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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Period: Early 20th Century
Period: 1950s
Daum Nancy enameled glass Swan box and silver cover
By Daum
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Investing in this Daum Nancy enameled glass Swan box with a silver cover is an opportunity to acquire a masterpiece that seamlessly combines artistry with functionality. Daum Nancy, ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

A small oval tortoiseshell piqué patch pot
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small oval tortoiseshell piqué patch pot, the hinged lid with a beribboned garland of flowers round a blank escutcheon, raised on four ogee feet....
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Early 20th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tortoise Shell

Vintage French National Bank Gold Bar Boxes, circa 1950
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage bank gold bar boxes, circa 1950 from French National Bank, very strong boiled cardboard and rivets, original cognac brown color, waxed finish. Go...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

20th Century Italian Silvered Bronze Mounted Clear-over-red Domed Crystal Box
Located in New York, NY
An Unusual 20th Century Italian Silvered Bronze Mounted Clear-Over-red crystal box The box is composed of two sections of Italian clear-over-red crysta...
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Early 1900s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Pair Italian Decorative Sarcophagi, circa 1900
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Wonderful, hand-painted and giltwood, sarcophagi-form, table accessories. Both inset with rouge, and white marble panels and standing on ball feet with matching plinths. Each with re...
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Early 1900s Italian Antique Decorative Boxes

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Marble

Antique Kotak Taji cockfighting spur container
Located in Chonburi, TH
The wood antique Kotak Taji cockfighting spur container is a captivating relic that immerses us in the rich heritage of this ancient sport. Crafted ...
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Early 20th Century Balinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Steel

Antique Philippines Silver Inlay Betel Nut Box
Located in Montreal, QC
This is a fine example of an early 20th C rectangular bronze betal nut box with beautiful and elaborate silver inlay from Mindanao in the Philippines. The box has a handle on each si...
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Early 1900s Philippine Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Chinese Double Happiness Lacquered Snack Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered container was once a portable snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the recipients, the unassuming box would h...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Austria 1922 Art Deco Polychrome And Blue Enamel Round Box .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box made in Austria. Beautiful enamel round box, created in Vienna Austria during the art deco period, back in the 1922. This beautiful antique piece wa...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Russian Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant Russian enamel cigarette case is crafted of gilt silver and decorated with a bright floral design of cloisonné enamel. A tur...
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Early 20th Century Russian Other Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Shagreen Match Box
Located in New York, NY
Shagreen match box . Bone trimmed celadon galuchat match box with three strike voids and paper covered match cartridge; a chic little stingray matchbox. Eng...
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Early 20th Century English Decorative Boxes

Materials

Shagreen

Handcrafted Antique Tinned Copper Metal Betel Box, India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Beautiful handcrafted antique tinned copper decorative octagonal betel box with with lid, handle and brass latch. The metal is delicately and int...
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Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tin, Copper, Brass

Romantic Antique French Art Nouveau Jewelry Box in Burl Wood & Floral Inlay 1900
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous & rare! This French Art Nouveau Jewelry box made from Burl wood with floral inlay decorations. The jewelry box looks amazing fr...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Burl

Weighted Club Chess Set Kings Staunton Pattern No. 5 Boxed, Circa 1930
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good, high quality vintage English handmade, boxwood "weighted" chess set club game of 32 pieces, Staunton Pattern No. 5 all in its original box and retailed by The British Chess...
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Early 20th Century British Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

French Blue candy box in Limoges porcelain Baud Paris - France 1930 Art Deco
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty little box, bonbonniere in Limoges porcelain, creation by Maison Baud Paris. The blue color is very delicate, in a pastel tone and the embossed and hand-painted white fol...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Deed Box, English, Art Deco, Iron, Document, Deposit, Chest, circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage deed box. An English, Art Deco iron document or deposit chest, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. Displays a desirable age...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Iron

Antique Sheffield Four Seasons Silver Box
Located in Tampa, FL
This fabulous silver plate box is with the four seasons depicted on each side. On the front is summer. Winter, fall and spring are on the sides and back. It is lined in a blue green ...
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1910s English Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Needlepoint Brass Box with Roses
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful petit needlepoint and enamel brass box with floral rose design, circa early-20th century. Lid has a beautiful petit needlepoint design of three roses, leaves and rose bud...
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Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Large Cut Crystal Box with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large Cut Crystal Box with Gilt Bronze Mounts. Exceptionally large size makes this piece ideal for a number of different uses.
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Early 20th Century French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Chinese Petite Repoussé Traveling Mirror, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite traveling mirror dates to the early 20th century and is crafted with a metal frame embellished with allover repoussé decoration. Designed after Qing-dynasty vanity boxes,...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Sterling Silver Box with Navajo Decoration
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1880s, Austrian box, Navajo decoration circa 1950s. This is a one-of-a-kind table decoration. Perfect for your Southwestern decor or to spot a modern home. Excellent condition...
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1950s Austrian Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

