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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Victorian
Early English Victorian 1st Prize Equestrian Silverplated Figural Trophy Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Early English Victorian 1st Prize Equestrian Silverplated Figural Trophy Box—England, Mid-19th Century
This exquisite early Victorian silver-plated tro...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Music Box by Duccommun Girod playing 2 per Turn of the Cylinder
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Extremely large music box made in 1854 by Duccommun Girod in Switzerland.
Duccommun Girod was around early in the 19th century when music boxes first ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
ALEXANDRE MARTY 1940 Limoges Decorative Round Box With Enamel On Copper
Located in Miami, FL
An enameled decorative round box designed by Alexandre Marty, (1876-1943).
This is an amazing beautiful round box created in Limoges France by Alexandre Marty, back in the 1945-1950...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Copper, Enamel
$1,855 Sale Price
30% 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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
English Victorian Style Wood Inlaid Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian-style rectangular light wood box with star and diamond shape inlays, with 3 compartments.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Rectangular Art Deco Green Shagreen Box w/Oval Malachite Stone Centered on Lid
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco green stained shagreen, over cedar, the slightly domed top with a centered oval malachite disk. The box is covered with shagreen on all sides including the bottom.
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shagreen, Wood
Hallmarked Silver Plated Keepsake Box, Sheffield, Uk, Circa 1900
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a stunning Sheffield silver keepsake box dating to 1900, with associated hallmark. This small box includes a clean interior and rounded corners. The box is free of names or initials, but would have been used to house keepsakes such as jewelry or cufflinks. A well maintained, elegant piece, this antique silver box is an excellent addition to any silver collection.
Trinket or keepsake boxes have taken on many forms since their first conception in ancient times. However their purpose remains the same; to store jewelry and other items precious to the owner. Originally, these boxes were used specifically for jewelry. These were in common use as early as 5000 BC in Ancient Egypt, when the majority of Egyptians, both male and female, wore jewelry. Boxes were used to keep these gemstone encrusted items safe. In Ancient Rome, jewelry was a status symbol. Rings and brooches were utilized to represent ones status in society. Again, boxes were needed for security and storage purposes. Finding early examples of these are quite rare.
Victorian and Edwardian examples of trinket boxes are far more common. This is because owning jewellery was a luxury until the Victorian era- let alone possessing so much a box was needed to store it all. Fine jewelry and other items became available to the masses after the industrial revolution due to the reduction in production costs. This led to a demand for trinket boxes, which were much smaller than jewelry boxes and therefore better suited to the needs of the middle class who did not yet possess an abundance of jewelry.
In Victorian households, collectables and other items of interested were also stashed inside these boxes. This is why they are known as trinket or keepsake boxes, rather than just jewelry boxes, although of course jewelry was also stored in them. Trinket boxes were produced in large numbers around this time. Many were lined with colored plush or velvet or rich wood. More elaborate designs had interior divisions and trays for rings and other pieces of jewellery. It was also common to see trinket boxes so small that they could only contain one item, such as a single ring. Ornate exteriors were created to reflect the value of the trinket boxes contents.
The Edwardian era saw the introduction of new styles of trinket box. These included small circular or oblong boxes...
Category
Early 1900s British Art Deco Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Magician's Trick Double Wood Boxes with Ties, circa 1890
Located in Incline Village, NV
This item is from a collection of "magic" props from a California estate, and was accumulated in New York City; home too many famous conjurors; Houdini, Hermann the Great, and Copper...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Casket Sewing Box
Located in London, GB
This is a superb quality antique Victorian burr walnut casket, sewing box, with elaborate decorative brass and bronze mounts, circa 1860 in date.
The rectangular lid is beautifully decorated with cut brass mounts centred with a striking bronze sphynx...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Mahogany Writing Slope from the Mid 19th Century
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Mahogany writing slope from the mid 19th century
Date :
Period : Victoria
Origin : Englnad
Decoration :Mahogany veneered exterior with brass binding and vacant cartouch...
