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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Color:  Gold
Vintage French National Bank Gold Bar Boxes, circa 1950
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage bank gold bar boxes, circa 1950 from French National Bank, very strong boiled cardboard and rivets, original cognac brown color, waxed finish. Go...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Metal

Agate and Ormolu Jewel box French Made 20th Century
Located in Soquel, CA
Agate and ormolu French jewel box, the casket form in variegated red, black and pink stone, with hinged lid opening to a velvet lined interior, together ...
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20th Century French Decorative Boxes

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Agate, Gold Plate

Vintage Deed Box, English, Art Deco, Iron, Document, Deposit, Chest, circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage deed box. An English, Art Deco iron document or deposit chest, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. Displays a desirable age...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Iron

Rare Bronze Sculptural Casket / Box Panels with Historical Roman Empire Scenes
Located in Lisse, NL
Good quality antique box with Roman scenes on all four sides and on top. If you are a collector or enthousiast of anything to do with emperial Rome then this rare, meaningful and hi...
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Early 20th Century Italian Empire Revival Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Modernist Java Shagreen Box with Sculptural Bronze Handle by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
This refined and sophisticated modernist box was realized by the celebrated Parisian design firm R&Y Agousti. It features a volumetric circular java shagreen body that opens via a re...
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20th Century French Modern Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

French Antique Bronze and Cut Glass Pink Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Plainview, NY
A beautiful antique 19th century French Louis XV bronze and cut glass jewelry box. The bronze inlay features four wingless putti in each corner and a women (man) face sculpted in th...
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Late 19th Century French Louis XV Antique Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Contemporary Bronze Incense Box or ashtray, LINES by Reda Amalou, 2020
Located in Paris, FR
The bronze incense box or ashtray is designed with a patterned removable top. The motif used here, a repetition of lines and voids, has been developed by Reda Amalou and is used in s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Decorative Boxes

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Brass, Bronze

Contemporary Bronze Ashtray, LINES by Reda Amalou, 2015
Located in Paris, FR
The solid bronze ashtray is designed with a patterned removable top. The motif used here, a repetition of lines and voids, has been developed by Reda Amalou and is used in several pieces of the Reda Amalou Collection. The Bronze ashtray is 135 x 135 x 65mm H This design exists also in a tiny incense...
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21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Modern Decorative Boxes

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Brass, Bronze

Bronze and Slag Glass Tiffany Jewelry Box, Art Deco Period, United States
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze and slag glass Tiffany jewelry box. Art Deco period. United States circa 1900. Signed in the back "Tiffany Studios New York 821".
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Early 1900s American Art Deco Antique Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

1905 Tortoiseshell Card Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Small 1905 Tortoiseshell card box, with gilded gold lining and floral decoration. The dates 1860 / 1910 are engraved on the top. Inside the box, two compartment to fit two small card...
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Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Gold Plate

1850's Tortoiseshell Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Small Silver and Tortoiseshell jewellery box, with the top of the lid and the bottom of the box being tortoiseshell. The edges of the box is ...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Decorative Boxes

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Gold Plate

Wonderful French Faceted Cut Crystal Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Casket Jewelry Box
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French faceted cut crystal casket with engraved scroll bronze ormolu mountings with wreath draped keyhole. Measures: 5.25&quo...
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1930s French Belle Époque Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

14K Gold Retro Box with Diamond Clasp.
Located in Gainesville, FL
14K gold retro style box with diamond clasp. Weight 79.2 g.
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20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Gold

Jacques Lautertach small bronze box. French c.1970’s
Located in London, GB
Small bronze brutalist box by Jacques Lautertach. French c.1970’s
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Pill box light green hand-painted floral miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round domed pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamel fired on guilloche above and below, and hand-painted floral miniature. Viennese Art Nouveau style...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

21st Century, Hand-Carved Amethyst Crystal and Golden Bronze Box
Located in Calenzano, FI
Amethyst crystal box with cut engravings and golden patinated bronze. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this ...
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2010s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

Table Box Octagonal Black Enamel with light Blue Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 15.8 high cm . 8.2. Weight gr. 974. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects and in different colors, in the headquarters by the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750°<800° C. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

19th Century Charles X Gilt Bronze and Mother-of-Pearl Box
Located in Paris, FR
Small, oval Charles X box in mother-of-pearl and gilded bronze with a flower-shaped key. The lid has a white nacre plate and is decorated with a central medallion that displays color...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Antique Jewel Encrusted Gilt Bronze Dome Top Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Jewel Encrusted Gilt Bronze Dome Top Box. Gilt bronze box is decorated enameled finish with and colored cabochon jewels in ruby red and blue gla...
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1920s Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Antique Bronze Verdigris Box with Greek Key
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Bronze Verdigris Box with with Applied Greek Key Decoration. Box is wood lined and would have held cigarettes or trinkets.
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1920s Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Round favor Box with lid in 925/1000 Sterling Silver Light Blue Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round favor Box with lid in 925/1000 Sterling Silver Light Blue Enamel Salimbeni. Favor or small container in cut crystal and lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translu...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

