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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Mid-Century Chinese Black & Gold Cloisonné 'Good Luck' Circular Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-Century Chinese black & gold cloisonné 'good luck' circular table box.
The tall circular box of exceptional quality, The conforming removable lid enameled with the Chinese character for 'Happiness' A stately piece, its an unusual example in black cloisonné fish...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century French Embossed Leather Letter Box, “Coffret a Courrier”
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
Known as a coffret a courrier, this French letter box would have been used in the 1700s to conceal private papers or valuables. The leather exterior i...
Category
18th Century French Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin, Leather, Textile, Silk, Upholstery
Tessellated Faux Horn Covered Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful tessellated faux horn decorative box made in France. Gorgeous detail work inside and out. Add some French style to you design project.
Category
1980s French Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Resin
English Campaign Style Rosewood Brass Inlaid Lap Desk, circa 1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality brass inlaid Campaign style traveling desk with a recessed brass handle engraved with the name of its owner, Anne Orten. The piece opens to reveal a velvet lined writi...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$700 Sale Price
28% Off
Leo Sewell Trash/Waste Can
By Leo Sewell
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Leo Sewell Trash Can.
Made of an accumulation of found objects
Signed and Dated on the bottom.
Category
1980s American Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Plastic
English Wedgwood Basalt Jasperware Scallop Seashell Box, circa 1980s
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful special edition English Wedgwood black basalt Jasperware small oval box with gold scallop seashell design, circa late-20th century, 1980s, England. Piece is matte black stoneware with gold scallop seashell design on top lid. The box was created in the mid-1980s as a special edition for members of the Wedgwood Collectors Society, marked on inside lid area in gold (as shown.) Markers mark 'Wedgwood', 'Made in England', on bottom as shown. Piece can neatly hold a cocktail ring or other small items, etc., or just be beautiful as a standalone piece decorative object. English wood box...
Category
Late 20th Century English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stoneware
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Gothic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Antique Edwardian Period Tiffany Sterling Silver Repousse Covered Dresser Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed antique dresser box.
By Tiffany & Co.
In sterling silver.
With repousse acanthus leaf, flower garlands, and scroll work decoratio...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Silver-Tone Metal Jewelry Box – Rectangular with Sparkling Facets – 1970s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
French Silver-Tone Metal Jewelry Box – Rectangular with Sparkling Facets – 1970s
Description:
This is a rectangular metal box with a silver-tone finish, likely made of pewter or ano...
Category
1970s French Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Tin
19th Century Chinese Export Lacquer Decorated Tea Caddy Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese for the English market, 19th century.
A fine quality antique Chinese export tea caddy decorated with beautiful gilding surfaces, a hinged lid which opens to reveal a tooled ...
Category
19th Century English Chinese Export Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
$1,196 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury Green Onyx Marble Box, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A handmade trinket or jewelry box, crafted with utmost care from exquisite onyx. Details in guilded metal such as the lion feet. This versatile box will work for your treasures, whil...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Art Deco Chrome and Crystal Decorative Cookie Box, Candie Jar, France circa 1930
By Societe Parisienne d'Orfevrerie
Located in Atlanta, GA
French silversmith Francois Frionnet, Paris, designed and crafted this stunning Art Deco chrome and crystal decorative cookie box circa 1930. The modernist and minimalist design feat...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Chrome
Antique 19th Century Gold Embossed Leather Wood Secret Box Stamp Box Paris
Located in Munich, DE
This elegant box was handcrafted in the last 15 years of the 19th century. It is made out of leather, wood and fabric. The four sloping compartments suggest that this box was used fo...
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
19th Japanese antique Urushi small Tansu box chest of drawers wabi sabi mingei
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
from Tohoku area, Japan.
Japanese antique small box tansu chest of drawers, Kohikidashi, made of Sugi Cedar.
Product of circa 1850s-1870s (late Edo to early Meiji era), estimate from...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Cedar
$560 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Antique Country Hotel Post Box, English, Desk Organiser, Stationery, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique country hotel post box. An English, oak two division desk organiser or mounted stationery rack, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. A fine example of perio...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Boho Chic Moroccan Inlaid Bone Jewelry Chest or Box with Brass Inlay
Located in Plainview, NY
A decorative handmade orange bone and black tribal design chest or jewelry box. The chest interior is leather and features gorgeous brass inlay design with natural decorative stones.
Category
1980s Moroccan Tribal Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Basalt Footed Bowl Designed by Keith Murray For Wedgwood, Made In England
By Wedgwood, Keith Murray
Located in Doraville, GA
A black basalt footed bowl designed by Keith Murray for Wedgwood . The bowl dates to around 1935 and is shape number 3813. The bowl measures approximately 6 1/4 inches in diameter an...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Metamorphic Stationery Case, English Oak Rotating Writing Box, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique metamorphic stationery case. An English, oak and brass writing box, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. A fascinating piece of Edwardian ingenuity, blendin...
