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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Ebony Tissue Box
Located in Milan, IT
An elegant reinterpretation of an everyday household item, this superb tissue box is expertly fashioned of prized horn and ebony wood with a glossy lacquere...
Category
2010s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood, Ebony
$1,231 / item
Scandinavian hand painted 19th century pine strong box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Scandinavian hand painted 19th century pine strong box circa 1840.
Good example of traditional rustic Swedish woodwork. Painted in a russet red paint with hand painted cream drags....
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
1970s Mid-Century Modern Fake Tortoise Shell Lucite Round Jewelry Box
By Dior Home
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This lucite jewelry box designed and manufactured in Italy in the Seventies embodies the mid-century modern style with its sleek, minimalist form and use of synthetic materials. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Antique English Walnut Military Campaign Chest or Lap Desk with Brass Mounts
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique campaign box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from England and date to approximately 1820 and done in the period Victoria...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1920s Large Japanese Maki-E Lacquer Box With Mon of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Located in Sheridan, CO
1920s Large Japanese Maki-E Lacquer Box With Mon of the Tokugawa Shogunate.
Circa 1920s, black exterior ground various mixed color mon of the Tokugawa Shogunate, silvered metal rim o...
Category
1920s Japanese Edo Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Granada Moorish Spain Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Music Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1950s Moorish Spain Music Box: This exquisite handcrafted box, made in Granada, Spain, showcases the intricate art of Islamic Moorish marquetry. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Islamic Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Alessandro Albrizzi Italian White Perspex Boxes 1990s
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Italian perspex plexiglass jewelry or storage boxes designed by Franco Albrizzi,
with engraved mark under base, Italy 1990s.
Please note that ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plexiglass
Mid 19th century Swedish painted table top writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century Swedish painted table top writing desk circa 1850.
Good quality table top bureau, presented in original scraped back paint. Made from solid pine and scraped back t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Gustavian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine, Paint
Tissue Box in Black Oak by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Black Oak Tissue Box by R&Y Augousti epitomizes refined minimalism and luxury craftsmanship. Fashioned from premium oak, this tissue box stands as a testament to masterful handcr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Oak
Cut Crystal Domed Lidded Box on Hinge With Brass Closure Details
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A magnificent cut crystal Box with Brass closure and hinge. The condition is very good with no chips or cracks.
A compliment to any cocktail table, desk, side table or work stati...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
JLMENAU by Graf von Henneberg Porzellan Gold Floral Trinket Box East Germany
Located in London, GB
JLMENAU by Graf von Henneberg Porzellan beautiful trinket box with a gold floral design and hand painted gold detail. There has been a repair underneath the lid. Made in East Germany...
Category
1950s Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
1750 Venezia Italy Green Light Blue Lacquered and Shaped Wooden Box with Flowers
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a refined lacquered and shaped wooden box, with polychrome Chinese figures and fine floral decoration on green and light blue background.
The curved shape of the box, on the front, on the sides and of the feet, the rich carving, are the result of the high level craftemanships of the Venetian master cabinetery.
This magnificent piece hails from the Mid-18th Century in Venezia and masterfully shows the lacquered Venetian style.
Its carefully considered proportions, refined carvings, magnificent color of the lacquer, and premium materials culminate in this wooden box that shows sophistication and grace.
This is a little jewel, a case to contain jewels.
One of the distinctive characteristics of Venetian Baroque and Rococo furniture is the skilful use of lacquers. Lacquer is a natural resin that was very rare in the past, imported from the East and used to create smooth and colored surfaces on furniture, ready to be finely decorated with refined floral designs or exotic animals.
Venetian artisans became masters in lacquer processing which required time and patience because it was made with many steps.
The Venetian style deeply influenced furniture design throughout Europe, but none reached the Venetian level in terms of beauty. The skillful use of lacquer and carvings defined Venice's unique style during the Rococo period, its Golden Age.
The iron little key is not working. Inside are visible some scribbles.
The piece is in very good state of maintenance and guaranteed original in every parts. The surface was only cleaned not restored and it is original.
