Ceramic Decorative Boxes

Large Majolica Pate Tureen signed Caugant Circa 1950.

Beautiful porcelain peint main (hand painted) vintage gift wrapped trinket box with bow by Limoges, circa 1980s. This piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks ...

A Vintage Celadon Crackle Glazed Lidded Jar with Lion's Paw Feet Description: Features a lobed body, a small lid with a decorative knob, and is set upon a bronze base with paw feet....

A beautiful antique 19th century Capodimonte porcelain jewelery box in high relief and hand painted decoration with bronze gilt frame 10.5 x 7.5 cm, height 3.4 cm Perfect condition, ...

The hinged rectangular top with three oval Signed Wedgwood plaques depicting putti at various pursuits within oval paterae mounted swagged and beaded borders, opening to a morocco leather lined hinged slope enclosing a well, the upper section fitted with candlesticks and compartmentalized for inkwells, above a hinged lid the front with a spring loaded secret drawer opening to a needle or pincushion and spools of thread. This unusual work box, mounted with blue and white jasperware signed Wedgwood plaques, is English in conception. The writing box was a popular form first used in the 18th c and well into the 19th c for traveling. This type of portable desk was described by the English poet William Cowper in 1785 as 'the most elegant, the compactest, the most commodious desk in the world.' Additionally, the jasperware plaques, came from Josiah Wedgwood's factory in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Its proximity to the steel manufacturing city of Birmingham, the birthplace of Matthew Boulton, producer of decorative metalwork (including cut steel mounts) and described by his friend and fellow-industrialist, Josiah Wedgwood, as 'the first Manufacturer in England', certainly suggests an English origin and possibly his handwork. However, the polished steel mounts are also typical of furniture and objects made in Tula, Russia, where the Imperial Arms Factory was founded by Peter the Great in the early 18th c and which later became known for its decorative objects, including furniture and domestic pieces. Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia, ordered the 'Frog Service...

Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter box, ceramic, chartreuse, signed. Small scale lidded box decorated with impressed geometric patterns and glazed in chartreuse, ...

Large green Majolica Money Bank Squirrel Circa 1950.

A Japanese-Style Ceramic box by Christine Fabre 1990's Inspired by traditional Japanese art. High-quality work with great attention to detail. Made in raku and rope. Bearing the ...

Circular form with flattened doomed covers, the covers with a medallion of flower with full bloom, the bowls with two round borders. Period : Qing Dynasty, Kangxi-Yongzheng Period P...

Octogonal box with lid, sporting a large and decorative handle with foliage pattern. Rich marbled brown/ green glaze. Charles Gréber (1853-1935) Beauvais, France. signed " C. Gréb...

A Pink and gold ceramic box manufactured in Sesto Fiorentino in the 1950s, good conditions overall, normal signs of the time and use. It's marked on the bottom. A lovely example of h...

Mid Century gilded 'lemon' form ceramic box with cover - mirror black glazed finish to the interior - nice aged patina to the cold painted/applied gilding - unsigned - Italy - circa ...

The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest the it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying cerami...

Sèvres porcelain box, enamelled and gilded, 20th century, Napoleon III style. A 20th century Napoleon III style Sèvres porcelain enamelled and gilt box with gilt brass mounting. H: ...

A vintage handmade studio pottery lidded container. Nice round shape with a speckled gray base glaze. Bands of blue wrap around the sides with a lovely hand painted floral design to ...

Charming vintage ceramic box from Vallauris, adorned with a hand-painted design of colorful, abstract motifs. The white surface is enlivened by free touches of green, blue, pink, and...

Box Flowers Red Egg all in hand-crafted porcelain, hand-painted porcelain with lid. With solid brass base with green bird in porcelain.

PRESENTING A LOVELY Wedgwood Jasperware Pale Blue Small Circular Lidded Vanity Box. Made by Wedgwood in England in 1982 and fully and properly marked/stamped on base. Marked: “Wedgwood, Made in England …. “PH” … “T” ….. “82”. 2.25 inches tall lidded vanity box with a diameter of 3.25 inches. Rolling vine and grape cameo reliefs, all over the lid and base sides. Fabulous large pointed finial on the lid with floral cameo reliefs on the sides. In very good original condition with no chips or cracks. A ‘PERFECT’ match for the larger and almost identical, lidded jasperware box...