Category
1850s British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Art Deco period modernist ceramic & wood box, France 1930s
By Jean Besnard
Located in STRASBOURG, FR
Delightful modernist earthenware box with crisp gray enamel, lemon yellow counter enamel, varnished wooden lid enhanced by an earthenware handle in the same enamel with three black s...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
19th Century Victorian Silver Gentleman's Vanity Case, William Leuchars c.1881
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver gentleman's dressing vanity case, superbly crafted by the renowned William Leuchars of Piccadilly, awarde...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Victorian Figured Walnut Jewellery Box
Located in Whaley Bridge, GB
Sn4433 fine Victorian figured walnut jewellery or sewing box with brass carrying handle, original working lock and a key and green interior, all in home ready condition, circa 1880.
...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
$697 Sale Price
20% Off
Table Box Hand-Engraved and Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with a beautiful hand-engraved and fire-enamelled frame and in the center a beautiful hand painted miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the painting by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres "Odalisque with slave". Dimensions cm. 9.5 x 12.3 x 3.3. Weight gr. 671. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1979 and manufactured in Florence in numerous 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...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
English Victorian "Dome Top" Figured Burl Yew Wood Letter Box Circa 1865
Located in Incline Village, NV
Lovely British made Victorian (circa 1865) hard to find yew wood "dome top" compartmentalized writing box;. Tea caddies of this style are more prevalent, so writing boxes are especia...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Yew
Art Deco Carved Wood Box with Metal Accent, France circa 1930
Located in Atlanta, GA
This wood box was expertly crafted in France during the 1930s and will make a statement in any room. The box has a unique and eye-catching design, with a beautiful wood grain of oak ...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Debladis Paris Art Deco Silver Plate and Cork Decorative Box, 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Silversmith R. Debladis, Paris, crafted this exquisite Art Deco decorative lidded box. The rectangular shape, with a streamlined design, is topped with varnish-cork. The piece is of ...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Victorian English Regency Handcrafted Burl Wood Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful handcrafted jewelry box burl wood box, Victorian, Napoleon style burl wood jewelry box.
Polished burl Thuya wood hand made with high quality craft...
Category
Early 20th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Bronze and Slag Glass Tiffany Jewelry Box, Art Deco Period, United States
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze and slag glass Tiffany jewelry box. Art Deco period. United States, circa 1900. Signed at the back "Tiffany Studios 823".
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Chrome Streamlined Car Trinket Box 1930s
Located in Dereham, GB
Art Deco Chrome Streamlined Car Trinket Box 1930s
Brass casting
Good Art deco Streamlined shaped car
Chrome Plated
Hinged top trinket box/desk tidy
Enamel badge on top Reads WESTON.S...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Art Deco Iconic 'Sunray' Box, England, Circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this superbly iconic looking Art Deco wooden box which we think was a tea caddy or for cigarettes originally. The exterior of the box is veneered in a beaut...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Heart shaped Victorian sterling silver & Glass biscuit box by Heath & Middleton
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1898 by Heath & Middleton, this charming, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver & Glass Biscuit Box, is heart shaped, with a cut glass body, and a plain silv...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Shagreen Covered Box with Bone Edges, Marked "London Made"
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco shagreen covered cedar box with bone edges, the snug fitting lid attached at the back with a single long stop hinge to prevent the lid falling back when open. The leather co...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shagreen, Wood
Adriana Binazzi Sterling Silver and Macassar Wood Box, 1930s
By Binazzi
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a luxury Art Deco wood and sterling silver lidded box, handcrafted by silversmith Adriana Binazzi. The rare piece was crafted in Firenze, Italy, circa 1930. The rectangular s...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Art Deco Carved Love Doves Oak, Walnut and Rosewood Box Signed R.Vidal
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very pretty Art Deco love letter box in carved walnut wood, would also be great to keep jewellery in.
Two detailed carved doves lying in an amorous em...
Category
Early 19th Century French Art Deco Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak, Rosewood, Walnut
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage English Halcyon Days Enamel Boxes With Sentimental Quotes, Floral Decor
By Halcyon Days
Located in Morristown, NJ
Set of 4 vintage Halcyon Days Enamel Boxes.
"Yesterday and Tomorrow" Halcyon Days Enamel Box
Shape: Oval
Design: A floral and vine motif decorate...
