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Boxes For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: 19th Century
French Ebonized & Brass Inlay Box
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A French 19th Century decorative box opening on brass hinges. Inside you’ll find the box is fitted with two levels of storage with five compartments. This is most likely used for sto...
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19th Century French Other Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Traveling Desk Birds Eye Maple Writing Slope Edwards Roberts
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality early English well figured Birds Eye Maple Wood Ladies or Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

SET Suitcase and Beauty Case with Kilim and Leather, Vuitton Model
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Anatolian Old Cicim manufactured suit-case and beauty-case, with Italian fine red Bordeaux leather . They are not recommended by plane, but elegant on Your car. If you don't use as...
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1980s Italian International Style Vintage Boxes

Materials

Leather

Antique Silver Artist’s Paint Box by Harry Atkin Sheffield 1892
Located in London, GB
A stunning Antique Silver Artist’s paint box by Harry Atkin, Date Sheffield 1892. A Rare Miniature travelling paint box in excellent condition. The silver on both the outside and the interior is in superb condition. Upon opening, the front cascades down to reveal two wells for water and perhaps mixing colours. The interior is well protected thanks to the interior gilding. The lid engraved “Lettice’s Paint Box”. Lettice is a traditional, English girl’s name most commonly found in the upper classes. The actual paints are not original but the current set of paints are a later acceptable replacement. The miniature brush was with it but not original and doubt it ever had one. Dimensions; W 5” x D 3 1/4” H 1 1/4" About the maker; Atkin Brothers business traces his origin to Thomas Law...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Boxes

Materials

Silver

Michael Elkan Hinged box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large Burled wood box by Michael Elkan Nice size with 3 separate sections Original Artist Tag included
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1980s American Vintage Boxes

Materials

Wood

Kiyomi Iwata Silver fungus Box
By Iwata Glass
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Kiyomi Iwata is a Japanese-American Textile Artist known for her Sculptural use of materials examples of her work can be found in a number of Museums including the Smithsonian.
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1990s Japanese Boxes

Materials

Silk

Midcentury box designed by Gabriella Crespi, Italy
Located in Piacenza, Italy
Box designed by Gabriella Crespi Wooden and golden brass box by Gabriella Crespi. Recorded by Archivio Gabriella Crespi, Milan. Signed. Italy 1970s
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Oversized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope
Located in Northampton, GB
View of Bayham Abbey with Writing Implements From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this unusual and large-sized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope, in the manner ...
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Velvet, Wood

19th Century Swiss 18K Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Guidon, Remond, Gide & Co c.1800
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-19th Century Exceptional Swiss 18k gold & enamel snuff box, rectangular form with gently angled corners, this exquisite piece features sides and underside adorned in a ...
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Early 1800s Swiss Other Antique Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel

Scottish Mauchline Ware Tea Caddy attributed to Smiths
Located in Northampton, GB
Scottish Mauchline Ware From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this rare Mauchline Ware Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rectangular form extensively decorated with a repeating pinstripe pattern throughout the entire exterior of the Tea Caddy upon a Sycamore carcass. The decoration features a striped effect with alternating classical scrollwork, linked chain and pin striped vertical line transfers in shades of gold, green and red. A shield-shaped escutcheon finishes the exterior of the Caddy. When opened the Tea Caddy reveals a single Caddy compartment with traces of the original foil lining and the Caddy the original full length wooden Cumnock Hinge. The Tea Caddy dates to the late Georgian Period during the reign of George IV Circa 1830. The Tea Caddy is a rare example of early Mauchline Ware especially because of the Type of decoration used and extremely good condition, a superb addition to any collection. We firmly attribute the Tea Caddy to renowned Scottish Mauchline Ware makers Smiths from the extremely close similarities between this Caddy and a previous one in our archives signed by Smiths. The Tea Caddy comes complete with working lock and tasselled key. Mauchline Ware was the production of Scottish white-wood products, it was mainly manufactured from the 1820s until 1939. The production of souvenir woodware for the tourist market began in the 1790s with the snuff box industry in Ayrshire. By 1820, Mauchline ware was well established, supplying souvenirs from wood grown ‘on the Field of Bannockburn’, ‘on the Abbey Craig’, ‘on the slopes of Stirling Castle’ and made into sewing requisites, egg cups, trinket boxes and many other kinds of souvenirs, transfer printed with a line drawing of the place. The firm Smith’s who regarded as the the leading and most renowned manufacturer of Mauchline War among a few lesser known and shorter lived companies. They ranged from the basic transfer as on small vases to boxes and smaller household accessories...
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Early 19th Century Scottish William IV Antique Boxes

