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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Late 18th Century
Aesthetic Movement Gothic Style Brass Mounted Stationery Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning quality British Aesthetic Movement brass mounted oak stationery box with gothic influences dating from around 1880. The box stands on a wide ...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Dore Bronze Mounted Blue Opaline Cut Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This classic blue opaline cut crystal box catches the light in such a way as to make it seem as if it’s glowing from within. Note the lean cut and smooth edges of its crystal facets....
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Porcelain Large Box in the form of a Butterfly
Located in Downingtown, PA
Japanese Porcelain Box in the form of a Butterfly,
Mid-19th Century,
The Japanese porcelain Imari box is molded in the form of a large butterfly with differ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Singing bird box by Bruguier in silver case with enamel to top and lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rectangular silver guilded case with rounded corners.
The oval lid has an enamel painting on the exterior of a mountain view and on the interior brightly enamelled with flower bouqu...
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Mid-19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Other, Enamel, Silver
Chinese 19th Century Burlwood Box
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a quietly impressive Chinese mid-to-late 19th century table or writing box. The box is of metal-mounted burl wood construction in the Ming style, but dating later. The box fe...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Gilt Bronze Box with Cloisonné & Champlevé Enamel work c1880s Japan
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1880s, Japan. This late 19th-century Japanese box features a stunning floral scene primarily of morning glories. The enamel work is superb with deli...
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1880s Japanese Japonisme Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Rectangular Antique Wooden Storage Chest
Located in Yonkers, NY
An old Indonesian wooden box from the 19th century with inlaid brass details, partitioned interior and rustic character. Caressing the annals of time with rustic elegance, this old I...
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19th Century Indonesian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Arts and Crafts Wall Hanging Salt Box with Spice Drawers A lovely piece
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Wall Hanging Salt Box with Spice Drawers
A lovely piece in Golden Oak it is a wall hung piece with a large salt box at th...
Category
1880s Arts and Crafts Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
English Oak Smoker's Cabinet
Located in Wilson, NC
English oak smoker's cabinet, the top and doors were selected to have quarter sawn oak, the more decorative cut than straight grain oak. The sides have carrying handles. Opening the...
Category
1890s English Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pillow Topped Tunbridge Ware Glove Box c1880
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Pillow topped Tunbridge ware glove box
Date : c1880
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central floral mosaic wth a foliate mosaic border within k...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
A mid 19th century Italian grand tour Sorrento marquetry box circa 1860
Located in Central England, GB
A very fine Italian marquetry box dating to circa 1860 and made in the Sorrento region of Italy where local craftsmen were renowned for making ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Provincial Salt Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century French Provincial wooden candle or salt box with slide lid. Slide top has beautifully carved floral motif. Box can be standing or hanging (Has twine hanger on affixed to...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century European Black Lacquered Chinoserie Painted Tea/Tobacco Caddy Jar
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A large English lacquered papier-mâché container from the Aesthetic Movement period, featuring a decorative chinoserie painting of stylized Asian figures, pagodas, and a garden bridg...
Category
19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Papercord
Boite palissandre, Cashemires, Charles X
Located in Nice, FR
Rosewood veneer chest with boxwood fillet inlay, Charles X period. French
Box which was used to put cashmeres, written on the box.
It is in relatively good condition for its time.
Bo...
Category
19th Century French Charles X Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Palisander
19th Century Spanish Polished Iron Box with Pierced Engraved Geometric Motifs
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a shelf or a counter with this elegant antique decorative trunk. Crafted in Spain circa 1880, the strong box is decorated with pierced and engraved geometric motifs througho...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Lacquered Incense Box Kobako in Kodaiji Style
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique lacquered small box that was likely used to contain incense powder (it is called Kobako in Japanese), circa early to mid-19th century of the Edo...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Victorian burr walnut Tunbridgeware inlaid work box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian burr walnut Tunbridgeware inlaid work box, having a quality burr walnut Tunbridgeware inlaid box opening to reveal a fitted interior to the lid and a large compartm...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Rare Handcrafted Regency Rosewood Leather Fold-out Stationary Writing Slope
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Beautiful & Luxurious Handcrafted Regency Bramah Rosewood Fold-out Travelling Writing Companion With Fitted Leather Interior, Ceramic Blotting Tablets.
