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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Mid 19th Century Swedish Folk Art small Travel box /chest with original paint
Located in Boden, SE
Mid 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Travel box from Skellefteå Västerbotten, Northern Sweden.
Beautiful untouched original paint.
Dated 1858
Decorated with handwrought iron around the ...
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
1970s Plexiglass Box with brown band
Located in Florence, Tuscany
A 1970s plexiglass desk box in the style of Gabriella Crespi. The box is transparent with transparent brown central band. Found in a private home in R...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Box in Wood circa 1930
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A box in from the 1930's in Art Deco style made from wood and etched glass. The glass is possible to lift off to clean. The use is uncertain but we believe it is possibly made to hol...
Category
20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Walnut
$421 Sale Price
20% Off
Fine French Crystal Bivalve Molluscs Gilt Seahorse Jewelry Trinket Box
By Émile Gallé
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Fine French Crystal Small Box in the Form of a Mussel with a Seahorse Clasp. It has light signs of age to the edge of the foot. Thi sis a beautiful and unique piece.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Baroque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Customizable Color USM Inos Drawer by Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer
By Usm Haller
Located in New York, NY
This smart solution for storing smaller items fits in perfectly with USM Haller furniture. A range of 14 colors allows you to add stylish touches to your office or home. Includes a s...
Category
2010s Swiss Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Fred And Marilyn Buss Cazadero California Cocobolo Heart Wood Mushroom Stash Box
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This beautiful stash box was hand-carved from the heart of Cocobolo wood by Fred and Marilyn Buss of Cazadero, CA—a lovely vintage patina to the wood.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Bronze Cloisonne Powder Box with Prunus - Unsigned - China - Mid-20th C
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage bronze cloisonne lacquer powder box featuring Prunus blossoms - removeable lid - unsigned - China - mid 20th century.
Excellent vintage condition - no loss - no damage - n...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$276 Sale Price
30% Off
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel Blue shades Art Deco-style engraving Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with Art Deco-style engraving, early 1900s, with translucent fired enamels in various shades. Diameter 4 cm, height 1.3 cm. Wei...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rochard Limoges Paris Perfume Bottle in Porcelain Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Rochard, Limoges Paris, a hand enameled trinket box, a scent chest with a metal caged glass bottle, circa 1970-1980s.
The oval metal braced box has a domed lid with a tear-drop...
Category
Late 20th Century French International Style Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Jewelry Box Covered with Blue Moroccan Leather Napoleon 3 Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty wooden box covered with blue green leather decorated bookbinders, enhanced with gold leaf. On the lid of the box is represented a wise man in meditation holding a pilgrim...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Leather
Stunning Blue Murano Glass Ormolu Mounted Round Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning Blue Murano Glass Ormolu Mounted Round Table Box
Italy, mid-20th century
This beautiful Blue Murano Glass Ormolu Mounted Round Table Box, made in Italy during the mid-20t...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Tramp Art Box with Mirrors Folk Art Collectible
Located in Poperinge, BE
Beautiful antique tramp art box with mirrored panels on the sides and top, pointed feet and a triangular lid, partly covered with green velvet inside and decorated with a small mirro...
Category
Early 20th Century European Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mirror, Wood
Poseidon Blue Leather Round Bath Set
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Part of the Poseidon collection, this exceptional bathroom set will elevate the look of any bathroom with its timeless elegance. It comprises a cylindrical soap dispenser, toothbrush holder, cotton holder, and small object box or soap bar holder nested within a rectangular tray. All pieces are upholstered entirely in a soft blue-colored leather, which contrasts with the polished metal pump...
Category
2010s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$1,541 / item
Antique Moser Cranberry Enameled & Ormolu Mounted Glass Casket Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite antique glass casket box, attributed to the renowned Moser glassworks, exemplifies the opulence and artistry for which Moser is celebrated. The box is crafted from ric...
Category
20th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
German Rosenthal Bavaria 1920s Oval Porcelain Lidded Box with Floral Décor
By Rosenthal
Located in Atlanta, GA
A German Rosenthal porcelain lidded box from the early 20th century with pastel flowers. Created in Germany during the first quarter of the 20th century, this oval porcelain box, top...
Category
Early 20th Century German Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Modernist Wood and Enamel Box by J. Capo Esmaltes, circa 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
Designed by the esteemed J. Capo Esmaltes and crafted in Spain circa 1960, this exquisite Mid-Century Modern lidded box is a true fusion of artistry and craftsmanship. Its refined re...
