S. Sterling is signed and numbered on the bottom. Amazing sterl...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Jade

Art Deco Box Carl Auböck, 1930s
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Box made of wood, inside copper. By Carl Auböck, 1930s. Listed in catalog "Die Kataloge der Werkstätte Carl Auböck 1925-1975" [The catalogs of the Carl Auböck workshop 19...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

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Copper

Large Primevères Glass Boxe by R.Lalique
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
The primevères Boxe was created by R.Lalique in white glass in 1927 . R.Lalique was famous for his many inventive and decorated boxe's designs. This boxe is strongly Art Deco s...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Glass

Urushi Eggshell Lacquer Mosaic Box by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
In our workshop we apply eggshell lacquer to many things mostly using the inside of the eggshell. The mosaic pattern is achieved with a cracking motion using the ends of pointed tool...
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2010s Thai Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Eggshell, Lacquer, Wood

Very elegant Art Deco jewelery box in the style of Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very elegant 1920s Art Deco jewelery box in the style of Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann (1879-1933) (Not signed). This miniature chest of drawers is made in ...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes

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Marble

Ebony Macassar Box, circa 1930, Brown Color, France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Art Deco, Ebony Macassar box, for decoration or jelwery. It has been made in France arond 1930, it is in a brown color.
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Ebony

Antique Commemorative Tobacco Keeper, English, Lead, Decor, Snuff Box, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique commemorative tobacco keeper. An English, lead decorative snuff box with tamper, dating to the Regency period, circa 1810. Commemorative keeper crafted at the b...
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Boxes

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Lead

Art Deco Carltonware Luster Moonlight Frolicking Pixie Table Box, for Dunhill
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco carltonware luster moonlight frolicking pixie table box, for Dunhill. England, circa 1930s. An extraordinary example, The rectangular covered box with a canary yellow background with a rare ( Have not found another example of this pattern) vignette depicting figures blowing bubbles in a lush moonlight landscape. Design influences of Wedgwood's Fairyland luster...
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20th Century Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Urushi Black Lacquer and Abalone Shell Lattice Box - Small by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Water flowing over rocks creates a contrast between the sparkle of the water and the relative opacity of the rocks. In these boxes black lacquer pours over natural shells that glow a...
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2010s Thai Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Abalone, Lacquer, Walnut

Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in Miami, FL
A stylish minimalistic Art Deco Sterling Silver box. Made in France.
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20th Century French Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Rare Antique English Regency Rosewood & Brass Writing Slope Box Lap Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
A RARE AND FINE REGENCY ROSEWOOD WRITING SLOPE England, circa 1815; includes a circa 1849 quill by Isaac Parkes Item # 801EZX27 An inordinately fine box, the exterior is dressed wit...
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1810s English Regency Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color. It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times. Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene. Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
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1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Urushi Natural Black Lacquer and Abalone Shell Lattice Box M by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Water flowing over rocks creates a contrast between the sparkle of the water and the relative opacity of the rocks. In these boxes black lacquer pours over natural shells that glow a...
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2010s Thai Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Abalone, Walnut, Lacquer

Art Deco 1930 Swiss Centerpiece Compote with Lid in Gilded .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An important Swiss art deco centerpiece. Beautiful and unusual antique piece, created in Switzerland during the Art Deco period, back in the 1930s. This round center compote has b...
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1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Gold

Art Deco Hammered Jewelry Box Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Hammered Jewelry Box around 1920s Brass polished and stove enameled.
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Urushi Natural Black Lacquer and Abalone Shell Lattice Box L by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Water flowing over rocks creates a contrast between the sparkle of the water and the relative opacity of the rocks. In these boxes black lacquer pours over natural shells that glow a...
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2010s Thai Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Abalone, Walnut, Lacquer

Box, casket, walnut, circa 1920, Art Deco, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Very decorative wooden box with quality star shaped inlay work. This object is an original from the Art Deco period, executed in Austria. The box has a particularly beautiful shape,...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Art Deco Box in Wood circa 1930
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A box in from the 1930's in Art Deco style made from wood and etched glass. The glass is possible to lift off to clean. The use is uncertain but we believe it is possibly made to hol...
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Elegant Malachite Box from the 50s, 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Malachite Box Elegant malachite box from the 50s. It is in perfect condition. Measurements: 21x11x8 cm.
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Malachite

