Bill Long Decorative Box
$2,800
Bill Long Decorative Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Dark Rosewoo box with an integrated hand carved Tray. Great wood grain and Organic Form.
1970s American Vintage Decorative Boxes
Rosewood
$2,800
Bill Long Decorative Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A Dark Rosewoo box with an integrated hand carved Tray. Great wood grain and Organic Form.
Rosewood
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
Fred Zimbalist Thorens Silver Plated Music Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Fred Zimbalist Thorens silver music box shaped as an old phonograph with trumpet horn. All the silver panels that make the box and the hor...
Silver Plate
French Majolica Yellow Duck Bank, circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Antique French Majolica yellow duck money bank, circa 1900.
Ceramic
Indonesian Brass Betel Tray, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This open brass box was originally the case of an early 20th century betel box set from Indonesia, filled with small containers that held the individual ingredients of a betel quid. ...
Brass
$1,650
Tibetan Scroll Box
Located in New York, NY
Tibetan hexagon Tonka scroll box. Hand made hexagon box covered in leather hand painted. Traditional Tibetan art work hand painted with raised outlining of Jambhala faces, Tibetan Je...
Pine, Wood, Animal Skin
Early 19th Century German Spice Cabinet
Located in High Point, NC
Early 19th century German spice chest. This is a really unique spice chest which has been meticulously constructed with hand made dovetails on the case. The top of the case has a ...
Pine
Antique Vintage Wooden Side Table, Carved Details, 19th Century
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Gorgeous tortoiseshell print oval paper box with sea shell border decoration and central floral rosette.
Shell, Paper
A Rare Carved and Metal Mounted Casket with Remnants of ‘Pastiglia’
Located in London, GB
A Rare Carved and Metal Mounted Casket with Remnants of ‘Pastiglia’ Decoration retaining the original lock plate Wood, iron, polychrome Catalonia, Spain 14th Century Size: 17cm ...
Iron
Vintage Oval Glass Jewelry Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
An oval molded glass jewelry box or casket. Nice large size makes it an ideal for a dresser or just for display.
Glass
Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box by Maitland-Smith
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated horn jewelry box by Maitland-Smith.
Jade, Brass
Palais Royal Mother of Pearl Hand Carved Figural Needlecase, France c. 1820
By Palais Royal
Located in London, GB
A rare and very fine quality antique figural Palais Royal mother-of-pearl needlecase, etui or bodkin, hand-carved in the form of a young man wearing a Renaissance style hat, made in ...
Mother-of-Pearl
Art Deco Table Box Covered in Green Shagreen & Marked "London Made"
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco shagreen covered trinket or cigarette box with hinged lid and of rectangular form, stained green with white corners and stamped "London Made" on the bottom.
Shagreen, Wood
19th Century Hand Painted Kashmiri Vessel
Located in London, GB
19th Century Hand Painted Kashmiri Vessel A stylish late 19th Century hand painted Kashmiri vessel. Covered in intricate painted flowers a...
Pine
18th Century Spanish Iron-Clad Strong Box in Working Condition with Original Key
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish strong box from the 18th century. This antique safe from is constructed or iron clad wood, and is handsomely adorn in domed iron nailhead trim throughout it's top, front, a...
Iron
Antique French Gold Bronze Box With Hand Painted Porcelain Miniature, Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Gold Bronze Jewel or Trinket Box With Hand Painted Porcelain Miniature, Circa 1880-1890.
Bronze
Mother Of Pearl Game Pieces in Wooden Box in Chinese Style
Located in Greven, DE
Numerous finely engraved mother-of-pearl game pieces in a wooden box in Chinese style. The game pieces are in three different shapes - oval, round and rectangular. The engravings sho...
Wood
Sèvres Porcelain Casket, Napoleon III Period, 19th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sèvres porcelain casket, Napoleon III period, 19th century. 19th century casket, Napoleon III period, Sèvres porcelain and gilt brass mount. Dime...
Porcelain
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
Murano Barbini White Black Gold Flecks Spike Italian Art Glass Vanity Powder Box
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown white, dark purple / black and gold flecks Italian art glass vanity powder or jewelry box. Documented to designer Alfredo Barbini, circa 1950s. Th...