Category
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel
Long Rectangular Woven Rattan Lidded Box for Decorative Storage in Country Style
Located in Yonkers, NY
A woven poem in rattan, this long rectangular lidded box captures the quiet elegance of natural fiber and handwoven craftsmanship. Its elongated shape and neatly articulated corners ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Country Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rattan
$360 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage bronze mounted porcelain box hand painted butterflies and floral decor
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Porcelain bronze mounted box, Art Nouveau style
Made of hand-painted crackled, glazed high quality bronze mounted porcelain. Signed on the bottom.
An all over polychrome floral deco...
Category
20th Century Japanese Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Sea Green Shagreen and Macassar Ebony Box with Bone Inlay
Located in New York, NY
Elegant, exotic, and unmistakably refined, shagreen has long captivated those with a discerning eye for luxury.
A study in subtle opulence, this artisan-crafted decorative box is wr...
Category
2010s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Spanish Church Alms Box / Wall Decoration with Carved Nun Detail, 18th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved wood hand painted donation / offering ALM BOX, Spain, 18th century.
Polychromed carved wood church collection offering donation money box as wall decoration.
This alms box is made of pine wood painted in terracotta hues. A nun carved ornamentation decorates the top.
Wall hanging collection / donation money box. Originally used to collect donations at Christian churches/chapels. Interesting to be used as key box or key cabinet or as wall decoration
Rare find.
Provenance: Private collection.
No key avaliable.
Overall Measures:
45 cm H x 26 cm W x 21 cm D
Poor box...
Category
18th Century Spanish Medieval Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Pine
$3,188 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Meiji Period Antique Lacquer Box with Gold Maki-e Decoration
Located in New York, NY
A fine antique Japanese Meji Period lacquer box decorated with a fan and a stylized star shaped window in the maki-e technique. The fan at the top right corner, fully opened depictin...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century Victorian Jewelry Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique Victorian jewelery box. The box is made of wood, covered with paper machee, lacquered black and inlaid with a mosaic of mother-of-pearl. Painted with gold colored decorations. The interior of the box is lined with blue silk fabric...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
READY TISSUE HOLDER WITH BOTTOM LEATHER FLAPS by Giobagnara
By Giobagnara
Located in Milan, IT
All-leather structure. Leather flaps provided with velcro close the product underneath.
Category
2010s Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Antique Chinese Export Silver Box Circa 1880
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export silver box; an addition to our collection of Chinese silverware.
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) box has a plain rectangular form.
The surface of the body is encompassed with exceptional chased oriental Chinese dragon designs amidst clouds, all on a matte background; each panel bears a plain and unembellished border.
This antique silver box is fitted with a hinged silver cover, bearing a continuation of cloud ornamentation to the side panels.
The upper plateau of the cover is ornamented with two further dragon designs accented with impressive emanating whiskers, incorporating a circular vacant cartouche to the centre.
By virtue of its size this versatile box could be used for a multitude of functions.
The box features a solid silver base which is plain and unembellished, apart from the feature hallmarks; a solid silver base is a sign of quality.
The hallmarks struck to the underside of this antique Chinese box...
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1880s Chinese Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Victorian Black Walnut Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box, Circa 1880.
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Victorian Black Walnut Tunbridge Ware Tea Caddy Box, Circa 1880.
Beautiful and unique geometric inlay mosaic design banding embellishments with mother of pearl key and top medallion. Glowing, patinated wood box with hinged lid. This antique Tunbridge box...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Curiosity Cabinet Collection of Shells, Circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Blue Opaline Egg Form Covered Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique French Ormolu Mounted Green Opaline Egg Form Covered Box. The egg form opaline box rests in a gilt bronze nest of grapes and leaves. The box opens to reveal a small compartment.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Small 1990s R & Y Augousti Shagreen Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
R & Y Augousti small Shagreen box.
Category
1990s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
Fine Russian Lacquer Palekh Hand Painted Holy Trinity Box by Zolotorev
Located in New York, NY
Fine Russian lacquer Palekh hand painted box by Zolotorev depicting the Holy Trinity
20th Century
Meticulously hand painted, the three angels seated at a table under the Oak of Mamre...
Category
20th Century Russian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Russian Fedoskino Lacquered Box "Morning in a Pine Forest", Family Bear 1965
Located in Labrit, Landes
Hand-painted and lacquered box. The illustration is maned "Morning in a Pine Forest" and it represents a bear family the mother and three little bears playing in the forest.
Fedoskin...
Category
1960s Russian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Antique Gilt Paris Porcelain Table Snuff Box or Round Casket by Bloch & Bourdois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A compelling round 19th century Paris porcelain box by Bloch and Bourdois.
With raised gold decoration, hand-painted vignettes and floral sprays, and a gilt bronze mount.
