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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Style: Folk Art
Style: George III
Antique Georgian English Sterling Silver Purse Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver vinaigrette in the form of a purse, an addition to our silver boxes collection
This antique Georgian silver vinaigrette...
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1810s English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Large Tramp Art Hinge Lid Box
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
A handcrafted Tramp Art box or small chest. A detailed design on four tapered feet. The interior is lined with white quilted fabric and the lid is fitted with a large finial. The bot...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Burmese Red Carved Wood Temple Offering Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Burmese red lacquered temple offering box called "Hsunok".
Burmese offering basket made of carved bamboo wood painted and lacquered in hues of red and oranges.
The lid adopts a Burmese temple shape, with a sharp top surmounting a gadroon dome.
This kind of basket is used to display offerings to Buddhist temples, in Asia.
During most of the 19th century Burma was ruled by members of the Konbaung dynasty, the last dynasty that would rule the country.
This Asian Burmese red offering...
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Early 20th Century South Asian Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo
VintageScandinavian Folk Art Hand Towel Box in Mixed Woods, 1970s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Ornate and decorative paper towel box in handcrafted and lacquered wood: teak, oak, mahogany, cherry, walnut etc. It is very practical and offers a cheap ref...
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1970s Scandinavian Folk Art Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Late 18th Century Fruitwood Spice Box from England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
English late 18th-century fruitwood spice box, featuring a small drawer at its base with a carved ivory knob. The figurative carving of a plant on the box's...
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18th Century English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
English Black Lacquered and Gilt Stenciled Figural Pagoda Tea Box, Circa 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
English black lacquered and gilt stenciled figural pagoda hinged tea box with exterior gilt stenciled dragon motif, original interior pewter hand chased figural container with bone k...
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1810s English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
19th Century Indonesian Red and Black Lacquered Document Box with Brass Handles
Located in Middleburg, VA
This 19th century red and black lacquered Indonesian document box is a beautiful way to keep your important papers tucked away. Made of richly patinated teak with intricate red and b...
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19th Century Indonesian Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Teak
19th Century Original Grey Painted Large Candle Box from New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic 19th century original grey painted handmade large scale candle box from New England .This wonderful slide top box has such great personality and great construction. It is e...
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20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
English Black Lacquered and Gilt Stenciled Figural Pagoda Sewing Box, C. 1810
Located in Hollywood, SC
English octagonal black lacquered and gilt stenciled figural pagoda hinged one drawer sewing box with exterior gilt stenciled dragon motif, interior gilt stenciled floral motif, orig...
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1810s English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th Century, Lowestoft English Porcelain Trinket Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
18th century, English porcelain trinket box hand decorated in polychrome glazes and inscribed: "A Trifle from Lowestoft 1795".
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18th Century English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Ceramic Parrot Money Banks, Bornholm Denmark
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Pair of 19th century ceramic parrot money banks, Bornholm Denmark.
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Late 19th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of George III Mahogany Knife Boxes
Located in Montreal, QC
This pair have the typical shape of boxes from this period, with shaped serpentine front, sloped hinged lid, and boxwood and ebony lines. Each cover is inlaid with an oval patera and...
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Early 19th Century British George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
18th Century English Diminutive Mahogany Chest with Satin Wood Banding
Located in Buchanan, MI
18th century English diminutive mahogany chest with satin wood banding. Top opens to an compartment over two drawers. Great color and patina. Can be used as a tabletop decoration...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Late 18th Century English George III Mahogany Knife Box Fitted Out for Letters
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 18th century, English George III mahogany knife box fitted out for letters / ballots. The interior voided of the old knife compartments. One small remov...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Pair of George 111 Inlaid Mahogany Knife Boxes
Located in Montreal, QC
This fine pair of Classic proportions have many marks of quality. The timber used on the sloped fronts has been carefully selected with figured grain conforming to the shape of the h...
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Early 19th Century British George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
1733 George II Sterling Silver Toilet Boxes
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive pair of antique George II English sterling silver toilet boxes; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection.
These...
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1730s English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair of English Mahogany Serpentine Inlaid Cutlery Boxes. Circa 1790
Located in Hollywood, SC
Pair of English mahogany serpentine inlaid slant top cutlery boxes with exterior Satinwood inlaid conch shells, satinwood and ebony inlaid interior stars, with original slotted fitt...
