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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1910s
Sterling Silver Compact or Necessaire
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a beautifully crafted Edwardian/Deco period Sterling Silver Lady's Compact or necessaire. This stunning engraved and monogrammed compact opens to reveal a sterling silver in...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

1920 Persian Brass Jewelry Box in Mamluk Revival Damascene Moorish Islamic Style
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Persian Islamic Brass Jewelry Footed Box in Mamluk Revival Damascene style. A Middle Eastern Moorish Damascene Brass Box circa 1910-1920s. A fine antique handcrafted etched hammered Syrian Damascene brass jewelry box. Octagonal shape lidded antique Moorish Persian footed trinket brass box, handcrafted and chased with calligraphy Islamic Arabic design writing. The Box decorated with etched Arabic inscription and lotus flowers with a very fine Arabesque design. Middle Eastern jewelry brass box with eight small feet, hinged lid, lined in a Moroccan red velvet. Great Moorish Mamluke Revival brass decorative Islamic metal art object. Dimensions 6.75" W × 5" D × 5.25" H. In the Mamluk Style (Mamluk Revival). Origin: Middle East. Date: Circa 1900-1920s. Hand-hammered and engraved, this beautifully incised brass box Islamic...
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Early 20th Century Asian Islamic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Limoges Porcelain Jewellery or Sweets Lidded Dish
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
Beautiful Limoges porcelain hand-crafted and hand-painted, gold-rimmed trinket, jewellery box or lidded sweets dish. Glazed throughout in a creamy ivory, the lid of the dish features a startlingly vivid bouquet of wildflowers and foliage, enclosed within a gold border, itself embellished with golden...
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Early 20th Century French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Scholl Limited Glasgow Art Deco 1924 Enameled Minaudière In .925 Sterling Silver
By albert scholl
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco German enamel minaudière imported by Scholl Limited Co. An exceptional art deco minaudière, imported into Glasgow England by the retailer and goldsmiths, Scholl Limited Com...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

French Boite à Sel or Salt Box
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century French boite à sel, or salt box, made of solid walnut with hinged lid and small drawer. A rustic hand-crafted box with dark waxed finish. This box was used to s...
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Large Liberty Wooden box, Wood and Mother of Pearl, Italy, 1900s
Located in Brussels, BE
Large Liberty Wooden box, Wood and Mother of Pearl, Italy, 1900s
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Italian Embossed Bronzed Metal Rectangular Trinket/ Jewelry Music Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Italian bronzed metal square hinged lidded music box. It depicts a lid decorated in the center with a 19th century hand painted portrait of Madame Recamier adorned with a ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Belle Époque Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Large Japanese Cloisonne Enamel Goldstone Meiji Box with Roosters
Located in New York, NY
A large antique Japanese Meiji Era covered enamel over brass trinket or jewelry box. The ware is adorned with polychrome floral, and foliage patterns made in the Cloisonne technique....
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Edwardian Bent Wood Hat Box
Located in Riverdale, NY
Wonderful Edwardian Bent Wood Hat Box with metal riveted banding for support on all edges. Great for storage, European Early 1900's. 18" x 11" high.
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1910s American Edwardian Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Bentwood

Small Meiji Period Mixed Metal Box by Tadakazu
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small Meiji period mixed metal box by Tadakazu, of rectangular form, showing a figure carrying a long pole and a gold sack in a landscape with a torii gate...
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Set Of 5 Antique Tin Cans from France, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Cookie Tin Cans
Located in Greven, DE
Set of 5 antique tin cookie cans from France.
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1920s French Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tin

Decorative Storage Elements, Art Deco, several types of Marble and Chrome, 1920s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Decorative Sculptural Pieces usable for storage of e.g. cufflinks or as bookends. 1920s Art Deco, made of Marble and Chrome. These highly decorative and elegant pieces, in t...
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1920s European Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Marble, Chrome

Art Deco 2 Pc. French Cut Crystal Black Enamel Dresser Set w/ Tray
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This all original 3 piece dresser set features 2 Round Boxes measuring 4.75" x 3.5" and a matching Tray 10.25" x 6" x .75" . One is perfect for cotton balls, jewelry, whatever you ...
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1910s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal

