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Large Brass Pandan Box, North India, 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large brass pandan box
North India, 19th century
The body with rounded profile and hinged raised lid
with engraved and punched decoration
centering ...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
William and Mary Kingwood Strong Box or Coffre Fort Converted to a Teacaddy
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular with brass strapping and side handles. Lock plate and flap. Fitted sometime in the 19th century as a tea caddy. Labeled Orange Pekoe and Black tea...
Category
1690s Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Malachite Azurite and Brass Decorative Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful midcentury malachite azurite and brass decorative trinket box with hard wood lining made in Mexico in the style of Los Castillos, circa 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Brass
Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and below, with hand painted horse head. Dimensions cm. 5.2 x 5.2 x 2.3. Weight gr. 117. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1966 on the inspiration of previous artefacts made in the English Art Nouveau style of the early 1900s and manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters in Florence in numerous specimens also with different subjects, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a slab of high thickness suitable for supporting numerous enamelled firings at around 800°C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fantastic After Carl Faberge Egg "Mansion at MGM Grand"
Located in Madrid, ES
Fantastic After Carl FABERGE egg "The Mansion at MGM Grand"
Yellow enamelled egg, gilt bronze frame resting on a tripod foot, covered with palmet...
Category
20th Century French Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Bronze
Two Garouste and Bonetti Bronze Boxes for the Collection of Herbert Blome 2001
Located in Milan, IT
Two Garouste and Bonetti Bronze Boxes for the Collection of Herbert Blome 2001
Both are fully signed
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Italian 800 Silver Desk/Jewellery Box c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A great looking box, Italian in origin made from 800 silver wrapped around a wooden interior.
Both the base and lid are hallmarked "800" together with an additional mark "833 F1"....
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Large French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze poudrier box "Ammonite" by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997).
In the 1940s, Line Vautrin designed a series that was inspired by the shape of na...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Brass and Shagreen Box HERCULES SCARAB by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
The HERCULES SCARAB box is a best seller at Ginger Brown.
This piece is made in lost wax cast brass with a bronze patina. The brass lid is covered in shagr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Arts and Crafts Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Napoleon III Marquetry Sewing Box
Located in Winter Park, FL
A 19th Century French Napoleon III marquetry sewing box. Made of mahogany with thuya wood top inlaid with brass and mother of pearl. Brass trim frames the lid and the base. The interior is lined in red silk and is fitted with a collection of 15 sewing tools (two are missing) on a velvet lined tray. The inside of the lid has a mirror surrounded by a tufted border. Working lock and small key. The box contains an old embroidery...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III Handcrafted Nutwood Cigar Humidor Box with Brass Edging and Inlay
Located in Lisse, NL
Good quality and excellent condition antique box.
This straight lined cigar box is another one of our timeless items that will also make a great gift for someone who has never owned...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pair of Brass Hollywood Regency Faux Bamboo Cannisters
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful pair of brass Hollywood regency faux bamboo cannisters, circa 1970s. The cannisters are in very good vintage condition with a great patina and measure 4.5"W x 4"D x 7.25...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Hollywood Regency Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Diminutive Midcentury Stone Box on Chrome Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A variegated purple stone box with black interior and brass hinged lid. With a separate brushed chrome stand with patinated metal bars. V shaped stretcher...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Chrome
Funky Antique Bronze Jewlry Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful novelty bronze box with lovely theme of two love bird.
Exquisite addition to any room.
Category
20th Century European Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Portuguese Silver Filigree and Enamel Box with Gold Wash
Located in Stamford, CT
A silver trinket box with exquisite filigree work throughout, including the bottom and the feet. With white and red enamel decoration on the top and deep blue on the side. The delica...
Category
Early 20th Century Portuguese Art Nouveau Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone Regency period ebonized wooden casket
Located in London, GB
Magnificent and large ormolu and hardstone mounted ebonized wooden casket
English, 19th Century
Height 41cm, width 72cm, depth 52cm
Exceptionally fine and richly adorned, this beautiful piece is a large, ebonized wooden casket or coffer, mounted with extensive ormolu decorations, and inlaid on front and back with Florentine pietra dura hardstone panels.
It was made in English in the early 19th century during the regency period, using a host of stylistic influences, and amalgamating various outstanding decorative techniques. The front and reverse are set with hardstone panels, depicting flowers, fruits and insects in the corners. It is attributed to Robert Hume Jr., of Hume & Son, leading English makers of the Regency period, engaged for a time as interior designers for the wealthy 10th Duke of...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Ormolu
Romeo Rega Vintage Brass Large Pyramid Step Box Sculpture Desk Accessory Italian
By Romeo Rega
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing and very special heavy large vintage brass stepped pyramid box and or sculpture designed by Romeo Rega is Italian and now rare. This is from the 70s. It is unmarked but ...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Biedermeier Jewelry Box, Walnut, Ebony, Maple, South Germany circa 1830
Located in Regensburg, DE
Beautiful Biedermeier Jewelry or Make-up box from South Germany circa 1830.