Materials

Sycamore

Rare Giorgio Facchini Numbered 11/12 Brass and Plexiglass Box, 1970s, Italy
Located in Brescia , Brescia
Discover the elegance of this numbered masterpiece by Giorgio Facchini, this brass and Plexiglass box, numbered 11 out of 12, is a stunning find for collectors and connoisseurs alike...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Mahogany Tea Chest, probably England, circa 1830
Located in New York, NY
Elegant mahogany tea chest featuring a decorative edge in light wood grain and a handle on the lid. The interior is meticulously lined with a light fabric, incorporating two hinged b...
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Early 19th Century Antique Boxes

Materials

Wood

Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy with Herstmonceux Caslte c1865
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware tea caddy featuring image of Herstmonceux Castle Date : c1865 Period : Victorian Origin : Tunbrige Wells, Kent Decoration : Central mosaic depicting Herstmo...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Wood

1990s Modern Design Silver Plated French Jewelry Box by Christofle
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish three-level round silver-plated box, designed by KT Studio for Christofle in 1998 with input from Thomas Keller and Adam Tihany, is a remarkable piece of modernist craftsma...
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Late 20th Century French Modern Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

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

Materials

Travertine

Large Rectangular Antique Wooden Campaign Box with Brass Hardware
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large rectangular antique wooden Campaign chest with brass hardware Brass lock has unknown signed makers mark on it.  
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Late 19th Century Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Japanese Carved Okimono Polychrome Decorated Group by Gyokko Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Antique Japanese Carved Okimono Polychrome Decorated Figure Group seated on a wood stand, signed by Gyokko, depicting a seated artisan carving and decorating a figure of a happy Bud...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxes

Materials

Ivory, Paint

Philippe Cheverny Style Geometric Lucite and Gilded Metal Box, France 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning rectangular decorative lidded box has a design reminiscent of Philippe Cheverny's work. Crafted in the 1970s, the lovely decorative piece boasts a geometric shape with ...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Antique Pair of Japanese Carved Netsukes "Two Roosters", SIgned, Meiji Period
Located in Norton, MA
Antique Pair of Japanese Carved Netsukes "Roosterss", depicting two seating Roosters with a very fine detailed carving, signed on the bottoms. This item is 1.5" wide x 1.5" deep x 0...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxes

Materials

Ivory, Paint

Antique Victorian mahogany storage box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian mahogany storage box having a quality antique mahogany storage box with red interior. D. 1860
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

Elsa Peretti leather jewelry box /trinket heart shape love , for Tiffany & Co
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful heart shape, Love leather box designed by the well known artist / designer Elsa Peretti.
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Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Boxes

Materials

Leather

Victorian Inlaid Box with Mother of Pearl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century walnut box with band inlay, band inlay and felt interior.
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Wood

Early 20th century lacquered vanity box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Early 20th century lacquered vanity box circa 1910. Good quality Chinese export table top vanity box.  Hand painted in a plum and black colour scheme in a lacquered finish. Cube sh...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Limoges Royal Blue Ormolu Mounted Casket Box 19h Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique French Limoges ormolu mounted rectangular bombe' shaped table casket, circa 1870 in date and bearing the Limoges marks on the underside. The Royal Blue c...
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1870s French Antique Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Pair of Japanese Carved Netsukes "Dragon Turtles", Meiji Period
Located in Norton, MA
Antique Pair of Japanese Carved Netsukes "Dragon Turtles", depicting two turtles with turtle bodies but dragon heads. This item is 1.35" wide x 1.75" deep x 1" high in dimension, fr...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxes

Materials

Ivory, Paint

Christian Dior for Dior Hone Silver Plate Decorative Box Pumpkin Design, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Elegant decorative box in the shape of a pumpkin designed by Christian Dior for his 1970s Home collection. This beautiful decorative box with lid...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Rich Mahogany Regency Style Tea Caddie with Inlay and Brass Lion Rings
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Sumptuous Regency style mahogany tea caddie having boxwood string inlay on the sides and handsome brass lion rings as well as paw feet. Key included.
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19th Century English Regency Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Agate and Micromosaic Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Intricate and flawless, the highly detailed micromosaic medallion on the lid of this agate box is an incredible example of this diminutive art form. The elaborate micromosaic depicts...
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19th Century European Other Antique Boxes