A fine German porcelain small box. By Meissen. Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays throughout both lid and body and with a gilt rim. Fully marked to the base. Simply wo...

A charming little sterling silver-lidded porcelain box, possibly used for snoring snuff, or for general trinkets. The silver top is decorated in Louis XVI style, and bears the Minerv...

A large Louis XV style rosewood veneered casket with gilt bronze mountings. The box has a gilt rosewood veneer on all sides and is mounted in chevrons. The corners are underlined by ...

This elegant apothecary lidded jar is made out of porcelain and was made in France in 1870 ca. The apothecary jar is hand painted and hand gilt. It is decorated with two palm trees b...

Dimensions - H: 3 1/4 in W: 5 1/4 in D: 5 1/4 in This Antique 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Crystal and Gilt Enameled Jewelry Casket Box is truly remarkable and whispers tale...

Small-scale lidded ceramic box from Bitossi’s Pietra series, produced in the 1970s and imported by Rosenthal Netter. The box features an abstract patter...

Glazed stoneware box by Jean-Pierre Viot. Artist signature under the base. 1968. H : 3.7 x 13.4 x 9.8 inches. - “Discreet, friendly, attentive, Jean-Pierre Viot is a central figur...

This is a mid 20th century German handmade porcelain and bronze trinket box. The trinket box has a beautiful sage green base with delicate handmade ...

A porcelain vanity bathroom vessel box in a matte dark charcoal grey and 24kt gold accent, made exclusively for Fortuny of Venice, Italy. Dimensions: 3" diameter x 3.75" height.

Rare French Majolica Pineapple Basket Box Sarreguemines, circa 1890. Height / 6 inches , Diameter / 3.8 inches.

Rare Richard Ginori 1735 Corona Storica porcelain box with images of Paris, Santorini, Geneva, Hollywood and Barcelona / Made in Italy Original mark on the base / comes in original b...

Maker: Bitossi. Importer: Rosenthal Netter Period or model: Mid-Century Modern. Specs: Pottery Condition: This Bitossi Italian pottery...

French Faience pate tureen with rabbits Circa 1920.

Canton Chinese porcelain box. Chinese export. Circa 1920 origin China. Rectangular format. With internal divisions. Family Rosse style. Box...

French Majolica tobacco jar onnaing, Circa 1890. Decorated with a medallion and flowers.

The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...

Spectacular vintage tortoise print oval box with Sea shell encrusted trim border and a porcelain crab pill box on top.

Ceramic Boxes with small ceramic tiles Decoration Pattern France 1970 Set of 3

19th Century French Louis XV Style Bronze Box. This stunning antique French bronze box with a hinged lid, decorated with cupids surrounded with Sèvres-style porcelain floral and figurative plaques...

A refined and beautifully executed French Limoges porcelain box, circa 1940, hand-painted with delicate floral and avian motifs in vibrant enamels against a luminous white ground. Th...

High-quality desk cigarette or decorative box composed of a glazed ceramic lid with a globe in shallow relief, box-sides in solid rosewood upon af plate in black formica. The lid was designed by ceramist Einar Johansen and made at Søholm in Denmark for Torben Ørskov who made the box for the company AIU in Denmark circa 1965-69. The style of this box is reminiscent to boxes by Alfred Klitgaard and...

Large Rare 19th Century French Majolica Flowers Box . 12 inches Lenght.

XL Balthazar-Inspired Ceramic Matchbox An oversized matchbox handcrafted in stoneware, paying homage to the iconic branding of New York City's legen...

Mid-20th century Yamanaka lacquerware sweets box for tea ceremony, Japanese. Formed as a deep red apple with gold & colored enamel decoration. Post WWII. Provenance: Sherman E. Lee, ...

Large ceramic lidded trinket box in shades of blue with decoration of a seated woman and bird. Created by Polia Pillin of Los Angeles, California,...

Gilt bronze box with miniature of Napoleon Bonaparte painted on porcelain from the 19th century. 7.5 x 9.5 cm, height 3.4 cm

Nice Odette Dijeux mid-century decorative box, circa 1950, Belgium. White and brown enameled ceramic. Signed underneath Odette Dijeux . Each piece of this artist is unique and po...

