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Exquisite Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Crystal Triangular Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Exquisite Art Nouveau Sterling Mounted Crystal Triangular Box
Hallmarks of .800 silver crescent moon and crown, with the stamped signature of the Retailer /Jeweler's mark of Paul Tub...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
19th Century Asian Wooden Decorative Storage Box
Located in Germantown, MD
Mid 19th Century Asian Wooden decorative storage box with lid.
Measures 13.5"W x 11"D x 11.5"H.
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Gray Bullicante Detailed & Brass Fitted Glass Box
Located in New York, NY
This sleek and beautifully formed Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Box W/Grey Bullicante Detailing and Brass Fittings originates from Italy during the 21st Century. This box is rect...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Maches Mexican Brutalist Bronze Dresser Box with Gemstones & Nude Dancing Figure
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Brutalist dresser box.
With stylized nude figures around its circumference, linked hand-in-hand as if in a Bacchanalian dance, the male figures with erect penises...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Brutalist Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of 3 Boxes in Black Shagreen with Brass Frame by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This set of three square boxes by R&Y Augousti is a masterclass in luxury craftsmanship, merging sleek design with sumptuous materials. The textured black shagreen wraps each piece, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Indian Wooden Box with Brass Details and Distressed Patina
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Indian wooden box from the 19th century, with brass details and weathered appearance. Topped with a rectangular lid fitted with a c-scroll handle and half opening to revea...
Category
19th Century Indian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Model "2004" Box by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lidded box with brass handle manufactured by Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte. Made in Milan circa 1960s.
Literature: Quaderni di Fontana Arte
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Moroccan Berber Tuareg Metal Tribal Flask Overlay
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Great decorative Moroccan Berber Tuareg metal brass powder flask. African decorative brass with front richly decorated with Moorish embossed brass ocverlay. Moroccan tribal powder fl...
Category
20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of Mosaic Green Penshell Boxes with Brass Accents by Maitland Smith
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Pair of decorative boxes all handcrafted in exotic materials featuring lacquered and hand dyed pen-shell over a wood frame. The boxes feature ...
Category
2010s Philippine Organic Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Vase, Bowl in Carved Crystal Color Amber and Silver 800, Italy, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful bowl in circular crystal and handcut silver, the glass is thick, cut deep and evenly, without a single thread or a flow of glass inside. No chipping or scratches.
Bowl in ...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Esmaltes J. Amoros Enamel and Wood Carved Box
Located in New York, NY
A range of Brutalist craft pieces were created in Mallorca, Spain in the 1970s, including plates, clocks, and decorative boxes. An excellent example: this vintage, handmade Brutalist...
Category
1970s Spanish Organic Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Koret Mid-Century Modern Black Patent Leather and Brass Handbag or Shoulder Bag
By Koret
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Stylish black patent leather adjustable handbag made by high end manufacturer, Koret. This bag has a fold over flap with an unusual brass U-shaped twist clasp closure. The interior i...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19thC Campaign Style Rosewood with Brass Inlay Stationary Letter Box
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and large rosewood and teak fitted letter writing box with brass inlay. Numerous cubbies with lids for various items. Slotted back panel fo...
Category
1850s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Elegant Glass and Metal Box from the Napoleon III Period
Located in Labrit, Landes
Small engraved glass box framed with nickel-plated spelter with it matching lid and a handle.
The decoration of the box with its vegetable elements, i...
Category
1890s Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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 ivory...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Large Handmade Wooden Tool Box, c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A large handmade wooden toolbox with steel handle and lock. Refinished in an oil and wax finish.
Creator unknown.
Date of manufacture c.194...
Category
Early 20th Century Rustic Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Vintage Hans Hansen Wood and Sterling Silver Matchbox 1950s Made in Denmark
Located in Krefeld, DE
Beautiful Hans Hansen (1884-1940) matchbox with Silver inlay from the 1950s Made in Denmark.
Price for one box.
Category
1950s German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Svenskt Tenn Pewter Lidded Box with Scroll Handle, Sweden, 1936
By Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare and elegant hexagonal pewter lidded box by Svenskt Tenn, dated 1936, exemplifying the refined craftsmanship and functional artistry of Swedish design in the early 20th century...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Spotted Jet Black & Clear Glass Box w/ Brass Fitting
Located in New York, NY
This chic and sophisticated Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Glass Box in Spotted Jet Black & Clear Glass W/Brass Fittings originates from Italy during the 21st Century. Features a rectil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Fantastic 19th Century French Dore Bronze Mounted Black Crystal Hinged Box
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Fantastic 19th Century French Louis XVI Style Dore Bronze Mounted Black Crystal Box. The box is composed of two sections of French black crystal wh...
