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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Period: Late 20th Century
Period: Late 18th Century
Green Cloisonné Enamel and Brass Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
An enamel cloisonné and brass jewelry box with cherry blossom design, circa late-20th century. Box is great for jewelry or small items on a vanity, desk, nightstand table, etc. Colors include green, light green, gold, brass yellow, pink, red burgundy, and black. Very Good condition as shown in images. Box measures: 2" Height x 3" Depth x 4.75" Width. Also available: Black acrylic table...
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Enamel

French School 1790 Louis XVI Oval Snuff Box in 18kt Gold with Miniature Portrait
Located in Miami, FL
Presentation Snuff box from the 18th century French School. A very important and rare Neoclassical oval box, made in Paris, France circa 1790. It was crafted with translucent natu...
Category

1790s French Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold

Memphis Post Modern Lidded Ice Bucket for Taste Seller by Sigma
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lidded post modern Memphis ice bucket for Taste Seller, c.1980s, Japan. The bucket features and geometric black red and teal pattern with cream outlining. The black lid has three tiers and is finished with a teal globe pull...
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Plastic

18th Century French Hammered Copper Container for Food Preservation
Located in Sofia, BG
Beautiful antique 18th century French bread box made of hammered cooper richly decorated with crown, flags guarded by animals and large bourbon lily i...
Category

Late 18th Century Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper

2 Vintage Italian Toleware Painted Metal Tea Caddy Footed Trinket Box Cannisters
Located in Dayton, OH
Set of two vintage toleware painted tin tea caddy boxes with paw feet. Yellow one marked “Made in Italy 71.”. Circa 1970s after styles from Italy and...
Category

1970s Victorian Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Set of Three Box Vase Ceramic & Wood by Franco Pozzi Gallarate, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Set of three box vases in ceramic with wooden cover by the Italian designer Franco Pozzi. Made in Italy in the 1970s. The original signature is still visible on the bottom of...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Leo Sewell Trash/Waste Can
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Leo Sewell Trash Can. Made of an accumulation of found objects Signed and Dated on the bottom.
Category

1980s American Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Plastic

Maitland Smith Vintage Tessellated Stone Travertine Boxes 1970s Set of Two
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Tessellated round shape decorative lidded marble boxes by Maitland Smith Set of Two. Dimensions: Shorter: 4" diameter x 6" height Longer: 5" diameter x 7.75" height. Maitland Smith 1970s tessellated travertine table...
Category

Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Travertine, Marble, Brass

Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Scroll Box Fubako by Kansonsai Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered wood fubako (a box to store document or small scroll painting) circa late 18th century of Edo period. The rectangular box features a deep lid with rounded corners and recessed mid-edge and a lower box with two bronze medallion rings and tasseled silk ties. The surface of the fubako was elaborately decorated with hiramaki-e and a low takamaki-e on a mottled Mura-nashiji background. The motifs on the lid depict branches of Japanese pine with finely rendered needles on the lower part; on the upper part, it showcases fruited persimmon branches. Two different shades of gold fundame were used to contrast the design and augmented by scattered gold kirigane to highlight some of the leaves. The design continues and cascades down to all sides of the lid as well as the walls of the box. The two bronze medallions appear original to the box and the silk ties show significant fading from the age. This Fine fubako is signed on the lower wall "Kanshosai" in Kanji with a kao mark. All the trims were finished in gold fundame and the interiors a dense nashiji in gold. Kanshosai is the mark of the distinguished lacquer artist Lizuka Toyo I who also signed his work "Toyosai". He was active in the second half of the 18th century during Edo period, employed by Hachisuka Shigeyoshi (1738-1801), daimyo of Awa on Shikoku Island. Although most survived work bearing his marks are inros, he was also known to decorated trays and other larger objects...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Lucite and Chrome Box, Italy, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Rare decorative lucite and chrome cube-shaped box. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Chrome

1970s Czech Republic Handcut Crystal Box
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Czech Republic handcut crystal box.
Category

