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George III 'Mansion' Form Bottle Caddy or Tabletop Cellarette, circa 1780
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A rare and exquisite circa 1780 English, possibly Irish, George III period bottle caddy or tabletop cellarette in the form of a two-storey ashlar Palladian mansion house, the boxwood...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Brass Mounted Campaign Box. English, C.1850
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Superb campaign box
Brass mounted tropical hardwood
Not sure of its function. Possibly originally a gun case.
Green baize interior. Also a removable tray with brass handles
With ...
Category
1850s English Campaign Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
A 1980s Modern Gilt Brass and Lacquer Luxury Box by Gucci
By Gucci
Located in Aci Castello, IT
1980s Modern Gilt Brass and Lacquer Small Luxury Box by Gucci
A refined piece of Italian luxury, this 1980s small box by Gucci showcases the brand's iconic blend of elegance and bold...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Tessellated Travertine and Green Agate Box
Located in Houston, TX
A stylized late 20th Century tessellated travertine and green agate box with brass trim, hinges and wood lined.
Category
Late 20th Century Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Agate, Travertine, Brass
Mid-Century Modernist Tessellated Abalone & Sculptural Brass & Copper Crab Box
Located in New York, NY
This captivating mid-century modern crab box showcases a masterful blend of natural materials and artistic design. The surface is meticulously tessellated with iridescent abalone she...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Lady's Ormolu Bronze Dore Jewellery Box Casket Maison Boissier Paris
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning French chisel cast Medieval revival Bombe shaped Lady's Jewlery Casket of Museum quality, made during the second quarter of the Nineteenth Century. Firmly attribu...
Category
Early 19th Century French Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Ormolu
Art Deco playcard box vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco playcard box vienna around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Wood inside
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Brass Bound Traveling Desk Walnut Wooden Writing Slope Box 19C
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine early English Well Figured Solid grained Walnut Ladies or Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and compact proportions. Last quarter of the Nin...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Limoges France Trinket Box Baseball Glove
By Limoges
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
A charming Limoges Porcelain Trinket Box in the shape of a baseball glove. This piece is hand-painted and hand-crafted. The bottom of the box is marked Limoges France. This rare piec...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$125 / item
Vintage Decorative Brass Hinged Shell Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A stunning mid century modern brass shell-form box, masterfully cast in a richly patinated golden brass. This exquisite piece showcases a naturalistic scallop shell motif with deeply...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Art Deco Jewelry Box vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Jewelry Box vienna around 1920s
Brass polished and stove enameled
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Georgian Brass and Mahogany Mechanical Bellows
Located in Greenwich, CT
English early 19th century mechanical bellows having wavy spoke solid brass wheel and studded brass bellow chamber with patinated mahogany body. Use as bellows or as a decorative ...
Category
Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Tortoiseshell Minaudiere Box
Located in New York, NY
Tortoiseshell Minaudiere Box. Chic antique tortoiseshell clutch with mirrored flap, blotting paper holder and two lidded interior compartments. I...
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Solid Brass Lion Stash Box with Feet 20th Century
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
This is an excellent solid brass stash box with a carved lion's head and four feet. This piece is both functional and decorative.
Category
20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Limoges Porcelain, Heart Shaped Trinket Box, France, 1980's
By Limoges
Located in Glasgow, GB
Limoges porcelain heart shaped trinket box. Hand-crafted in France around the late 1980’s
Finely decorated in the french rococo style; the body of the heart decorated with lapis laz...
Category
Late 20th Century French Rococo Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
$154 Sale Price
44% Off
19th Century English Medicine Chest by Clay and Abraham, Liverpool
Located in Delft, NL
A 19th century English medicine chest by Clay and Abraham, Liverpool
A small antique mahogany medicine cabinet with brass handle dating from the early 19th century, which opens through the double doors to reveal an arrangement of bottles, with labels and contents, multiple drawers including weighing instruments and weights, mortar and pestle. A trade label on the bottles for Clay, Abraham Chemists, Liverpool. Their Shop on Bold Street
The interior of the medicine chest has 14 compartments with antique glass bottles with stopper...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Leather Bound Writing Slope Sewing Jewellery Box Engraved "K" 1818
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This is a beautifully preserved example of a Regency period writing slope that also functions as a sewing box.