Materials

Agate

Victorian Gilt, Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Papier-Mâché Sewing Stand, Ex Christie's
Located in Morristown, NJ
Beautifully decorated mid-late 19th c, England, black lacquered papier-mâché sewing stand. Decorated with gilt, mother-of-pearl and polychrome paint, opening to cloth-lined interior....
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1850s English Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Edwardian Diminutive Post Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The oak box with brass Royal Georgian plaque on top, pick up times on the front. The brass lock and key affixed to the door.
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Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Victorian Nécessaire de Voyage
Located in New Orleans, LA
A work of extraordinary craftsmanship, this exquisite English vanity case is as much an item of luxury as it is of necessity. Known as a nécessaire de voyage...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Velvet, Glass, Wood

French 19th Century Folk Art Leather Box
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful weathered Folk Art box made out of wood and covered with leather. Working lock and key. France, circa 1850 Weathered, small losses.
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19th Century French Folk Art Antique Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

Toso Mid-Century Modern Amber Molato Murano Glass Jewelry Box, 1982
Located in Murano, Venezia
This boxes are a beautiful invention of the master glassmaker Toso Murano who designed them in 1982. They can be used as jewelry boxes, and they are beautiful thanks to the reflectio...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Murano Glass, Art Glass

Late 19th Century Silver Deer Box from India
Located in Marseille, FR
Late 19th century silver deer box from India.
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Boxes

Materials

Britannia Standard Silver

19th Century Graduated Stack of Paint Decorated Pantry Boxes
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Graduated Stack of Paint Decorated Pantry Boxes, circa 1880, comprising five shaved splint bentwood pantry boxes with straight overlaps fastened via wooden pegs, in late...
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Late 19th Century American Country Antique Boxes

Materials

Wood

Early 19th Century Persian Wooden Box
Located in London, GB
Early 19th century Persian wooden box A large Persian wooden box and marquetry called "Khatam Kari" with mosaic decoration of stars and geometric patterns, Middle East origin, early-19th century. This box is in overall good condition considering its age and use, it still has its original silk insert fabric firmly attached which is rare. Khatam kari is a fine and meticulous marquetry work, the oldest examples of which date back to the Safavid era: khatam was then so appreciated by the court that certain princes learned the technique as well as music, painting, or calligraphy. The “Khatam-kari” is therefore the “work of inlays”. This technique consists of making patterns, most often star shapes, by inlaying fine wooden sticks (ebony, Teak, jujube, orange tree, rose), brass (for the golden parts), and camel bone (white parts). The decorated objects are legion: boxes, chess or backgammon games, frames, pipes, desks, or even musical instruments. The khatam can also be associated with the famous Persian miniatures, thus realizing works of art. Coming from techniques imported from China and magnified by Persian know-how, this craft has existed for over 700 years. Size in inches: H 5” x W 15” x D 9.5” Age: 1830 - 1850 Origin: Persia Material: Mixed material Completely solid in structure and form, aged naturally across all the surfaces. This box does not have a key and therefore cannot be locked, it has had old repairs in blue ink as shown. With one replacement leg...
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Early 19th Century Unknown Antique Boxes

Materials

Wood

Midcentury Chrome Glass and Briar Wood Pocket Emptier in Christian Dior Style
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury chrome glass and briarwood pocket emptier. This fantastic piece was designed in Christian Dior Style during the 1980s. The...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Small Antique Seamstress' Button Box, Japanese, Brass, Decorative, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique seamstress' button box. A Japanese, brass decorative tin, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Delicately crafted box with wonderful colour and ...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Chinese 19th Century Red Lacquered Treasure Chest Box with Brass Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese red lacquered treasure chest box from the 19th century, with brass hardware. Born in China during the 19th century, this elegant treasure chest features a red lacquered sur...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Baccarat Gilt Bronze Mounted Cut Crystal Glass Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th Century Baccarat Gilt Bronze Mounted Cut Crystal Glass Box. Comes with the original key but lock isn’t operational.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Japanese Storage Box With Hidden Compartments and Crane Motif.
Located in Seattle, WA
This beautiful piece is covered in crane images, even the inside of the drawers have them. Two compartments for drawers, one revealed through a hinge door and the other through slidi...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Wood

Lovely antique Victorian rosewood tea caddy
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique Victorian rosewood tea caddy, having a quality rosewood tea caddy with a lift up lid opening to reveal two compartments with removable lids for tea, raised on the orig...
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Rosewood

