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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: Late 18th Century
Octagonal Leather Box, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Octagonal leather box original of 1950s.
Gold fire decorations. Florentine art.
Measures: 10x10 cm.
Good condtions.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
18 C, Indo-Portuguese Vargueno Mini Cabinet
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a fabulously rare 18c Indo-Portuguese Vargueno mini cabinet.
Extremely rare, highly important and desirable colonial piece !
It is an In...
Category
Late 18th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Hand Carved Solid Ebony Wood Box, France, 1950s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
French handcrafted solid ebony wood box made in the 1950s.
Can be used as a jewellery box or as a decorative object.
Good condition.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Ebony
Antique Knife Box, English, Cutlery Canteen, Oak Lined, Kitchen, Georgian, 1770
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique knife box. An English, flame mahogany cutlery canteen with oak fitted interior, dating to the Georgian period, circa 1770.
Su...
Category
Late 18th Century British Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Wilhelm Kienzle Tool Box for Mewa, circa 1950, Switzerland
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice Wilhelm Kienzle tool box for MEWA, circa 1950, Switzertland.
Yellow and grey lacquered metal. Black handle, black hammer and pliers patterns.
Original good condition.
Dimensi...
Category
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Georgian Yew Octagonal Jewellery Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very elegant George III period octagonal shaped burr yew wood jewellery box having attractive banded inlaid decoration to hinged lid enclosing lined interior raised on original bra...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Yew
French School 1790 Louis XVI Oval Snuff Box in 18kt Gold with Miniature Portrait
Located in Miami, FL
Presentation Snuff box from the 18th century French School.
A very important and rare Neoclassical oval box, made in Paris, France circa 1790. It was crafted with translucent natu...
Category
1790s French Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Vintage Lidded Wooden Box with Brass Hinges by Piero Fornasetti
Located in Doraville, GA
A vintage box with a brass hinged lid. The box was designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950s / 1960s. The box is composed of what appears to be a mahogany dovetailed wooden box, bras...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pewter Box by Nils Fougstedt, Firma Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1953
Located in Hägersten, SE
Box designed by Nils Fougstedt. Produced by Firma Svenskt Tenn, this example made in 1953. Made from pewter with brass edges. Good vintage condition with age related patina and wear....
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
18th Century French Hammered Copper Container for Food Preservation
Located in Sofia, BG
Beautiful antique 18th century French bread box made of hammered cooper richly decorated with crown, flags guarded by animals and large bourbon lily i...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Handpainted Crab Terrine by Michel Caugant for Herberstein, Portugal
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Handpainted crab terrine by Michel Caugant dating from the 1950s.
Michel Caugant was the son of a French pâté maker, he designed terrines for his father's factory. The terrine was m...
Category
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Georgian Rosewood Oblong Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A very attractive, good quality, late 18th century rosewood oblong shaped tea caddy having satinwood strung mouldings and original brass hinges, with working lock and key.
Constru...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Scroll Box Fubako by Kansonsai Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese lacquered wood fubako (a box to store document or small scroll painting) circa late 18th century of Edo period. The rectangular box features a deep lid with rounded corners and recessed mid-edge and a lower box with two bronze medallion rings and tasseled silk ties. The surface of the fubako was elaborately decorated with hiramaki-e and a low takamaki-e on a mottled Mura-nashiji background. The motifs on the lid depict branches of Japanese pine with finely rendered needles on the lower part; on the upper part, it showcases fruited persimmon branches. Two different shades of gold fundame were used to contrast the design and augmented by scattered gold kirigane to highlight some of the leaves. The design continues and cascades down to all sides of the lid as well as the walls of the box. The two bronze medallions appear original to the box and the silk ties show significant fading from the age. This Fine fubako is signed on the lower wall "Kanshosai" in Kanji with a kao mark. All the trims were finished in gold fundame and the interiors a dense nashiji in gold.
Kanshosai is the mark of the distinguished lacquer artist Lizuka Toyo I who also signed his work "Toyosai". He was active in the second half of the 18th century during Edo period, employed by Hachisuka Shigeyoshi (1738-1801), daimyo of Awa on Shikoku Island. Although most survived work bearing his marks are inros, he was also known to decorated trays and other larger objects...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Piero Fornasetti Mahogany Painted Wood Box 1950
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful Piero Fornasetti decorative box made in Italy in the 1950s. This box is carved from mahogany wood, with painted varnished wood on both sides of the top, and brass side hing...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid-Century Small Hand Carved Wood Box, 1950's
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of wood, Veneer
Good original condition.