The leather-bound table work box features a stepped square central pan...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large French Limoges Porcelain Rectangular Orange Gilt Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
As found in Paris, an impressive Limoges hand painted box. The colors on this box are fantastic, the orange is painted what we would describe as Hermes orange. The gold gilt certainl...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
A Regency Hand Crafted Rosewood Writing Slope With Secret Compartments
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning Regency Era Rosewood Hand-Crafted Writing Slope.
With Purple Velvet Interior, Befit With The Original Brass Topped Square Glass Inkwells.
Decorated throughout with beaut...
Category
19th Century British Regency Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Nouveau Exceptional Continental Lidded Brass Casket with Maiden
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional Continental, probably Austrian, Art Nouveau Brass lidded casket with a molded portrait of a maiden dating from around 1900. The heavily made casket is of rectangular f...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Midcentury Rectangular Decorative Box in Wood and Brass, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in wood and brass details.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
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 Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Bronze Box - Putti - Renaissance Style
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful bronze box, decorated in renaissance style with putti and decorative ornaments.
The box is in good condition, key is missing. Beautiful colour and patina.
Dimensions: ...
Category
1890s French Renaissance Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Set of 2 Boxes in Black Shell with Bronze Patina Brass Details by Kifu Paris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This stunning set of two boxes by Kifu Paris, crafted from luxurious black pen shell, is a masterpiece of opulence and sophistication. The natural iridescence of the pen shell, with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Lalique Crystal Jewelry Box with Female Figure Art Nouveau Style French
By Lalique
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and substantial French crystal and brass box with female figure by luxury design Maison, Lalique, in the Art Nouveau style, circa mid...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Antique Shotgun Carry Case, Indian Teak, Brass, Rifle Box, Victorian, Circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a fine antique shotgun carry case. An Indian State Railway gun box in teak and brass, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Rich wit...
Category
Early 1900s Indian Late Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Sculptural Brass Decorative Jewelry Box Brutalist Mid Century Modern
By Line Vautrin
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A heavy beautiful modernist round brass box
Category
1950s Korean Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1950s Brazilian Bronze Souvenir Box with Inlaid Historic Coins by Alberti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Bronze Souvenir Box with Inlaid Historic Coins by Alberti, Brazil, circa 1950s
Dimensions: 2.5" Diameter x 1.25" H
A finely crafted mid-century bronze so...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique French Tramp Art Box Knick-knack Trinket Jewelry Case Folk Art Collector
Located in Poperinge, BE
Antique tramp art box, jewelry box or trinket box, called a trinket box, lined with wallpaper, made in France around 1900.
A beautiful form of folk art, anyone could make a tramp ar...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Seashell Encrusted Lidded Box with Silvered Crustaceans
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical lidded box ambitiously hand decorated with exotic seashells and featuring a sea life handle with silver plate on brass crabs, starfish and shells, and four silver on brass shrimp...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Art Nouveau Lidded Oak Box with hand carved sinuous floral theme, circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good quality hand made hardwood lidded box with fine quality hand carved floral themes, which we date to the late 19th C / early 20th C Art Nouveau period, Circa 1900.
The...
Category
1890s English Art Nouveau Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Boxes in Oak with Semi-Precious Stone and Brass by Kifu Paris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The "Victoria" Box Set by Kifu Paris in white oak exudes a serene, organic luxury. The natural texture of the white oak offers a soft, refined aesthetic that brings warmth and sophis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Quartz, Brass
$712 Sale Price / set
25% Off
Gilded Brass Beehive Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Vintage gilded brass Beehive box with applied enamel bees. A real standout piece. Rope ring design handle.
Category
20th Century Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique metal Pill Box with Mother-of-Pearl inlay to lid, English Edwardian
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a small oval shaped antique metal Pill Box with Mother-of Pearl Inlay dating to the Edwardian or late Victorian period.
The box is made...
Category
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Architectural Model Box of the Alhambra Palace, with Key
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Architectural Model Box of the Alhambra Palace, with Key
Handcrafted in Granada, Spain, Circa 1960s
A stunning architectural model box that showcases the ...
Category
20th Century Spanish Moorish Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$638 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Titanio with Brass Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This hand blown glass box is a stunning example of the renowned artistry and craftsmanship that Murano glass is celebrated for. Handcrafted on the historic Venetian island of Murano,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Period Late 19th Century Oak Lidded Biscuit Barrel with Shield
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period oak lidded biscuit barrel from the late 19th century, with large handle and brass shield motif. We have currently three available, priced and sold $295 ea...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Decorative Box - Brass - Gothic Tristan and Isolde Theme
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful decorative box, made of brass.
