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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Empire
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. Hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color. It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times. Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene. Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Romeo Rega Vintage Brass Large Pyramid Step Box Sculpture Desk Accessory Italian
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing and very special heavy large vintage brass stepped pyramid box and or sculpture designed by Romeo Rega is Italian and now rare. This is from the 70s. It is unmarked but ...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Two Garouste and Bonetti Bronze Boxes for the Collection of Herbert Blome 2001
Located in Milan, IT
Two Garouste and Bonetti Bronze Boxes for the Collection of Herbert Blome 2001 Both are fully signed
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Early 2000s French Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Maitland Smith Brown Penshell Cube Decorative Box
Located in Stamford, CT
1980s decorative pen shell cube box attributed to Maitland Smith. Medium brown pen shell with dark gray tessellated stone accents. Wood lined box. No ma...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Shell, Wood

Fantastic After Carl Faberge Egg "Mansion at MGM Grand"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fantastic After Carl FABERGE egg "The Mansion at MGM Grand" Yellow enamelled egg, gilt bronze frame resting on a tripod foot, covered with palmet...
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20th Century French Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Malachite, Bronze

Dean Santner wood box / jewelry /decorative . Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful wooden box by the well known Dean Santner .
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Late 20th Century American Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Porteño Small Black & Cream Hand Painted Wood Box
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The urban and cosmopolitan Porteño family carries the spirit of the ones born in Buenos Aires city or “Porteño”, as they are commonly known. Its boxes, trays and flower vases have a ...
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2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Handpainted Limoges Porcelain Egg Box for Asprey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine diminutive porcelain dresser or vanity box. By Limoges for Asprey. In the size and shape of an egg. Decorated with handpainted green plants, blue devices, and extensive ...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Porteño Medium Black & Cream Hand Painted Wood Box
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The urban and cosmopolitan Porteño family carries the spirit of the ones born in Buenos Aires city or “Porteño”, as they are commonly known. Its boxes, trays and flower vases have a ...
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2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Brass Inlay Blue Dyed Bone Box
Located in New York, NY
Handd dyed bone blue keepsake box with 3 brass inlay stripes.
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Table Box blue and gold with handpainted miniature fire-enameled on guilloche Sa
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 800/1000 silver gold plated with translucent enamel on guilloché and beautiful enamel miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli in early 1900s Engl...
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1980s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Small Egg style Faberge Enamel hand painted wreaths Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Small egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché and an hand-painted miniature of garlands in Russian Art Nouveau style, inspired by the e...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Neon Pink Acrylic Christmas Tree Decor by Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Christmas is a season of joy and, for us that means color! Celebrate the season with this colorful, fun and modern Christmas Tree sculptures, and give a new twist to the traditional Christmas color palette. This sculptures will look merry and bright in shelves, fireplace mantle, centerpiece on your table or even to decorate you kids bedroom...
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2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Acrylic

Elongated Octagonal Lidded Tessellated Bone Box in the Style of Enrique Garcel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A well crafted wooden Octagonal box with Tessellated bone inlay - lidded and ready for many different contents, from desk accessories to television remotes, jewelry, letters, memento...
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20th Century Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Wood

Pill Box Sterling Silver with Sailboat Hand-Painted with Fired Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
Portapillole rotondo in argento sterling 925/1000 placcato oro. Portapillole in Argento Sterling con miniatura di barca a vela smaltata e dipinta a mano. Stile inglese primi del XX ...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pocket Pill Box like Egg sea color Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket pill box shaped like a small egg. Pocket pill box like egg hinged opening. Pocket pill box like egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24ca...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Onyx Black w/ 24Karat Gold Flecks
Located in New York, NY
This elegant and impressive modernist decorative box was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. It...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Murano Glass

Tissue Box in Black Shagreen by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Black Shagreen Tissue Box by R&Y Augousti is a sublime expression of modern elegance and meticulous craftsmanship. Encased in luxurious shagreen, its textured finish exudes refin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Shagreen Stingray

Large Sewing Box Lacquer Work with Pastoral Scenes, Early 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
A large and intricately decorated Empire lacquer work sewing box. Early 19th century Europe. The box is decorated with pastoral scenes and an intricate pattern on the edges. The ins...
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Early 19th Century European Empire Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer, Beech