Category
1950s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1950s Motorola Town & Country Model 6L2 Portable Butterscotch Radio
By Motorola
Located in Miami Beach, FL
WORKING Motorola town and country portable AM Radio. The chassis is model HS-226. This is a 5 tube Transoceanic type 1V tubes. It has the original cord. There...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Resin
Piero Fornasetti, "Plants" Cigars Box, Milan Italy, circa 1950
Located in Firenze, IT
Piero Fornasetti, "plants" cigars box
Mahogany and lacquered aluminium, Milan Italy, circa 1950
Measures: 30 x 10 x 4 cm
Conditions: Good, slight defects.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Cobalt Porcelain Casket, France, circa 1950
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain jewelery box in cobalt color with gilding and a floral motif
Made in France around 1950.
Very good condition, no damage.
Measures: Height 7.5c, diameter 18cm.
Category
1950s French Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Enameled Metal / Wood Drawer Piero Fornasetti Box
Located in Doraville, GA
A vintage enameled metal box with a slide out wooden drawer. The box was designed by Piero Fornasetti in the 1950's / 1960's and is listed in th...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
18th Century Porcelain Trompe L'oeil Asparagus Tureen, Probably Thuringian
Located in Downingtown, PA
18th Century Porcelain Trompe-L'oeil Asparagus Spears Tureen,
Probably German porcelain probably Thuringian
Circa 1770-1800
The porcelain ...
Category
1770s Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Beautiful Original 1950s Sewing Box with Teak Veneer with Hinged Table Top
Located in München, DE
Beautiful original mid century sewing box with hinged top. Also ideal as a bedside or side table for storing magazines and newspapers and many o...
Category
1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Formica, Wood, Teak, Plywood
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...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Apple Gold Metal Pillbox
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful gilded metal pill box designed in the 1950s of fine Italian manufacture.
The pill box is small and has a beautiful apple shape, made entirely of...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
18th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A late 18th century, Georgian, Mahogany tea caddy having extremely attractive inlaid conch shells, banded and strung decoration, with hinged lid enclosing lidded interior retaining partial paper foil lining.
This particular caddy is relatively plain and simple in design, but the attractive inlaid decoration lifts it significantly.
The condition remains relatively good and clearly it has been well loved throughout its life.
Tea was a precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves, but also to enable the owner to lock away those aforementioned valuable tea leaves, keeping them safe from the house staffs potential wandering hands.
This 18th century tea caddy...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century Italian Florentine Silver-leaf Polylobed Engraved Box
Located in Milan, IT
Italian antique silvered Florentine box, polylobed box from the end of the 1700s made of bent and curved wood to obtain a four-pointed polylobe. The ori...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
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...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Florentine Giltwood Engraved Box
Located in Milan, IT
Italian antique gilded Florentine box, octagonal shape realized in white walnut, engraved on each side and the top and with bulin scrolling decor...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Chest of Drawers from the End of the 18th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Chest of drawers from the end of the 18th century.
Beautiful chest of drawers in light blue with gallant scenes, 3 drawers, late 18th century.
Measures: H: 23 cm, W: 30 cm, D: 20cm...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early Georgian Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Port Chester, NY
A splendid early mahogany tea caddy on charming shaped feet, circa 1770. Good color and patina and in very nice antique condition. No key.
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Two Porcelite Caskets, Chodzież, Poland, 1950s
Located in Chorzów, PL
Two cream-colored caskets decorated with gilding
Signed Porcelite Chodziez
Very good condition
Measures: Height: 5cm, diameter 10cm.
Category
1950s Polish Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Carnelian Egg
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1950's Turkish carnelian and gilt bronze hinged egg object d'art jewellery box that opens easily.
Measurements:
Length: 3"
Height: 2"
Depth: 2".
Category
1950s Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Carnelian, Bronze
Majolica Lobster Tureen, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large French Majolica lobster tureen or box with green glaze, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Georgian 18th Century Mahogany Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A Late 18th century Georgian Period Mahogany Oblong tea caddy having very attractive inlaid decoration to front and hinged top enclosing double lidded interior with original paper foil landing.
This particular caddy is relatively plain and simple in design, but is lifted significantly with the attractive inlaid decoration.
It remains in relatively good condition and had clearly been well loved throughout its life.
Tea was a precious commodity throughout the 18th and 19th centuries and the purpose of a tea caddy was not just to preserve the and extend the life of the precious tea leaves, but also to enable the owner to lock away those aforementioned valuable tea leaves, keeping them safe from the house staffs potential wandering hands.
This 18th century tea caddy...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian 18th Century Rosewood Square Tea Caddy
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
An attractive and well figured, late 18th century
Square rosewood tea caddy having boxwood
Stringing and key escutcheon with original brass
Hinges to...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Longchamp Leather and Ceramic Boxing Glove Catchall, 1950s France
By Longchamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome Longchamp leather and ceramic catchall from France. Unique boxing glove design with leather and ceramic contrasts. Perfect patina all around...