Chinese Yellow Cloisonne Dragon Box, Republic Period, circa 1920, China
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Chinese yellow cloisonne small trinket box with dragons, Republic Period, circa 1920, China. The small box sets on four bun feet and designed ...
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1920s Chinese Qing Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Antique French Oval Gilt Finished Metal Box with Signed Hand-Painted Portrait
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This small jewelry or decorative box has no maker's signature, but presumed to have originated from France and date to approximately 1900 and done in a Renaissance Revival style. The...
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Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Antique German Sterling Silver Sugar Box (1927)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique German sterling silver sugar box modelled in the form of a partridge; part of our collection of s...
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1920s German Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Russian Silver Enamel chest shaped box, by Maria Semenova, Moscow ca1900
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
This treasure chest shaped box is luxuriously decorated and dates from the final decades Of the Imperial period. The box was produced by the workshop of Maria Semonova and Is formed of 875 grade silver with silver-gilt utilised throughout. the box is of traditional Shape, having two hinged handles and a clasp, boxes like this were used in treasurys Around the globe in the early days to keep valuables inside, this small box can be used To hold tobacco or just sit on your table as a statement piece, a great addition to any Silver and especially Russian silver collection. The exterior surface of the box is profusely decorated with polychrome cloisonné Enamel, the cloisons set into a variety of shapes, such as scrolling arabesques, and Infilled with shaded enamel in tones of red, blue, and Semenova’s idiosyncratic violet. The cloisons are bounded by silver-gilt rope twist cloison wire. The underside of the box Is marked with ‘MC’ for Semonova’s workshop, ‘84’ for 87.5% silver with a Kokoshnik mark (Kokoshnik is a traditional Russian head...
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Early 20th Century Russian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Chinese Antique Lidded Carrying Box
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Antique Lidded Carrying Box from the early 20th century with lid and carved handle. Unveil a world of timeless elegance with this Chinese late Qi...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Late Qing Dynasty Wood and Brass Lidded Box with Lateral Handles
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing Dynasty Chinese wooden box from the early 20th century with brass hardware and lateral handles. Immerse yourself in the rich cultural hi...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Moorish Style Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Art Deco Cigarette Box
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Moorish style cigarette music box inlaid with mother of pearl and ebony. Handcrafted using very fine Moorish micro mosaic inlaid geometric ...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut, Mother-of-Pearl, Birch, Rosewood

Chinese Turquoise Cloisonne Trinket Box, Republic Period, c 1920, China
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Chinese turquoise cloisonne trinket box with images of the Hundred Antiques, Republic Period, circa 1920, China. The rectangular box de...
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1920s Chinese Qing Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Chinese Cloissone Box with Carved Jade Plaque, circa 1900
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A diminutive Antique Chinese Cloisonné box with jade medallion line with wood. The enameled outside in shades of blue with gold color wir...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Jade, Enamel

Victorian 1900 Clam Shaped Coins Purse Wallet In .900 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Clam Conch Shaped Coins wallet Purse. A beautiful piece, created during the late Victorian era (1837-1901) circa 1900. This is a coins wallet crafted in the shape of a clam conch, i...
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Early 1900s Spanish Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Antique Wood Box With Transfer Print Technique, Around 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Antique box made of maple wood, around 1900. Beautiful image at the top of the box, made with a special transfer print technique.
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Early 20th Century European Late Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Maple

Art deco shell shaped leather and amber manicure set
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Art deco shell shaped leather and amber manicure set circa 1930. Decorative art deco period manicure set with complete interior.  Leather bound outer case with floral tie dye effect...
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Early 20th Century Swedish Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather

Art Deco Box Dankarmen Paris
Located in Northampton, GB
Lined in Royal Blue Padded Velvet From our Boxes collection, we are pleased to offer this Art Deco Macassar Ebony Box. The box of slim rectangular form with an inset scene featuring...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Velvet, Ebony, Macassar

Art Nouveau Celtic Immortality Repoussé Casket by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
A modern letter box in the hands of Alfred Daguet was not simply a functionally designed repository of mail but a conveyor of messages as well, messages of life-and- death importance...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Steel

Art Deco Play Box maple wood vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Play Box maple wood vienna around 1920s With decoration ( carts, Coins )
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Maple