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Music Box handpainted miniature with Swiss Mechanism by Maison Reuge Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Exquisite Reuge S.A. Musical Table Box
Description:Discover a stunning large rectangular table box featuring elegantly concave corners, showcasing the exceptional craftsmanship of th...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Art Deco Lidded Bronze Box by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful lidded bronze box with amazing patina.
Art Deco / Swedish Grace.
Made by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s.
Good condition, with some scratches, scuffs and we...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Rare Bronze Sculptural Casket / Box Panels with Historical Roman Empire Scenes
Located in Lisse, NL
Good quality antique box with Roman scenes on all four sides and on top.
If you are a collector or enthousiast of anything to do with emperial Rome then this rare, meaningful and hi...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Empire Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Quartz and Marble Box
Located in Paris, FR
Box quartz and marble in black marble
with lid. With natural quartz on lid's top.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Quartz, Marble
Vintage Asian Lacquered Chinoiserie Sewing Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This exquisite vintage Asian lacquered box is a stunning example of mid-century Chinoiserie design. Featuring a classic octagonal silhouette, the piece is finished in a deep black la...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Campaign Style Leather Box
Located in Westwood, NJ
Wrapped in a brown antique leather-look finish, this rectangular box is edged in bold brass corner brackets and lined with nailhead trim—classic features that evoke the bespoke craft...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Campaign Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$684 / item
Asian Silver Metal Hand Carved Peacock Sitar Veena Form Box 1950
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage Asian Silver Metal Hand-Carved Sitar Veena Box.
Elevate your decor with this stunning vintage box, featuring intricate hand-carved designs of a sitar and peacock. The ornate ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Hollywood Regency Egyptian Green Malachite Trinket Box with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful polished green malachite decorative box with a lid. Brought from a trip to Egypt in the 1970s, this piece will be fabulous on a nightstand or coffee table.
Dimensions...
Category
20th Century Egyptian Hollywood Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite
Antique Brass Asian Street Vendor Noodle Cart
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, an antique brass Asian street vendor noodle cart.
Used by vendors to serve noodles and dumplings.
The base opens to hold hot coals to keep food warm.
The top...
Category
1960s Chinese Export Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th c. Engraved Powder Horn
Located in Greenwich, CT
A horn for carrying gunpowder having engravings of two decorative trees, one decidious and one evergreen, each in a container, finely done, and also the initals MP. Retaining orig...
Category
18th Century American American Colonial Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Horn
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 ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Decorative Box with lid, Vintage Wooden Brown Jewellery Box, Hand Carved
Located in Wembley, GB
A handmade wooden jewellery box with a lid and lock, it is perfectly designed and created in a suitable size for keeping valuables inside. The top of this box has leaf patterns and l...
Category
1980s Turkish Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Papercord, Boxwood, Driftwood
$343 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Onyx Dresser Box, 1960s
Located in Savannah, GA
An Italian brown onyx paw foot dresser box, 1960s.
5 ¾ inches wide by 4 ¼ inches deep by 2 ¼ inches tall
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx
1880s French Wooden Box With Brass Handle
Located in High Point, NC
This elegant 1880s French wooden box reflects the refined craftsmanship and understated ornamentation of the late 19th century. Constructed from richly figured wood, the box features...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid-century British colonial style brass and mahogany dresser box
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid 20th century British colonial inspired brass and mahogany dresser box. This box has beautifully inlaid brass floral decorations to the top and sides. The box has solid ...
Category
1960s Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chase USA Art Deco Chrome and Wood Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Classic Rectangular Art Deco Box from Chase USA. Both form and function best describe this piece. We see this decorative box holding favorite trinkets as well as sitting on a coffee...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
$156 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Art Deco Nesting Dolls Boxes Handpainted after Kustodiev
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antique Art Deco set of 7 nesting dolls Handpainted each in different image after Kustodiev paintings. signed by the artist. Rare collectible and decorative set. Masterful painting o...
Category
1920s Russian Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Enrique Zavalo Box
Located in Tampa, FL
Enrique Zavalo box by the Mexican artist, featuring a long, narrow form. This sculptural box is signed by the artist and reflects Zavalo’s distinctive artistic sensibility and crafts...
Category
Early 1900s Mexican Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Arts & Crafts Box with Decorative Hand made marquetry Decor, circa 1910
Located in Verviers, BE
Arts & Crafts Box with Decorative Hand made marquetry Decor, circa 1910
About:
A wooden box from the Arts & Crafts period,
Made in Austria.
Very Small piece of marketery is missing...
Category
1910s Austrian Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paint
Egg style Faberge Blue Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large egg on smooth tripod with 8-day mechanical skeletal Swiss movement with alarm, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché with Russian E...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Cobalt Blue Royal Limoges France 22-Karat Gold Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Elegant vintage round Limoges 22-karat gold trinket jewelry box.
French vintage Limoges trinket box in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor.
Marked...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Napoleon III Perfume Casket – French – Crystal Perfume Bottles – Brass Inlay
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
This elegant Napoleon III period French perfume casket dates from the second half of the 19th century and retains its three original crystal perfume bottles. The casket is crafted fr...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Box 1940s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique 1940s Mosaic Shell Inlaid Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Box.