Category
1890s French Louis XVI Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Handwrought Mid-Century Modern Mexican Mosaic and Brass Box by Salvador Teran
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Turquoise/ blue colored mosaic glass tesserae and brass lidded box handmade in Mexico by noted Mexican artist Salvador Teran, circa 1950s. Featuring Aztec-inspired brass symbols on the lid and sides. This colorful box...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Boxes in Black Shagreen with Bronze Patina Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The “Peacock Box” set by R&Y Augousti is a true masterpiece of modern luxury, where organic form meets exceptional craftsmanship. The distinctive, fluid shapes of these boxes create ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of 3 Boxes in Black Oak with Brass Frame by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This set of 3 round boxes in black shagreen by R&Y Augousti showcases a design that seamlessly marries form and function. Each box features a perfectly symmetrical circular shape, ex...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
France Late 18th Century Baroque Silver Box
Located in Brescia, IT
France Late 18th century silver carriage shape box in Regency Style
This magnificent piece of art of silver jewelery. It is an example of h...
Category
Late 18th Century French Baroque Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
1940s Art Déco Silver-Plated Metal Cylindrical Container by Jean Després, France
By Jean Despres
Located in North Miami, FL
1940s Art Déco silver-plated metal cylindrical container with twisted rope ornamentation by Jean Després, France
By: Jean Després
Material: metal, silver, silver plate
Technique: ca...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate
Colonial Brazilian Rosewood Miniature Chest
Located in Essex, MA
Portugese Colonial dwarf chest used for valuables. Raised panels with brass hardware. Six small drawers. Bun feet.
Category
1850s Brazilian Spanish Colonial Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne style and sides with translucent fired enamels on ...
Category
1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Edwardian Diminutive Post Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The oak box with brass Royal Georgian plaque on top, pick up times on the front. The brass lock and key affixed to the door.
Category
Late 19th Century English Edwardian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Multi Color Brass and Enamel Box in the Style Of Hermes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful Mid Century Enamel box with brass divisions - the colors are phenomenal and inviting. A compliment to any cocktail table, Desk or W...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Moorish Incense Burner from Spain, Dated to 10th-12th Century
Located in London, GB
Moorish incense burner from Spain, dated to 10th-12th century
Spanish, 10th-12th century
Measures: Burner height 20cm, width 12cm, depth 12cm
Box height 23cm, width 21cm, depth 18...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Spanish Moorish Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Persimmon Box in Black Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition
By Robert Kuo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Persimmon Box
Black Lacquer
Hand Repousse
Copper Base
Limited Edition
Lacquer is a laborious and time-consuming process. After it is tapped from the
trees, lacquer needs to b...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Victorian Sterling Silver Cockerel Sugar Box (1882)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, large and rare antique sterling silver cockerel sugar box; part of our continental ornamental silverware ...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Brass Coach or Foot Warmer
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a very decorative Dutch Repouse foot warmer that most probably dates to the late 18th or early 19th century. The warmer is in overall good conditio...
Category
19th Century Dutch Baroque Revival Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron, Tin
An Exquisite Victorian Pietra Dura Grand Tour Campaign Collectors Box 1800's
Located in Reading, Berkshire
A Stunning Late Grand Tour Collectors Box 19th Century Mahogany & Ebony Pietra Dura Karlsbad, Germany.
The Lid Is Decorated with Marble And Agate Geometric Motifs.
With Continental ...
Category
Late 19th Century German Late Victorian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Marble, Silver
Rustic Antique Wooden Cash Box with Removable Top, Studs and Chain
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese wooden cash box from the early 20th century, with chain and partially removable top. Charming our eyes with its rustic presence and nicely weathered appearance, th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Classical Design English Brass and Copper Coal Hod
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A fine quality brass and copper coal hod. Classical design, English, late 19th century. Original lift-out handled liner. Associated shovel. The repouss...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Decorative Antique Chinese Stacking Box, Shanxi Province
Located in Kastrup, DK
A portable stacking box featuring five separate tiers, crafted from limewood and originally coated in black lacquer. Remnants of the lacquer are still visible, lending the container ...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Sigi Pineda Silver, Brass, Rosewood, Sodalite, Turquoise Stone Hinged Box
By Sigi Pineda
Located in North Miami, FL
This unique abstract signed Mid-Century Modern mixed media hinged box is by Sigi Pineda and from Taxco Mexico in the 1950s. It is signed Sigi Taxco 8. The box is silver, brass, rosewood interior with the crushed turquoise, sodalite and other crushed stones...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Armenian Alphabet by Line Vautrin, Gilt Bronze Compact
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
Line Vautrin was inspired by the Armenian alphabet to create this very pretty compact whose lid and reverse are entirely carved with the characters o...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Italian Decorative Chrome Box Italy 1960s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This vintage Italian decorative chrome box from the 1960s features an elegant brass top detail, exemplifying mid-century Italian craftsmanship and style.
