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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Italian Leather and Silver Repousse Jewelery Box
Located in New York, NY
Italian tooled leather jewelry box with hand-wrought sliver repousse top. Hallmarked 920 on corner of silver top. Missing key, Italy, circa 1950s.
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Lapis Lazuli Hinged Box, 4"
Located in New York, NY
Lapis lazuli hinged boxes. Mined in Afghanistan, they were then cut, polished, and created for us in India. Lapis has been prized since antiquity for its characteristic blue color an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lapis Lazuli

Late 19th Century Silver Deer Box from India
Located in Marseille, FR
Late 19th century silver deer box from India.
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Britannia Standard Silver

Vintage Christofle Silver Plated Decorative Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Signed Vintage Christofle Silver Plated Decorative Box. Nicely cast with beautiful design. This would have held cigarettes or trinkets. In very good...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Silver Plate

Owl With Fixed Gaze, Hand Carved Alabaster Lidded Trinket Pot, Italy 1970s
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Striking Italian alabaster hand crafted trinket pot of an owl with a fixed gaze Circa 1970's Original Italian label to base Height 1.75 inch, Diameter 3.25 inch In excellent conditio...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

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Alabaster

Antique Sheffield Four Seasons Silver Box
Located in Tampa, FL
This fabulous silver plate box is with the four seasons depicted on each side. On the front is summer. Winter, fall and spring are on the sides and back. It is lined in a blue green ...
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1910s English Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Silver Plate

Vintage Deed Box, English, Art Deco, Iron, Document, Deposit, Chest, circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage deed box. An English, Art Deco iron document or deposit chest, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. Displays a desirable age...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Bronze, Iron

Miniature 19th Century Victorian Figured Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c. Charming antique miniature chest of drawers. The chest has a marble top. The case is figured mahogany, with four stacked drawers, the ...
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Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Marble, Brass

Castilian Imports Neoclassical Griffon Trinket Jewelry Keepsake Box Chest 16"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage large trinket / jewelry / keepsake box / casket / chest by Castilian Imports. Item No. 7710. Rectangular form with black lacquer ground gilded with details of Neoclassical in...
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Late 20th Century Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Hardwood, Paint

COUNTER CASH Indo-Portuguese from the 17th century
Located in Madrid, ES
COUNTER CASH Indo-Portuguese from the 17th century in ebony rosewood and ivory. Top, sides and front decorated with ivory inlay. Folding top showing factory with six drawers and ...
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17th Century Portuguese Renaissance Antique Decorative Boxes

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Ebony

Italian Carved Round Green Onyx Marble Box with Gilded Lionfeet, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
A box as precious as the jewels it could contain inside, hand carved in Italy with the highest quality onyx marble from Pakistan (as attested by the adhesive label still present). Al...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Onyx, Metal

Sterling Silver Box with Navajo Decoration
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1880s, Austrian box, Navajo decoration circa 1950s. This is a one-of-a-kind table decoration. Perfect for your Southwestern decor or to spot a modern home. Excellent condition...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Decorative geode and black glass jewelry box by Don Drumm, late 20th century
Located in View Park, CA
A very unique decorative jewelry box hand-crafted of black glass, mirror, iron, and geode by Don Drumm, late 20th century. The geode boasts a bevy of brilliant blues, from cerulean t...
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Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Boxes

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Rock Crystal, Iron

Italian Round Green Onyx Marble Box with Gilded Lionfeet, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
A box as precious as the jewels it could contain inside, hand carved in Italy with the highest quality onyx marble from Pakistan (as attested by the adhesive label still present). Al...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Onyx, Metal

English Petite Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century English trinket box has an elegant design of lacquered papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlay. The inlaid decoration depicts a spray of various flowers which ...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

French Art Deco Blue Opaline Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
French Art Deco Blue Opaline Box. A beautiful box in a lovely robins blue egg color with a diamond shaped cut pattern and gilt leaf design.
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes

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Opaline Glass

Early 20th Century Lacquer Box, Japanese. Late Meiji period
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century lacquer box, Japanese. Late Meiji period. Eggshell ground with lustrous gilded chrysanthemums. Softly rounded corners. Accompanied by a note "Very easily damaged. ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

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Lacquer

Antique Pewter Inlaid Burl Amboyne Coromandel Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally Fine Quality English Well Figured Burl Amboyne and Coromandel Ladies or Gents English early Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and unusually large propo...
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

American Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Jewelry Box
By Schroth Jewelers
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with straight tab. Box interior velvet lined. Cover interior gilt. Fully marked including maker’s...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mappin & Webb English Modern Sterling Silver Box, 1965
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Mappin & Webb in Birmingham in 1965. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with flat top and scalloped tab. Interior cedar-lined and...
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1960s British Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Woven Bone Document, Keepsake Box
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary document, keepsake box featuring bone tiles in a cheveron pattern over a wood structure. A great solution for remote control storage, or as a desk accessory.
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Wood, Bentwood

Bänsteboa, Lidded Box, Wood, Sweden, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A handcrafted wooden lidded box designed and produced by Bänsteboa Slöjdcenter, Sweden, c. 1970s
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1970s Swedish Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

19Thc Original Brown Painted Box W/ Drawer & Handle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is either a 19thc hardware drawer box or a cash drawer of sorts.The construction is early cut nails and a dovetailed drawer.There is a brass & iron handle on the side of the box...
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1890s American Adirondack Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Iron

Rare Vintage Villeroy & Boch Lidded Box of the Series Faces France, 1980s
Located in Bochum, NRW
This is a gorgeous and hard-to-find sculptural porcelain box with a lid. It is shaped like a woman's head with a hat; the top of the hat forms the lid. It is not only a highly decora...
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1980s French Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Porcelain

19th Century English String Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English string box made from lignum vitae. the wood has been expertly turned and is ridged to look like a bee hive. There are allover accents of ivory strips and button...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Hardwood

R&Y Augousti Circular Shagreen Lidded Box Signed
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Circular lidded wood box covered in ivory colored Shagreen from R & Y Augousti. The interior having a felt removable liner. Measuring 7.25” diameter x 3” high. R&Y Augousti was f...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Shagreen

Green Murano Glass and Brass Hinged Box
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Hinged Murano glass box with brass trim in a stunning green color which brighten with light.. measuring 5’ x 4.5” x 2.5”. Showing minimal signs of wear this is a high quality Art Gla...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Large Black R&Y Augousti Hinged Snakeskin Box
Located in West Palm Beach, US
Large wood box clad in snake skin with a removable upper tray on the interior which is suitable for jewelry or small keepsakes. The interior is lined in black felt and has the R&Y Au...
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1990s French Hollywood Regency Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Animal Skin

19th Century Wedgwood Jasperware Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century Jasperware dresser box by Wedgwood. The blue color is lovely and gives off that bit of elegance in any room in which it is placed. Signed on base.
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

Chinese Lacquered Brush Box with Painted Birds, Late 19th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
Lacquered paintbrush box, made in the chinese style. In 19th-century Europe, oriental objects were highly prized and liked to be reproduced. In this painting features two birds and v...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Swiss Made Music Box from the End of the XIXth Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Swiss made music box from the end of the XIXth century. Swiss made music box from the XIXth century, Napoleon III period, (small damage). h: 10cm, w: 30cm, d: 18cm
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19th Century Swiss Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Augarten Porcelain Josef Hoffmann White & Gold Melone Covered Box / Sugar Bowl
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine porcelain covered sugar bowl (that doubles perfectly as a table box). In the Melone (pattern) designed by Josef Hoffmann in 1929. In white porcelain with gold highlights. B...
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21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Vienna Secession Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Whimsical Limoges France Halloween Ghost With Ball & Chain Porcelain Trinket Box
Located in Tustin, CA
Collectible and whimsical, limited edition Limoges porcelain Halloween motif miniature trinket box is handmade and hand painted in France and features an adorable and very expressive...
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Late 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Boxes

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Porcelain

19th Century English Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English dresser box made from exquisitely grained rosewood. The box has wonderfully inlaid patterns on the top and front in ivory, along with the beaded ivory trim. Th...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Ivory, Rosewood

Decorative Box Silver Chrome By Gucci, Italy, 1980
Located in Le Grand-Saconnex, CH
Elegant Gucci Cigar or jewelery box. Made in chrome and brass, with a nice interior lined in warm and precious toned wood. The top shows a bimetallic "baguettes" decoration with the ...
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1960s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Chrome

Antique Victorian Traveling Desk Birds Eye Maple Writing Slope Edwards Roberts
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality early English well figured Birds Eye Maple Wood Ladies or Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Small mid 19th century Swedish painted pine strong box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Small mid 19th century swedish painted pine strong box circa 1842. Beautiful small scandinavian strong box, presented with scraped back paint to reveal original.  Feintly still bari...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes

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Pine, Paint

Continental Carved Wood Tramp Art Box, 1st quarter 20th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rectangular box adorned with panels of geometric carvings popular in the early 20th century and known as Tramp Art
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1910s European Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Boxwood