Category
1950s French Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Leather
18th/19th Century Chinese Cinnabar Circular Box with Multiple Cartouches
Located in New York, NY
An 18th/19th Century Chinese cinnabar circular box with multiple cartouches of Families. This is a marvelous piece with very fine details on the main top panel of the box. The top pa...
Category
1790s Chinese Qing Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
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.
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Sigi Pineda Silver, Brass, Rosewood, Sodalite, Turquoise Stone Hinged Box
By Sigi Pineda
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...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Majolica Lobster Tureen, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica lobster box tureen signed Michel Caugant circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Gold box of Louis XVI period
Located in Paris, FR
Three-tones gold oval snuff box. The hinged lid is decorated with a country trophy medallion. The medallion is framed by a garland of green gold foliage and roses. The medallion is d...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
1950s Vintage May Co Calif Ladies Kelly Handbag Purse Tan Croc Metal Trim
By Hermès
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s California Vintage Ladies Kelly Handbag Purse May Co Original in Tan Croc with Metal Trim
14.5 tall x 8.5 tall x 3.5 d
Preowned vintage used condition. Blemishes present. Wea...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Italian Tooled Letter Box With Barberini Coat Of Arms
Located in Essex, MA
Slant hinged lid opening to a fitted compartment and conforming case with overall tooled decoration. Iron handle and latches.
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Modernist Italian 800 Silver Small Playing Card Box, C.1950/1960
By Jean Despres
Located in Bath, GB
Hefty Italian silver was used to create this mid-century modern box with a stylish cast silver chain belt and buckle across the top and down the front, beautiful quality and engineer...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Small Majolica Goose Tureen Pate Tureen
Located in Austin, TX
Small Majolica Goose Tureen Pate Tureen circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Rustic Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Octagonal Jewelry Music Box, Made in Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant octagonal wooden music box in thuya wood.
Thuya tree is famous for rich gold and brown shades of its grain and unique exotic fragrance, simila...
Category
1950s Italian Moorish Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Pewter Jar by Estrid Ericson, Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, 1959
Located in Stockholm, SE
Lovely pewter jar by Estrid Ericson, in a cylinder form. Brass rims around the edges, adorned with an elevated, green agate stone in a knob form.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
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...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
1950's Original French Suroy Small Storage Tote
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1950’s original French Suroy small storage tote
1950’s original Suroy small storage tote. In 1853 the textile industrial revolution arrived in Loos, Nord France with the formation of the Esquermes factory by Alfred Thirez. The factories produced cotton thread for sewing and embroidery. Suroy was born from the practical need to provide hard wearing dry, robust containers that could store the textile raw materials. Made from a dusty earth red vulcanised/boiled card with riveted construction and usually (but not always) marked with the Suroy Lion brand...
Category
1950s French Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Textile
Majolica Crab Tureen Caugant, circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Vintage French Majolica crab tureen signed Caugant, circa 1950.
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Mid-Century Italian Alabaster Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A 1950’s Onyx green Alabaster box from Italy with a hinged top.
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
Antique Battersea Box Depicting a Hunting Scene
Located in Tampa, FL
A wonderful 18th century Battersea box depicting a hunting scene with hunters on horseback with dogs, deer and boar depicted against a wood...
Category
1790s English Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Midcentury Italian Handmade Birch Wood Maple Leaf Shaped Centerpiece, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury handmade birchwood maple leaf-shaped centrepiece. Aldo Tura probably designed this piece during 1950s for Macabo.
This piece is special as it has a curved map...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Birch
French Steel and Bronze Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A very sharp looking steel and bronze box with a bronze laurel leaf on the very top and a bronze border. Box has a black interior and lion paw feet. Circa 1950s, France.
Category
1950s French Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Guido Gambone Studio Ceramic Box, Italy, 1950s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exquisite ceramic tabletop box by prominent Italian ceramicist Guido Gambone (1909-1969). One of the most influential ceramicists of the twentieth century...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Box with Lid Produced in Sweden
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare wooden box with lid by unknown designer. Produced in Sweden.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Late 18th Century Table Top Writing Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Rare English table top fall front writing desk in burl walnut and blue eglomise painted oval panels. Ten panels inside painted with flowers and...
Category
Late 18th Century English Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Paint
Handmade Box Patinated Copper Embossed Elephant INDIA
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Indian Handmade Box Patinated Copper Embossed Elephant- Cat
2.75 tall x 9 w x 7.25 d
Made in India
Unrestored preowned vintage condition. Wonder...
Category
1950s Indian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Japanese Lacquered and Gold Leaf Storage Trunk (Nagamochi)
Located in London, GB
A fine lacquered and gold leaf Nagamochi dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century.
The exterior of the trunk and its gilded metal fittings are decorated with a folia...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
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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