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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Style: Hollywood Regency
Ceramic Sheet Music Form Decorative Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Ceramic bundled sheet music form decorative box.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Maitland Smith tessellated horn jewelry box.
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1980s Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Horn

Music Wood Box with Inlays, Italy Around 1960s
Located in Wien, AT
Music wood box with inlays, italy around 1960s Original condition.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Meindert Zaalberg Studio Pottery 'Stop' Lidded Box 1962
Located in Tilburg, NL
Meindert Zaalberg Studio Pottery 'Stop' lidded box. The Netherlands, 1962. Beautiful lidded box or pot designed by famous Dutch pottery artist Mei...
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Mid-20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Pottery, Stoneware

Porcelain Lided Box by Gucci, Decorated with the Flora Motif, Richard Ginori
Located in Brussels, BE
Porcelain lided box decorated with the iconic Flora motif : Pretty porcelain box whose lid is decorated with the morif "Flora". The edge of the lid and t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Porcelain

Ceramic Japanese Box, circa 1960
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ceramic oriental Box, circa 1960. By unknown artist from Spain. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a...
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1960s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Mid-Century Italian Chrome Horn Veneer Jewellery Box, 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful mid-century box made in Italy in the late 1970s. This chrome jewellery or make-up box features a horn veneer frame on the top. The mix of chrome and horn is really nice. A ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Chrome

Box, Rosewood, Ceramics, 1960
Located in Lejre, DK
Rosewood box with a patterned blue ceramic lid from around the 1960s. Dimensions in cm: H:4 W:11 D:11. Great condition This product will be inspected thoroughly at our professio...
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1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Rosewood

20th Century Gabriella Crespi Jewelry Box in Brass and Plexiglass '70s
Located in Turin, Turin
Decorative box designed in '70 by Gabriella Crespi. The box is in plexiglass and brass, on the brass is present the signature of the author. Good condition, patina of time. Perfect ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Silvered Brass Box, Italy, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Silver-plated brass box and fabric-covered interior from 1970.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Vintage Parchment Pillbox
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful parchment pill box designed in the 1950s of fine Italian manufacture. The pill box is small with a rectangular shape, made entirely of light green parchment on the outside...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Gilt Bronze Fleur Box by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950. The box called "Fleur" (Flower) features a round form with stylized...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Snuff Box Sterling Silver Green and Sky Stripes Guilloche Enamel Box Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enamelled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleo...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Koret Mid-Century Modern Black Patent Leather and Brass Handbag or Shoulder Bag
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Stylish black patent leather adjustable handbag made by high end manufacturer, Koret. This bag has a fold over flap with an unusual brass U-shaped twist clasp closure. The interior i...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Chinese Hand Painted Ceramic Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful and colorful hand painted Chinese lidded trinket box, circa 1950s. The handcrafted ceramic box measures 4.5" W x 3.25" D x 2.5" H and has a floral motif on a yellow backg...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Pottery

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...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Wicker, Lucite

Large Rare French Gilt Bronze Box "Pinocchio" by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare cast gilt bronze box "Pinocchio" by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The elongated lidded box depicts a silouette portrait of the famous boy. The interior...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Vintage Maitland Smith Decorative Tessellated Stone Kidney Shaped Box Keepsake
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage handmade Maitland Smith light pink tessellated kidney shaped stone box. Mid-Century Modern Period made in the Philippines. No makers mark....
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1970s Philippine Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Stone

Armenian Alphabet by Line Vautrin, Gilt Bronze Compact
Located in Brussels, BE
Line Vautrin was inspired by the Armenian alphabet to create this very pretty compact whose lid and reverse are entirely carved with the characters o...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Handwrought Midcentury Mexican Mosaic and Brass Lidded Box by Salvador Teran
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Coral colored mosaic glass tesserae and brass lidded box handmade in Mexico by Salvador Teran, circa the 1950s. Featuring Aztec inspired brass symbols...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Italian Mid-Century Acrylic Tortoiseshell and Brass Decorative Box in Dior Style
Located in Morazzone, Varese
Gorgeous Italian crafted box made of acrylic with brass details in the style of Christian Dior. Can be used as a jewelry box as well as for many types of small items - collections. ...
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1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Pastoe Sewing Box 1950s Holland
Located in Den Haag, NL
So very rare this standing sewing box. Early design by Cees Braakman all Wood in primary colors. 4 boxes. Typical Holland 1950s This piece is still all original.
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Wood

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.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Metal, Brass

Majolica Crab Tureen Caugant, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage French Majolica crab tureen signed Caugant, circa 1950.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Pair of Mid Century Italian Onyx Marble Boxes
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A pair of trinket or jewelry boxes with a hinged lids from around the 1960's. Handmade all in onyx and brass gilded in silver. The onyx has a range of colors from red, brown, yellow ...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Onyx