The wooden light blue lacquered...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
1950's New Old Stock Vintage Box Of Toothbrushes - Box Of Twelve
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950's New Old Stock Vintage Box Of Toothbrushes - Box Of Twelve.
We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untouched si...
Category
1950s Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Bone, Horn Patchwork Box
Located in New York, NY
Decorative keepsake, jewelry box clad in geometric horn and bone tiles, some with hand engraving, lined in wood. A great addition to any desk or coffee table.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Horn, Wood
Hand Painted Floral Red Trinket Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
A hand painted wooden trinket box. Richly decorated with floral sprays on each surface, with orange flowers and blue buds along green foliage against a bright red background. Edged i...
Category
1990s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Empire Style Crystal Box with Classical Gilt Ormulo Mounts
Located in London, GB
A French late 19th century Empire style crystal box with classical gilt bronze mounts.
Category
Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Victorian Military Campaign Burr Walnut, Brass Writing Slope & Leather Interior
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Antique British Military Campaign 19th Century Burr Walnut & Brass Bound Writing Slope With Ebonized Trim.
The Interior Features a tooled Blue Leather Scriver, A Single Glass Inkwell...
Category
19th Century British Campaign Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century XL French Rub Red Glass Casket Box with Brass Mounts
Located in New York, NY
Excellent Antique 19th Century French Ruby Red Glass Casket Box with Brass Mounts. Some imperfections in glass. Please see photos. These imperfe...
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Green Guatemala Marble Square Tissue Box
Located in PRAHA 8, CZ
Crafted entirely by hand, this marble tissue box cover is a fusion of form and function, seamlessly blending into any space while adding sophistication and elegance. Clean, minimalis...
Category
2010s European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
$171 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Coco De Mer Nut Sculptural Box by Antony Redmile, London
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This is a rare and magnificent object fashioned from a rare coco de mer nut and Ostrich egg by Antony Redmile. The box is secured to a wooden base with a silvered stand, holding both sides of the coconut. The coconut is a rich dark chocolate brown and appears to be warmly polished. The top of the box is silvered and adorned with beautiful malachite specimens. 2 small cast resin boar's teeth set with malachite are present on either side of the box, much like handles. Decorative silvered fittings hold ostrich eggs that serve as the lids to the box. Finally, a silvered fitting holds an oval malachite finial...
Category
1970s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Silver Plate
Antique English Silver Plate Hand Chased Cushion Shape Folding Biscuit Box
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
Extraordinary antique English Sheffield silver plate exceptionally hand chased and engraved Double Folding Biscuit Box with fern motif chasing and engraving and handsome pierced and ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
$1,916 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Brass and wood Desk Box, Fine Decorative Case, jewelry box, object
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Desk Box - Decorative Box Set - Fine Brass and wood Case
Vintage decorative box set in metal and brass with internals made with wood perfec...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$549 Sale Price
15% Off
Karl Springer Kyoto Box / Table
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A rarely seen Karl Springer Kyoto Box
Original surface with minor touchups
Original suede interior.
Category
1970s American Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Pewter Cigarette Box by Just Andersen, Denmark, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Simplicity and clean design comes to mind observing the pewter box designed by Just Andersen in Denmark during the mid-late 1930s. It's linen with cedar wood and suitable for storing...
Category
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Postmodern Maitland Smith Large Tessellated Stone Jewelry Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Striking postmodern beautiful box by Maitland Smith in a tessellated stone large jewelry box, we have never seen one of this.
Category
20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Small Dutch 19th Century Silver Lodderein or Snuff Box by Dirk de Gilde Koppenol
Located in Delft, NL
Small Dutch 19th Century Silver Lodderein or Snuff Box by Dirk de Gilde Koppenol
A Lodderein box or a snuff box in rectangular shape with filigree motif
The Silversmith is Dirk de ...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
German Porcelain Duck with Hat & Bow Box Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
German porcelain duckling with bow box, Circa 1930.