Lapis Lazuli Hinged Box, 6"
Located in New York, NY
Lapis lazuli hinged boxes. Mined in Afghanistan, they were then cut, polished, and created for us in India. Lapis has been prized since antiquity for its characteristic blue color an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lapis Lazuli

Antique Dark Blue Jasperware Wedgwood Round Covered Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Jasper ware round covered box. By Wedgwood. In dark blue dip. Fully marked to the base. Simply a wonderful box by Wedgwood. Date: 20th Century Overall Condition...
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20th Century British Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

A Meiji period moriage cloisonné box and cover with two carp
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Meiji period moriage cloisonné box and cover with two carp, the rectangular box worked in coloured enamels in standard, moriage (raised) and musen (wireless) cloisonné with one gre...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Circa 1830s English Regency to George IV Penwork Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1830s English penwork box, Regency to George IV. Sarcophagus form; decorated with a large Asiatic panel with floral sides & borders. Replaced lion mask ring handles. Lacks inte...
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1830s English Regency Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

17th Century, French Oak Coffer or Box
Located in Buisson, FR
Extremely old and beautiful weathered oak box . Several old repairs that only add to the charm. Rare find. France, circa 1600-1700 Weathered, small losses and old repairs. H:14,5cm ...
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17th Century French French Provincial Antique Decorative Boxes

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Iron

Labradorite Hinged Box, 4.25"
Located in New York, NY
This Labradorite Box, with dimensions of 4.25 inches by 3.5 inches and a height of 1.75 inches, is a stunning piece that marries utility with the mesmerizing beauty of labradorite. K...
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21st Century and Contemporary Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Snuffbox basket with flowers, in Florentine Renaissance style, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli of a basket with flowers, in ...
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1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

20th century large white ceramic decorative or jewelry box by Hofmann vallauris
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Gerard Hofmann (1917-1965) Realised in Vallauris Large white ceramic decorative or jewelry box Circa 1950 Original perfect condition Signed Height 42 cm Large 27 cm
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Snuffbox two-tones enamel stripes Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enameled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleon...
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1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

FiNE ANTIQUE PERSIAN CIGARETTE BOX DEPICTING ORIENTAL CHINESE LOOKING PEOPLE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely, super decorative antique Persian Oriental cigarette box with beautifully decorative top picture...
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20th Century European Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

DECORATIVE ANTIQUE ORIGINAL KASHMIR PLAYiNG CARD BOX WITH TWIN COMPARTMENTS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely, super decorative antique Kashmir playing carved box with period paper mâché finish A wonderful...
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20th Century European Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Victorian Coromandel Brass Wooden Letters Stationery Writing Box Casket
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning early Victorian well figured Coromandel Stationery Casket of museum quality and in outstanding condition. Mid to late Nineteenth Century, of English origin. Th...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Mid-Century Malachite Chrysocolla & Lapis Inlaid Box
Located in New York, NY
This mid-century inlaid box is a masterpiece of design and craftsmanship, featuring an exquisite blend of malachite, chrysocolla, and lapis lazuli. The vibrant green of the malachite...
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Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Brass

Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in gilded 925/1000 silver with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone. On the lid, a very fine fire-enamell...
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1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

ORIGINAL ANTiQUE ANGLO INDIAN EXPORT SADELI MICRO MOSAIC BUSINESS CARD CASE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely, super decorative antique Islamic Anglo Indian Sadeli Micro Mosaic Card Case A wonderfully orig...
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20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Oval box in ivory decorated with guinea fowl in the reeds.
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Oval box in ivory decorated with guinea fowl in the reeds. Very detailed and realistic. Hand carved, highly skilled craftsmanship.
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1880s Chinese Other Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ivory

Italian Natural Alabaster Stone Trinket Box by Romano Bianchi, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Decorative natural orange alabaster stone trinket, cigar, jewelry, vanity or cigarette box. Hand-made in Italy during the 1970s by Romano Bianchi. Measurements: 11x8x5 cm.
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Alabaster

19th century black lacquered jewellery box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Chinese black lacquered jewellery box circa 1860. Good quality shaped Chinese jewellery box with overstuffed top cushion.  Hand painted in gold leaf on all surfaces, wi...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Danish 18th Century Baroque Strongbox Safe Ches
Located in Kastrup, DK
Charming and decorative Danish baroque oak chest, featuring original gray-metalized iron bands, fittings, lock, and key. Conically shaped sides: Top: 42 cm / Bottom: 31 cm. Denmar...
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Early 18th Century Danish Baroque Antique Decorative Boxes

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Iron

Mid 19th Century Chinese Flat Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
19th Century Red Stained Chinese Flat Box Made of Jumu wood with brass hardware and decorative red and gold papered interior
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19th Century Chinese Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

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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