Italian Black Leather Jewelry Box, Mid-Century Modern
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-Century Modern black leather jewelry box. Sweet petite jewelry box in butter soft black leather with red felt interior. This little box i...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Leather

Rare Box by Piero Fornasetti from 50's
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare and original metal Boxe by Piero Fornasetti from 50's, decorated with pipes, with the original package. in very good and original condition, used for matches, cigarettes jewelry...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Metal

Anthony Redmile Box with Nickle Plated Mounts and Inset Opal
Located in Stamford, CT
Beautifully made vintage steer horn box by Anthony Redmile. With polished horn body and hand hammered nickle plated brass mounts. The top with an i...
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Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Opal, Nickel

French Line Vautrin Bronze Poem Box with Sonnet by Felix Arvers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A wonderful jewelry box in gilt cast bronze by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). From a small special series, the designer created circa 1945-55. on which some French poems were cast in relief on the cover. This box features a well-known love poem "Sonnet" by Félix Arvers (1806 – 1850), widely considered as one of the most romantic French poems written about unrequited love and longing. Three out of four passages are shown on the lid except the third one. The box is lined with cork. There is a line on the back from casting, commonly seen in the boxes of the series. Mon âme a son secret, ma vie a son mystère, Un amour éternel en un moment conçu Le mal est sans espoir, aussi j'ai dû le taire, Et celle qui l'a fait n'en a jamais rien su. Hélas ! j'aurai passé près d'elle inaperçu, Toujours à ses côtés, et pourtant solitaire. Et j'aurai jusqu'au bout fait mon temps sur la terre, N'osant rien demander et n'ayant rien reçu. Pour elle, quoique Dieu l'ait faite douce et tendre, Elle suit son chemin, distraite et sans entendre Ce murmure d'amour élevé sur ses pas. À l'austère devoir, pieusement fidèle, Elle dira, lisant ces vers tout remplis d'elle " Quelle est donc cette femme ? " et ne comprendra pas. A secret fills my soul, and a mystery fills my life, An eternal love conceived in an instant. As the scourge was hopeless, it remained wordless, And the one responsible was unaware of it. Alas! I lived close to her but without notice, Always by her side yet so lonely. And I shall have lived my days on this Earth, Not daring to ask for anything, obtaining nothing. Even though God made her gentle and tender, She goes her way, careless and oblivious To the sough of love rising...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Mid-Century Plastic Box, Pear, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia Made of Plastic Re-polished Good Original condition.
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1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Plastic

Mid-Century Plastic Box, Apple, 1970's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia. Made of Plastic. Re-polished. Good Original condition.
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1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Plastic

Vintage Italian Genuine Hand Carved Gold and Green Round Alabaster Trinket Box
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Italian genuine hand carved tan and green alabaster box, trinket, made in Italy. Round lidded hinged trinket jewelry box, rich gold and br...
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Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Alabaster, Stone

Mid-Century Italian Chrome Horn Stripes Veneer Jewellery Box, 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful Mid-Century box made in Italy in the late 1970s. This chrome jewellery or make-up box features horn veneer stripes on the top. The mix of chrome and horn is really nice. A ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Chrome

French Gilt Bronze Box Coffre Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1950-1960s. The box features a geometrically grid top surface with a four by ...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature pastoral image fired enamelled. 18th century French style. Diameter cm. 8 cm high. 1.8. Weight gr. 171. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by talented artisan artists with a thick plate suitable for supporting numerous glazing firings at high heat at around 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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Two Lucite And Silver Plate Boxes Designed By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Doraville, GA
A pair of vintage lucite and silver-plate lidded boxes. The boxes were designed by Gabriella Crespi in the 1970's and made in Italy. The small box is approximately 3 1/4 inches tall ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Silver Plate

Large Italian Silver Plated Metal Pear Ice Cube Bucket Container
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Metal Pear Ice Cube Bucket Container. No makers mark. Most likely made in Italy 1960s. Hammered brass stem mounted to the top. Nicely crafted artistic & functional object. Plenty of patina to the metal which give the pear a nice character. Being sold unpolished with patina. Possibly Silver Plated. I believe there was probably a lining glass bucket inside at one time. unmarked. Uncertain to the designer...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Metal

Pair of Cylindrical Box in Chrome, Brass and Lucite by Romeo Rega, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Amazing pair of cylindrical box in chrome, brass and lucite by the Italian designer Romeo Rega. Made in Italy in the 1970s. His signature is engraved on the pair of box as shown in...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Metal, Brass, Chrome, Steel

Italian Binded Book Ceramic Box by Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage plaster ceramic box made in Italy. Incredibly sculpted as a book. Beautiful shades of burgandy with gilt add glamour and heritage to this beautiful piece. This p...
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1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Chapman / Mastercraft Lacquered Walnut and Brass Strong Box Chest
Located in New York, NY
American Mid-Century strong box / chest with a painted and lacquered walnut hinge top case with wire wrapped brass handles, resting on a four-legged brass base. (CHAPMAN / MASTERCRAFT).
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Metal, Brass