German Pforzheim 1920 Guilloche Blue Enamel Round Box In .935 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A guilloche enameled round box. Fabulous German early 20th century enamel box, created in Pforzheim Germany, circa 1920. This beautiful box was carefu...
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1920s German Edwardian Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

English Silver Plate Art Deco Style Round Shape Covered Cigarette Box
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Here is this English silver plate art deco style round shape covered cigarette / tobacco box, a must have accessory for the discerning aficionado. This exquisite box seamlessly com...
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Early 1900s English Art Deco Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Swiss 1925 Trompe L'œil Malachite Enameled Box in .935 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Art déco Trompe L'œil enamelled box A stunning decorative box, created in Switzerland during the art deco period, back in the 1925. This superb elegant box is closely to mint con...
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1920s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Rectangular Patinated Bronze Art Deco Golf Themed Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Art Deco cigarette or jewelry box in thick heavy patinated bronze with white painted golf clubs and gilded golf ball as lid decoration. The interior of the box has two compartments m...
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1920s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Antique English Rosewood Mother of Pearl Cribbage Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Rosewood Mother of Pearl Cribbage Box
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Early 20th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood

Box from Knockaloe internment camp Isle of Man 1916
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This walnut dressing table box features inlays to each surface, most in the Art Nouveau style. On the lid, flanking the central cartouche, are two representations of tulips and in th...
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1910s English Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Circa 1905 Art Nouveau Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1905 Art Nouveau glazed pottery covered box, attributed to Henri Bergé. The mark Rambervillers is found on a documented planter. The modeller is clearly identical, as is the la...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pottery

Small Antique Apprentice Chest, English, Camphorwood, Storage Box, circa 1920
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a small antique apprentice chest. An English, camphorwood sample storage box, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1920. Superb craftsmanship in miniature from the hand...
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Early 20th Century British Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Turn of the Century French Wooden Instrument Case
Located in High Point, NC
Made in France at the turn of the century, this vintage wooden case would have originally been used to hold a musical instrument—the distinctive sh...
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Early 1900s French Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

JOHN MADDOCK & SONS LTD. - Sunset Ware - Cottage Ware Sugar Box - U.K. - C.1927
Located in Chatham, ON
JOHN MADDOCK & SONS LTD. - Sunset Ware - Antique 'cottage ware' castle form sugar box/bowl with lid - hand painted - signed on the base - United Kingdom - circa 1927. Excellent ant...
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Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Art Nouveau Sea Battle Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Daguet’s beautifully patinated box is a rich textural and colorful tour de force. The top of Daguet’s box is striking for its bird’s-eye-view of a crab clutching a viper eel. Using r...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper, Steel

A German nautical prestation glass and bronze box made by W.M.F circa 1920
Located in Central England, GB
A rare early competitive sailing presentation box which is of nautical interest and made by W.M.F. This superb W.M.F. presentation cut glass and bronze box is of nautical interest. ...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass

Solid Oak Arts & Crafts Box with Decorative Brass and Mirror circa 1910s
Located in Verviers, BE
Solid oak Arts & Crafts box, Austria, circa 1910s Originel key available A solid oak box from the Arts & Crafts period, Made in Austria. A very special item with decorative Brass me...
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1910s Austrian Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Filigree Early 20th Century Silver Box with Floral Motifs
Located in New York, NY
Silver box, in filigree motif, probably Russian or Chinese, showcasing intricate floral and geometric designs, from the early 20th century, measuring 3 1/4'' in length by 2 1/4'' in ...
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Early 20th Century Asian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Antique Coffee and Tea Tin K. Tiktak's Amsterdam Groningen, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique Coffee and Tea Tin from the Early 20th Century. Designed and made for K.Tiktak Coffee and Tea Factory, which was located in Amsterdam and Groningen Holland , The Netherlands. A beautiful dark green Lithographic Tin - Decorative Box. The lid of the box is loose and the little handle is lost, but due the age that's normal. The beautiful silver Lithografic design of the Factory Building is still in very good condition. An old coffee and tea container, a shop storage container, a shop counter tin which is a great decorative box, a collectible Coffee Tin and a decorative object. Tiktak's Coffee History started in 1870 and they became famous for their afternoon tea and coffee. They are known for coffee with a soft taste. This Dutch Company survived all the years and still produces the finest coffee and tea. Great decorative item - home decor - home decoration - gift idea - coffee collectables...
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Early 20th Century Dutch Industrial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tin