Category
Late 20th Century English Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Beautiful Pincushion Elephant Figure 19th C. 1890s, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This listing is for a beautiful Austrian figural pincushion, circa 1890s. A beautiful collector's item and sure to be a lovely addition to any room or collection. Purchased for you a...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique English Coromandel Fitted Traveler's Box Compendium, Circa 1850-1860
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian Coromandel wood fitted traveler's box Compendium, Circa 1850-1860. Made by J.T. Needs, Late Bramah: Purveyor to Her Majesty, Prince Albert & the Royal Family.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Genuine Italian Purple Carved Alabaster Decorative Trinket Box, Italy
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A lovely hand-carved round Italian alabaster trinket box in purple. This piece will be fabulous to display on a coffee table or dressing ...
Category
20th Century Italian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
$220 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Cherrywood Pull-out Sewing Box
Located in Darmstadt, DE
The sewing box dates from around 1930 and was made of solid cherry wood. The box can be extended in width on both sides, as can be seen in the photos. A very nice decorative object w...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cherry, Spruce
$1,175 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Brass Oversized Pocket Watch-Form Box, England, Circa 1880
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Victorian Brass Oversized Pocket Watch-Form Box, England, Circa 1880
A striking and finely crafted Victorian novelty box in the form of an oversized gentleman’s pocket watch, made i...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vienna Woven Bronze Basket Box with Cold-Painted Rabbit, Attributed to Bergman
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vienna Woven Bronze Basket Box with Cold-Painted Rabbit, Attributed to Franz Bergman School, Austria, Circa 1890
Presenting an exceptional Vienna woven bronze basket box with a cold...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian High Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Chinoiserie Tea Tin
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century chinoiserie tea tin from England.
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Antique Victorian Tunbridge Ware Lined Handkerchief Box
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A Victorian rosewood Tunbridge ware handkerchief box with lid decorated with mosaic floral group to the centre and floral border, opening to reveal a ...
Category
19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Art Deco Cash Box, France 1930s
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
French steel box from the 1930s. Green lacquered case with golden craquelé pattern. The cash register has a classic handle and a key to lock. Painted green in the interior and a shee...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
Art Deco Cedar Lined Amboyna Burl Cigarette Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Rectangular Art Deco bone trimmed amboyna burl cigarette box, Trimmed in bone on all edges as well as the surfaces of the opening the amboyna extends to all sides including the botto...
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Amboyna
French Art Deco Bone Marquetry and Macassar Wood Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant Art-Deco, lidded box was hand-crafted in France in the 1930s. The top of the lid is ornate with bone marquetry. The design is very modernist using slices of bovine bones...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood, Macassar
Limoges Porcelain Sky Blue Round Trinket box
By Limoges
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Limoges Porcelain Round Trinket Box. Its background is hand painted sky blue. The top of the hinged lid is adorned with a bouquet of colorful flowers with green branches ar...
Category
20th Century French Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Crystal Glass Trinket Decorative Vanity Box, vintage Austria 1930s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A really beautiful clear crystal glass Art Deco Trinket Jewelry box or catchall. In very good condition with signs of use. A real collectors item for your Art Deco setting. Nice addi...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Mary Gregory Painted Black Glass Perfume Box
Located in Norwood, NJ
Exquisite piece of Mary Gregory all original black amethyst glass hinged perfume box. Inside is formed with gilt wire inserts with three glass scent or cut glass perfume bottles co...
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
$1,256 Sale Price
25% Off
Vintage Rectangular Silver Plate Jewelry Box, Germany
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This impressive German silver plate box features a custom made interior for rings and other jewelry pieces. The interior is lined with a deep royal blue velvet.
Marked Silver Plate M...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Julien VIARD Art Deco Enameled Frosted Glass Powder Compact, France, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Enameled frosted glass powder compact by Julien VIARD, 25, rue Chevalier-Dédiré, Paris, France, early 1920s. Close to the Rene Lalique works. Height : 4.3"(11cm), Diameter : 2.35"(6c...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Art Glass
Box, casket, walnut, circa 1920, Art Deco, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Very decorative wooden box with quality star shaped inlay work.