Inside with hinged mirror. A long drawer at the bottom front.
Restored and hand-polished with shellac.
Category
1830s Biedermeier Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Two Compartment Sterling Silver Footed Table Box with Hinged Lids
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, Art Deco Period, sterling silver, two-compartment table box on bun feet and having two hinged lids and a handle, The Watrous Division of The International Silver Co., Meride...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage MCM Small Brass Chinoiserie Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful MCM small brass lidded coffret style trinket box with chinoserie detail. The box depicts engraved scenes with a main motif of a sea ship on the upper lid and other scenes ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Arenson Studio “Infinity” Brutalist Hammered Brass, Leather Box
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Hand-hammered copper box by Arenson Studios, West Palm Beach, FL, circa 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Brutalist Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Antique Hand Forged Organic Design Arts & Crafts Multi Purpose Box, circa 1920
By Hugo Berger
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and all handcrafted, wrought iron box attr. to Hugo Berger Goberg.
It is always refreshing to find an antique object probably by a famous maker, that you have never seen befo...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron, Metal
1930s by Emma Bonazzi and Fortunato Depero Futurist Art Deco Box
By Fortunato Depero, Emma Bonazzi
Located in Brescia, IT
Rare futurist box
Bakelite and silver metal.
Literature on request
Category
1930s Italian Futurist Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Ladies Blue Enamel and Chrome Compact, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this highly styled Art Deco of American blue enamel compact dating to the 1930s. Originally it would have had a chain or tassel. Beautiful blue enamel color...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Silver Box Austria-Hungary 18th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
SILVER BOX
Austria-Hungary 18th Century
in silver with profuse decoration inspired by the Crimean War, in which Russia lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, United K...
Category
18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Chinese Canton Enamel Round Stacking Boxes and Cover, circa 1900, China
Located in Austin, TX
An absolutely lovely Chinese export pink Canton enamel round stacking box and cover, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China.
The circular stacking box consists of a bowl form base, ...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Small Victorian Gilt Metal Dresser or Ring Box with a Pietra Dura Plaque
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb small gilt Victorian dresser box with a Pietra Dura plaque to the top.
It retains a (torn) note with a dedication dated 1876.
Leng...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Belle Époque Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Metal
European Chinese Export "Canton enamel" Oval Box, 18th Century
Located in Delft, NL
An European Chinese export "Canton enamel" oval box, 18th century
Qianlong, (1736-1795)
An enamel box with floral decor made for the export for Euro...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
French 19th Century Napoleon III Period Ebony, Ormolu, and Brass Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A most elegant French 19th century Napoleon III period ebony, ormolu, and brass box. The box is raised by fine ormolu ball feet below a lovely wrap around mottled band. Each ebony si...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Ormolu
Malcolm Appleby Shooting Companion
Located in London, GB
The Malcolm Appleby Shooting Companion is a breathtaking collaboration with master engraver, Dr Malcolm Appleby MBE. A striking pairing of Britain's Cr...
Category
2010s British Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Brass
Pocket Pill Box like Egg sea color Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket pill box shaped like a small egg.
Pocket pill box like egg hinged opening.
Pocket pill box like egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24ca...
Category
1960s Italian Empire Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
French Art Deco Sterling Silver, Enamel Glass-Mounted Burled Walnut Table Box
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous, rare, Art Deco, sterling silver, rust colored enamel and beveled glass-mounted burled walnut table box with hinged lid, Paris, circa 1910...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rare Antique English Sterling Silver Postage Stamp Box by Grey & Co.
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning and rare Edwardian triple postage stamp box made from solid English sterling silver fully hallmarked for London 1909 together with the makers mark for the top notch silver...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Midcentury Domed Top Stone and Brass Tessellated Decorative Box
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-245 stone and brass over wood domed top geometric cut stone with brass interior and bottom.
Category
1970s Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
Brass Inlay Blue Dyed Bone Box
Located in New York, NY
Handd dyed bone blue keepsake box with 3 brass inlay stripes.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Paul Evans, Phillip Lloyd Powell Style Petite Rosewood Box with Brass Inlay
Located in Bainbridge, NY
American mid century rosewood and brass inlay small oval accessory box in the style of Paul Evans and Phillip Lloyd, circa 1960. Featuring a handcrafted clam shaped 2-piece smooth da...
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Box shaped enamel hand painted, engraved and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped enamel is in 925/1000 sterling.
Box shaped enamel has handpainted fired enamels miniature.
Box shaped enamel is engraved and fire-enamelled ornaments.
