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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1960s
Antique Anglo Indian Inlaid Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian British colonial lidded box handcrafted in a rectangular form featuring a top with a micro marquetry medallion, co...
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Mahogany

Finely Carved Antique Persian Hardwood Box
Located in Rochester, NY
Finely carved Persian hinged box. Decorated with fantasy animals. Circa 1900. Carved hardwood.
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Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

Decorative Wood Metal and Stone Box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Decorative wood metal and stone box.
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1960s European Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Metal

Art Deco Shagreen Covered Box in Unusual Coral Red Color on Ball Feet
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco shagreen covered wooden box in unusual coral red color with ball feet and bar lid lift.
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Shagreen, Wood

Antique Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam Jewelry Inlaid Sadeli Footed Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 19th century Anglo-Indian jewelry, trinket footed box, inlay with ebony, mosaic marquetry Sadeli work and a carved Hindu scene on top. The box case is made from sandalwood wi...
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes

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Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Moorish Decorative Sadeli Micro Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Sadeli micro mosaic inlaid jewelry footed box with lid. Intricate inlaid box with floral and geometric Moorish design. Sadeli micro mosaic designs in mosaic marquetry, very fine artwork. Lined with red velvet and glass, top final and feet are brass. A highly collectible example in superb condition complete Circa 1900. Museum piece like the ones in Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum. Middle Eastern Arabian Micro Mosaic Moorish...
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Early 20th Century Lebanese Moorish Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

Art Nouveau jewelry box in sculpted wood, France ca. 1915
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / sewing box / wood / Art Deco / Art Nouveau An elegant jewelry box in sculpted wood. Crafted around 1900 in France. A beautiful box to keep your small treasures saf...
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1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar & Enamelled Box with Imperial Dragon Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique decorative box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from China, and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Chinese...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Anglo Indian Tortoise and Bone Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout exotic Anglo Indian lidded box handcrafted in mahogany and clad in tortoise shell with applied lacy bone designs inscribed and painted with flowers. The interior has a mirro...
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Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Tortoise Shell, Mirror, Mahogany

Bitossi Italian Pottery Box Imported by Rosenthal Netter
Located in Oak Harbor, OH
Maker: Bitossi. Importer: Rosenthal Netter Period or model: Mid-Century Modern. Specs: Pottery Condition: This Bitossi Italian pottery...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pottery

Rectangular Form Silvered Hinged Natural Stone Box with Lid
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A hinged Rectangular light beige stone box with silvered frame. Perfect for jewelry, keepsakes or on a desk to hold paperclips.......... Why not place it on a table just for good loo...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Silver Plate

Pewter Rectangular Box, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pewter rectangular box realized in the early 20th Century. Dimensions : H 7 x L 17 x D 17 cm. Very good condition.
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Early 20th Century Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pewter

French Limoges Porcelain Condiment Dish Vegetal Patterns Art Nouveau, c. 1920
Located in Labrit, Landes
French Porcelaine de Limoges vessel. Condiment dish used to serve different sauces. Vegetal decor with roses and foliage. Good antique condition Shipping: D 31 H 4 cm.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes

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Porcelain

Antique Lidded Box in Hand Painted Porcelain with Flowers and Gold Decoration
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Antique lidded box in hand painted porcelain with flowers and gold decoration on a purple background. Sevres style, early 20th century. Measures:...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Rococo Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Set of 6 Pine Boxes by Jordi Vilanova, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Set of 6 pine boxes by Jordi Vilanova. In original condition with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Materials: Wood Dimensions: L: D ...
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1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Italian 1960s Graphic Playing Card Boxes for Formica
Located in Milan, IT
Italian 1960s Graphic Playing Card Boxes for Formica
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Formica

Rectangular Patinated Bronze Art Deco Golf Themed Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Art Deco cigarette or jewelry box in thick heavy patinated bronze with white painted golf clubs and gilded golf ball as lid decoration. The interior of the box has two compartments m...
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1920s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Arts & Crafts Studded Brass Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Arts & Crafts era studded brass box.
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1910s Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Art Deco sewing box with sculpted roses and red velvet top, France ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / sewing box / wood, fabric / Art Deco / Mid-century / Vintage Elegant wooden box with sculpted roses and red velvet top. Crafted around 1900 in France. This timeles...
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Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fabric, Wood