Gold Leaf
1950s Anglo Indian Micro Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
1950s Anglo Indian Micro Sadeli Mosaic Inlaid Jewelry Box. DIMENSIONS: 7ʺW × 7ʺD × 2.5ʺH. Indo Persian Moorish style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid. Intricate inlaid Anglo ...
Bone, Fruitwood
$915Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Hotel Tea Chest, Chinese, Pewter Alloy, Chá Caddy, Art Deco, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage hotel tea chest. A Chinese, pewtered alloy chá caddy, dating to the Art Deco period, circa 1930. Delightful Art Deco caddy, with superb engraved detail Displays a...
Metal
Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Octagonal Glass Box in Emerald w/ Brass Fittings
Located in New York, NY
This beautifully colored and elegant Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Octagonal Glass Box in Emerald W/Brass Fittings originates from Italy during the 21st Century. Features an octagonal ...
Brass
DEAKIN & FRANCIS 1935 Birmingham Guilloche Green Enamel Box In .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box designed by Deakin & Francis. This is a fabulous squared antique case-box, created in the city of Birmingham England at the silversmiths of Deakin &...
Silver, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Rajasthani Decorative Brass Lidded Betel Caddy Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Handcrafted decorative round brass Indian lidded betel box with latch and a top handle. Delicately and intricately hand-chased with geometric designs. Used as a tea caddy with tea bo...
Brass, Copper
Glazed stoneware box by Jean-Pierre Viot, 1968. Unique piece.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware box by Jean-Pierre Viot. Artist signature under the base. 1968. H : 3.7 x 13.4 x 9.8 inches. - “Discreet, friendly, attentive, Jean-Pierre Viot is a central figur...
Ceramic
Majolica Onnaing Book Money Bank Box, circa 1900
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica money bank books made by Onnaing. The piece was crafted, circa 1900.
Ceramic
French Majolica Tobacco Jar Onnaing, Circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica tobacco jar onnaing, Circa 1890. Decorated with a medallion and flowers.
Ceramic, Faience
$224Sale Price|20% Off
Art Deco cosmetic box, acrylic glass, mint green
Located in Hamburg, DE
Introducing our Art Deco Cosmetic Box, a stunning piece of beauty storage that effortlessly blends pastel elegance with the architectural charm of 1...
Acrylic
Antique a Victorian Silver and Simulated Tortoise Shell Case, 1863
Located in Norton, MA
Antique a Victorian silver and simulated tortoise shell case, the lid with an applied monogram Marked on exterior Henry William Dee, London, 1863 ...
Silver
Rectangular Brown Shagreen Box
Located in Queens, NY
Rectangular brown shagreen wood box with a black trim and a lift-off cover
Original 17th Century William and Mary Olive Oyster Lace Box, Circa 1680-1700
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and rare 17th-century William and Mary period olive oyster lace box of perfect proportions. 1680-1700, England The cross-grain moulded top is entirely covered in well-placed ...
Olive, Holly
Italian Florentine Mid-Century Leather Gold Gilt Jewelry Holder Trinket Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Mid-Century Italian hand crafted box in leather featuring a gold embossed lid with sun decoration and royal blue fabric interior. The color of the leather box is fantastic s...
Leather, Fabric
19th Century 14.25‘’ Large Chinese Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese lacquer sewing box from the Qing Dynasty. Decorated beautifully all over with intricate designs and images of ancient C...
Lacquer
Mid-Century Modern Silver Box with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay, Mexico, 1960
By Taxco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mexican silver box with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay. Lid opens to a wood lined interior. Very nicely done and a really beautiful object!
Silver
1960's Original Hungarian Army First Aid Boxes - Medium Shape
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Original Hungarian Army First Aid Boxes - Medium Shape. These were standard issue in the Hungarian army and we have a network of pickers that hunt them out for us. Occasional...
Aluminum
Long Narrow Chinese Laquered Box with Brass Bun Feet
By Sarreid Ltd.
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Lovely unusually long and narrow Chinoiserie box having black background with red and gold flowers, brass hinge and bun feet.