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18th Century and Earlier British George III Antique Decorative Boxes
19th Century Georgian Sewing Box
Located in Pymble, NSW
A good shaped sewing box of tooled leather with finely cast brass fittings. Stands on lion's paw feet. The leather is a deep burgundy colour with some minor chipping to corners. The ...
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1810s British George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th Century Pencil Box with King Christian VII Monogramme
Located in Copenhagen, K
Beautifully carved wooden box with the carving inscription of King Christian VII, and anno 1780.
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Late 18th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Special Tramp Art Box of Drawers
Located in Mt Kisco, NY
An especially sweet four-drawer hand-carved "tramp art" box. The top is decorated with a symbolic heart and arrow, a common design element in Tramp Art. The drawers are embellished with porcelain knobs. Carved ladies boots...
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
English Mahogany Satinwood Conch Shell Inlaid Wine Cellarette. Circa 1780
Located in Hollywood, SC
English mahogany wine cellarette with inlaid Satinwood conch shell, hinged top revealing a compartmentalized fitted interior, and terminating on the original turned legs with brass c...
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1780s English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Geo III Wedgwood and Steel Mounted Amboyna and Ebony Writing Box, c1800
Located in valatie, NY
The hinged rectangular top with three oval Signed Wedgwood plaques depicting putti at various pursuits within oval paterae mounted swagged and beaded borders, opening to a morocco leather lined hinged slope enclosing a well, the upper section fitted with candlesticks and compartmentalized for inkwells, above a hinged lid the front with a spring loaded secret drawer opening to a needle or pincushion and spools of thread.
This unusual work box, mounted with blue and white jasperware signed Wedgwood plaques, is English in conception. The writing box was a popular form first used in the 18th c and well into the 19th c for traveling. This type of portable desk was described by the English poet William Cowper in 1785 as 'the most elegant, the compactest, the most commodious desk in the world.'
Additionally, the jasperware plaques, came from Josiah Wedgwood's factory in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Its proximity to the steel manufacturing city of Birmingham, the birthplace of Matthew Boulton, producer of decorative metalwork (including cut steel mounts) and described by his friend and fellow-industrialist, Josiah Wedgwood, as 'the first Manufacturer in England', certainly suggests an English origin and possibly his handwork.
However, the polished steel mounts are also typical of furniture and objects made in Tula, Russia, where the Imperial Arms Factory was founded by Peter the Great in the early 18th c and which later became known for its decorative objects, including furniture and domestic pieces. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, ordered the 'Frog Service...
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Early 1800s English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cut Steel
Large George III Brass and Fruitwood-Inlaid and Mahogany Storage Box
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular hinged top with canted corners inlaid with a Turkish landscape design with an inside lift top and a lower drawer the interior fitted with a removable tray and mahogan...
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Late 18th Century English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Unusual "Stamp" Rose in Box
Located in Riverdale, NY
Unusual "Stamp" rose in box handcrafted "Rose" made of hundreds of French stamps, circa 1950s. Unusual French novelty in its own glass and brass framed casket.
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1950s French Folk Art Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Walnut and Satin Wood Box With Geometric Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful 19th century American box with intricate and beautiful geometric and star pattern inlay, alternating between walnut and satin wood triangles, squares and bands. Possibly s...
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Mid-19th Century American Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
20th Century German Hand Painted Oval Bentwood Box
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautifully hand painted bride box. Bentwood Pantry Box with floral and figural design. Mildly distressed paint. Oval box with lid. A nice addition to any r...
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20th Century German Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bentwood
George III Scarlet Tole Tea Caddy
Located in Essex, MA
Oval with hinged lid and axe head brass finial and trim.
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1790s English George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Rare 18th Century Antique Danish Silver Tea Caddy, Made in Copenhagen in 1777
Located in London, London
Marked with the Copenhagen hallmark for 1777 and the assay masters mark of Christopher Fabritius (assay master from 1749 - 1787) with an unrecorded makers mark, this handsome, Antique silver tea caddy...
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1770s Danish George III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
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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