French Art Deco Cigarette Box, Walnut Wood and Leather
Located in Miami, FL
A fine French Art Deco cigarette box, France, late 1930s. Very good quality, constructed of walnut wood and leather. Beautiful natural materia...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Antique Rajasthani Footed Chest Box India 1900's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Rajasthani Shekhawati Merchant's Footed Chest Box India 1900's. Early 20th Century Indian carved wood storage cash footed box used by merchants in ...
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Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Cloutier brother box
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Charmante boîte par les frères Cloutier, signées.
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1960s French Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Fine Russian Palekh Lacquered Lidded Box Hand Painted Signed
Located in Barcelona, Cataluna
Russian hand-painted boxes are famous all over the world and have been the greatest symbol of Russian folk art for centuries. These boxes can be from four Russian schools of painting...
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1960s Romanian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Softwood

Art deco sugar bowl with original glass and brass parts vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art deco sugar bowl with original glass and brass parts vienna around 1920s The top is automaticly moving by pushing. Polished and stove enameled.
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1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Mother of Pearl and Lace Fan Gilt Wood Display
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a delicate mother of pearl sticks and Lace fan enclosed in a fan shaped gilt wood & glass display. The border of the box is adorned by golden beading....
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Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Cloisonne Double Peach Box, Republic Period, early 20th century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Chinese turquoise ground cloisonne "double peach" box and cover with shaped hardwood stand, Republic Period (1911 to 1949), early 20th century, China. The box formed as a p...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Antique French Oval Gilt Finished Metal Box with Signed Hand-Painted Portrait
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This small jewelry or decorative box has no maker's signature, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1900 and done in a Renaissance Revival style. The...
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Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

20th Century Italian Solid 800 Silver Bread-Shaped Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid 800 silver box in the shape of a bread completely made and embossed by hand. Its shape faithfully reproduces the shape of bread. The lid is hinged.
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1960s Italian Other Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Small Lacquered Painted Box with Russian Tzar Scene on Lid - Signed
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small painted and lacquered box with a lid in black. This piece was created in the 1920s in the USSR. It is lacquered in a glossy black, with a hand-painted scene of a tzar on the ...
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Early 20th Century Russian Agra Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer, Paint

Silver Gilt and Full Radial Guilloche Enamel Singing Bird Box with Original Key
Located in London, GB
A sublime silver gilt and full radial guilloche enamel with highlights, singing bird box, with original silver and enamel key and original leather carry case. When wound and the bird-form start/stop button actuated, the magic starts immediately with the bird lid...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Burmese Lacquerware Betel Box
Located in New York, NY
Burmese antique lacquerware betel box. Individual Betel Box authentic Burmese Folk Art know as Kun- It, Mandalay Period. A lacquered cylindrical body of woven turned Bamboo decorated by incised lacquer overall with Chu-pan variant motif and traditional Folk Art characters. This Betel Box has four bowls that make up the entire box. This is a complete Burmese Lacquerware Betel Box. Each bowl has a purpose. The top and base work as large containers and two shallow dishes work as small bowls. The workmanship is very unique having exquisite height details to the bottom of the base container and the two shallow bowls showcasing a complex design to the weaving. Antique Burmese Lacquerware is highly collectible, having books written on this Folk Art with museums having collections and exhibits of same. A very nice antique Burmese Betel Box...
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Early 20th Century Burmese Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Art Nouveau Scorpion Fish Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Steel

Set Of 5 Antique Tin Cans from France, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Cookie Tin Cans
Located in Greven, DE
Set of 5 antique tin cookie cans from France.
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1920s French Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tin

Chinese Antique Lidded Carrying Box
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Antique Lidded Carrying Box from the early 20th century with lid and carved handle. Unveil a world of timeless elegance with this Chinese late Qi...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Vintage Chinese Black and Red Lacquer Floral Painted Lidded Wooden Basket Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Black and Red Lacquer Floral Painted Lidded Wooden Basket Box. Circa Early to Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 11" H x 12" W x 12" D.
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Early 20th Century Chinese Export Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Tiffany Studios Pine Needle Pattern Hankerchief Box
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage early 20th century Tiffany Studios, New York “handkerchief” box is designed in caramel color favrile art glass with a pine needle pattern...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Fine Carved Wood Box with Morning Glories
By Maison de l'Art Nouveau
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This box is a real treasure! Completely had carved from walnut the detail in the flowers and leaves is quite remarkable. This box required a real master craftsman to achieve the outs...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Exquisite Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Crystal Triangular Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Crystal Triangular Box Hallmarks of .800 silver crescent moon and crown, with the stamped signature of the Retailer /Jeweler's mark of Paul Tub...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Silver

Pair of Large Danish 1900's Faux Porcelain Tin Container Blue and White Paint
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of Two Charming Blue and White Painted Cylindric Kitchen Tins, Denmark circa 1910. The pair is painted in the style of Royal Copenhagen's Blue Fluted ...
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Early 20th Century Danish French Provincial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tin