Base ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Cast Brass Engraved Brazier Box with Pierced Charcoal Tray, North India
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Cast Brass Engraved Brazier Box with Pierced Charcoal Tray, North India, Late 19th Century
Dimensions:
Consisting of Two Pieces: the Box and the Removable Tray
Box: 10.5” W to handl...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Sea Shell Encrusted Maitland Smith Style Box
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage sea Shell encrusted treasure box richly deco in colourful sea shells. All natural organic sea shell.
Category
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell
Maitland Smith Abalone Shell Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Mother of pearl tessellated box attributed to Maitland-Smith. Mother of pearl veneer in very pale green color over wood box. Black felt underside. Made in Philippines sticker on the ...
Category
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Urushi Lacquer Eggshell Round Brule Box, Medium by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Brulé means 'burnt' in French. Raw and delicate, the Brulé boxes evoke the idea of baked earth or ashes. There is a powerful energy in the details of decisio...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Lacquer
1920's French Art Deco Aladin Hand Painted Porcelain Hair Receiver / Covered Jar
Located in Red Lion, PA
1920s French Art Deco Aladin Hand-Painted Porcelain Hair Receiver / Covered Vanity Jar
This exquisite 1920s French Art Deco porcelain hair receiver by Aladin is a striking example o...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Figured Coromandel Brass Box / Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique brass bound coromandel Victorian Gothic Revival casket by Parkins and Gotto, 24 & 25 Oxford Street, London, circa 1860...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Customizable Color USM Inos Drawer by Fritz Haller and Paul Schaerer
By Usm Haller
Located in New York, NY
This smart solution for storing smaller items fits in perfectly with USM Haller furniture. A range of 14 colors allows you to add stylish touches to your office or home. Includes a s...
Category
2010s Swiss Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Unique Low Cabinet with Intarsia by Viktor Lurje for Wiener Werkstätte c. 1926
By Wiener Werkstätte, Viktor Lurje
Located in Berlin, DE
Unique low cabinet with intarsia designed by the architect, artist and craftsman Viktor Lurje (1883-1944) and manufactured by Wiener Werkstätte GmbH, circa 1926. Together with Oskar ...
Category
1920s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1900s French Leather Book Stack Tantalum Liquor / Drinks Box, neo empire style
Located in Paris, FR
Superb rare Neo-Empire style piece: a stack of tantalus-designed leather books with hidden shot glasses and decanters. Made in France.
This magnificent tantalus dates from the early 1900s; the stack of books looks astonishingly natural and real.
Like the stack of leather books, the beautifully handcrafted antique gilt glasses...
Category
1920s French Empire Revival Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Silver Sugar box, Vienna 1867-1872
Located in Delft, NL
Silver Sugar box, Vienna 1867-1872
An Austrian-Hungary silver sugar box with hinged lid. On the lid a rose with leaves as knob. A rectangular box with beautiful round scalloped body...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Vintage Italian Music Box Footed Wooden Inlaid Jewelry Box Made in Italy
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Italian large footed music box in pink color with top finely hand painted and wood inlaid with Italian lute and foliages floral decor, brass hardware, 2 compartiment inside a...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
R Lalique Box Cicadas 1921
By René Lalique
Located in NANTES, FR
Opalescent molded glass box decorated with cicadas.
This model was created in 1921.
The glassware is in perfect condition.
The satin background is original and requires restoration...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Gilt Vinaigrette Birmingham William Simpson
By Simpson
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Georgian engraved silver gilt Vinaigrette by William Simpson, Birmingham, 1826.
The vinaigrette having an engraved engine turned hinged lid with a floral border, the g...
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georgian Architectural Model
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English early 19th century mahogany architectural model of a church, the multiple steeples flanking a faux carved slate shingled room, wh...
Category
Early 19th Century English Gothic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Swedish 19th Century Birchwood Veneer Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Swedish 19th century birchwood veneer jewelry box.
The box has a heart of brass for keyhole and knob hardware of antler.
Category
19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Birch
Antique French Crystal & Dore Bronze Tall Dresser Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French crystal dresser box with Dore trim and original key. Most likely made by Baccarat. A rare and fine tall box.
Category
19th Century French Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Stunning Handcrafted Late 1800s Gothic Casket with Peacock & Gargoyle Sculptures
Located in Lisse, NL
Beautiful and rare Gothic Revival treasure box with bronze handle.
If you are a collector of antique boxes and/or if you are looking for an extraordinary jewelry box to grace your credenza or side table then this unique and top quality made specimen in the Gothic style could be perfect. Gothic Revival boxes are very hard to find and we have never seen one with such prodigious carvings on all sides. The unique and cat-like dragon gargoyles (with fangs) that look like they are carrying this casket, are just some of the stunningly carved and detailed sculptures that make this antique rarity even more artistic and impressive.
