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Material: Brass
Cloisonné and Opaline Box with Colored Flowers and Animals Pattern 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This Box is a opalaline and cloisonné Box. It has been made in czechoslovakia in the 20th Century. Brown Color.
The decoration patterns are flowers and Ducks.
Category
20th Century Czech Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Sculpted Brass Ostrich Box with Resin Top and Marble Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Unusual beautiful decorative box in the shape of a brass ostrich having rounded resin top and black marble base.
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
19th Century French Glass Box
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century French cobalt blue overlay on milk glass box, thousand eye pattern with brass fittings, working lock and key.
Category
19th Century Louis Philippe Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Dorado Brass & Gold Leaf in Resin Large Decorative Box
Located in Mexico City, MX
Indulge in the epitome of opulence with our exquisite Dorado Decorative Cylindrical Brass Box, meticulously handcrafted in the vibrant heart of Mexico City by skilled artisans who ha...
Category
2010s Mexican Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Gold Leaf
Decorative Cigar Box in Brass, Malachite and Wood, Mexico, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
Beautiful hinged inlaid malachite and sodalite (or lapis lazuli) brass metal box with wood interior.
Two roosters grace the lid. The metalsmiths of Taxco, Mexico were known for p...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Metal, Brass
Circa 1910 Arts & Crafts Brass Desk Organizer
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1910 Arts & Crafts brass desk organizer. Hand raised, scrolled & punched brass; joined & decorated with copper rivets on corner decorative p...
Category
1910s Arts and Crafts Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Mahogany Tea Caddy, Sarcophagus form, Early 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Early 19th century Sarcophagus mahogany tea caddy
Very rare retaining it's origanal removable lidded compartments made of
cigar box mahogany, as well as its origanal Cut glass mix...
Category
Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1980s Maitland Smith Resin Box with Brass Details
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful Maitland Smith box with resin-encased stem-end finish, mahogany inlay, and brass accents, handcrafted in the Philippines, circa 1980s. Intriguing, organic construction out ...
Category
1980s Philippine Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Caixa Gaveta (Drawer Box)
By Suka Braga
Located in Belo Horizonte, MG
A silent object.
The Inside Out Series.
The inside
The outside
An axis.
A mobile matter
Animated with movement.
A fold
An inside.
Now infinite
Now finite
Which bends to the
Outside...
Category
2010s Brazilian Other Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Brass Burl Walnut Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An Exceptionally fine Quality English Well Figured Solid Burr Walnut Ladies or Gents Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and quite large proportions. Third quarter of the...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Dome Top Calling Card Box, English, Walnut, Brass, Desk Tidy, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique dome top calling card box. An English, walnut and brass bound desktop tidy, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
B...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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
Solid Oak Arts & Crafts Box with Decorative Brass and Mirror circa 1910s
Located in Verviers, BE
Solid oak Arts & Crafts box, Austria, circa 1910s
Originel key available
A solid oak box from the Arts & Crafts period,
Made in Austria.
A very special item with decorative Brass me...
Category
1910s Austrian Arts and Crafts Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Small Decorative Box 1970s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful and unique small decorative Italian box.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Cherry and Brass Glove Box with Low-Relief Carved Motifs
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French cherry glove box from the 19th century with two gloves carved in low relief on the lid as well as carved straps. Immerse yourself in the elegance of yesteryears with this 19...
Category
19th Century French Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Maitland Smith Tessellated Rosso Levanto Marble Box, ca 1990s
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Exquisite Maitland Smith Tessellated Rosso Levanto Marble Box, ca 1990s.
This octagonal slope sided box is clad in a beautiful tessellated rosso levanto marble and accented with a ...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Caixa Dentro P and M (Inside Box)
By Suka Braga
Located in Belo Horizonte, MG
A silent object.
The Inside Out Series.
The inside
The outside
An axis.
A mobile matter
Animated with movement.
A fold
An inside.
Now infinite
Now finite
Which bends to the
Outside...
Category
2010s Brazilian Other Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Cranberry Glass Box
Located in Newark, England
French Cranberry Glass Box. The box of oval form with chamfered lid and brass mounts decorated throughout with a central band of enamelled greek ke...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Agresti Grande Segreto Armored Jewelry Case
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Armored jewelry case with pull out necklace bars. See information below for details of item variations.
Gold variation: Shiny gold steel. Inside d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Victorian Burr Walnut Small Keepsake Chest With Engraved Brass & Green Baize
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Victorian Burr Walnut Small Keepsake Chest With Engraved Brass Details & Cream Leather Supports 1800's
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Late 17th Century Leather And Brass Travelling Box
Located in Benington, Herts
A very fine and interesting late 17th century English work box or travelling case
English Circa 1680
Of conventional form with slightly domed lid, this piece has acquired a magnifi...