Large English Sterling Silver Cigarette Case Birmingham 1956 H. Pidduck
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Large English sterling silver cigarette case Birmingham 1956, H. Pidduck and Sons. Unusual engine turned decoration design both exterior and ...
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Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Faux Bamboo Rectangular Tissue Box, France 1940, Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very rare box in faux bamboo. It can be a tissue box or a box of games, which opens by articulating the flap which allows you to put the many game objects you want inside, it can als...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes

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Faux Bamboo, Glass, Plastic

Regency Mahogany Miniature Sideboard Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A charming and rare early 19th Century Regency Period mahogany tea caddy, in the form of a miniature pedestal sideboard, having extremely well figured, crossbanded hinged top, over d...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

Beautiful Regency Burr Yew and Brown Oak Jewellery Casket, c. 1820
Located in Heathfield, GB
This is a very fine burr yew jewellery casket. Originally a Regency tea caddy, my restorer has worked on this for many months and has made this exquisite work of art. The inner figur...
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19th Century Regency Antique Boxes

Materials

Oak, Yew

Antique English Regency Rosewood Fitted Tea Poy Caddy or Lamp Side Table 19th C.
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an early English tea poy of compact proportions. First quarter of the 19th century, Regency period. The rectangular hinged lockable lid with corner canted angles, enclosing four lidded compartments, above an exquisitely hand carved foliate and leaf capped column with shaped platform base ending on finely carved claw feet. Condition: Superb condition with no losses to inlays, interior foil linings are quite worn, very nice untouched surface patination. Lock and key are present and working, original metal castors are also present. Measures: Height: (overall as shown) 30” (76cm), width: 19” (48cm), depth: 13.75” (35cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered...
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Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Boxes

Materials

Marble, Ormolu

Art Deco Jewelry Box Vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco jewelry box vienna around 1920s Original cut glass Polished and stove enameled.  
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Wonderful French Napoleon III Ormolu Bronze Crystal Glass Casket Jewelry Box
Located in Roslyn, NY
Wonderful large French Napoleon III style ormolu bronze mounted & crystal / glass casket jewelry box with open work handle.
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20th Century French Regency Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Art Deco Box, 1930, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes

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Chrome

Art Moderne Lacquered Wood and Brass Cigarette or Stash Box
Located in San Mateo, CA
Asian influenced art moderne cigarette or trinket box. This box black lacquered wood with a brass handle. The box was made by Martin of California...
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Brass

Art Deco Malachite Box by Curt Schlevogt
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Lovely Art Deco small box designed by Curt Schlevogt. Vibrant color. Part of the original sticker is still on the lid, not good readable.
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1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Malachite

Antique English Regency Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A very fine regency period mahogany tea caddy. Wonderful early surface that is rich with patina. The box expertly conceived and executed. The lid opens to reveal two lidded compartme...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes

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Mahogany

"Sur le Pont D'Avignon", Charming Art Deco Box Celebrating Traditional Song
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although it has endured many scuffs and indignities, this extremely rare Art Deco box still charms, the figures on its lid playing the violin and dancing to the old children's tune of "Sur le Pont D'Avignon." The ancient bridge in Avignon, Provence has been the subject of song since the 16th century, but the song that is beloved today was first published in the mid-19th century. Here, the artist depicts a central fiddler flanked by two couples with elongated limbs, wide-brimmed hats and elegant dress. The sides of the box depict the wide arches of the bridge, with fish swimming in the water below. The exterior is covered with a paper printed in color lithography, and the interior is painted candy apple red. The scene is signed "Tolmer," perhaps Roger Tolmer...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Paper

Nelialee Art Deco Red Traveling Cosmetic Toilet Vanity Case with Accessories
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Rare Gorgeous Art Deco 1930s red traveling cosmetic case with fitted top section and empty bottom section to store your overnight needs. In the top corner, there is a label from Nelialee NYC. When you open it up, you will find a treasure of streamlined gold toned art deco accessories...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Ebony Macassar Decorative or Jewelry Box, Brown Color, Art Deco, France, 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
It is a Macassar ebony box, which opens onto a compartment covered in velvet. This box was made in France in the 1940s, it is an ArDéco object. It i...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Boxes

