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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Wood Box for Desk or Cigars, France, 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box has been done in France in the 1960's. It is in the style of Alexandre Noll. The condition is good. You can use it as, a cigar box or pen box.
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Antique Brass Inlaid Rosewood English Jewelry Sewing Casket Gillows Lancaster
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality example of a Lady’s or Gentleman’s English Regency Period polished brass mounted well figured Rosewood inlaid Boulle Style Jewellery or Sewing Casket or Table Box made during the first quarter of the Nineteenth Century, of English origin. Raised on its original bun feet, the quality of this item is firmly attributed to furniture makers Gillows of Lancaster. The rectangular form with hinged lid opening to reveal its original yellow silk lined interior, complete with lift out sectional tray. This exquisite casket is raised on four generous beaded bun supports. Condition: Good condition with nice patination, no losses to brass inlays. Lock is present and working, lacking key. Some losses to edgings of lift-out tray, overall a wonderful item in good condition. Height: (entire closed) 5.5" (14cm). Width: (at front) 10” (25.5cm). Depth: 7.25” (18.5cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered by Seller. Provenance: Private collection Northern Ireland. The Gillow family of Cabinet Makers and Upholsters came to prominence with Richard Gillow (1733 – 1811), the son of Robert Gillow, founder of the firm. Gillow’s reputation as one of the leading British cabinet making firms of the 18th and 19th centuries was established by contributions from some ten members of the family over three generations. During the 18th century, the Gillow firm established a reputation for producing the highest quality furniture, made by competent workmen from the best woods, in elegant but practical styles...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Brass

French Art Deco Geometric Metal and Wood Box, 1930s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a beautifully decorative lidded box with a modernist design crafted in France circa the 1930s. It follows the typical Art Deco style with a minimalist rectangular shape and i...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Metal, Chrome

Antique Italian Jewelry Box circa 1880
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Antique handmade Italian jewelry box in wood lined with silk velvet. It has beautiful scalloped sides which are smooth as silk to the touch. The box has a hinged lid which also is po...
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1880s Italian Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Boxes

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Walnut

Art Nouveau Lidded Oak Box with hand carved sinuous floral theme, circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality hand made hardwood lidded box with fine quality hand carved floral themes, which we date to the late 19th C / early 20th C Art Nouveau period, Circa 1900. The...
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1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Art Deco Cedar Lined Amboyna & Thuya Burl, Shagreen Box with Bone Trim
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco table top cedar lined cigarette box in burled Thuya and amboyna wood trimmed with bone and with four panels of pink dyed shagreen in the top conforming to the darker burls o...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Bone, Shagreen, Amboyna

Handmade Vintage Wooden Khatam Indo Persian Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handmade Vintage Wooden Khatam Indo Persian Pill Box. Small Persian marquetry wood trinket box with star pattern. Good condition with very slight signs of use. 2 in x 1.5 in x 1 in H. Circa 1930s. About Indo-Persian Moorish Style Khatam Sadeli Jewelry Box...
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Early 20th Century Indian Islamic Decorative Boxes

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Fruitwood

19th c. Oak Ink Well Box c.1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A Victorian period desktop inkstand box with drawer, metal handle and large round feet. Two square spaces with velvet for glass inkwells and tow pen grooves. CREATOR Unk...
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19th Century Antique Decorative Boxes

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Oak

George Gibbs silvered steel wick trimmer, after 1808
By George Gibbs
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Rare Birmingham cast steel & silver wick trimmer with the impressed maker’s mark and lion passant (which indicates sterling silver). The trimmer is raised on three short posts, one each at the finger rings and one at the wax pick. The wick collection box...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Decorative Boxes

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Silver Plate, Steel

English Silver and Enamel Two-Tiered Freedom Casket, Dated 1899
Located in New York, NY
The freedom box is marked on the side in enamel stating "This casket - to contain the diploma of the honorary freedom of the city of Exeter - was presented...
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1890s Antique Decorative Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Italian silver gilt and enamel card case with fine watercolour
Located in London, GB
Italian silver gilt and enamel card case with fine watercolour. Beautifully engraved silver case with exceptional silver work on the bottom. The top and sides are mottled with enamel...
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1890s Italian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Middle Eastern Moorish Jewelry Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
exquisite middle Eastern Moorish Syrian inlay jewelry box. This box is intricately inlaid with Moorish motif designs which have been uniquely inlaid with bone, mother of pearl and f...
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20th Century Asian Islamic Decorative Boxes