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Lapis Lazuli and Brass Box, circa 1970
Located in New York, NY
A stunning lapis lazuli lidded box with hinge and brass surround; the inner box lined in midnight blue velvet. A lovely decorative piece for any table, desk or vanity. A wonderful ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Brass
James Bearden Brutalist Sculptured Steel “Barnacle Box”
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A clever fitted sculptured steel box in the Brutalist style by the noted Des Moine Iowa artist James Bearden. Titled “Barnacle Box,” the piece was acquired directly from the rtist. T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Borghese Italian Ceramic Box
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-252 Hand decorated ceramic Italian box with pale blue interior.
Gilt trim on edge.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Limoges France Enameled Porcelain Gendarme Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Limoges France, a hand enameled trinket box, depicting the head of a French Gendarme or police officer, circa 1970-1980s.
Gendarmes boxes are highly sought after by collectors....
Category
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Priora Box in glossy ebony with detail in Corno Italiano, Mod. 2409
Located in Recanati, Macerata
The Priora box is designed to provide an exquisite storage solution for small items. Fashioned from glossy ebony, each box is distinguished by an elegant detail in Corno Italiano and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Mid-Century Modern Hand Painted Ceramic Trinket Box by Giovanni Desimone
By DeSimone
Located in San Diego, CA
A wonderful and colorful Giovanni Desimone hand painted lidded trinket box, circa 1970s. The handcrafted ceramic box was made in Italy and measures 4.4"W x 4.5"D x 3"H; it is in exce...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Cartier, English-Made Art Deco Sterling Silver Box, 1944
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and highly collectable box by the famous house of Cartier, this piece made in England, fully hallmarked for London 1944 together with the initials for Jacques Cartier. ...
Category
1940s English Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Decorative Cigar Box in Brass, Malachite and Wood, Mexico, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful hinged inlaid malachite and sodalite (or lapis lazuli) brass metal box with wood interior.
Two roosters grace the lid. The metalsmiths of Taxco, Mexico were known for p...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Metal, Brass
Late 19th Century Wooden Viennese Pharmacy Containers in the Set of 22 Pieces
Located in Vienna, AT
Wooden Viennese pharmacy containers of the late 19th century, in a set of 22 pieces.
The containers with lids are made of boxwood and printed with the names of various spices in ...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Boxwood
Limoges Porcelain Oval Trinket box
By Limoges
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Limoges Porcelain Oval Trinket Box. Its background is hand painted light yellow. The top of the hinged lid is adorned with a large sunflower and the sides of its base with ...
Category
20th Century French Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Fontana Arte Bronzed Metal and Glass Box, Italy 1950s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte Bronzed Metal and Glass Box,
Rarely seen on the market.
The glass carries the original Fa label.
Italy 1950s
Ref: Fontana Arte Catalog 6 page 211.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Singing bird box by Bruguier in silver case with enamel to top and lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rectangular silver guilded case with rounded corners.
The oval lid has an enamel painting on the exterior of a mountain view and on the interior brightly enamelled with flower bouqu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver, Enamel, Other
Antique Belle Époque Leather Wood Goldembossed Box Secret Box Book Box Trunk
Located in Munich, DE
This lovely object with it's fine patina resembles a little trunk when standing on a table. In an upright position it resemmbles a book. Therefore it can be considered a book with s...
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Carbon Fiber
Mid-Century Modern Storage Box by Metalux the Netherlands
By Joost Teders 1, Metalux
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stylish and decorative sewing box / storage box designed by Joost Teders for Metalux Netherlands in 1955. The original lacquered wooden boxes colo...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Czechoslovakian Crystal Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A pristine example of mid century design this cut to clear crystal box features a classic cushion form and elegant dore bronze edging. The crystal is finely faceted and reflects ligh...
Category
1950s Czech Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century Wabi-Sabi Caddy
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderfully charming 19th century American caddy or tool box with the best whimsical wabi-sabi inspired natural bentwood hickory handle. Perfect for holding napkins, flatware, or o...
Category
19th Century American Rustic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze poudrier box "Ammonite" by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997).