The box is richly decorated with elegant motifs and representations of the classic story Tristan and Isolde.
The box was probably made in B...
Category
Early 1900s French Medieval Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Maitland Smith Chinese Chinoiserie Lacquered Silverware Flatware Chest Box
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 20th century black lacquered chinoiseries silverware chest by Maitland Smith. Features a scene of familial figures in a garden on the lid and Chinese landscapes along the sides....
Category
1990s Philippine Chinoiserie Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C. Boulle Inlaid Table Box Miniature Pastoral Landscape, Signed 'Resck'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C. Boulle Inlaid Table Box Miniature Pastoral Landscape, Signed 'Resck'
19th Century or Older
This exquisite 19th-century Boulle inlaid table box features a beautifully detail...
Category
19th Century French Baroque Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Pewter
Late 19th Century Engraved Chinese Brass Box with Carved Nephrite White Jade Lid
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Antique carved nephrite white jade from a ruyi, mounted to the hinged lid of a conforming brass box. The inside of the lid and outer surfaces are engraved with propitious symbols.
C...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade, Brass
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Amethyst with 24 Karat Gold Flecks
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This evocative and alluring Murano glass box is a magnificent fusion of masterful craftsmanship and natural beauty. Handcrafted on the famed Venetian island of Murano, this box showc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Murano Sommerso Glass Casket Lidded Box Signed Garantito
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Murano heavy glass lidded casket box with gold/brass frame resting on paw feet. The box is clear glass octagon with interior grey/green oval hollow. Stamped on metal frame G.S.E Ott...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Sommelier's Wine List Folio, French, Walnut, Document Sleeve, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique sommelier's wine list folio. A French, walnut and brass decorative menu or document sleeve, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Present your cellar o...
Category
Early 20th Century French Late Victorian Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
MCM Lidded Green Marble Trinket Box with Brass Accents
Located in San Diego, CA
MCM lidded green marble trinket box with brass accents, circa 1970s. The box has well cut lines and features brass feet and a cool brass lizard hand...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Early 20th Century Vintage Artists Paint Box and Pallet, Denmark
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Danish Vintage Artists Paint Box and Pallet, Early 20th Century
Well loved Danish artists traveling wooden box with everything needed to paint on location. This charming box, acqui...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Folk Art Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Glass & Brass Lidded Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
A fabulous glass and brass lidded trinket box, circa late 1960s..The box is made of a thick clear glass with bronze latch and trim. The set is in ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th century English Document Storage Box, Monogrammed L.B. Elliott
Located in Centennial, CO
A charming antique 19th century British pine document box with iron handles, monogrammed L.B. Elliott on a brass plaque on the top. Handcrafted with solid dovetail construction and a...
Category
Early 20th Century British British Colonial Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
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 corner...
Category
Early 20th Century North American Industrial Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$395 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century English Gentleman's Mahogany and Brass Campaign Jewelry Box
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
High quality English mahogany and brass fine jewelry box that was likely used for stationary as well. Attention to detail, originality and surviving k...
Category
1870s English Campaign Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian Coromandel Wooden Lady's Gentlemans Vanity Jewelry Casket Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Absolutely Stunning & Rare early Victorian well figured brass mounted Coromandel Ladies or Gentleman’s Vanity Jewellery Casket of generous proporti...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$745 Sale Price
20% Off
Nils Fougstedt Pewter Box for Firma Svenskt Tenn, 1986
Located in Stockholm, SE
Nils Fougstedt (1881-1954), Pewter Box for Firma Svenskt Tenn, 1986
This is an exquisite tin box adorned with intricate meadow flowers in relief. The delicate floral patterns bring ...
Category
1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Antique Southeast Asian Filipino Maranao Silver Inlaid Brass Betel Nut Box
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce fine quality antique silver-inlaid solid brass betel nut box (Lutuan), dating to the second half of the 19th / early 20th century, hand-crafted in Mindanao, Philippines.
Boxes such as this were used to store the areca nut (also known as the betel nut) which would be wrapped in a betel leaf with lime paste and other ingredients, often tobacco, for chewing. Similar to the European tea caddy, these boxes often served as a way to impress while showing off ones wealth.