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

Materials

Stoneware

Egg Purple Red enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg Purple Red enamel is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Egg Purple Red enamel has fired enamels on guilloché has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand. Egg Purple Red...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Black with Bubbles and Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Discover the epitome of elegance with this exquisite Pulegoso technique box, meticulously crafted in Murano and signed for MOGUL. This box, available in both large and giant sizes, e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Chrome

21st Century Leather Origami Box for Closet & Wardrobe Handcrafted in Italy
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Our Origami box is an endlessly useful complement for a master closet. Two sizes ideal for organizing your interior. Made with eco-friendly, washable an...
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2010s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather

19th Century Jewelry Box in Leather with Diamond Pattern
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Rectangular Leather Jewelry Box on small brass balls with diamond pattern.
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19th Century French Empire Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antiqued Red Lacquer Trinket Box
Located in Countryside, IL
Antiqued red lacquer trinket box This trinket box measures: 14 wide x 14 deep x 7.5 inches high This box is in Excellent Vintage Condition with minor marks, dents, and wear. ...
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2010s American Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Egg “music box” mechanism by the Swiss Maison Reuge Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg “music box” is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Egg “music box” has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand. Egg “music box”on smooth tripod containing a “music box”...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Salimbeni Pillbox Semi-Invisible Lid Sterling Silver Natural
Located in Firenze, FI
Salimbeni Pillbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver, oval section with lid with lost hinge, that is, semi-invisible. Salimbeni Pillbox has guilloche with Art Deco early 20th century styl...
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1970s Italian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Egg on Tripod with folding frame for 6 photos Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on tripod with folding photo frame for 6 photos, inside, in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated, with translucent fired enamels on guillochè. ...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

Set Tronador Large Mini Boxes, Brown & Cream Onyx Stone and Silver Alpaca
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
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2010s Argentine Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Onyx

Hand-Blown Murano Box in Emerald Green with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite Murano box, hand-blown in a vibrant emerald green, is a celebration of Venetian craftsmanship and refined geometry. Its octagonal form is both striking and sculptural,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Hand-Blown Murano Box in Emerald Green with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite Murano box, hand-blown in a vibrant emerald green, is a celebration of Venetian craftsmanship and refined geometry. Its octagonal form is both striking and sculptural,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Egg Plum enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg Plum enamel is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Egg Plum enamel has fired enamels on guilloché has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand. Egg Plum enamel is Russian...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Egidio Broggi, Silver Plate and Gold Plate Swirled Box, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fantastic silverplate-lidded decorative box created by Italian designer Egidio Broggi, Milano. The piece was crafted in Italy circa 1980. This impressive box features an oversized ...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate

Set Picture Frame+Table Box Enamel two-tone ruby red and emerald green Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular Photo Frame in Gold-Plated 925/1000 Silver: Imagine a frame that frames your most precious memories with elegance and modernity. This frame is made of gold-plated 925/100...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate

Karl Springer Stunning "Kyoto Box" in Tessellated Penshell 1980s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Exceptionally crafted "Kyoto Box" in tessellated penshell with brass inlays on top and trim around base by Karl Springer, American 1980's (signed “Karl Sprin...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Large English Modern Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Padgett & Braham Ltd in London in 1963. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with gently curved top and tapering tab. Interior ceda...
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1960s English Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

19th Century Wooden Carved Painted Display Cabinet Chest Tabernacle
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
European 19th Century Wooden Carved Painted Display Cabinet featuring a mirror glass locking door. This versatile piece could be used to store jewelry or collectables. We also see th...
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Mid-19th Century European Empire Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mirror, Wood

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.
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Horn, Wood