This object is an original from the Art Deco period, executed in Austria. The box has a particularly beautiful shape,...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Pair of English Victorian 19th Century Red Lacquer Cellarettes with Chinoiseries
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Victorian period red lacquered tôle cellarettes from the 19th century with gilded Chinoiserie décor and lion paw feet. This exquisite pair of English Victorian peri...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Tôle
Set of 3 Quilted Boxes in Black Oak with Bronze Patina Brass by Kifu Paris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The Coco box collection by Kifu Paris exemplifies luxury through its intricate design and meticulous craftsmanship. This set of three quilted boxes in black oak, framed with a bronze...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$480 Sale Price / set
25% Off
1930s Art Deco Silver and White Porcelain Czechoslovakian Box by Pirkenhammer
By Pirkenhammer
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A stylish Art Deco silver and white porcelain box in very good conditions. It has been designed and manufactured in the Thirties by Pirkenhammer, it's marked on the bottom. The box i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
19th Century English Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English dresser box made from exquisitely grained rosewood. The box has wonderfully inlaid patterns on the top and front in...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
Antique Coromandel Writing/ Stationary Cabinet by Houghton and Gunn 19th Century
By William Houghton and Charles Gunn
Located in London, GB
A very fine antique Victorian Coromandel writing or stationary cabinet made by the world famous London box makers and retailers Houghton and Gunn, dated December 1878.
The wonderfu...
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1870s Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Victorian Walnut Games Compendium, Cards & Board Games, C.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th century Victorian walnut cased games compendium, the interior comprising a chess set, draughts, dominoes, dice, cribbage board with markers, leather bound boards for games, playing cards, droughts counters, a dice shaker...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Mother of Pearl and Lace Fan Gilt Wood Display
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a delicate mother of pearl sticks and Lace fan enclosed in a fan shaped gilt wood & glass display. The border of the box is adorned by golden beading....
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
Fine Cherry Wood Art Deco Box Carl Auböck, 1930s
Located in Vienna, AT
Nice, well preserved Art Deco box made of cherry wood. By Carl Auböck, 1930s.
Listed as a scetch drawing in catalog "Die Kataloge der Werkstätte Carl Auböck 1925-1975" [The catalo...
Category
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
$1,222 Sale Price
20% Off
1920s European silver gilt and guilloche enamel trinket / pill box Stamp 935 PHV
Located in London, Fitzrovia
1920s European silver gilt and guilloche enamel trinket box stamped 935 and PHV and other stamps (please see images), weight 160g. Amazing colour. Enamelled on all sides including th...
Category
20th Century European Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Victorian Walnut Writing Slope Box
Located in King's Lynn, GB
Here we have a Victorian (1837-1901) Walnut & Brass Writing Box. This opens to form writing slope set with black leather with a gold patterned embossing detail surround. Both the top...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of 3 Boxes in White Shagreen and Bronze Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This sleek set of 3 Desk Boxes by R&Y Augousti exemplifies the perfect balance between modern elegance and timeless luxury. Crafted in white shagreen with a curved top, each box is e...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Victorian Boulle Dome-top Letter Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
A 19th century Victorian Boulle dome-top letter box is a luxurious and distinctive piece of mail storage that combines functionality with ornate design, r...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Very elegant Art Deco jewelery box in the style of Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann
Located in Knivsta, SE
Very elegant 1920s Art Deco jewelery box in the style of Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann (1879-1933) (Not signed).
This miniature chest of drawers is made in ...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Art Deco Brass Box around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco brass box around 1920s
Polished and stove enamelled
Wood inside.
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Victorian Porcelain Box
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian (19th Cent) small porcelain Sevre oval box with bronze lid and pink & white decoration and interior with flowers (signed on bottom).
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Set of 3 Boxes in Black Oak with Brass Frame by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This set of 3 round boxes in black shagreen by R&Y Augousti showcases a design that seamlessly marries form and function. Each box features a perfectly symmetrical circular shape, ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$585 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Box in Black Shell with Bronze-Patina Brass by Kifu Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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.