Wood
$1,057 / set
Money Boxes
Located in London, England
Collection of 18 tin money boxes. Circa 1950
Tin
Round Leaf Design Box - Cream Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition, in Stock
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Round leaf design box Cream lacquer Hand-carved Wood base Limited edition In stock Lacquer is a technique that dates back to the Shang dynasty, circa 1600-1100 B.C. These pieces are...
Lacquer
La Sirène au Bateau (The mermaid with the boat) by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
La Sirène au Bateau (The mermaid with the boat) by Line Vautrin, silvered bronze box. Silvered bronze box whose lid is decorated with a Mermaid carrying a boat at arm’s length. This ...
Bronze
$1,800
Hermes Leather Box
By Hermès
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Black painted leather, oak interior. Impressed manufacturer's mark to underside ‘Hermès Paris’. 1955
Leather, Oak
Solid Tiger Oak Card Single Catalog Box with Brass Handle by Weis
By Weiss
Located in San Diego, CA
A solid tiger oak single card catalog box with brass handle by Weis, circa 1940s This solid oak cabinet is constructed with gorgeous dovetail joints, a finished backside and a solid ...
Brass
An Edwardian Huntley & Palmers Lithographed Book Form Biscuit Tin, Center One So
Located in Buchanan, MI
An Edwardian Huntley & Palmers Lithographed Book Form Biscuit Tin. Priced per box. Center one sold. Red ones available.
Metal
$21,462Sale Price|35% Off
Extremely Rare Pair of Regency Cast-Iron Sarcophagus Shaped Strong Boxes
Located in Benington, Herts
An extremely rare pair of Regency cast-iron sarcophagus shaped strong boxes. Regency, circa 1820 Painted to simulate palisander wood and with parcel-gilt, the cavetto-moulded hinged lids cast with flower sprays above foliate-cast bands over front panels relieved with river gods within canted corners cast with standing muses, the sides with lion mask and ring handles over leafy aprons on massive lion’s paw feet; the Brahmah type lock stamped “T. Davis from London” and impressed with the Royal Crown. These extraordinary pieces are modelled on Regency wine coolers. The forms are classic Greco-Roman revival with the boat-hook handles, mythic figures and the overall sarcophagus pattern. You would struggle to find one let alone a pair. Good items for any collection. Research on going into these strong boxes but we have found possible information on the lock stamped Davis….(historyoflocks ) The relationship of King George III and George Davis of Windsor, who was locksmith in ordinary to His Majesty. Davis, in 1799, invented and patented a unique style of lock, which was also beautifully engraved with a warning not to make duplicate keys. Sensitive government secrets always demanded, then as today, locks that were state of the art. Davis locks ended up on government dispatch boxes...
Iron
Danish Cast Iron and Bronze Jewelry Box or Dresser Box, Circa 1940s
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful casket form cast iron and bronze dresser box, jewelry box, cigar box, or decorative box with interior cedar lining. The front depicts a scene from the 1219 Battle of Lynd...
Bronze, Iron
French Majolica Box with Cyclamens, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica box with Cyclamens, Circa 1890.
Ceramic
Mid Century Modern Cobalt Blue Fused Glass Teak Trinket Box by Robert Brown
By Robert Brown
Located in Troy, MI
Striking glass lidded trinket or jewelry box by Robert W Brown circa 1960s Teak construction with cobalt blue sculptural fused glass inset top 8" wide 4" deep 2" height
Art Glass, Teak
Bitossi Decorative Box, Ceramic, Pink & Blue Glazed, Italy, 1970s
By Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, pink, white, and blue signed. Small scale round lidded box glazed in salmon pink, white and sky blue. Paper label on underside reads: Made in Italy 99-903 A.
Ceramic
Nathaniel Mills Victorian Sterling Silver Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver card case made by Nathaniel Mills; an addition to our range of collectable silverware This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver card case has a rectangular shaped form. The surface of this collectable card case is embellished with fine and impressive chased and embossed scrolling leaf and floral decoration on a matte background. The anterior surface of the case incorporates the Scott Monument depicted in relief. The decoration to the reverse of the case incorporates a shaped, scroll bordered cartouche displaying the contemporary engraved initals 'MVFT'. The shaped sides of this piece are embellished with plain scrolling borders. This antique silver card case...