Quality Pair of Antique Hand Painted Masons Ironstone Trinket Boxes
Located in Suffolk, GB
Quality pair of antique hand painted Masons Ironstone trinket boxes with fantastic quality hand painted decoration in red, pink, yellow, blue, green and gold colours A beautifully...
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Early 20th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ironstone

Secessionist Porcelain Vase by Karl Klaus for Serapis Wahliss
By Karl Klaus, Serapis Fayence Wahliss
Located in Chicago, US
Secessionist Porcelain Lidded Box by KARL KLAUS (1889-1925) for SERAPIS WAHLISS, Vienna, c. 1911, hand-painted in gold and black enamels in a stylized geometric diamond and holly mot...
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1910s Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Silver Box with Bird and Floral Motifs
Located in New York, NY
Chinese silver box, with an intricate design showcasing birds, floral, and other natural motifs, measuring 2 7/8'' by 2 7/8'' by 1 7/8'' in height. Please feel free to ask us any q...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Chinese Black Lacquer Presentation Box, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered box is a 19th century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the recipients, the unassuming box would have open...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pine

Art Nouveau Byzantine Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

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Steel, Brass

Regency Style Brushed Steel and Brass Tinder Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual and very handsome brushed steel and polished brass tinder box. This box has a removable tin liner that would have been used to fill with hot c...
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Early 20th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Steel

Inlaid box made in Harderwijk internment camp during WW1
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This well made wooden box was made in the Harderwijk internment camp in the Netherlands during WW1. All four sides carry a veneer of the tumbling blocks design, while the front, the back and the lid are also adorned with an inlaid rosette. The top and bottom of the box is cockbeaded to give a little more interest to the piece, and it stands on four bracket feet. The inside of the lid also carries an inlaid geometric pattern. Inside this pattern is a pen and ink signature, and the chip carved inscription, in French, "A Ma Filleule Harderwyk 1914 15 16 - this translates as "To my goddaughter, Harderwyk", with this spelling of Harderwijk possibly being a French speaker...
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1910s Dutch Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

20th Century French Fine Porcelain Blue Chocolate Box by Limoge Signed Leroux
Located in Sofia, BG
An elegant round chocolate box made in Fine blue porcelain with figures of a Goddess and two angels hiding by the clouds. Floral decoration from the side in blue and white again. Ver...
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Early 20th Century French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Art Nouveau Basilisk Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Steel

Circa 1910 Arts & Crafts Brass Desk Organizer
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1910 Arts & Crafts brass desk organizer. Hand raised, scrolled & punched brass; joined & decorated with copper rivets on corner decorative p...
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1910s Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Copper

Antique Chinoiserie Blue Staffordshire Porcelain Box
Located in London, GB
A charming mottled-blue glazed Crown Staffordshire porcelain box in the chinoiserie style England, circa 1900–1920. Why we like it The deep, mottled ‘powder blue’ colour of this...
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Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Bauhaus Arts and Crafts Industrial Textured Aluminum Box, 1920s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a stunning decorative aluminum box from the early 20th century. The design boasts wood detailing and a modernist industrial Bauhaus or Arts & Cra...
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Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Aluminum

Antique Austrian Alabaster and Gilt Metal Book Box
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Austrian Alabaster And Gilt Metal Book Box. Unusual Austrian gilt metal and alabaster box in the form of a book. This lovely decorative box has a wood interior and hinged l...
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1920s Austrian Aesthetic Movement Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Alabaster, Metal

Vintage Construction Worker Tool Caddy c.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A vintage vulcanized rubber construction worker took caddy with strap. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Vulcanized Rubber. ...
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Early 20th Century Industrial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rubber

1900s Antique Victorian Leather Hat Box Baggage S Moss Toronto
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1900s Antique Victorian Leather Hat Box Baggage S Moss Toronto 13.5 w x 13 d x 9.5 h Stamps present. Fabulous distress Unrestored original vintage condition. Refer to all images prov...
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Early 20th Century English Late Victorian 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.

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