R and Y Augusti Paris Jewelry Watch Decorative Box Agate and Shell Exotic Wood
Located in Miami, FL
Lovely R & Y Augousti in Paris designed Jewelry, Watch or decorative Box in Exotic Wood with Agate and Shell Finish. Makers Mark at the Base. Great Treasure Chest for Your Gift Collection to store Valuable Jewelry...
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Late 20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Agate

Vintage Italian Small Bronze and Wood Box by Esa Fedrigolli, 1960
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sculptural decorative bronze and wood Italian box designed by Esa Fedrigolli for Esart. Signed
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Psychedelic 60s Counter Culture Collage Packing Crate
Located in Garnerville, NY
Growing up as a teenager in Rockland County, New York, approximately 45 minutes northwest of New York City, the previous owner just felt a need to decorate this everyday object. She has no recollection of why she started decorating this piece, but this is art for art's sake. The packing container, which normally houses folded clothing or carefully wrapped porcelain or glass, was carefully decorated with text from print ads from newspapers, magazines and comic strips. Many of the terms and phrases we might have taken for granted over the years were up front and center in the Counter Culture...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Metal

Sigi Pineda Silver, Brass, Rosewood, Sodalite, Turquoise Stone Hinged Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This unique abstract signed Mid-Century Modern mixed media hinged box is by Sigi Pineda and from Taxco Mexico in the 1950s. It is signed Sigi Taxco 8. The box is silver, brass, rosewood interior with the crushed turquoise, sodalite and other crushed stones...
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1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Silver, Brass

Vintage Mid-Century Domed Abalone Box
Located in Tampa, FL
The domed abalone box has a rosewood and brass interior with little ball feet. Mid-century 1950s origin is probably Mexican and very high-quality.
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Abalone

French Vintage Mirrored Jewelry Box
Located in Cathedral City, CA
1960s French mirrored jewelry box with one draw,   
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Mirror

Large Gilt Bronze Feuille Box by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950. The box called "Feuille" (Leaf) features an irregular leaf form wit...
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1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Burl Wood & Tortoiseshell Effect Lucite Box, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular box in tortoiseshell-effect lucite and burl wood frame made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Metal, Aluminum

Dutch Design Sewing Box by Joost Teders for Metalux, 1950s
Located in Appeltern, Gelderland
This 1950s sewing stand with 4 boxes was designed by Joos Teders for Metalux. It has four colored metal boxes (that can swivel arount the metal Stand) which...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Metal

Mirrored Jewelry Box in Antique Grey and Bronze Glass, c. 1980's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage mirrored decorative box. The glass box captures the beautiful gradient movement of agate stone with antique spotted hues of grey and bronze. Th...
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1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Velvet, Mirror, Smoked Glass

Ceramic Box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, Orange with Gold Decoration, C 1960
Located in New York, NY
Decorative ceramic box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, circa 1960. Signed at the bottom, 79/11, Italy. Organic designs on the lid with gold decorations.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

1960s Astonishing Red and Green Jar in Empoli Glass by Rossini. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
Astonishing Red and Green Jar in Empoli Glass by Rossini. Made in Italy The item is in excellent condition. Dimensions: diam 5,51" x 9,05" H inches diam cm 14 x cm 23 H
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Glass

Mid-20th Century German Porcelain Painted Liquor Set from Villeroy & Boch
Located in Labrit, Landes
This elegant, porcelain liquor set was crafted in Germany in 1950, and features a hunting scene in a traditional, European style. The hand painted black and white porcelain set compr...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Porcelain

Carl Auböck Box, Austria, 1960s
Located in Berlin, DE
Carl Auböck horn and brass box, Austria 1960s.
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1960s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Antique Clocks and Watches, Timepieces Tin Box
Located in Antwerp, BE
Vintage confectionary tin with theme: Antique clocks and watches, antique timepieces This 1950s tin box is a great decorative box or storage box with beautiful design on the lid of antique timepieces like pendulum clock, antique pocket watch, antique clock, sundial, mantle clock, antique hourglass...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Tin

By Liwan's Janetti Firenze Silver and Glass Italian Decorative Box, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Incredible decorative box in laminated silver and mid-century glass. By Liwan's of Rome for Maison Mercier Freres. Signed. Sold by Janetti Firenze, a famous design house founded in 1...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Silver, Brass

Rectangular Lucite and Chrome Box, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular box made in Lucite and with chrome details.  
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Metal, Chrome

Giacomo Sinopoli Italian Large Jewellery Box Chrome Gold Leaf 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful Italian Mid-Century decorative box designed by Giacomo Sinopoli and produced by Liwan’s Rome in the late 1970s. This chrome jewellery box features a beautiful gold leaf gilded frame...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Chrome, Gold Leaf

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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