Pill Box Yellow floral miniature in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Yellow floral miniature in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni.Round pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Round favor Box lid in Sterling Silver Light yellow floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round favor Box lid in Sterling Silver Light yellow floral miniature Salimbeni. Wedding favor or small container in cut crystal and lid in 925/1000 sterl...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver

Table Box Green in French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table Box Green in French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Salimbeni. Table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel inserted in a very fine ha...
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1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pill Box Floral miniature and fine hand-engravings Art Nouveau style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Floral miniature and fine hand-engravings Art Nouveau style Salimbeni.Shaped pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucen...
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1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel

Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver brossè with very fine hand engraving, also on the sides, of “ramage” with leaves and bunches of grapes fire-ena...
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1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Lourdes Limoges France Vintage Round Porcelain Garnet Gold Trinket Box
Located in BILBAO, ES
Lourdes Limoges France Vintage round porcelain garnet gold trinket box Elegant vintage octagonal trinket jewelry box from Limoges. Perfect gift for ...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Decorative Boxes

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Enamel

Tiffany Studios Gilt Bronze Jewelry Box, circa 1910
Located in Rochester, NY
Rare Tiffany Studios gilt bronze jewelry box. The finest Tiffany gilding in Venetian gold tone. A rare pattern. After an exhaustive search I was able to find only one other example o...
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Early 20th Century American Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

French 19th Century Ormolu Mounted and Footed Cream Opaline Crystal Box
Located in New York, NY
A French 19th century Louis XVI Style Ormolu Mounted and Footed Prismic Pattern Cream Opaline Crystal Box. The box is composed of two sections of French ...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze Poudrier "Le loup et le renard" (The wolf and the fox). by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The square box features a relief cast of two s...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Baroque Style Green Table Box with Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Baroque style shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving interspersed with spaces with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and a beautiful h...
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1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Blue and Light Blue Stripes Guillochè and Enamel Sterling Silver Salim
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent fired enamels with guillochè stripes and hand-engraved motifs. George V E...
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1970s Italian George IV Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Stamp Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-19th century Japanese Meiji period bronze stamp box. Applied castings of a hanging flower basket with bird, recumbent stag and flowers. Measures: 1 1/...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Signed Japanese Steel Shakudo Damascene Box with a Shimazu Mon
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique 20th century Japanese Amita Damascene Steel Box. Made of damascened steel inlaid with gold & silver. The lid of the box has gilt depictions of bamboo plants, whi...
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20th Century Japanese Showa Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Silver, Copper, Steel

Marble Stone Box with Bronze Lid
Located in London, GB
Decorative black marble box with brutalist bronze cast lid.
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21st Century and Contemporary Decorative Boxes

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Belgian Black Marble, Bronze

21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Porcelain Box with Golden Bronze Penguin
Located in Calenzano, FI
Porcelain box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated golden finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for eve...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Sevres Porcelain Box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres porcelain box Origin France Circa 1900 Interior decoration (flowers) bronze mount hand painted box.
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Early 1900s French Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Porcelain Box with Golden Bronze Lizard
Located in Calenzano, FI
Porcelain box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated golden finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for eve...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Fine Antique French Malachite and Bronze Jewelry Box, c.1890
Located in Bath, GB
A truly fabulous late nineteenth century jewelry box made from a fine example of malachite, the first image is the most true colour in person. The Malachite during this era was ag...
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1890s French Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Malachite, Bronze

21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Crystal Box with Flamingo
Located in Calenzano, FI
Hand carved crystal box with Flamingo in brass made with the artisan lost wax technique with dark burnished finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this box is a modern reinterpretation of an object from the second half of the 18th century in France. Also Oggetti d'Arte will follow with the same passion the request of the most qualified studies of interio architecture from around the world, helping them in achievement of their most ambitious projects. This box, at the customer's request, can be made with different metal finishes and with different crystal colors so that it can be inserted in the best possible way within your furniture. This box is included in Animal Box...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Decorated Porcelain Box with Frog
Located in Calenzano, FI
Pure gold decoration porcelain box with Frog in brass made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated gold finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this box is a modern reinterpretation of an object from the second half of the 18th century in France. Also Oggetti d'Arte will follow with the same passion the request of the most qualified studies of interio architecture from around the world, helping them in achievement of their most ambitious projects. This box, at the customer's request, can be made with different metal finishes and with different crystal colors so that it can be inserted in the best possible way within your furniture. This box is included in Animal Box...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Vintage Malachite and Bronze Round Two Part Box Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This lovely and substantial malachite and bronze vintage box is 2 parts. The bronze embedded lines form the perimeter set against the malachite. This makes a great desk accessory and...
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1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Malachite, Bronze