Late 20th Century Czech Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Table Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Rectangular/octagonal table box in 925 silver. The box was completely handmade in Florence at the end of the last century. Engraved with floral and abstract motifs, it has been fin...
Category

1990s Italian Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Vintage Tissue Box in Exotic Indian Rosewood with Brass Inlays
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite vintage tissue box made of solid sheesham wood with exotic brass inlays. handcrafted by Indian artisans, the box has a stylized hand carve...
Category

1980s Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some 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...
Category

1970s Italian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Unusual Italian Box in Brass and Lapis Lazuli
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant Italian box made of brass and lapis lazuli, ca' 1970's.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Italian Brass Leopard Fur Jewellery Box 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful mid-century box made in Italy in the late 1970s. This brass jewellery or make-up box is covered by leopard fur, with burlwood veneer inside. The mix of brass and leopard fu...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Italian Black Ceramic 1980s Boxes
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Set of 2 black ceramic boxes produced in Italy between the '70s and the '80s. Brand new condition. high box: cm 31,5h x 18d low box: cm 27h x 17d.
Category

1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Romeo Rega Rectangular Box in Brass and Chrome, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
1970s chrome and brass box with black acrylic interior by the Italian designer Romeo Rega. His signature is engraved on the box as shown in photos.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Table Box Hand-Engraved and Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with a beautiful hand-engraved and fire-enamelled frame and in the center a beautiful hand painted miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres "Odalisque with slave". Dimensions cm. 9.5 x 12.3 x 3.3. Weight gr. 671. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1979 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...
Category

1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Postmodern Modern Marble and Brass Ashtray Box, circa 1970s
Located in New York, NY
A chic Postmodern marble and brass sphere ball ashtray box, circa 1970s. Piece makes a great decorative object box as well as an ashtray (three indents ar...
Category

1970s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble, Brass

Jewelry box inward corners miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular tabletop jewelery box with inward corners in gilded 925/1000 silver with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides and finished with fine hand engraving. In the center, a beautiful rectangular miniature cm. 4 x 5.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable ivory plate by Roberto Masi depicting the portrait of Madame Boucard by Tamara De Lempicka (1931). Size cm. 14 x 19 x 3.2. Weight gr. 1,248. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1998 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens with different subjects and colours, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous glazing firings at high heat 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...
Category

1990s Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Fired Enamel on Guillochè Arab-Style Ornament Sterling Silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè with hand-engraved and enamelled Arab-style ornament. Dimensio...
Category

1990s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Karl Springer Iconic Hinged Box in Yellow Cobra, 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Iconic sculptured box in yellow cobra, piano hinged with interior in suede, by Karl Springer, American 1970s. The craftsmanship on this box is simply superb.
Category

1970s American Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Chrome

Italian Box In Brass And Tiger's Eye
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant Italian box made of brass and tiger's eye, ca' 1970's.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

18th Century Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Asparagus Tureen, Probably Thuringian
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Porcelain Trompe-L'oeil Asparagus Spears Tureen, Probably German porcelain probably Thuringian Circa 1770-1800 The porcelain ...
Category

1770s Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Rare Vintage Russian Hand Painted Lacquered Small Wooden Box Signed Fedoskino
Located in Plainview, NY
A lovely Russian hand painted lacquered small wooden box with a red interior. The box features the frog princess and prince Ivan miniature fairy tale....
Category

Late 20th Century Russian Hellenistic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Paint

Boîte Décorative Italienne Carrée En Lucite Et Métal Chromé, Années 1970
Located in PONT-AUDEMER, FR
Joli boite en lucite et métal chromé. Cet article a été conçu dans les années 1970. La façon dont cet article reflète la lumière est tout simplement magnifique et rend cet article id...
Category

1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Chrome

20th Century Stoneware Ceramic Box by Claude Gaget La Borne circa 1990 Birds
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Claude Gaget Unique handmade piece Large stoneware ceramic box with bird decoration Brown stoneware ceramic glaze Original perfect condition ...
Category

Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Willan F Decoupaged Jewelry Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This stylish and chic decopauged jewelry box was created by Willian F of New York City, and the piece is fabricated with beveled glass, neo-classical motifs and it has two removable ...
Category

Late 20th Century American Neoclassical Revival Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper

Large Stoneware Ceramic Animal Rabbit Decorative Box by Claude Gaget La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Claude Gaget Large stoneware ceramic decorative box realised in La Borne original perfect condition Measures: Height 18 cm Large 17 cm.
Category

Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

20th Century Spanish Colonial Style Ornate Leather & Nail Heads Document Chest
Located in Germantown, MD
20th Century Spanish colonial style top grain Leather mount, brass ornate and nail head trims with dome top document chest. Newer Interior red felt liner. Metal drop down handles w...
Category

Late 20th Century Spanish Spanish Colonial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Art Deco Style Tessellated Mactan Stone Decorative or Jewelry Box
Located in Plainview, NY
An elegant Art Deco style large decorative box hand carved of Macan stone with brass inlay. The beautiful box can be used as a Jewlery box and can...
Category

Late 20th Century Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Brass

Maitland Smith Jewelry Box, Casket Box, Inlaid, Banded, Keepsake Box
Located in Stamford, CT
A Detailed Maitland Smith Jewelry Box of Fine Form having Brass Feet and a fully velour lined interior. The outer casket box having two cent...
Category

Late 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Romeo Rega Italian Chrome Brass Jewellery Box 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful Mid-Century square box signed by Romeo Rega in Italy in the late 1970s. This chrome jewellery or make-up box features a beautiful round brass on the top, and black acrylic ...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Chrome

18th Century Italian Florentine Giltwood Engraved Box
Located in Milan, IT
Italian antique gilded Florentine box, octagonal shape realized in white walnut, engraved on each side and the top and with bulin scrolling decor...
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

La Borne 1970 20th Century Brown and Abstract Ceramic Decorative Box or Jewelry
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
La Borne Original abstract stoneware ceramic box Jewelry or decorative box Signed Original perfect condition Measures: Height 18 cm Large 14 cm.
Category

Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting 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...
Category

1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

RRL Wooden Sliding Lid Crate Ralph Lauren? Perishable Burn Mark Storage Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
RRL wooden sliding lid crate Ralph Lauren? perishable burn mark storage box.*Price is per crate*. Item features a burned "RRL" and "Perishable" to sides. ...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Po Shun Leong Architectural Trompe L’oeil Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Wonderful architectural box by the talented British born California artist Po Shun Leong. Signed on the base and dated 87, it is made of Koa and Mahogany. In good vintage age appropriate condition with some minor flaws which are pictured in the detailed photos. His works are in the permanent collection of Los Angeles Museum of art, LACMA and the Smithsonian in Washington,DC among many others. From Wikipedia a brief bio of the artist: Po Shun Leong (born 15 March 1941) is an English artist, former architect, sculptor and furniture maker. He was born at Northampton, England and educated at the Quaker...
Category

1980s Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

1972. Charlotte Perriand Storages Boxes
Located in Perpignan, FR
Storage boxes designed by Charlotte Perriand, jean Prouvé and Guy Rey-Millet for the mountain refugee "La Vanoise" French alpes. see pictures. Set include 10 boxes. 6 boxes...
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

Midcentury Decorative Box in Travertine by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Cylindrical box in travertine marble by Fratelli Mannelli. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Travertine

Mid-Century Lucite & Vienna Straw Wicker Italian Box 1970s Christian Dior Style
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury Lucite and Vienna straw wicker box. This marvelous jewelry box was designed in Italy during 1970s, following the style of Christian Dior. It is made of two pie...
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wicker, Lucite

Italian Desk Box in Leather and Cut Glass, 1970s
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Beautiful desk box or casket made of leather and cut glass. Made in Italy of the 1970s. The box is trimmed with smooth leather, a fine black leather edge and finely finished stitc...
Category

1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Glass, Cut Glass, Wood

Porcelain Casket, Limoges, France
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain casket, Limoges. France Angelique collection.
Category