Betel chewing was prevalent in the southern Philippines as in much of the rest of Southeast Asia. Wealthier Maranao families on Mindanao were able to afford elaborate silver-inlaid brass betel boxes such as this example. Such boxes were used to show off to guests and from which they were offered betel and the other component such as leaves and lime to make up the betel quid.
Rare large size, most extant examples of such boxes tend to measure around 5 inches in length. At slightly more than 7.75 inches the example here is larger than most.
The distinctive decorative box features a very heavy strong-box like rectangular shaped chest form with canted corners, copper handles, and a conforming hinged lid, lifting open to reveal an interior divided into three compartments covered by four hinged lids. Each of these doors is inlaid with silver in stylized orchid flower patterns.
Exceptionally executed throughout, the arabesque silver inlaid exterior is decorated to the top with a large orchid motif within scrolling obid-obid (stylized rope) borders. The front, back and sides are inlaid with sets of stylized tail feathers of the sari-manok bird beneath which are unusual, highly stylized whimsical zoomorphic faces that appear like cat or tiger faces. (Such stylisation is accounted for by Southeast Asian Islamic preferences to avoid the overt and this potentially idolatrous representation of animal and human forms. Designs such as these are drawn from a local design repertoire that has its origins in wood carving.
Although the spread of Islam in the Philippines began in the 14th century, mostly through the influence of Muslim merchants from the western Malay Archipelago, decorative arts in this design remain exceptionally rare. This lutuan represents a fine example of Islamic metalwork from the most eastern outreach of Islamic art and civilisation: Mindanao island being significantly further east than even China – artwork from Islamic Southeast Asia remains chronically under-represented in the world’s major collections of Islamic art.
PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Austin Auction Gallery, established 1983, Austin, Texas.
References
Brownrigg, H., Betel Cutters...
Category
19th Century Philippine Islamic Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper
French Limoges Rectangular Hand Painted Porcelain Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Found in Paris, a charming Limoges porcelain rectangular trinket box painted in blue with a fantastic cross hatch design on the lid. This piece would certainly be a fantastic additio...
Category
Mid-20th Century French French Provincial Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
Firewood Coal Wood Repousse Box with Artistic Scenes Brass Panels, 19th Century
Located in Savannah, GA
Firewood Coal Wood or Fire Wood Repousse Box with Artistic Scenes Brass Panels, 19th Century
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Decorative Treasure Box with Green Teal Checkerboard Straw Marquetry Artisanal
Located in Warsaw, PL
Straw Marquetry Decorative Box with Brass Handles Green Teal Inlay Checkerboard Pattern
Decorative Box 01 is a handcrafted square box created using the straw marquetry technique. It...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Arts and Crafts Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$920 Sale Price / item
15% Off
Brass and Abalone Shell Crab Sculpture Trinket Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Brass crab sculpture trinket box inlaid with beautiful abalone shell. Made in Mexico attributed to Los Castillo.
Usually over time the lid gets broken or lost but is is complete and ...
Category
1970s Mexican Hollywood Regency Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Red Pigskin Box On Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular box with longevity symbols. Hinged top with brass lock. Later ebonized and line gilt base with square section legs.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Moroccan Chest or Jewelry Box in Cameal Bone and Brass Inlaid
Located in Plainview, NY
Bring a sense of majesty into your living space with this magnificent Moroccan white bone chest handcrafted from beach wood and inlaid with additional red stones. Boasting a sumptuou...
Category
1960s Moroccan Moorish Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Asian Tibetan Box Brass Filigree with Turquoise & Coral Prayer Wish Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Chinese Tibetan Brass Filigree with Turquoise and Coral beads round Box
Handcrafted round Tibetan, Nepalese decorative brass trinket wish box.
Antique Asian Tibetan hand made box inlaid with polished turquoise and coral glass inlay pieces.
Great fine brass filigree design on the top lid and sides.
Has a wonderful patina.
In good shape with age appropriate wear this box has retained its original patina finish, has no missing pieces.
Opens and closes as it should. A beautiful Asian pill box for a vanity or desk.
Box measures: 2" height X 4" diameter.
Tibetan Buddhist prayer boxes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Nepalese Tibetan Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Coral, Multi-gemstone, Brass