Arts & Crafts Wine Box with Decorative Metal Work, circa 1920s
Located in Verviers, BE
Arts & Crafts Wine Cave with Decorative Metal Work, circa 1920s Box from the Arts & Crafts period, Made in France A very special item with decorative metal work on top. Definitely o...
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1920s French Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sheet Metal

Pill Box Hand Painted Miniature Enamel Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular rounded pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted miniature fire-enamelled in Louis XVI style, second half of the 18th century, and fine hand-eng...
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1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pewter Rectangular Box, Italy, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pewter rectangular box realized in the early 20th century. Dimensions : H 2.7 x L 10 x P 12.4 cm. Very good condition.
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Early 20th Century Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pewter

French Art Deco Bronze Figure 'The Juggler' by CJR Colinet
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Extensively exhibited in Paris Salons throughout the Jazz and Deco Age, Belgian-born artist Claire Jeanne Roberte Colinet (1880-1950) was know for her fluid, dynamic figural sculptur...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Marble, Bronze

Le Mie Donne Gio Ponti Futurist Leather Box
Located in Hanover, MA
Intriguing tooled leather covered trinket box in Italian Futurist style of rectangular geometric form with two notched corners with tooled linear motif and a polychromed depiction of...
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1920s Italian Futurist Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Victorian English Regency Handcrafted Burl Wood Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful handcrafted jewelry box burl wood box, Victorian, Napoleon style burl wood jewelry box. Polished burl Thuya wood hand made with high quality craft...
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Early 20th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Yellow and Orange, Geometric, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, yellow and orange, geometric, signed. Small scale box from Aldo Londi's "Torcello" series, with an orange bottom and yellow l...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Late Qing Dynasty Rattan Tiered Lunch Box with Carved Handle and Calligraphy
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique late Qing Dynasty period rattan two-tiered nested lunch box from the early 20th century, with calligraphy and carved handle. Born during the early years of the 20th centur...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bamboo, Rattan

Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Navy Blue, Green, White, Plaid
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter box, ceramic, navy blue, green, and white, plaid. Small scale lidded ceramic box with navy, white and green glazed top and white glazed bottom. Tiny glaze miss on edge of one side of the lid. Minute wear to inner box (photo 12) and two old touch-ups to corners of the bottom box. Remnants of a paper Rosenthal...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

1960's Original Hungarian Army First Aid Boxes - Small Shape
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Original Hungarian Army First Aid Boxes - Small Shape. These were standard issue in the Hungarian army and we have a network of pickers that hunt them out for us. Occasionall...
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1960s European Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Aluminum

Crystal and bronze chest
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Crystal and bronze chest Empire style chest Crystal and gilded bronze materials Origin France Circa 1920 Excellent condition The Empire style (in French: style Empire) is a dominant ...
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1920s French Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Antique Carved Mahogany Coal Box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Carved Mahogany Coal Box, having the original brass ornate carrying handles to the sides. The quality carved mahogany door has an unusual ornate bra...
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Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

French Embossed Bronze Squared Trinket/ Jewelry Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a French bronze metal square hinged lidded box. It depicts a lid decorated with an 18th century country relief scene of two ladies and a gentleman playing with a dog while an...
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Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Antique Bohemian Ruby Red Crystal Cut to Clear Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Bohemian Ruby Red Crystal Cut to Clear Box. In very good condition with no visible chips or breaks.
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Early 1900s Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal

Antique Limoges Enamel Jewelry Box
Located in London, GB
A French jewelry casket Of square form, constructed in cast and chased bronze, rising on toupie feet; the top and sides having champlevé decor...
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Early 20th Century French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Bronze

Cased antique silver butt marker set
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century cased set of antique butt markers sitting in a central sprung panel of eight cylinders in a frosted, gilt-lined silver case. Each cylinder holds a numbered cow bon...
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1910s Edwardian Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Pine Bentwood Farmhouse Firkin Lidded Bucket Basket Bail 11"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique pine farmhouse firkin / sugar storage bucket with paneled sides, banded lid and rotating bail handle. Decoupaged on one side with small fashion plate of women in mid Victoria...
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Early 20th Century Country Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bentwood, Pine

Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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 Baroque Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Biscuit Box, by Armand Fresnais, Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Glass, France
By Armand Fresnais
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Antique Silver-plated Biscuit Box ,By Armand Fresnais, Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Glass , France 1877-1927 A gorgeous Art Nouveau cake container/ biscuit box. Thick, hand-painted glas...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

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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