French Art Deco Blue Opaline Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
French Art Deco Blue Opaline Box. A beautiful box in a lovely robins blue egg color with a diamond shaped cut pattern and gilt leaf design.
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Decorative Boxes

Materials

Opaline Glass

Early 20th Century Lacquer Box, Japanese. Late Meiji period
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century lacquer box, Japanese. Late Meiji period. Eggshell ground with lustrous gilded chrysanthemums. Softly rounded corners. Accompanied by a note "Very easily damaged. ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Continental Carved Wood Tramp Art Box, 1st quarter 20th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rectangular box adorned with panels of geometric carvings popular in the early 20th century and known as Tramp Art
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1910s European Arts and Crafts Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Boxwood

Gucci, Italy - Solid / Sterling Silver and Enamel Pill Box c.1950
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning example of a vintage 1950's pill box in the form of a miniature coin purse. I have seen a few of these in solid silver but this is the first I have come across in silver ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Seven Drawer Mahogany Machinist's Chest c.1910-1925
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT An antique Machinist's tool chest with round brass pulls, original label, two keys, seven graduated drawers with Mahogany fronts, metal corners and a pull out Mahogany front c...
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Early 20th Century North American Industrial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century French Wooden & Zinc Decoration
Located in High Point, NC
Discover the enchantment of yesteryear with this authentic early 20th-century French wooden and zinc decoration piece. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this charming arti...
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Early 20th Century French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Zinc

Mongolian Yak Butter Container, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautifully-aged wooden container dates to the late 19th century and was used to transport and store a nutritious butter made from yak’s milk. Food was scarce on the Mongolian s...
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Early 20th Century Mongolian Rustic Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Bamboo, Elm

1921 René Lalique, Box Degas Frosted Glass with Sepia Patina
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Degas" made in frosted glass with sepia patinated by René Lalique in 1921. Molded signature on the edge of the lid. Perfect condition. hauteur : 7,5 cm diameter : 8,5 cm Fé...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Blown Glass

Jugendstil iridescent glass cookies jar, Pallme & König Austria ca. 1910.
Located in Firenze, IT
Jugenstil cookies jar. 'Iris' iridescent glass, hexagonal shape. Pallme & König, Steinschönau Bohemia, Austria ca. 1910. H 20 cm - Diam. 14 cm Conditions: excellent consistent wi...
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Early 1900s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass

1924 René Lalique - Box Du Barry Frosted Glass With Sepia Patina
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box “Du Barry” made in frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1924. Molded signature. Perfect condition. Very beautiful patina. Extremely rare model with complet lid. h...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Blown Glass

Deco Mirrored Elegant Bakelite Casket for Jewelry or Playing Cards
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant wood casket, covered with mirrors, black bakelite cover : for Your jewels or cards or photos... France - Art Deco O/1607.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bakelite

Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Kiseto Ware 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a porcelain box which we use during tea ceremony. It is called Kougou. This was made in Japan around 1950s in Showa era. This was made with style 'Seto'. In seto ware, this k...
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1950s Japanese Showa Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Italian Blue Marble Clamshell Vanity Box
Located in Stamford, CT
1950s Italian marble clamshell box. Deep blue veined marble with brass banding and brass feet. Made in Italy sticker on the underside.
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1950s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble, Brass

1928 René Lalique Box Sultane Opalescent Glass with Blue Patina
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Sultane" made in opalescent glass with blue patina by Rene Lalique in 1928. Perfect condition. dimensions : 14 cm x 14 cm height : 16 cm Wheel-carved "R.LALIQUE FRANCE" sig...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Blown Glass

Antique French Green Opaline Box with Etched Decoration
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique French Green Opaline Box with Etched Decoration. Pale green opaline glass, with scrolling etched decoration on the glass, and gilt bronze mounts.
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1920s French Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Opaline Glass

Black And Red Kashmir Box
Located in Tampa, FL
This box is wonderful. Colors are great orange, green, and gold. From Kashmir, India circa 1915 maybe earlier.
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1910s Indian Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paint

Kashmir Box
Located in Tampa, FL
Turn of the century wooden Kashmir box. Hand painted with a striking black bird in the center surrounded by red and black accented leaves.
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Early 1900s Indian Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paint