Complete with Beautifully De...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Keywind 6 tune musical box by Nicole Freres
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Restored to the origal condition a Nicole Freres music box.
Made in 1859 this music box plays 6 tunes as indicated on the original tunesheet.
The casa has nice inlay to the top of t...
Category
1850s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
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
Late 18th Century Neoclassical George III Penwork Sarcophagus Jewellery Box
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A George III penwork sarcophagus work box with hinged lid decorated with a chariot, the side with Neo-Classical devices.
Age related abrasions and knocks later replacement ebonised ...
Category
Late 18th Century European Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sycamore
Antique English Burled Walnut Letter Box, Circa 1870.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Burled Walnut Letter Box, Circa 1870.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Forte-Piano Music Box by Mouliné Ainé playing 4 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rare music box by Mouliné Ainé.
This box is made about 1840-1850 and is in great condition. The mechanism plays 4 tunes on a 21,8cm cylinder and 2 combs in a Forte-Piano setting. The...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel
Liquor cellar with cut crystal bottles and glasses
Located in Paris, FR
Flamed mahogany liqueur cellar with brass inlaid frame simulating box hardware. The side handles are also inlaid around a motif of two swans facing each other. The keyhole and openin...
Category
1870s Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Italian 19th Century Florentine St. Ebony And Pietra Dura Marble Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A charming and very elegant Italian 19th century Florentine st. Ebony and Pietra Dura marble box. The octagonal box is raised by an elegant stepped mottled base with highly detailed ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Christopher Dresser Mintons Chinoiserie Aesthetic Movement heart box inkwell
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Rare heart shaped inkwell designed by Christopher Dresser made by Mintons. Impressed markings OO / MINTON / 15
Pink version on line...
Old Christies East labels
Category
Mid-19th Century English Aesthetic Movement Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Perfect Antique Chinese Dragon Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Perfect Antique Chinese Dragon Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th Century
Great piece of cloisonne.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & P...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Bruguier Tortoiseshell Swiss Fusée Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extremely rare, early Swiss automaton singing bird box by the famed Charles Bruguier is housed in a case enveloped in luxurious tortoiseshell. Ev...
Category
19th Century Swiss Louis XV Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
19th Century Ruby Flash Casket
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century Ruby Flash Casket. Beautiful shape and shade of red. See detailed pics. thnx
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Rare 19th Century Antique Bronze Mounted KPM Hand Painted Porcelain Casket
Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
Truly rare, this finely decorated antique rectangular casket, German porcelain manufacturer KPM, circa 1870. The KPM brand is engraved on the inside. Made with a finely chiseled bron...
Category
1870s German Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Quality antique Victorian mahogany and brass bound writing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian mahogany and brass bound writing box having a quality mahogany writing box with brass bounds opening to reveal a brown leather writing platform and compartm...
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
An English Rosewood and Maple Box, Ca. 1850
Located in New York, NY
A lovely box with a beautiful paper lined interior. Lock and key.
Category
19th Century English Neoclassical Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Maple, Rosewood
Antique French paper box, wallpaper
Located in Maidstone, GB
Rare antique French paper box. Age related wear to the paper as to be expected. A wonderful box.
Category
19th Century French Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
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, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel
Antique Victorian Gonçalo Alves Vanity Box 1860s
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique Victorian Gonçalo Alves table top Vanity Box, circa 1860 in date.
The fitted interior reveals a lift-out compartment tray, dressed with a green velve...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Perfect Antique Chinese Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th/20th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Perfect Antique Chinese Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th/20th Century
Great piece of cloisonne.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain &...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
1890s Opaline Glass Lidded Box with Floral Ornament, white an green
Located in Hamburg, DE
Step into the elegant ambiance of 1890s France with this remarkable opulent round opaline lidded box, adorned with intricate floral paintings and adorned with brass fittings. A testa...
Category
1890s French Belle Époque Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Student Pencil Box Japanese Lacquer Ware Writing Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese lacquer writing box 19th Century
Of rectangular shape, overall painted in famille rose colors with flowers, all on a yellow ground, the interior in red.