Another great feature are the peacock sculptures. In Christianity the peacock is the symbol of purity. Christians believe that once someone has passed their soul rises and goes to heaven. This is why in earlier times Christians would spread the feathers of a peacock over the deceased since it symbolized a pure soul that was immune to corruption. The peacock also represents immortality, resurrection, and the spiritual teachings of Jesus Christ and the Christian church.
Have you also noticed the top quality details on both ends of the bronze handle on top? The quality of that ornamental work is of the absolute highest standard also. There are many more incredibly beautiful, hand carved details and together they show that no expense was spared to create one of the most amazing Gothic caskets...
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Late 19th Century Italian Gothic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Spanish Alms Box / Wall Decoration with Carved Saints Detail, 18th Century
Located in Barcelona, ES
Carved wood hand painted donation / offering ALM Box, Spain, 18th century.
Polychromed carved wood church collection offering donation money box as wall decoration.
This alms box is made of pine wood painted in shades of blue and gray with carved saint figures onamentations decorating the top.
Wall hanging collection / donation money box. Originally used to collect donations at Christian churches/chapels. Interesting to be used as key box or key cabinet or as wall decoration
Rare find.
Provenance: Private collection.
No key avaliable.
Overall Measures:
Saints Box: 33 cm H x 37 cm W x 14 cm D
Poor...
Category
18th Century Spanish Medieval Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Pine
$3,188 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Jewelry Box, Small Chest, Silver Ornament, circa 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful box with silver ornament plate at the top.
The wood box ist painted black and the colour is in a good condition.
Category
Early 1900s Unknown Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metallic Thread
Hand-Carved Vintage Folk Art Wooden Tramp Art Style Storage Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Hand-Carved vintage Folk Art wooden Tramp Art style storage box from Poland.
This handcrafted Tramp Art style box is covered with geometric designs creating alternating depths on all...
Category
Mid-20th Century Polish Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Anglo-Indian Mother of Pearl Inlaid Jewelry Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Anglo-Indian Mother of Pearl Inlaid jewelry Box.
1940s Victorian Anglo Indian box in silver, bone and mother of pearl Inlaid.
An elegant Anglo Indian bon...
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Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
mid 20th Japanese vintage small Tansu, wabi sabi box chest of drawers japandi
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
wooden small tansu (chest of drawers) with 5 drawers, made of Tamo (Japanese Ash).
This piece is one of the "Ashed" line furnitures of my shop items - bleached with lye made from th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Organic Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Ash, Hardwood
$312 Sale Price
37% Off
Vintage Abalone and Brass Decorative Box Midcentury
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful brass plated abalone seashell square box with wood lined compartment. Stamped underneath “Taxco Mexico" a region of Mexico known for their unique and one of a kind metal works. The patina adds a grounding element to the glistening and multi color abalone shells. The design of a fish head in brass appears on the lid adding extra artistry to such a unique piece. One long hinge along lid allows it to open and close with ease. Incredible piece to add to your organic modern decor...
Category
1960s Mexican Organic Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$212 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Antique Austrian Sterling Silver and Guilloche Enamel Pill Box, circa 1900
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely stunning large antique Viennese sterling silver pill box made from a hefty gauge of Austrian silver.
All sides are decorated with a white guilloche enamel showcasing...
Category
1890s Austrian Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$1,482 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Ladies Travelling Box, English, Sewing Case, Writing Slope, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique ladies travelling box. An English, rosewood and inlay combination sewing case and writing slope, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Exquisite craf...
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Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Rare 15th Century Venetian Casket Former Dr. Albert Figdor Collection
Located in Doha, QA
This exceptional 15th-century Venetian painted casket is a rare example of early decorative art from the late Medieval to early Renaissance period in the Republic of Venice, Italy. H...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
19th Century French Green Opaline Glass Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th Century French Green Opaline Glass Box. In very good vintage condition.
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Jean Michel Frank Geometric Straw Marquetry Box, France circa 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
This rare Art Deco straw marquetry lidded box is attributed to French designer Jean Michel Frank. The piece was expertly crafted in France circa 1930. The rectangular shape is stunni...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw, Wood
Sic Rimini Blu Glazed Ceramic Large Lidded Vessel / Box Bitossi Aldo Londi Style
Located in Barcelona, ES
Large Mid-Century Modern blue glazed ceramic (Rimini Blu) round lidded box , Manufactured by S.I.C Ceramiche Italy, 1950-1960s.
It has reminiscences in those Rimini blue designs from Aldo Londi and Bitossi...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Terracotta
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.