1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Coconut Rectangular Box
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rectangular coconut box by Tobacco Company in Italy. It's a beautiful elegant unusual box for jewels, playing cards, watches, writing pens etc.
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Coconut

18th Century Italian Florentine Silver-leaf Polylobed Engraved Box
Located in Milan, IT
Italian antique silvered Florentine box, polylobed box from the end of the 1700s made of bent and curved wood to obtain a four-pointed polylobe. The ori...
Category

Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Snuff Box Parrotlets on Flowering Branches. Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver En
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand painted miniature parrotlets on flowering branches. Ar...
Category

1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Midcentury Square Lucite and Brass Pocket Emptier, Dior Style, France, 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning midcentury lucite and brass squared valet tray. This wonderful item was produced in France in the style of Christian Dior in 1970s. This vide-poche features a gorgeous pi...
Category

1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Burl Wood Box, Small
Located in New York, NY
A small burl wood round box with lid, circa late 20th century. A great piece to hold small jewelry (as demonstrated) or other small items on a vanity, desk, nightstand table, dresser, etc. Dimensions: 2.75" diameter x 1.75" Height. Other items shown available separately, search 1stDibs ref. #s: Mackenzie-Childs vase, search ref. #: LU1314226933622 Marble bookends, search ref. #: LU1314226918872 Brass sculpture, search ref. #: LU1314226920632 Agate dish...
Category

Late 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Burl

Johnson and Marcius Bone and Mica Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large scale box exotic materials and form Lined interior.
Category

1980s American Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone

Ceramic Sheet Music Form Decorative Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Ceramic bundled sheet music form decorative box.
Category

1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Octagonal Burl Oak Tea Caddy
Located in Greenwich, CT
Fine country made English burr oak octagonal tea caddy in richly figured timber, the facetted lid with solid cap, the interior with two lids retaining original turned bone knobs, sta...
Category

Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Oak, Burl

Maitland-Smith Tessellated Stone Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine box in the Retro Art Deco Fashion.
Category

1970s American Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Brazilian Wood and Black Agate Onyx Round Box, Brazil 1980s
Located in New York, NY
A Brazilian hardwood and black and white agate onyx round jewelry or trinket box, in the Modern style Post-Modern period, circa, late-20th century, Brazil, 1980s, early 1990s. A hardwood round box with a black and white agate onyx lid. A great piece for a desk, vanity, nightstand table area to hold small items or jewelry, etc. Dimensions: 4.38" Diameter White German porcelain tray...
Category

Late 20th Century Brazilian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Onyx, Agate

Collector's Carousel Tin, Mari Pritchard, 1982
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large tin with carousel horses and animals. A tin designed by Mari Pritchard in 1982 and made by Bertels Can Company in 1987. A collector’s Carousel tin with a Dentzel Tiger sculpture and black and white Carousel Horses. The carousel horses are a War Horse by Zalar, King Horse by C.Carmel, Jumpers by Caretta and Muller. This round storage tin - collectable tin has a lid and two handles. A great decorative box for the carnival art collector. As this tin is not small it can be used as a storage tin or storage box. Carousel horses - carousel animal...
Category

Late 20th Century North American Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Yves Saint Laurent Vintage 1970s Blue and Gold Plastic Box-Accessories
Located in Foggia, FG
Yves Saint Laurent vintage 1970s blue and gold plastic box-accessories- Year: 1970s Made in France Material: Plastic Condition: Very good, has some scratches Measurements...
Category

1970s Adam Style Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Plastic

Small Round Swedish Original Painted Folk Art Box Dated 1792
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A small Swedish 18th century Folk Art box with original paint. The box is most likely used to keep jewelry and other precious items. Box is carved with inscription "ANNO 1792 DEN 27...
Category

Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Snuffbox Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dimensions cm. 5.5 x 7 x 1.8. Weight gr. 105. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1975 in Art Deco style and executed in numerous specimens, at the specific request of the firm Tiffany & Co., in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for sustaining 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...
Category

1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

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.

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