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Macassar

Quality English Sterling Silver Pill / Snuff Box 1946
Located in Bath, GB
A top quality late Art Deco box made from solid English sterling silver, a large pill box / snuff box, or would make a great business card case (a custom smaller sized card would hav...
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1940s English Art Deco Vintage Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Art Deco Round Jewelry Box, circa 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco round jewelry box, circa 1920s Polished and stove enameled.
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Pocket Cigarette Case Geometric Design Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped rectangular pocket cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guillochè with Art Deco style geometric de...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

English Modern Sterling Silver Cigar Box
By W.C. Griffiths
Located in New York, NY
English Modern sterling silver cigar box, 1919. Rectangular with plain straight sides. Cover hinged with tapering tab; top gently curved with...
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1910s English Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

A Rene Lalique opalescent Art Deco Glass Mermaid Boxe .
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
The collection of boxes by René Lalique designed in the 1920tys is outstanding as for the quality as for the inventiveness of the subjects. The bo...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Glass

for Restoration Antique Hardwood Brass Vanity Box Sterling Silver Pieces Inside
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely and very rare Regency circa 1810 Rosewood with brass inlay Vanity box with sterling silver jars and contents in need of restoration. A very collectable and rare piece, the case is in need of restoration, the contents are perfect. The case has an old repair to one hinge, the whole piece needs washing back and french polishing, its been sitting in my warehouse for years waiting to be done so I have decided to just move it on to let someone else take up the mantle, restored this is a £2500-£3000 suite The contents are all crystal with sterling silver...
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1810s English Regency Antique Boxes

Materials

Silver

Unusual Art Deco Sterling Silver Table Box With Hinged Lid
By Hassett & Harper Ltd
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, rare, Art Deco Period, footed sterling silver table box with rounded, hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1938, Hassett and Harper Ltd. - makers. Underside ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Shagreen Box with Bronze-Patina Brass Details by Kifu, Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Dandy Box is a chic accent piece for your home. The piece is lined with a removable velvet tray should one wish to use it for jewelry. The piece is com...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Brass

Shagreen Leopard Pattern Box with Shell and Brass Details by Kifu Paris
Located in New York, NY
The leopard box by Kifu Paris showcases the brand's signature whimsical details and the incredible craftsmanship. This piece includes intricate inlay work of cream shagreen, brown pe...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century English Tunbridge Ware Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
A well-made antique, circa 1830, English tea caddy with stunning marquetry inlays, warm coloring, superb detailing, and luminous rich patina! When tea first arrived in Europe in t...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Rhomboid Jewelry Chest in Cream Shagreen by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Rhomboid jewelry chest in cream shagreen by R&Y Augousti is a stunning geometric piece to store your personal items. This piece has 3 drawer compartments and a flap top opening that have black velvet...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Boxes

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Shagreen Stingray

Georgian Silver and Engraved Mother-of-pearl Toothpick Case
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This lovely Georgian ladies toothpick case is an elongated oval in form known as a navette, and is made of a silver frame holding mother-of-pearl panels...
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Early 1800s English Regency Antique Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Cellini Sterling Silver Hammered Cigar Humidor in Arts & Crafts/ Art Deco Style
Located in New York, NY
Cellini, hand-hammered, sterling silver and wood cigar humidor with WOLS applied on it, in Arts & Crafts or Art Deco style in an elegant geometric design. It measures 6 7/8'' in heig...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Boxes

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Large French Art Deco Wooden Jewelry Box with Marquetry Inlay
Located in Miami, FL
A large and very good quality French Art Deco style jewelry box made of walnut with fruitwood inlay. Hand-crafted with an eye to details. Grea...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Boxes

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Fruitwood, Walnut

Antique Brass Inlaid Mahogany English Tea Caddy Box Regency Gillows Lancaster
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Superb example of an English Regency Rosewood Double Tea Caddy of traditional sarcophagus outline and unusually large size, with lavish brass inlay decoration. The dome shaped hinged...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Antique Austrian Silver & Enamel Cigarette Case with Floral & Ribbon Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This silver and enamel cigarette case is hallmarked by an unknown maker and is presumed to have been made in Austria in approximately 1920. The case is composed of .800 silver and ha...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Boxes

Materials

Silver

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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