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Chrome
Paon Stone Box
Located in Paris, FR
Box Paon Stone in white stone, box
with lid with gilded metal peacock on
the lid.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Metal
Antique Silver Caviar BOX Decorative Box, HERRING JAR Glass Insert & Fish Handle
Located in Wembley, GB
Antique valuable handmade silver box or Decorative caviar box with decorative Herring fish lid pressed, cast and chased, glass insert. Rectangular body on short, curved feet with hinged, vaulted lid. All-encompassing C-curves in relief, latticework, rocailles, tendrils of flowers and matching cartouches.
Antique Silver Caviar...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Art Deco Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
Peacock Sculpture Patinated Bronze Box Islamic Art Mughal India
Located in North Hollywood, CA
This is an antique patinated bronze sculpture of a stylized form peacock.
Used as a betel box or tobacco opium box.
Produced using the traditional 'lost wax'...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Fine 17th Century Dutch Colonial Armorial Tortoiseshell & Silver Box, Dated 1691
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A dutch tortoiseshell box with two engraved silver plaques
Amsterdam, 1691, with maker's mark of Steven des Rousseaux (1654-1733)
H. 5 cm
Diam. 12.5 cm
Note:
Steven des ...
Category
17th Century Dutch Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Central European Zinc Box
Located in High Point, NC
This 20th Century Central European zinc box is a remarkable piece, showcasing utilitarian design and industrial aesthetics. The box’s durable zinc construction ensures longevity, whi...
Category
20th Century European Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Zinc
Diamond Point Silver Plated Metal Box, Unique C. 1970s, France
By Françoise See
Located in Brussels, BE
Very beautiful one of a kind silver plated metal box with fine diamond point patterns.
Handcrafted and high quality metal work. The box is very heavy.
Made on a special request, circa 1970, by Maison...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Squared Decorative Box in Solid Brass and Wood, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Squared box in solid brass embellished with decorative engravings and wood.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Total weight of 2.5kg.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
French Embossed Bronze Small Squared Trinket/ Jewelry Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a French bronze metal square hinged lidded box. It depicts a lid decorated with an 19th century country relief scene of a romantic couple. The gentleman is hugging a lady whi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Musical box with 6 Bells and 3 Automatons By G. Bendon
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful music box by Bendon.
Made in about 1880 in Switserland by this well known manufacturer. The mechanism plays 8 tunes on a 28cm cylinder as indicated on the original 'Bendon'...
Category
1880s Swiss Late Victorian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Other, Iron
1900 Rosewood Box Art Nouveau by Erhard & Soehne
Located in Marseille, FR
Box rosewood and brass inlay cover Art Nouveau by Erhard and Soehne, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Antique French Bronze Ormolu Interior Lined Casket With Wedgewood Inserts
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions - H: 5 in W: 8 3/4 in D: 3 1/2 in
This beautiful antique 19th century bronze ormolu interior fitted jewelry casket with Wedgewood plaque inserts is made of the highest qu...
Category
19th Century French Louis XV Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Ormolu
Early 20th Century Dutch Tin Charity Box
Located in New York, NY
Black, red, and gold painted tin charity box, The Netherlands, circa 1915.
Used for collecting funds for the Jewish hospital.
Decorated with Stars of ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Contemporary Iridescent Pearl Crystal Bowl, Brass and Gold 24 Kt by Ghirò Studio
By Ghirò Studio
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
2021 Collection of covered bowls by Ghirò Studio.
This covered bowl is one of a kind. The material used and the artisanal and artistic workmanship make it unrepeatable. In fact, two...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
Antique Gilt Bronze and Malachite Casket by Monbro Fils Ainé
Located in London, GB
Antique gilt bronze and malachite casket by Monbro Fils Ainé
French, mid 19th Century
Measures: Height 68cm, width 92cm, depth 52cm
This marriag...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Ormolu
19th Century Napoleon III Burl Wood Sewing Box
Located in Paris, FR
Varnished, burl wood sewing box, decorated with Greek frieze and brass inlays. The box contains a mirror and sewing utensils made of bone and brass, as...
Category
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, attributed, An Art & Crafts, Brass Coal Bucket.
Located in London, GB
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft attributed, Arts & Crafts brass coal bucket with stylized hand-formed pomegranates.
Retaining the original liner.
The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft ...
Category
Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Bohemian Crystal Jewelry Box
Located in Paris, FR
Small Bohemian yellow crystal jewelry box decorated with hunting scenes of deer, birds and greyhounds in nature, all engraved in transparent crys...
Category
19th Century Czech Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
French Brass Plate Foot Warmer
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
19th century brass plate foot warmer on wooden legs, French. Circular with reticulated sides and cover. Provenance: Cinnamon Hill Antiques, Na...
Category
19th Century French Victorian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