Mosaic Luxury Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Vanity Box.
Middle Eastern Asian Mosaic Wood Box with Inlays ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shell, Abalone, Fruitwood
Antique WMF Jugend Style Stamp or Pill Box in Pewter
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A 4 compartment container for stamps or pills. Distinct jugend - art nouveau styling. Made by WMF in Germany circa 1910-20. Raw undisturbed patina - un-polished.
Measurements: 10x4...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
1750 Venezia Italy Blue Lacquered Wooden Box with Flowers and Figures
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a large and extraordinary lacquered wooden box, with floral decoration and polychrome drawings that represent a man collecting red coral on the beach, on blue background. Made in precious fir wood, Swiss pine, lacquered and engraved.
This blue lacquered box...
Category
Mid-18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Austrian Rectangular Rosewood Trinket Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large charming hand crafted box in rosewood. This rectangular box can be used to store your favorite pieces of jewelry as well a stand alone piece on a coffee table as decoration. A...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Rosewood
CG Hallberg Pewter Lidded Box, Sweden, 1930 Sylvia Stave Swedish Modern
By CG Hallberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Elegant pewter lidded box crafted by renowned Swedish silversmiths CG Hallberg in 1930. Featuring a rounded form with ball feet and a sculptural finial, this piece showcases the refi...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
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
$1,551 Sale Price
20% Off
Crystal and Gilt Brass Box, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A 19th century Napoleon III period crystal and gilt brass box.
H: 14cm, D: 17cm
Please contact us before ordering to confirm availability.
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Wonderful French Ormolu Mounted Cut Crystal Bronze Baccarat Casket Jewelry Box
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Wonderful French Ormolu Mounted Cut / Faceted Crystal & Bronze Jewelry Casket In The Style And Manner Of Baccarat
Unfortunately The Back Lid Does Have A Chip In The Middle
Category
20th Century Belle Époque Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Japanese Lacquered Box Signed, Late 19th Century
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Pretty Japanese lacquered box decorated with birds and foliage.
signed
Lacquered inside and outside
Late 19th century
Without key
Nice lock
Ideal for storing jewelry.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
$192 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Lacquer Inro with Netsuke Okame Mask Meiji Period
Located in Norton, MA
Japanese Lacquer Inro with Netsuke Okame Mask, brown lacquer with 3 sections and 2 compartments, and carved ivory polychrome Okame mask and a rope hair. This item is from the Meiji P...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
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
19th Century French Polished Cast Iron Safe with Key and Two-Letter Combination
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep your jewelry and important documents locked up in this elegant, antique safe from the Champagne-Ardenne region of France. Crafted circa 1880, and built in cast iron, this heavy ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
Louis XVI Hand Painted Wedding Box
Located in Essex, MA
Likely made in the Normandy area of France. Domed hinged top with wrought iron hasp and lock. Conforming case. With original painted surface.
Category
Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Coral Marble Square Tissue Box
Located in Prague, Czech Republic.
Crafted entirely by hand, this marble tissue box cover is a fusion of form and function, seamlessly blending into any space while adding sophistication and elegance. Clean, minimalis...
Category
2010s European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
$234 / item
Antique Travelling Vanity Case, English, Leather, Silver, Dressing Table Box
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique travelling vanity case. An English, leather and silver dressing table box with fitted interior, dating to the early 20th ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Signed Alessandro Mandruzzato for Design Guild Murano Sommerso Faceted Glass Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Signed Alessandro Mandruzzato for Design Guild Murano Sommerso Faceted Glass Box, 1970s
A striking sculptural Murano glass box signed “Mandruzzato for Design Guild,” showcasing the celebrated faceted-block technique perfected by the Mandruzzato family in the 1960s–80s. The heavy, optic-clear crystal form contains a dramatic sommerso core, rendered in deep black glass infused with shimmering micro-granulated 24k gold. The internal composition appears to float within the thick, architectural walls, magnified by the sharply cut and hand-polished geometric facets.
The hinged lid opens to reveal a molded black-glass interior well, its glossy surface contrasting with the jewel-like radiance of the glass block. The original brass piano hinge and frame remain intact. This design was produced as a special commission for Design Guild, a luxury American importer, and is far scarcer than the unsigned Mandruzzato vases and blocks commonly encountered.
A powerful example of Murano Brutalist...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Bohemian Moser Enameled Amber Art Glass Jewel Casket
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning antique Bohemian enameled art glass hinged lid jewelry casket - table box by renowned luxury glass maker Moser.
Exquisitely hand-made in Bohemia (present day Czech Republic) in the late 19th century, artistic Art Nouveau period opulence, featuring very fine quality hand-blown polished...
Category
Late 19th Century Czech Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1970s Mid-Century Modern Plexiglass and Brass Italian Luxury Box by Cavinato
By Willy Rizzo
Located in Aci Castello, IT
Chic 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Luxury Box by Ulderico Cavinato Milano
An exquisite piece of high-end Italian decorative arts, this luxury box was designed by Ulderico Cavinato...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern 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.