Category
1680s English Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Ghidini 1961 Knotted Cherry Medium Box in Brass by Nika Zupanc
Located in Villa Carcina, IT
Fiasco. Guilt. Fear of love. A place to hide all the things we secretly desire yet are too scared to utter. The luscious things the perfect lover knows are never to be told. She drea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern 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 to late-20th-century, France. Crysta...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Lidded Glass & Leather Box by Jacques Adnet, France 1950's
Located in New York, NY
Leather-lidded cast glass box with a bronze star accent.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1900s Antique Victorian Leather Hat Box Baggage S Moss Toronto
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1900s Antique Victorian Leather Hat Box Baggage S Moss Toronto
13.5 w x 13 d x 9.5 h
Stamps present.
Fabulous distress
Unrestored original vintage condition.
Refer to all images prov...
Category
Early 20th Century English Late Victorian Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Turn of the Century French Wooden Instrument Case
Located in High Point, NC
Made in France at the turn of the century, this vintage wooden case would have originally been used to hold a musical instrument—the distinctive sh...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
A George III Red Japaned Ink Stand Writing Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A hand painted red japaned ink stand with two French molded glass inkwells. The top with lifting compartments for pens, and stamps, the bottom with a pul...
Category
Early 19th Century European Georgian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Stylish perforated metal, brass and glass mategot style cosmetic lidded tin
Located in Nürnberg, Bayern
Stylish perforated metal, brass and glass mategot style cosmetic lidded tin, 1950s
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Coppia di scatole "CIRCO"
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Coppia di scatole in ottone massiccio, esternamente ed internamente patinate e sul fondo è posizionato un disco di specchio.
Il coperchio circolare della scatola è di cristallo di a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage MCM Brass "Nugget" Cigarette / Trinket Box
By Taxco
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage MCM brass "Nugget" cigarette / trinket lidded box in the style of Taxco of Mexico, circa 1960s. The box is in very good vintage condition with a roug...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Mid-19th Century Military Munitions Box with Royal Mottos, Coat of Arms
Located in Wells, ME
English military munitions box of thick full cowhide leather over cork with painted royal coat of arms and mottos on the top: " Honi Soi (qui) Mal y Pense" and "Dieu et Mon Droit" su...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Treasure Round Brass Box
Located in Firenze, FI
Organize your small items in style with our elegant circular-shaped brass box. Made from high-quality brass, its unique and stylish design adds sophisticatio...
Category
2010s Italian Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rajasthani Mughal Decorative Copper Lidded Betel Spice Pandan Caddy Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Rajasthani Mughal Decorative Copper Lidded Betel Spice Pandan Caddy Box.
Handcrafted decorative North India round metal Asian copper Mughal Raj, Indian lidded , spice, pandan betel box with latch and a top handle.
Of dome form with lotus-shaped finial, with spiralling bosse designs,
Delicately and intricately hand-chased and hammered with geometric Anglo-Indian designs.
Consuming betel leaves with several ingredients such as wet lime paste, katechu, areca nut, cloves and even tobacco leaves has been popular in India from the fourth century AD.
The box was probably used to store the betel leaf used in the preparation of paan. Lime paste is mixed with grated areca nut and flavourings and the resulting mixture is rolled in the betel leaf to form a small parcel which can then be chewed. As well as being an integral part of Indian hospitality paan is believed to possess medicinal properties and was also taken as an aphrodisiac. The present box, which was elaborately designed for this purpose, would have been taken out ceremoniously on special occasions.
Exquisite conversation museum quality piece with a very nice antique patina.
Fine intricate artwork with conical form lid with Moorish pierced designs.
Islamic Mughal Indo Persian...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Art Nouveau Celtic Immortality Repoussé Casket by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
A modern letter box in the hands of Alfred Daguet was not simply a functionally designed repository of mail but a conveyor of messages as well, messages of life-and- death importance...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel, Steel
Antique & Unique Napoleon II Inlaid Burl Box w. Gilt Perfume Flasks / Bottles
Located in Lisse, NL
Incredible workmanship and amazingly intricate, antique Napoleon II box, mid 1800s
When it comes to collectible and high value boxes, this little, fit-for-a-king gem from the 1850s is right up there with the rarest and most beautiful we ever saw. We know it should not be THE reason why you would purchase something of this quality and beauty, but with ever fewer craftsman being able to create anything remotely great, the value of this type of antique can...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Large Antique Coffee Grinder, Germany circa 1900s
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A Large Antique Coffee Grinder, Germany circa 1900s
A large antique coffee grinder manufactured in Germany around 1900. Made with nutwood, iron crank and brass container for coffee ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Late Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Scatola "ORATA"
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Scatola "ORATA"
Scatola realizzata a mano in Italia firmata con logo R.G.RIDA , costruita in ottone lucidato e protetto con vernice trasparente , essa è costituita da due sezioni a ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Mid-Century Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass, Steel
French 19th Century Brass Red Agate Stone Jewellery Box Napoleon III
Located in Paris, IDF
A beautiful French 19th century Napoleon III polished agate and brass mounted jewellery box, all sides composed with a total of height panels of vividly-hued red agate stone, atop ba...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
Hollywood Regency Brass Filigree & Glass Jewelry Box, France, Mid-20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Hollywood Regency brass filigree and smoky topaz glass jewelry box with hinged lid - featuring scrolls and bands to the brass sides - beveled edge to the glass top - floral thumb pie...