Beautiful vintage plaster ceramic box made in Italy. Incredibly sculpted piece in a neoclassical style, the piece features hellenic images of priestesses and noblemen in gilt . The ...

Antique Two Cylinder Shape Chinese Carved Gilt Lacquered Boxes with colors applied. There is a chip on the lid of the large one, please see the photos.  Size: 1. Large: 5.5" Dia x 5....

An Exotic Cargo: A French Majolica Camel-Form Lidded Box, St. Amand, Circa 1870 This charming French majolica lidded box is a delightful example of the imaginative and naturalistic forms that characterized 19th-century majolica production. Crafted by the St. Amand pottery in circa 1870, the piece is a sculptural rendering of a seated camel, a subject that would have appealed to the era's fascination with exoticism and global trade. The camel is naturalistically colored and rests on a raised, mottled green ground, suggesting a desert landscape. The lid of the box is formed by the camel's loaded pack, which is meticulously detailed with a variety of goods. This top section is removable, revealing a square, hollow interior in a contrasting light blue glaze—a small, hidden surprise. The impressed mark "St Ad" on the base confirms its origin from the Saint-Amand-les-Eaux pottery. This pottery, which was active from the 17th century to 1920, was renowned for its high-quality, brightly colored tin-glazed earthenware, a technique known as faience in France. St. Amand's work, often featuring rich glazes and creative forms, was widely exported and highly sought after for both tableware and decorative objects. Majolica, with its vibrant glazes and playful designs, saw a resurgence in popularity in the mid-19th century, particularly in England and France. This camel-form box is a perfect example of how the pottery of this period moved beyond purely functional forms to create whimsical and narrative pieces. It reflects a world increasingly connected by trade and travel, where images of distant lands and their inhabitants entered the domestic sphere. This piece, from a private New York collection and with a provenance tracing to Jesse Davis Antiques...

Bitossi box, ceramic, pink, white, and blue signed. Small scale round lidded box glazed in salmon pink, white and sky blue. Paper label on underside reads: Made in Italy 99-903 A.

Eugene Lion, circa 1940 Set of three decorative pots or boxes in stoneware ceramic. Elegant white ceramic glaze color. Original form of the 20th mid-century design. n°...

Box Shells in porcelain with porcelain lid. All details in solid bronze in antique finish.

A mid 19th Century marked FGW 1483 bos with lion lid. Czech Republic, when it was part of the Austro Hungarian Empire. Measurements: Length: 5" Width: 3" Height: 4"

A striking and rare studio piece by Danish ceramic artist Jacob Bang, this hand-crafted stoneware lidded jar embodies the sculptural sensibility and material depth that define Bang’s...

Beautiful porcelain peint main (hand painted) vintage slot machine trinket box by Limoges, circa 1980s. This piece is in very good vintage condition with no chips or cracks and measu...

Wonderful to find a top-notch, highly decorative and most unusual desk set, French in origin dating to around 1860. Made from nutty coloured burl Walnut, all three pieces are mounted with the most wonderful polished brass mounts all inset with fabulous hand painted porcelain plaques. Our restorer had to remove all the mounts to professionally clean and on doing so found the name of the figure depicted on the plaques, "Ninon De Lenclos" a French Author, Courtesan, Freethinker and Patron of the Arts. The set is made up of a Stationery box with brass swing handles each side; the box complete with a working tasselled key. The box opens to reveal the wonderful original gilded leather lining with the original paper lining the sides of the dividers. The lock and hinges are beautifully engraved, a true sign of quality. The next piece is a hefty large oval Walnut Inkstand with a large glass inkwell...

French trompe L'oeil pate tureen Pillivuyt Mehun, circa 1900, Pate en croute.

19th Century French Majolica Beehive Tobacco Jar. North of France.

Pretty candy box in Limoges porcelain. Can be used in jewelry box, candy box or vide-poche. The porcelain is a beautiful cobalt blue enhanced with fine go...

Vintage Limoges Porcelain Box with Teddy Bear on Book, Hand-Painted, France, ca. 20th Century A charming hand-painted Limoges porcelain trinket box featuring an adorable teddy bear s...

Bjorn Wiinblad Porcelain box, Quatre Couleurs, designed for Rosenthal, Germany, 1981 A white porcelain lidded box, decorated with a liquid gold painted motif, in four shades of gold....