Gilt Bronze Trousse, France, 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Gilt bronze trousse with tree branch decorations. France 1930. Lid with tortoiseshell base. Inside three compartments for make-up. Good conditions.
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1930s French Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Box, Signed To Base, Meiji Period
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A rare Japanese Meiji period (1868 - 1912) circular bronze box and cover by Inoue, Kyoto, late 19th century. The cover embossed with gilt, silvered and coppered decoration of inse...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Louis XV French Gold Snuffbox by Germain Chayé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This luxurious Louis XV-period gold snuffbox was crafted by master French goldsmith Germain Chayé. Formed of 18-karat yellow gold, this exceptional box d...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Decorative Boxes

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Gold

Small Chinese Cloisonné Lidded Box Two Dragons Chasing Flaming Pearl Circa 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative Chinese cloisonné lidded box which we date to the mid 20th century. The box has a cylindrical shape, with its original lid and is all beautifully made with colored enamels set into a black ground. The main decoration to the body shows two 4-toed dragons chasing a flaming pearl. The lid shows another dragon set amongst clouds. The dragons have a gold colouring and other colours are used to give the detailed scene including red, green, blues, yellow and white. The lid also has lappet border patterns in blue to its edges. The insides of the lid, the box and the base of the box are finished in a turquoise blue, typical of Chinese cloisonné. Overall a very beautiful small Chinese cloisonne box...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Simone Dainelli inspired by the paintings of Boris Vallejo, in fantastic contemporary style, with hand-engraved frame. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 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 high-fire 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 Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Antique French Parisian Cut Crystal & Ormolu Mounted Jewel Box, circa 1890s
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Parisian cut crystal & ormolu mounted jewel box, circa 1890s.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

Antique Gilt Bronze Decorative Jewelry Box or Casket with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique gilt bronze decorative or jewelry box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and dates to approximately 1900 and done in a Renaissance Revival style. T...
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Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Ghidini 1961 Small Knotted Cherry Box in Rose Gold Finish
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Small box available in brass and rose gold finishes.  
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

An Unusual 19th Century French Dore Bronze Mounted Orange/Red Crystal Box
Located in New York, NY
An Unusual 19th Century French Dore Bronze Mounted Orange/Red crystal box. The box is composed of two sections of French orange/red crystal which are m...
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1890s French Louis XVI Antique Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

Antique Charles X French Cut Glass Casket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French cut glass casket. With a pressed and cut glass body and cover with a gilt bronze mount. Together with an associated key (for a...
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

19th Century Indian Hammered Copper & Bronze Betel Nut Paan-Daan Stash Box
Located in Forney, TX
A complete handmade copper and bronze antique Betel Nut Paan-daan box with beautiful patina. A quick way to add texture, character, color and rustic elements. Born in India during the mid 19th century, in circular form featuring hand hammered and engraved floral and foliate relief decoration, top lid with handle, can be locked with a padlock, the top opening to incised circular lift tray, revealing six hammered storage jars of varied sizes, all with corresponding tops. Betel leaf, and various herbs/spices remnants present, each incised on the tops and sides. Can be used as a portable spice/herb rack, ingredient storage, tobacco, incense, carry and organize arts and crafts, table/desk...
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Mid-19th Century Indian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Copper

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box
Located in Calenzano, FI
Clear crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated gold finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for ...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

Benton Box, Large Hand-Cast Bronze Decorative Box
Located in Chicago, IL
The BENTON BOX is more than just a container - it's a visual narrative infused with the gravitas of ceremonial boxes from eras past. Its form is articulate and sculptural, each curve...
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2010s American Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved Clear Crystal and Bronze Box
Located in Calenzano, FI
Clear crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated gold finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for e...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

21st Century, Hand-Carved yellow and pink Crystal and Bronze Box
Located in Calenzano, FI
Yellow and pink crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated silver finish. E...
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2010s Italian Louis XVI Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

Antique, New and Vintage Decorative Boxes

Antique, vintage and new decorative boxes will safely store items while adding a splash of color or texture to a corner in any room. They have had a range of purposes over the years — from trinkets to serving as useful receptacles, such as snuff boxes, jewelry boxes and more. Boxes have also been designed in a range of forms and styles.

Box making is a craft dating back thousands of years. Early boxes as decorative objects were regularly designed and decorated both inside and out, ranging from minimal looks to more flashy styles. Decorative boxes have been constructed from different materials, with wood and metal being the most common. Wood is widely available and versatile, with woodworkers able to carve complex designs or showcase its natural grain.

Some antique jewelry boxes were made with tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, ivory and even porcupine quills, such as those created by the Anishinabe in Canada and the United States. In Sri Lanka, well-crafted boxes were inlaid with porcupine quills and ivory discs between ebony bands. Chinese sewing boxes and tea boxes made of black lacquer were popular in Europe during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These often featured gold-painted designs or landscape scenes. Silk, paper and velvet frequently enhanced these boxes’ interiors.

Any style of decorative box can be a nice tabletop or desktop decor, whether to hold candy or tea in the living room or paper, pencils and other business supplies in the office. They can also act as jewelry boxes. Sewing boxes can be a lovely touch to any space while storing magazines or other trinkets.

You can find metal, wood and silver antique boxes on 1stDibs. The collection includes mid-century modern, Victorian and Art Deco styles that can add elegance to any home.

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