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Decorative Boxes For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Qing
Antique Victorian Traveling Desk Birds Eye Maple Writing Slope Edwards Roberts
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality early English well figured Birds Eye Maple Wood Ladies or Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian mahogany storage box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Antique Victorian mahogany storage box having a quality antique mahogany storage box with red interior.
D. 1860
Category
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Inlaid Box with Mother of Pearl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century walnut box with band inlay, band inlay and felt interior.
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique French Victorian Burled Marquetry Inlay Trinket Vanity Case Cigar Box
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptional large wooden case from the Victorian era, circa 1880s. Made from pine with raised and burled panels. Features a marquetry inlay top showcasing a bird within a flowerin...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine, Burl
White-glazed Circular Box and Cover, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Era, Circa 1690
Located in seoul, KR
White glazed box from the Qing dynasty Vung Tau cargo. An identical piece is included on page 459 of the Vung Tau catalog titled 'Christies Amsterdam 19...
Category
1690s Chinese Qing Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Oversized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope
Located in Northampton, GB
View of Bayham Abbey with Writing Implements
From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this unusual and large-sized Tunbridge Ware Writing Slope, in the manner ...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Wood
Unusual antique Victorian quality oak and brass mounted box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual antique Victorian quality oak and brass mounted box, having a quality oak and brass mounted lift up lid opening to reveal a storage compartment above a single drawer with the...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Musical snuff box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box made in Switzerland 2nd quarter-19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a comb made of several small parts. (Until the mid-19th century, it was not yet possi...
Category
1840s Swiss Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel
Quality antique Victorian walnut tunbridge ware inlaid sewing box
Located in Ipswich, GB
Quality antique Victorian walnut tunbridge ware inlaid sewing box, having beautiful inlaid detail to the box with a lift up lid opening to reveal an interior tray above a storage com...
Category
19th Century Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
English Petite Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century English trinket box has an elegant design of lacquered papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlay. The inlaid decoration depicts a spray of various flowers which ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Antique Victorian Quality Figured Walnut Sewing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality figured walnut sewing box having a brass handle to the lift up top opening to reveal a fitted interior, drop down front opening to reveal a storage drawer
...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Tortoiseshell Musical snuff box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box made in Switzerland 2nd quarter-19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a comb made of several small parts. (Until the mid-19th century, it was not yet possi...
Category
1840s Swiss Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel
Beautiful Ormolu Pincushion Needle Box 19th C. 1890s, Austria
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This listing is for a beautiful Austrian gilt metal needle box on a alabaster base with a pincushion on top, circa 1890s. A beautiful collector's item and sure to be a lovely additio...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Metal, Ormolu
Antique Figured Coromandel Brass Box / Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique brass bound coromandel Victorian Gothic Revival casket by Parkins and Gotto, 24 & 25 Oxford Street, London, circa 1860 in date.
The rectangular box fe...
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Scottish Sterling Silver and 15k Yellow Gold Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Scottish sterling silver and 15 karat gold box; an addition to our diverse silver box collection.
This exceptional Scottish sterling silv...
Category
1850s Scottish Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
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,...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
19th Century Wedgwood Jasperware Dresser Box
By Wedgwood
Located in High Point, NC
Late 19th century Jasperware dresser box by Wedgwood. The blue color is lovely and gives off that bit of elegance in any room in which it is placed. Signed on base.
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Small 18th Century Alabaster Barrel Shaped Jewelry Box W/ Brass Hands Decor
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small 18th century Alabaster barrel shaped jewelry box with brass hands décor.
Category
Mid-19th Century European Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
English Victorian Period 19th Century Metal Coin Box with Brass Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period metal coin box from the 19th century with brass hardware. This English Victorian period metal coin box from the 19th century is a beautifully preserved pi...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century English Dresser Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century English dresser box made from exquisitely grained rosewood. The box has wonderfully inlaid patterns on the top and front in ivory, along with the beaded ivory trim. Th...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
Chinese Lattice Top Incense Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This slender metal container is a 19th-century white brass incense burner, used for storing and burning incense sticks. The small box has a rectangular form and a removable sliding t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Coromandel Brass Wooden Letters Stationery Writing Box Casket
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning early Victorian well figured Coromandel Stationery Casket of museum quality and in outstanding condition. Mid to late Nineteenth Century, of English origin.