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Mother-of-Pearl, Sandalwood

Alfredo Barbini Murano White Gold Spike Top Italian Art Glass Vanity Powder Box
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white, controlled bubbles and gold flecks Italian art glass vanity powder or jewelry box. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. The...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Gold Leaf

Vintage Japanese Box from the 1970s
Located in Austin, TX
Perhaps originally designed as a Bento Box, this is a one-of-a-kind piece for your home-office or study desk. It has iconic 1970s modern lines and beautifully exemplifies the elevat...
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Late 20th Century Japonisme Decorative Boxes

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Plastic

Postmodern Ceramic Box
Located in Richmond, VA
Rare, postmodern ceramic box with colorful geometric pattern. Signed, Duvall '83.
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1980s Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Midcentury Box in Lucite, Rattan and Brass Christian Dior Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing little round box in lucite, rattan and brass in the style Christian Dior Home. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Great accessory for any modern interior.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Metal, Brass

René Lalique glass art nouveau lidded box „Scarabée“
Located in Aachen, DE
A gorgeous early design by René Lalique for the perfume maker L.T.Piver in Paris. The Scarabée series was featuring scarabs on Piver's perfume bottles of different sizes and also inc...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

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Glass, Blown Glass, Art Glass

Borghese Italian Ceramic Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage plaster ceramic box made in Italy. Incredibly sculpted piece in a gothic style that presents a faux wood exterior with incredible lines. The interior of the box is ...
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1940s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Antique Victorian Burr Walnut Perfume Bottle Apothecary Caddy Box Casket
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique 19th century burl walnut wooden box with decorative brass plaque on the lid, containing two glass or crystal perfume bottles with brass caps. Measure: 5".  
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19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Brass

ALEXANDRE MARTY 1940 Limoges Decorative Round Box With Enamel On Copper
Located in Miami, FL
An enameled decorative round box designed by Alexandre Marty, (1876-1943). This is an amazing beautiful round box created in Limoges France by Alexandre Marty, back in the 1945-1950...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Copper, Enamel

French Green Glass Cabbage Box, Circa 1960
Located in Austin, TX
French green glass cabbage box, Circa 1960.
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1960s French Rustic Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Glass

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

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Bronze

Natural, Turquoise Bone Moorish Box
Located in New York, NY
Decorative keepsake/jewelry box clad in natural and dyed bone tiles. Top is in a Moorish motif of inlaid Turquoise bone elements. Handcrafted.
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Moorish Decorative Boxes

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Bone, Wood

Korean Lacquer and Mother of Pearl Inlay "Longevity" Box, 1930s, Korea
Located in Austin, TX
A fine and elegant Korean black lacquer and abalone mother of pearl inlay "longevity" box, circa 1930s, Korea. The box, most likely used to sto...
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1930s Korean Showa Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Wood, Lacquer, Abalone

Swedish Empire style Butter Box ca 1815
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Empire style Butter Box ca 1815 Beautiful patina with its old repairs and nicks. Made out of Swedish Kolmårds marble. Heigth: 8 cm/3.1 inch Depth: 10.5 cm/4.1 inch Width: ...
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1810s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Antique Decorative Boxes

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Marble

Antique English Onyx, Lapis Lazuli, Silver Gilt Table Vesta by George Betjemann
Located in Bath, GB
A very smart antique English table vesta beautifully executed from white onyx inlaid with Lapis Lazuli. The fittings are made from silver-gilt (gold on sterling silver) by the top...
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1910s English Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Sterling Silver

Chinese Export Round Box Black Lacquered Gilt Painted Covered Box 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Chinese black lacquered box with numerous figures and gilt detail. Chinoiserie round black lacquer and gilt painted box, made for the export market. The round black lacquer box is decorated with a beautiful scene in gilt painting. The lid of the box painted in the shanshui style, with an idyllic outdoor setting with river and mountain, Chinoiserie style landscape with architectural Asian decor, landscape figures of women in traditional kimonos, young boys playing near a river looks like a Chinese festival with food offering. The landscape studded with trees and vegetation, and some small pagodas...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes

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Lacquer

Antique Porcelain Box with Floral Chintz Design
Located in New York, NY
An antique porcelain box with floral chintz design, circa early-20th century, Europe. This porcelain box has a hinged lid with an all-white inter...
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Early 20th Century European Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Tilia Small Box Ettore Sottsass Postmodern
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
"Tilia" small box designed by Ettore Sottsass for Marutomi. Designed in 1997, Produced in 2000.
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Early 2000s Japanese Post-Modern Decorative Boxes

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Plastic

19th Century Folk Art Box With Inlaid Hearts
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century American folk art box with decorated with inlaid hearts, diamonds, triangles and shields. Possibly sailor made, this sweet little box was likely a valentine or keepsake ...
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Late 19th Century American Antique Decorative Boxes

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Wood

Bath England Bathroom Set #2
Located in Milan, IT
An elegant way of accessorizing a traditional- or modern-style bathroom, this set of toothbrush holder, soap dispenser, and soap holder exudes an utterly lavish and sophisticated cha...
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2010s Italian Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Brass

Porcelain Casket, Limoges, France
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain casket, Limoges. France Very good condition. dimensions: 4 cm Wed 11 cm.
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1980s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Porcelain

Japanese Maki-e Lacquered Box, Ric.049
Located in Norton, MA
Japan, Edo to Meiji period, a long rectangular document box with hinged cover, decorated with a bird and a floral basket, The locker is not functioning.
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19th Century Japanese Antique Decorative Boxes

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Lacquer

A Rare Pair of Luxury Chinoiserie Tea Cannister Shop Fittings
Located in Greenwich, CT
A rare pair of large-scale tea cannisters with wooden lids over rounded tin bodies each elaborately decorated with bucolic scenes of a pair of figures in Chinese dress in a garden, w...
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1860s English Chinoiserie Antique Decorative Boxes

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Tin

Yves Saint Laurent Decorative Box with Silk Liner
Located in New York, NY
This sleek and beautifully rendered Yves Saint Laurent Decorative Box W/ Silk Inlay originates from France during the 20th Century. A cylindrical composition with a hinged lid and ci...
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20th Century French Modern Decorative Boxes

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Stainless Steel

19th Century Napoleon III Game Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique wooden game box from the French Napoleon III period. The wood is inlaid with a brass emblem and brass piping, this gold color contr...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Huge Japanese Red Lacquerware Gourd Motif Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Huge Japanese red lacquerware gourd motif box, decorated in relief with Japanese gourds suspended from leafy branches and scrolling vines.
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

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Lacquer

Mid Century Pink and Purple Ceramic Box with Flowers by Mithé Espelt
Located in Toronto, ON
An exceptional mid century glazed ceramic box with purple and pink with flowers by famed artist, Mithé Espelt. The box lid is ceramic with a blackened wood base. Born in 1923, Mithé ...
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Mid-20th Century French Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic, Wood

Rare Chinese opium smokers kit, including a pillow-box and a pipe.
Located in Leuven , BE
Rare Chinese opium smoker's kit, including a lacquered boiled cardboard pillow-box and a pipe showing signs of intensive use. The pipe fits perfectly inside the box. The curved shape...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Decorative Boxes

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Plywood

Artisan-Crafted Decorative Box Embellished With a Silver Dragon
Located in Miami, FL
Designed exclusively by Urban Art Home, this is a distinct and elegant decorative wood box made with lacquer and embellished with a sculpted sterling silver dragon. The square box ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Large Vintage Bamboo Lidded Storage Box Chinoiserie Modern Container Case 20"
Located in Dayton, OH
Intriguing modern bamboo case or basket. Features a decorated bamboo wrapped exterior and lid. Great for display or use. Dimensions: 20.5" x 16" x 14"h
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Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes

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Bamboo

Handcrafted Mexico Mixed Metal Abalone Shell Desk Stash Trinket Cigarette Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful decorative handcrafted mixed metal and natural abalone shell tessellated tile inlay cigarette stash/trinket box. Made of "Alpaca" silver colored metal and has brass feet. T...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Decorative Boxes