Box shaped enamel is...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Alessandro Albrizzi Cube Box in Purple Lucite and Gold Metal, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
This auction is for a purple cube Lucite box with gold color metal in the centre by Italian Designer Alessandro Albrizzi. Overall the piece is beautiful wi...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel
Moroccan Red Glass Perfume Bottle Sprinkler with Embossed Metal Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish red painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over red g...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Moorish Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Midcentury Owl Dish in Pewter
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and unique midcentury pewter owl dish with striking blue eyes. The dish is very heavy and well made with a very small hallmark on the back.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Collectible spectacular rare big box, casket, tramp art, folk art, 1885, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
This incredibly rare box is made in the famous austrian tramp art around 1880 to 1890, its a extraordinary richly decorated example of these boxes.
The object is rectangular in shap...
Category
1880s Austrian Folk Art Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Argentor Of Vienna Mid-Century Polka Dot Brass Storage Box, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A truly charming and decorative Mid-century storage/jewelry box or cigarette dispenser, dated circa 1950s. Manufactured by Argentor of Vienna, Austria. The box is made of blackened b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
DEAKIN & FRANCIS 1935 Birmingham Guilloche Green Enamel Box In .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box designed by Deakin & Francis.
This is a fabulous squared antique case-box, created in the city of Birmingham England at the silversmiths of Deakin &...
Category
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Asian Silver Metal Hand Carved Peacock Sitar Veena Form Box 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Asian Silver Metal Hand-Carved Sitar Veena Box.
Elevate your decor with this stunning vintage box, featuring intricate hand-carved designs of a sitar and peacock. The ornate ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Hug Black and Gold Box
Located in Paris, FR
Box Hug Black and Gold all in hand-crafted porcelain,
in black finish and gold-plated with 24K.
Box with lid. Delivered in luxury gift box.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
Rare Mid-Century Leather, Oak Wood and Aluminum Cigarette Box by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful vintage box, realized by renowned Austrian designer Carl Auböck, is a rare Mid-Century piece. The combination of the employed materials and techniques - oak wood, anod...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
19C Irish Coromandel Wood Campaign Decanter Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING 19C Irish Coromandel Wood Campaign Decanter Box.
STUNNING mid-Victorian Decanter box from circa 1860-1880.
Made in Dublin...
Category
19th Century Irish Campaign Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver, Brass
Wonderful French Faceted Cut Crystal Bronze Ormolu-Mounted Casket Jewelry Box
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful French faceted cut crystal casket with engraved scroll bronze ormolu mountings with wreath draped keyhole.
Measures: 5.25&quo...
Category
1930s French Belle Époque Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Wood Box Bowl by Aldo Tura for Macabo Italy 1950s Art Deco
Located in Rome, IT
Decorative wooden box with metal handle in the shape of acorns by the Italian designer Aldo Tura for Macabo Cusano Milanino. Made in Italy, circa 1950.
On the bottom the original s...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Petite Chinese Brass Opium Box with Dragon Etching
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite metal canister was once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Providing an airtight seal, the small box is formed of brass with an etched and stamped d...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Horse Bit Metal Box with Mahogany Interior by Hermes, France, c. 1970
By Hermès
Located in New York City, NY
Elegant metal box with mahogany interior by Hermes, France, decorated with an iconic horse bit.
Category
Late 20th Century French Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
French Wrought Iron Key Box, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French wrought iron key box, France, 1950s. Measures: Width 10.6" (27cm), height 7" (17.7cm), depth 2.3" (6cm).
Category
1950s French French Provincial Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron
Low Large Square Box in Solid Italian 1970s Brass with Lid
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Low large square box in solid Italian 1970s brass with lid.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Small Rectangular Cut Glass Candis or Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small rectangular cut glass candis or jewelry box with hardware in brass.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver 1923 Vanity Powder Box in Art Deco Style
Located in New York, NY
Tiffany & Co. sterling silver vanity powder box in pattern number 20214A from 1923 and in Art Deco style, with elegant engraved stylized motifs, with original powder inside. It measu...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Cut Crystal Lidded Box in the Style of Baccarat With Brass Closure
By Baccarat
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A crystal lidded box - rectangular with cut squares and textured surfaces. A compliment to any cocktail table, work station or desk.
Many purposes - also great in the bath as a cotton ball holder...
Category
20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Late 19th Century Black Forest Bronze Decorative Box by Leopold Oudry & Cie.
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined French lidded box, embelished all around with floral motifs in Black Forest style. Made of casted bronze with the original brown patina finish. The box is marked, L. Oudry & Cie. With key, lock is not working.
Léopold Oudry...
Category
1860s French Black Forest Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Copper
1970's Solid Rosewood Silver Plated & Tessellated Bone Lid Jewelry Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful solid rosewood with silver plate lid and tessellated bone top , circa 1970's well crafted unique piece great for rings earings necklaces, etc.
Category
20th Century American Scandinavian Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