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Box 507A
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage sterling silver Georg Jensen box with internal wood lining, design #507A by Gundorph Albertus from 1927. A rectangular, hammered sterling silver box. Slightly arched lid wi...
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1920s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Lidded box by Just Andersen, 1920s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
A lidded metal casket made by Just Andersen in the 1920s. It is early work by the Danish designer and a timeless piece for a beautiful home. * A metal casket / jewellery box with a...
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1920s Danish Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Chinese Pewter Trinket Dish, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
For one short decade, from around 1910 to 1920, pewter was all the rage in China’s bustling commercial centers of Shanghai and Canton. Drawn to pewter’s soft, silvery glow, artists t...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Pewter

Gorham English Edwardian Modern Sterling Silver Box, 1912
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Modern sterling silver box. Made by Gorham Manufacturing Co. in Birmingham in 1912. Rectangular with straight sides and curved corners. Cover hinged with curved top and scr...
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1910s English Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique French Blue Enameled Porcelain and Gold Bronze Jewel Box, Circa 1910.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Blue and Pink Enameled Porcelain and Gold Bronze Jewel Box, Circa 1910. Made in France and Retailed by Ovington Brothers of New York.
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Early 20th Century French Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Japanese Vintage Incense Utensils for Tea Ceremony Kougou Oribe ware 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
This is a porcelain box which we use during tea ceremony. It is called Kougou. This was made in Japan around 1950s in Showa era. This was made with style 'Oribe'. This item will com...
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1950s Japanese Showa Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Art Deco Pyrography Carving Little Wonder Girl w/ Flower Cigar Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco pyrography carved cigar box featuring a Little Wonder Girl portrait along the front . The flapper girl is highlighted with a painted red flower in her hair with a geometric ...
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1920s American Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

A Taisho period cloisonné box and cover with a watermill and Mount Fuji
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Taisho period cloisonné box and cover with a watermill and Mount Fuji, worked in wire and coloured musen(wireless) enamels with a watermill beneath an imposing view of Mount Fuji, ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wire

Art Nouveau Circular Repoussé Box with Crab 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

Early 20th Century Dowry Chest Malabar Box from Kerala India
Located in Countryside, IL
Early 20th Century Dowry Chest Malabar Box from Kerala India This chest measures: 16.75 wide x 12.5 deep x 13 inches high We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show...
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Early 20th Century Indian Agra Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Cartier American Modern Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver box, ca 1920. Retailed by Cartier in New York. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with curved top and overhanging rim. Interior cedar lined. Fully m...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

1950's Stitched leather boxe by Jacques Adnet
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
Rare decorative boxe in oak with stitched leather and dear wood decorative artefact Circa 1950's
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1950s French Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

Tramp Art Box, Large Scale and Unusual Form. Circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Large scale tramp art box of unusual form. At 2 feet wide quite impressive in scale and equally impressive in the ambition of the craftsman who created it. The geometry of the psuedo...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Handmade Monogrammed Wooden Toolbox with Inner Tray c.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A handmade wooden toolbox with inner removable segmented tray and drop down secret lid compartment. Monogrammed D.E.F. Solidly constructed with d...
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paint

Novelty Silver Plate Military Drum Biscuit Barrel
By Daniel & Arter
Located in Northampton, GB
In the Form of a Drum  From our Accessories collection, we are pleased to offer this Novelty Silver Plate Military Drum Biscuit Barrel. The Biscuit Barrel of novelty form in the sha...
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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Art Deco Frosted Satin Glass Ballerina Female "Ramses" Powder Box
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This pink art deco frosted satin ballerina glass box, often called a woman's trinket box, is often referred to as a "Ramses" Box because a woman would ...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass

Indian Etched Brass Vanity Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This Indian three-tier box was crafted in the early 20th century and originally used as a vanity chest or jewelry box. Etched with an elegant all-over floral motif, the brass box is swathed in a rich red pigment with a metallic sheen and dotted with pops of blue, white, and green on the blossoms. Like an accordion sewing box...
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Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Loetz Biscuit Barrel Cookie Jar Art Nouveau Iridescent Glass Antique Lötz & WMF
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A lovely Art Nouveau biscuit barrel, made of iridescent art glass with a combed pattern made by Loetz Wwe. with a brass mount by WMF which was originally silverplated.
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate, Brass

Indian Brass Betel Nut Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This ornate Indian betel nut box dates back to the early 20th century. Known in India as a paan daan, this box was used in the ritual of chewing betel nut or paan, a practice that da...
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Early 20th Century Indian Folk Art Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Copper

Oak and Polychrome "Öresund" Desk Organizer by Børge Mogensen, Karl Andersson
Located in Hägersten, SE
Desk organizer model A4/3 from the Öresund series designed by Børge Mogensen. Produced in Sweden by Karl Andersson & Söner during the 1960s. Made from solid oak with three drawers in...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Decorative Boxes

Materials

Oak, Lacquer

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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