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Mid-20th Century French Hollywood Regency Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Small Danish Empire Veneered and Brass Trinket Box, Circa 1825
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Rectangular Period Empire Trinket Box in Veneered Mahogany and Brass Panels on the Edges, Denmark Circa 1825.
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique French Gilt Brass and Cut Glass Souvenir Jewellery Casket, 19th Century
Located in Bristol, GB
Antique gilt brass and cut glass souvenir depicting the ‘Basilique de la Delivrande’.
This is a charmingly detailed jewellery casket. The top depicts the Basilica of Our Lady of Deliverance near Caen in Northern France.
The top panel of bevelled glass displays the image and the four sides of bevelled glass panels are clear.
There is a pronounced cushion inside for displaying jewellery.
Dating from the late 19th century, it would have been sold as a French souvenir...
Category
19th Century French Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Period 1880s Leather Hide Hat Case with Removable Divider
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English Victorian period leather hide hat case from the late 19th century, with G.C monogram, lined in red with removable divider. Created in England durin...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Black, Beige, Brass Striped Box
Located in New York, NY
Modernist keepsake, document box clad in Black, White resin stripes accented with brass inlay stripes.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Burr Walnut Handcrafted Exquisite Writing Slope with Brass Inlay
Located in High Wycombe, GB
19th Century Burr Walnut Handcrafted Exquisite Writing Slope With Brass Inlay
A handcrafted exquisite writing slope with tooled leather fitted interior befit with a glass inkwell
Would make an ideal gift for the writing enthusiast.
Item will include pad, quill (modern) and stand and inkwell.
Antique lap desks...
Category
19th Century British Campaign Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
MCM Small Brass Mosaic Lidded Box in the Style of Los Castillo
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful MCM small brass mosaic lidded box in the style of Los Castillo, circa 1960s. This decorative trinket box is in good vintage condition with a great patina and measures 3.125...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Japanese Cloisonne Box, Meiji Period, Late 19th Century, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine and intricately decorated Japanese cloisonné box and cover, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan.
The lidded trinket or jewelry...
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, Enamel
Antique Rosewood Jewellery Box with Ornate Brass Inlay and Teal Velvet Interior
Located in Northampton, GB
The following is a truly remarkable Antique Rosewood Jewellery Box, boasting an unparalleled combination of style and practicality.
The...
Category
19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Small Vintage Chinese Enamel Box
Located in Seguin, TX
Small vintage brass stamp box with enamel decoration. Marked China on bottom and sloped interior bottom. Overall patina with a few tiny dings t...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
English Campaign Style Rosewood Brass Inlaid Lap Desk, circa 1850
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine quality brass inlaid Campaign style traveling desk with a recessed brass handle engraved with the name of its owner, Anne Orten. The piece opens to reveal a velvet lined writi...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Style Brushed Steel and Brass Tinder Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual and very handsome brushed steel and polished brass tinder box. This box has a removable tin liner that would have been used to fill with hot c...
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Montagnani Italy Brass and Burl Wood Box, 1970s
By Montagnani
Located in Atlanta, GA
Montagnani Firenze, Italy, designed this exquisite decorative box. Its Mid-Century modernist design boasts an elongated rectangular flat shape, with burl-wood geometric marquetry ven...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Decorative Box, Walnut Veneer and Brass, South Germany, circa 1850
Located in Regensburg, DE
Small Biedermeier decorative box, walnut veneer, southern Germany around 1850.
Brass fitting with handle. Restored and shellac hand polished.
Dimensions: H 10.2cm x W 20cm x D 13.5cm.
Category
1850s German Biedermeier Antique Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Round Glass Box with a Blue Straw Marquetry and Brass Lid by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
This round glass box has a lid covered of a nice blue straw marquetry, surrounded with brushed brass trims.
The radial design of the straw reminds the great Art deco period while t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Romeo Rega Brass Large Pyramid Step Box Sculpture Desk Accessory Italian Vintage
By Romeo Rega
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing and very special heavy large vintage brass pyramid box and or sculpture designed by Romeo Rega is Italian and now rare. This is from the...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Patinated & Engraved Bronze Mughal Domed Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique Patinated & Engraved Bronze Mughal Domed Box
India, 20th century
A fabulous Indo-Islamic architectural circular domed box, with elaborate front...
Category
20th Century Indian Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Decorative Box Red Straw Marquetry Inlay Handmade Biomaterials
Located in Warsaw, PL
DECORATIVE BOX 01
Inlay scheme: Weave
Colour scheme: Ruta
Available in individuals colors
MATERIALS: MDF, painted rye straw, brass.
DIMENSIONS (cm): 20?20x10,5.
Packaging dimen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Ukrainian Arts and Crafts Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Handmade Cribbage Board with Brass Inlay and Magnetic Storage Drawers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A cribbage board made from brass and steel with intricate inlayed brass details.
A felt-lined drawer on one end holds a deck of cards while the two drawers on the opposite end hold p...
Category
2010s American Art Deco Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Italian Box In Brass And Tiger's Eye
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant Italian box made of brass and tiger's eye, ca' 1970's.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Brass Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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