In the 1940s, Line Vautrin designed a series that was inspired by the shape of na...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Monumental Anglo Indian Wooden Trinket Box With Marquetry Depicting Elep
Located in New York, NY
Antique Monumental Anglo Indian Wooden Trinket Box With Marquetry Depicting Elephants with key-lockable hinged lid. Presumably Indian, British Raj era. Footed octagonal piece with ma...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Octagonal Sewing Box, English, Brass, Workbox, Relief Decor, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique octagonal sewing box. An English, brass workbox with relief decor, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
Delightful box for the avid sewer, with a superb r...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Ink Stone Maki-e Lacquer Box Suzuribako Edo Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese ink stone box (known as Suzuribako) with exquisite maki-e decoration from Edo period (circa mid-18th century). The box features a rectang...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Art Deco Elizabeth Arden " Ardenette" Black And Silver Octagonal Powder Compact
Located in Devon, England
Original Art Deco Black and chrome enameled ladies powder compact. Produced by Elizabeth Arden sometime in the late 1920's - 1930's. Inside t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Christofle Boreal Silver Plated Fish Serving Set Design Luc Lanel
By Christofle, Luc Lanel
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This elegant Art Deco silver-plated fish serving set by Christofle is part of the "Boréal" model, designed by the renowned Luc Lanel, celebrated for his modern and timeless designs. ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
c. 1840-60 Gilt & Lacquer Decorated Chinese Export Sewing Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1840-60 Chinese Export sewing box. Gilt & lacquer decorated with writing/reading surface in bottom drawer. Carved, winged feet. Original side brass handles. Worn top surface & ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century Dore Bronze Mounted Cut Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This antique crystal box is a true gem. The cut crystal is mesmerizing, due to its hand-chiseled facets that catch the light reflecting it in a t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
1960s Italian Wood Box Covered In Leather With Tooled Gold Leaf Accents
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1960s Italian Wood Box Covered In Leather With Tooled Gold Leaf Accents
Tooled border designs accent the various shapes of this exquisite box
Wood feet ...
Category
1960s Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Signed Gabriella Crespi Decorative Jewelry Box in Lucite and Brass, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning mid-century decorative box designed and signed by Gabriella Crespi. Made in a beautiful combination of gilt brass and clear lucite, this stylish box was made in Italy during...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Antique Workman's Tool Chest, English, Teak, Brass, Craftsman's Trunk, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique workman's tool chest. An English, teak and brass capped craftsman's trunk, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Delightfully time-worn chest with a ro...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
Automaton singing bird by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Unique flower pot with singing bird automaton made by Bontems in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Bontems was a manufacturer of bird automatons in Paris. He produced decent num...
Category
Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Other
Wonderful Brass on Wood Box by Austrian Designer Karl Hagenauer
Located in Minneapolis, MN
This is a wonderful and rare piece by the great Austrian Designer, Karl Hagenauer (1898-1956). The box, which is hammered brass over wood, depicts a scene typical of Hagenauer's work...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,440 Sale Price / item
20% Off
Antique Japanese Lacquer and Inlay Kang Table from Ryukyu Island
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small low table with lacquer and intricate mother-of-pearl inlay design from Ryukyu Islands kingdom circa 17-18th century. Ryukyuan kingdom was used to be an independent island cou...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Modernist Long Solid Teak Storage Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist long solid teak storage box, circa 1970s. This beautiful well crafted desk top box is great for storing small items. The box is in very good vintage condition and measures...
Category
20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
Dior Tortoiseshell Lucite and Brass Decorative Octagonal Box, Italy 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning Mid-Century jewelry or decorative octagonal box in a beautiful tortoiseshell effect lucite and brass. This stylish object was made in Italy during the 1970s and is attribute...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Brass, Enamel & Swarovski Crystals Turtle Trinket Box by Jay Strongwater
Located in San Diego, CA
A gorgeous brass, enamel Swarovski crystals turtle trinket box by Jay Strongwater, circa 2000s. The box features an impressive jeweled and enameled ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Enamel, Brass
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.