Handmade Wooden Box with Inner Tray and Secret Drawer c.1880-1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A late 19th/early 20th century handmade wooden box with inner removable tray and secret drawer. Solidly constructed with dovetail joints. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MA...
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Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Boxes

Materials

Wood

Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure Group #1 by Yoshikawa , Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Figure Group #1 by Yoshikawa "The Happy Buddha and a Kid" #H1, Signed on the bottom from the Meiji period. A truly hand-carved ivory figure wi...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxes

Materials

Ivory, Paint

Fabienne Jouvin large , cloisonne/enamel box/ covered jar . France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful metal box / covered jar with enamel, by the well known artist / designer Fabienne Jouvin .
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1980s French Post-Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Enamel

Antique Silver Combination Match Vesta & Snuff Box Francis Clark Birmingham 1846
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique sterling silver combination snuff & vesta case, by the silversmith Francis Clark (1799-1853), Birmingham, dated 1846. An unusual combination snuff & silver vesta case,...
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Figure Group #2 by Yoshikawa , Meiji
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Figure Group #2 by Yoshikawa "The Happy Buddha and a Kid" #H1, Signed on the bottom from the Meiji period. A truly hand-carved ivory figure wi...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxes

Materials

Ivory, Paint

Christian Dior Paris Silver Plate Box with Quartz Stone Finial, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This beautiful modernist silver plate decorative box was crafted in France for the renowned Christian Dior House for his Home Collection. The piece features an elegant minimalist rou...
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1970s French Modern Vintage Boxes

Materials

Stone, Quartz, Metal, Silver Plate

Signed Mid-19th c. Wooden Lock Box c.1863
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A mid 19th century handmade wooden lock box with original key and pull out inner compartment. Signed inside "this Box was maid by J. W. Harrison 1863 / Second lock / on the Le...
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Mid-19th Century American Industrial Antique Boxes

Materials

Metal

Wooden Casket Box with Mirror mid 19th century Flame Mahogany Biedermeier
Located in Sweden, SE
This exquisite flame mahogany veneered casket, originating from Central Europe mid 19th century, is a stunning example of Neoclassical applied arts. Its original shape and high quali...
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Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

Antique French Sevres Cobalt Blue Porcelain Jewellery Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique French Sevres ormolu mounted cobalt blue soft paste porcelain jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date. The shaped hinged ormolu mounted cover is superbly de...
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1870s Antique Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

Cigarette dispenser football 1970s France
Located in Den Haag, NL
Do you remember this Cigarette dispenser football 1970s France .Just pull the ring and take your Cigarette out . So Seventies . Very good working condition .
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1970s French Vintage Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Belle Époque Leather Wood Goldembossed Box Secret Box Book Box Trunk
Located in Munich, DE
This lovely object with it's fine patina resembles a little trunk when standing on a table. In an upright position it resemmbles a book. Therefore it can be considered a book with s...
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1890s French Belle Époque Antique Boxes

Materials

Leather, Carbon Fiber

Victorian Sterling Silver Coin Purse
By William Summers 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver coin purse; an addition to our silver boxes collection. This exceptional antique Victorian sterling sil...
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1870s British Late Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

1980s Tessellated Stone Box with Brass Trim, Maitland Smith Attributed
Located in Miami, FL
1980s Tessellated Stone Box with Brass Trim, Maitland Smith Attributed Offered for sale is a 1980s lidded tessellated stone decorative box with accent color stone and inset brass tr...
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1980s Vintage Boxes

Materials

Stone, Brass

Fantastic quality antique Victorian burr walnut jewellery box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Fantastic quality antique Victorian burr walnut jewellery box, having a quality burr walnut jewellery box with the original brass swing handle to the top and an engraved ship, having...
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Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Chinese Hardwood Jewelry Box with Mirror, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This Chinese jewelry box dates to the mid-19th century and would have been used by a Qing-dynasty woman to store her favorite pieces of jewelry, each drawer filled with jades, pearls...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Boxes

Materials

Brass

Japanese Carved Netsuke Polychrome Decorated Figure, Signed, Meiji Period
Located in Norton, MA
Netsuke Japanese Hand-Carved Polychrome Decorated Figure, Signed on the bottom from the Meiji period. A truly hand-carved ivory figure, A man is lifting a weight. It looks like he ...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxes

Materials

Ivory, Paint

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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