19th Century Antique Empire Barrel Box in Hardwood
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
19th Century Antique Empire Barrel Box in Hardwood. Charming piece as a decorative piece on a desk or library shelf and additionally could be used to hold jewelry on a dresser or nig...
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Early 19th Century American Empire Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Egg Navy Blue enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg Navy Blue enamel is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Egg Navy Blue enamel has fired enamels on guilloché has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand. Egg Navy Blue en...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Italian Leather Desk Organizer 5 Box Storage Area
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful Italian black leather desk organizer, circa late-20th century, 1970s, Florence, Italy. This desk piece organizer is black leather, comprised of five (5) boxes with a rich clear lacquered wood back, brass hinges, and a center rest area (shown with car key, and small change purse...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Oak

Sterling Silver Box Striped Fire Enameled Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Sterling silver Jewel box with Rectangular rounded corners gold plated with translucent fire enamel stripes on guilloche and hand engraved with late Russian Empire style ornament app...
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1980s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Small Square Brass Box With Angel Insignia, America Early 20th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Square Brass Box With Angel Insignia, America Early 20th Century. This Empire style box makes a wonderful addition to a collection of these classic brass boxes. This box is ve...
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Early 20th Century American Empire Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

James Bearden Containment Box #2
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural "Containment" box, a vessel in blackened steel, dyed bronze, and red glass enamel by American artist James Bearden. Number 2 in a series. Top lifts off revealing an abstra...
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2010s American Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel, Steel

Square Brown Leather Box
Located in Queens, NY
Square brown wood box covered in fur with a lift-off cover.    
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20th Century American Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Fur, Leather

Judith Leiber Millennium Minaudiere, Clutch and/or Purse
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Judith Leiber minaudiere, clutch and/or purse. It depicts a small rectangular metal box wrapped with an ocean blue palette, green, yellow, brown and beige color paper illus...
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20th Century American Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Metal

Turquoise Acrylic Large Round Box by Paola Valle
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Modern, colorful and fun round box that can be used as a decorative element on a coffee table, desk or nightstand. Serving double duty as a storage box or as a candy bowl. They loo...
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2010s Mexican Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Acrylic

Karl Springer Lidded Box with Artisan Lacquered Exterior 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Exquisitely hand-lacquered lidded box with wood motif exterior and interior covered in beige suede by Karl Springer, American 1970's. This box is meticulously crafted. Springer had...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Suede, Wood, Lacquer

Natural, Black 3D Bone Box
Located in New York, NY
Hand made dimensional bone box with hand set black centers. Rectangular pieces form a dimensional facade, lined in wood. A great addition to any coffee table to store remote controls...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone, Wood

Large Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Onyx Black W/24 Karat Gold Flecks
Located in New York, NY
This stunning modernist decorative box was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. It features a vo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Murano Glass

Oscar Tusquets Contemporary Leather Starry Pyramid Limited Edition
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Starry Pyramid by Oscar Tusquets and Pere Ventura for Exhibition-event Homo Faber celebrada en Venezia septiembre 2018. Limited edition of 8 A pyramid shaped tabernacle. Leather covered faces...
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2010s Spanish Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather

Waste Bin in Black Shagreen by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Black Shagreen Waste Bin with Wood Interior by R&Y Augousti is a stunning blend of luxurious craftsmanship and functionality. Its exterior, crafted from hand-selected black shagr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Shagreen Stingray

Snake Large Round Box
Located in Milan, IT
Also available in a smaller variant, this exclusive, round box is inspired by the symbolism and hypnotizing charm of snakes. Fashioned of clear crystal boasting a pleasant scaled texture, this luxury design is distinguished by a bronze snake plated...
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2010s Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal

Vintage Japanese Ball Shaped Plastic Tea Caddy Storage Containers, Set of 3
Located in San Carlos, CA
🍵 Elevate Your Storage: Set of 3 Japanese Natsume Tea Caddies! 🍵 Enhance your storage solutions with a touch of elegance and functionality with our wonderful set of three hard pla...
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1980s Japanese Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Plastic

Hand Blown Murano Glass Box Large in Amber with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The infusion of golden amber lends a mesmerizing allure to this enchanting hand-blown glass box from Murano, Italy. The warmth evokes a sense of luxury and sophistication, which is a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Seguso Murano opalescent yellow decorative /jewelry lidded box .
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful murano glass box in an opaline yellow color lidded / covered .
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Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Murano Glass

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.
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Late 19th Century French Empire Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ormolu

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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