Additional inform...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century Hoshiarpur Inlaid Writing Box
Located in London, GB
19th Century Hoshiarpur Inlaid Writing Box
Quite simply, this is a stunning example of a 19th Century hand crafted Hoshiarpur inlaid writing box. The craftsmanship is quite amazing ...
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1870s Indian Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Leather Travel Trunk 19th C
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Leather Travel Trunk or Suitcase, 19th C
Measures - 20"h x 33.5"w x 18.5"d
Category
19th Century Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
Chinese Studded Lacquer Snack Box, c. 1820
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered container was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the recipients, the unassuming...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
A Very Good 19th Century Killarney Ware Dresser Box, Ireland Circa 1870
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome 19th century dresser box hand constructed in Arbutus wood. The hinged lid featuring an intricately inlaid marquetry panel depicting Muckross Abbey surrounded by inlai...
Category
Late 19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other, Brass
Vintage Box with Portrait, Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage box with portrait is a vintage object realized by an artist of the late 19th Century.
Wooden container and ceramic portrait.
d 7,5 cm.
Hand ...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Lovely antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid writing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Lovely antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid writing box having a lovely antique Victorian tunbridge ware inlaid wring box with beautiful detail to the box opening to reveal a pull...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Majolica Beehive Honey Pot Luneville
By Luneville
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica beehive honey pot attributed to Luneville, circa 1890.
"miel du gatinais".
Category
1890s French Country Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
Swedish Love letter pocket in the shape of a book from the Empire period 1820s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Swedish Love letter pocket in the shape of a book from the Empire period 1820s. Made by bookbinder A.U. Hagman, Gothenburg Sweden during the 1820s. Includes a number of letters from ...
Category
1820s Swedish Empire Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Paper
Antique Victorian quality rosewood stationary box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality rosewood stationary box having a sloping front opening to reveal a fitted interior with set dividers with an engraved plaque to the top.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Early 20thC Pyrographic French Grape Basket with Grape Clusters
Located in Malibu, CA
Early 20thC four sided pyrographic & carved French grape basket with a grape cluster motif.
Category
Late 19th Century French Rustic Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Music Box with Automatons and Bells made by Karrer
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Large music box with 3 automatons and 10 bells made in about 1875 by Karrer in Teufenthal (Swiss). Karrer was an maker of Quality items and are very ra...
Category
1870s Swiss Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Other, Cut Steel, Steel
Mid-19th Century French Leather Bound Book Box with Six Old Fashioned Glasses
Located in Dallas, TX
For a interesting bar accessory, look no further than this colorful antique Faux-book "Cave à Liqueur". Crafted in France, circa 1860, the liquor box is shaped like four antique book...
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Glass
Tunbridge Ware Four Drawer Table Cabinet c1860
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware four drawer table cabinet
Date : c1860
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central abstract foliate design within angled keylines,...
Category
1860s British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian quality walnut and brass storage box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian quality walnut and brass storage box having a quality walnut dome top opening to reveal a storage compartment with purple interior with ornate brass straps
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique English Mahogany Campaign Style Lap Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique English mahogany campaign style travel desk / writing slope box with beautifully aged warm rich patina. circa 1825
Commonly used by military officers in the field, ...
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Italian Capo di Monte Porcelain Jewel Box with Brass Mounts, Circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Italian Capo di Monte porcelain jewel box with brass mounts, circa 1880-1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Early 1900's French Pink Glass Dresser Box With Gilt Decoration & Brass Mounts
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Early 1900's French Gilt Dresser Box With Gilt Brass Mounts And Handles
Different from most clear glass dresser boxes
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Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
A Shapely 19th Century Chinese Export Black Lacquered Dressing Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
the scalloped top centering an oval medallion radiating coved reserves above a conforming body fitted with brass bale handles; finely decorated with gilded figures in a garden lands...
Category
1880s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century French Burl Elm Inlaid Jewelry Box with Drawer & Inside Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a coffee table or a shelf with this elegant antique box. Created in France circa 1880, the rectangular cabinet is decorated with an elegant floral inlaid star motif on the t...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mercury Glass, Burl, Elm
19th Century Antique Dore Bronze Mounted Opaline Oval Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The creamy and smooth exterior of this 19th Century Opaline Box harmonizes beautifully with its streamlined Dore Bronze mount and clasp. All elements, including its oval shape, contr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
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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