Th...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Period Bank Storage Box with Brass Accents and Metal Interior
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period bank storage box from the 19th century with brass corners and removable metal interior. This English Victorian period bank storage box from the 19th cent...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
English Snuff Box with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in Chicago, IL
Glimmering with iridescent mother-of-pearl inlay, this English papier-mâché snuff box dates to the late 19th century. Black lacquer envelopes the papier-mâché case to form a durable ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Chinese Baitong Stacking Incense Clock, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This three-tiered container is a 19th-century white brass incense clock, once used as a relatively accurate method to mark the passage of time. Incense c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century American Treen Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century large treen lidded box made from birch, walnut, cherry, mahogany, and oak. The wood is layered in a design which is very pleasing with contrast of color and shape of ea...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Oak, Walnut
19th century black lacquered jewellery box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Chinese black lacquered jewellery box circa 1860.
Good quality shaped Chinese jewellery box with overstuffed top cushion. Hand painted in gold leaf on all surfaces, wi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
FiNE ANTIQUE PERSIAN CIGARETTE BOX DEPICTING ORIENTAL CHINESE LOOKING PEOPLE
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely, super decorative antique Persian Oriental cigarette box with beautifully decorative top picture...
Category
20th Century European Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
DECORATIVE ANTIQUE ORIGINAL KASHMIR PLAYiNG CARD BOX WITH TWIN COMPARTMENTS
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely, super decorative antique Kashmir playing carved box with period paper mâché finish
A wonderful...
Category
20th Century European Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Victorian Coromandel Brass Wooden Letters Stationery Casket Box Betjeman
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning early Victorian well figured Coromandel Stationery Casket of museum quality and in outstanding condition. Mid Nineteenth Century. Made in England by G. Betjemann....
Category
Mid-19th Century Irish Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Mahogany jewelry box 1880s England
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Antique solid mahogany jewelry box, comes with a
Blue Velvet interior . and a Mirror in the lid of the box .
Ideal for your watches . Good condition .
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Chinese Cloisonne Jar Box Cannister and Cover Copper Enamel
Located in Wilton, CT
Antique Chinese cloisonne cannister with cover. Decorated with lotus flowers and scrolls in nice detail with great color and blending qualities. Tight fitting cover. Circa mid 19th c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Pair of English Victorian 19th Century Red Lacquer Cellarettes with Chinoiseries
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English Victorian period red lacquered tôle cellarettes from the 19th century with gilded Chinoiserie décor and lion paw feet. This exquisite pair of English Victorian peri...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Tôle
Chinese Painted Rice Measure, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred and fifty years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, an ancient Chinese measurement. The rice measure is crafted of northern elmwood (...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Wooden Carved Black Forest Log Box Modelled as Piled Stack of Logs
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Wooden Carved Black Forest Log Box Modelled as Piled Stack of Logs
A large Black Forest wooden carved log box modelled as piled stack of logs. Both sides with wooden handle. Germany...
Category
Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
English Victorian Modern Engine-Turned Sterling Silver Box, 1895
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Modern sterling silver box. Made by Joseph Braham in London in 1895. Rectangular with straight and plain sides. Cover hinged and tabbed; top gently curved engine turning bo...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Victorian Golden Oak 3 Crystal Decanter Tantalus Dry Bar 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a superb antique Victorian golden oak cased three decanter tantalus with decorative silver plated cut brass gothic revival mounts and carry handles to the sides, the decanter...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Antique Burr Walnut Decanter Box Betjemann
Located in Northampton, GB
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Outstanding Feathered Walnut Veneer
From our Decanter collection, we are thrilled to offer this rare example Antique Burr Walnut Decanter Box attrib...
Category
Late 19th Century British High Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Burlwood Voting Box / Still Bank
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning and scarce antique English Victorian era burlwood voting box.