Silver, Sterling Silver
W A Perry an Arts & Crafts Hand Hammered Pewter Box with an Oval Turquoise Jewel
Located in London, GB
W A Perry. Birmingham. A rare English Arts & Crafts hand-hammered octagonal pewter box with ribbed decoration to the top and the base centered with an oval Je...
Pewter
Rosewood and Stumpwork Table Cabinet
Located in Harrodsburg, KY
A table cabinet parquetry-veneered in rosewood on the outside and opening (both with a hinged lid and front) to reveal a fitted interior with stumpwork-fronted drawers. The stumpwork...
Textile, Rosewood
19th Century Scottish Mauchline Ware Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century Mauchline Ware trinket or jewelry box. It has applied and printed monochrome decoration entitled “Mineral Wells Moffat”, “Moffat” and “Crai...
$600Sale Price|20% Off
Maitland Smith Tessellated Stone Fossilized Coral Decorative Wood Stash Dome Box
Located in San Diego, CA
We are offering a beautiful elegant natural tessellated mosaic fossilized coral stone decorative stash box designed by Maitland Smith. This box does not have the original tag on the ...
Stone
$350Sale Price|41% Off
Classical Design English Brass and Copper Coal Hod
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A fine quality brass and copper coal hod. Classical design, English, late 19th century. Original lift-out handled liner. Associated shovel. The repouss...
Brass, Copper
Antique Gentleman's Satinwood Mahogany Marquetry Jewellery Casket Table Box 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine well figured Satinwood Marquetry Ladies or Gentlemans Jewellery Casket of outstanding quality and condition, last quarter of th...
Brass
Flamed sandstone box by Charles Gréber, France circa 1920
Located in Paris, Ile-de-France
Octogonal box with lid, sporting a large and decorative handle with foliage pattern. Rich marbled brown/ green glaze. Charles Gréber (1853-1935) Beauvais, France. signed " C. Gréb...
Sandstone
South Indian Netturpetti Jewelry Box, Teak & Brass, Circa 1950
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
South Indian Malabar “Netturpetti” Dowry Jewelry Box in Teak and Brass, Kerala, Circa 1950 A highly collectible South Indian dowry box, known as a Net...
Brass
Swedish Grace Pewter Box by Ingvar Bossler for Gamleby Tenn, Västervik, Sweden.
Located in Stockholm, SE
Simple, yet sophisticated, Swedish Grace pewter box by Ingvar Bossler for Gamleby Tenn, Västervik, Sweden. The company Gamleby Tenn started in the...
Pewter
21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Crystal Box with Flamingo
Located in Calenzano, FI
Hand carved crystal box with Flamingo in brass made with the artisan lost wax technique with dark burnished finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind. The style of this box is a modern reinterpretation of an object from the second half of the 18th century in France. Also Oggetti d'Arte will follow with the same passion the request of the most qualified studies of interio architecture from around the world, helping them in achievement of their most ambitious projects. This box, at the customer's request, can be made with different metal finishes and with different crystal colors so that it can be inserted in the best possible way within your furniture. This box is included in Animal Box...
Crystal, Bronze
$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
Murano Barovier & Toso Glass Box, Gold, Brass, Hinged.
By Barovier
Located in New York, NY
Murano Barovier & Toso Glass Box, Gold, Brass, Hinged. Finely handcrafted rectangular translucent glass box, decorated with gold bubble inclusions.
Brass
2 Antique Stone Pietra Dura Trinket Boxes w Bowl Desk Accessories
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Elegant antique stone trinket box with pietra dura floral inlay and incised sides.
Stone
Italian Modern Architectural Brass Inlaid Travertine Box, Circa 1970s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Modern Architectural Brass Inlaid Travertine Box, Circa 1970s Italy, Circa 1970s A sleek and sophisticated Italian modern architectural travertine box with brass inlay, mad...
Travertine, Brass
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.