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Shell, Alpaca

Japanese Lacquer Hokai Box, 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a good example of a traditional Japanese Hokai shell storage box for the Kai-awase game. This box is well-detailed in chased brass appliques and makie. The box is in overall ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Decorative Boxes

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Wood, Lacquer

Jasperware Box with Greek-Key Design, Late 19th Century
By John Flaxman, Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful English jasperware box with acanthus leaf and Greek-Key design, circa late-19th century, England. Piece is attributed to Wedgwood and design...
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Late 19th Century English Empire Antique Decorative Boxes

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Stoneware

Box Sevres Porcelain
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Box sevres porcelain octagonal format Decorated with flowers inside (hand-painted) Bronze frame Perfect condition Circa 1900 origin France.
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Early 1900s French Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes

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Bronze

Circa 1800 Georgian Silver Box In Tribute To Young Napoleon, Josephine & Child
Located in London, GB
This Georgian silver box from around 1800 is a tribute to Napoleon Bonaparte, Josephine, and their child. Crafted with elegance typical of the Georgian era, it features intricate eng...
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19th Century Antique Decorative Boxes

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Silver

William IV Sarcophagus Jewelry Box in Rosewood
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
K0123, stunning William IV rosewood work box / jewelry box, having quadrant beading ad mother of pearl inlaid to the front and to the hinged top which opens to reveal relined interio...
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1840s English William IV Antique Decorative Boxes

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Rosewood

French Art Deco Cigarette Box or Makeup Pencil Holder by Marius Agogue Loiret
Located in Miami, FL
French Art Deco cigarette box, France, late 1930s. Constructed with fine mahogany and birch woods. Designed by French ebeniste Marius Agogue Loiret. This very decorative box would ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Birch, Mahogany

Large Folk Art Sea Shell Encrusted Tissue or Kleenex Box Cover
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large folk art sea shell encrusted tissue box. This shell-covered box is the perfect way to add coastal design to a space. It is rectangular in sh...
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20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes

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Shell, Fabric, Wood

Midcentury Glass Mosaic and Brass Lidded Box by Salvador Teran
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool midcentury glass mosaic and brass lidded box by noted Mexican artist Salvador Teran, circa 1950s. The piece is in very good vintage condit...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Ceramic Box by Aldo Londi Bitossi, Italy, C 1960, Orange with Gold Decoration
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

rare carl auböck box
Located in Munich, DE
rare piece from the carl auböck workshop.
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Metal

19th C. Boulle Inlaid Table Box Miniature Pastoral Landscape, Signed 'Resck'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C. Boulle Inlaid Table Box Miniature Pastoral Landscape, Signed 'Resck' 19th Century or Older This exquisite 19th-century Boulle inlaid table box features a beautifully detail...
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19th Century French Baroque Antique Decorative Boxes

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Brass, Bronze, Pewter

Montagnani Marquetry and Gilt Brass Box, Italy circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
Montagnani Firenze designed this sophisticated decorative box, which was crafted in Italy circa 1970. Its Mid-Century modernist design boasts an elongated rectangular flat shape, wit...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Brass

Pewter Casket by Ellen Schlanbusch by Just Andersen, 1950s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
A pewter box designed by Ellen Schlanbusch for Just Andersen in the 1950s. An elegant piece for a beautiful place. * A lidded box in pewter with a wooden inner box. Originally cigar...
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1950s Danish Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Pewter

Antique English Boulle Stationery Box by Leuchars & Sons
Located in Northampton, GB
Dome Topped Stationary Box From our Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Antique English Boulle Stationery Box by Leuchars & Sons. The box of rectangular form with a domed...
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Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Brass

1970s Faux Tortoise Decorative Box Hermes Style
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
1970s Faux Tortoise Decorative Box Hermes Style
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1970s French Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lucite

Midcentury Green Onyx Marble Box, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Discover a captivating handmade trinket or jewelry box, crafted with utmost care from exquisite onyx. Its hinged lid and gilded feet exude a timeless elegance. This versatile masterp...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Onyx

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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