Hand-crafted in the 19th century, the small table box having a rectangular case with hinged lid top fitted w...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Miniature 19th Century Victorian Figured Mahogany Chest of Drawers
Located in Morristown, NJ
19th c. Charming antique miniature chest of drawers. The chest has a marble top. The case is figured mahogany, with four stacked drawers, the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Victorian Brass Temple Form Match Safe
Located in Essex, MA
In the form of a temple with lid for storing matches.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Top Quality 19th Century Jewelry, Treasure Box, Cabinet w Drawers & Mirror Doors
Located in Lisse, NL
A beautiful antique and all handcrafted jewelry box with a striking velvet lining.
This rare and larger size jewelry box or casket makes a beautiful accessory for a lady with an eye...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Mary Gregory Painted Black Glass Perfume Box
Located in Norwood, NJ
Exquisite piece of Mary Gregory all original black amethyst glass hinged perfume box. Inside is formed with gilt wire inserts with three glass scent or cut glass perfume bottles co...
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique 19th Century Victorian Malachite & Brass Box c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th Century malachite box. This box features malachite pieces throughout the whole outer body with brass details. Inside, the original soft suede lining. This box serve...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite
Blue Glass Hobnail Box
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful blue opaline ombre hobnail art glass vanity box, circa 20th century. Box with hobnail design, blue opaline and ombre hue, finished with a knob lid; a great piece for a va...
Category
20th Century Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass, Glass
18th Century Cromwellian Bible Box
Located in Hudson, NY
18th century oak carved bible box. Intricate design, original hardware and still in good condition considering its age.
Category
18th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Oak
Nicole Freres 6 tune music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Music box made in Switzerland by Nicole Freres in 1852.
The wooden box has marquetry with various exotic woods on the lid, there is a simetric cartouche made of lemon wood in the c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
English Antique Boulle Jewellery Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Inlaid with Squirrels, Birds and Monkeys
From our Jewellery Box collection, we are delighted to offer this English boulle Jewellery Box. The box of sarcophagus form with brass edgi...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Dutch Silver Bird Spice Box of Egret Standing on One Leg
By B. H. Joseph & Company
Located in New York, NY
Dutch silver figural spice box. Imported to England in 1891 by BH Joseph & Co. An egret gracefully scrolled neck, red glass eyes, and gaping beak stands on one scaly leg, the other l...
Category
1890s Dutch Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Leather & Decorative Gilt Metal Table Top Travelling Chest Bramah Lock
Located in Norwich, GB
A lovely antique English leather desk top travelling chest with decorative gilt metal mounts to both the exterior and the interior. Bramah lock and key. Circa 1880.
Delivery includ...
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Velvet
Small 3 tune music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Small 3 tune mandoline music box.
The wooden case has some central inlay to the top of the lid.
The front shows the start stop lever to the right there is the change/repeat lever (d...
Category
1890s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
Antique English Oak Bowl Turned Tiger Oak Dessert Server Floral Stand
Located in Shreveport, LA
Antique English Oak Bowl Turned Tiger Oak Dessert Server Floral Stand.
Direct from England, a beautiful antique English oak bowl, hand turned and supported by turned bun feet. Lovel...
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Fine Antique English Toulmin & Gale Attrib Madagascar Ebony Stationary Box
By Toulmin & Gale
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning very fine quality antique English stationary box in striking exotic hardwood coromandel / madagascar ebony. circa 1880
Exquisitely hand-crafted in England in the 19th cen...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Qing Dynasty Hinged Box with Brass Hardware and Weathered Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Qing Dynasty period hinged wooden box from the 19th century with brass hardware and nicely weathered patina. Crafted during the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century, this wooden box ca...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Fine Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Vinaigrette Francis Clarke Birmingham 1841
Located in Portland, OR
A very early Victorian sterling silver gilt viniagrette by Francis Clarke, Birmingham, 1841.
This very nice vinaigrette is in fine condition with an engine turned top, engraved with ...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Keywind 6 tune music box
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Swiss music box by unknown maker.
The mechanism is wound up by a key and plays 6 melodies as provided on the original melody card. The serial number is 8180 and can be found at the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Swiss Early Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel, Iron
Collection of 19th Century Hand Painted Kashmiri Boxes
Located in London, GB
Collection of 19th Century Hand Painted Kashmiri Boxes
A highly decorative collection of four hand painted 19th century Kashmiri boxes. Of various shape...
Category
Early 1900s Indian Victorian Antique Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
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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