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Debladis Paris Modernist Silver Plate and Lucite Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely decorative box by Debladis Paris was designed circa 1960. Its rounded shape boasts a silverplate metal base and an extra thick lid in clear Lucite. The piece is marked un...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Charles X Cut-Crystal and Ormolu Jewelry Box
Located in Paris, FR
Exquisite oval-shaped cut-crystal antique jewelry box. The crystal is chiseled into twisted patterns, and the mounts are of gilt bronze, which is decorated with small flowers, pearls...
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
J. Anthony Redmile Derbyshire Spar Mtd. Silver Plate Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
J. Anthony Redmile Derbyshire Spar Mtd. Silver Plate Box
English, signed Redmile London. Rectangular, the hinged lid mounted with a Derbyshire spar sphere.
Height 5.5 in., Width 5 i...
Category
20th Century Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Vintage Italian Brass Letter Envelope Box Desk Accessory
Located in North Miami, FL
This ever so chic and obscure vintage Italian brass box is simply a pop art design of a form of an opened up envelope that is a box. it is from the lat...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
A Rare 18th Century Parquetry Baroque Writing Slope, South German Circa 1760
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The exterior surface decorated with striking geometric panels of contrasting light & dark fruitwood veneers with ebonized mouldings, the slant top opening on later iron hinges to a plain interior housing a small hinged compartment for writing implements...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Baroque Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Antique Trinket Jar in Pewter by Christian R. Kunst, 1900s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A stylish round container fashioned from pewter and inlaid with a red/brown material. Applied rose buds around its perimeter. Designed and made by Christian R. Kunst in Denmark circa...
Category
Early 20th Century Danish Arts and Crafts Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Large Decorative or Jewelry Box, in Wood, England, 19th Century Flowers Decor
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This large box is a jewelry box or a decorative box. It was made in the 19th century, in England, Period. Its lid is made in wood, Grey and Yellow in color.
Category
19th Century English French Provincial Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Victorian Silver Plate Tea Caddy, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
English Victorian silver plate tea caddy, circa 1860
In shape of a beehive. Also can be used as a box.
Category
1860s English Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
American Craftsman Hand-Hammered Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Craftsman sterling silver box. Made by Ahrendt & Kautzman in Newark, ca 1920. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with gently curved top and molded rim. Allover spot hammer...
Category
Early 20th Century American American Craftsman Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian antique Rectangular container boxes in dark wood, 1900s
Located in MIlano, IT
Italian antique Rectangular container boxes in dark wood, 1900s
Set of 3 rectangular container boxes in dark wood. Lids present. On the front they have...
Category
20th Century Italian Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Morpho Blue Butterfly Frame in White Oak and Brass by Cam Crockford
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Morpho blue butterfly frame in white oak and brass by Cam Crockford
Additional Information:
Materials: White oak - brass - linen - blue morpho butterfly...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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 Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
Silver and Enamel Box, E.F. Caldwell, New York, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
Silver and enamel box, E.F. Caldwell, New York, circa 1920.
Depicting the golfer Bobby Jones.
Category
Early 20th Century American Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Bronze and Slag Glass Tiffany Jewelry Box, Art Deco Period, United States
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Bronze and slag glass Tiffany jewelry box. Art Deco period. United States, circa 1900. Signed in the back "Tiffany Studios New York 830".
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
English 18th Century Gold-Mounted Agate Snuff-Box
Located in Paris, FR
Agate box or snuff-box in of circular form with gently bombé sides, the gold mounted lid is chased with scrollwork.
Probably Georges II period.
Unmarked gold...
Category
1750s English George II Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Gold
Small Caribe Chic Basket 3 by Sebastian Herkner
Located in Geneve, CH
Small Caribe Chic basket 3 by Sebastian Herkner
Materials: Galvanized and powder-coated tubular steel. PVC strings are made from recycled pla...
Category
2010s German Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
925 Sterling Silver & Enamel Box with Strap Detail Italy circa 1960
Located in London, GB
An Italian 925 sterling silver & enamel box circa 1960
This box features both stunning quality and design. Both the silver & enamel are in immaculate condition and the buckle deco...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
19th Century English Mahogany and Brass Campaign Chest, Small Scale
Located in Stamford, CT
19th century William IV period mahogany campaign box or small chest with brass mounts. An unusual size for this type of chest, quite handsome, and large enough to store a fair amount...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
20th Century Sterling Silver Gilted Enameled Table Box
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round shaped box Made in Italy Silver Gilted 925/1000 with translucent enamels on guilloche with hand painted floral miniatures and gold paillons
The Miniatures are hand-painted on a usually white homogeneous enamel base. The same colored glazes are used, but ground much finer, which are mixed with special oils to form an infinite palette of colors. The paint must be gradually dried on electric stoves...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Burl Walnut Gentlemans Dressing Box
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular hinged top opening to a box fitted with sterling capped jars and tools. One lid is damaged.
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Wedgewood Retailed Burl Walnut Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning, fine quality English Victorian brass-mounted walnut tea caddy, retailed by Wedgwood & Sons, 9 Cornhill, London.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in the mid-19th century, rectangular chest form finished in rich burled walnut, having a shaped hinged lid featuring an inset Wedgwood Jasperware plaque of Cupid riding a lion. Locking, retaining the original key, the top opening to reveal an interior fitted with two lidded compartments, one lid marked B (black tea...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
American Modern Sterling Silver Box by Ubaldo Vitali for Cartier
Located in New York, NY
Modern sterling silver box. Long and rectangular with straight sides and sharp corners; cover hinged with overhanging rim and gently curved top. Box interior cedar lined and partitio...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Battersea Box Depicting a Hunting Scene
Located in Tampa, FL
A wonderful 18th century Battersea box depicting a hunting scene with hunters on horseback with dogs, deer and boar depicted against a wood...
Category
1790s English Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Biedermeier Jewelry Box, Cherry Wood, Ash, Brass, Southern Germany circa 1820
Located in Regensburg, DE
Restored Biedermeier Jewelry Box from South Germany around 1820
Cherry veneered on softwood with inlays in ash veneer. Brass fittings, hinges and working lock.
Restored and hand-poli...
Category
1820s German Biedermeier Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
WMF Art Nouveau Germany Silver Plate Jewelery Box, 1900s
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Jewelery box, WMF - Germany, early 20th century
Rectangular shape with scroll decorations, surmounted by a crown, internal fabric compartments, four curled feet, brand under the bas...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Italian Silver Plated Metal Pear Ice Cube Bucket Container
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Metal Pear Ice Cube Bucket Container. No makers mark. Most likely made in Italy 1960s. Hammered brass stem mounted to the top. Nicely crafted artistic & functional object. Plenty of patina to the metal which give the pear a nice character. Being sold unpolished with patina. Possibly Silver Plated. I believe there was probably a lining glass bucket inside at one time.
unmarked. Uncertain to the designer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Elmwood Early 20th Century Makeup Chest with Doors and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese elmwood makeup or jewelry chest from the early 20th century with five drawers and brass hardware. Created in China during the early years of the 20th century, this small el...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Box for Decoration, or Desk Box in Makassar, Art Deco, France 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is from France. It has been made in 1940, it is an art Deco Item. The wood is makassar ebony .
It can be used as a docorative box, at home or in an desk.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel with Still Life Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 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
1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold
Art Deco Modernist Spritzdekor Metal Tin Box Container Marianne Brandt Bauhaus
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Extraordinary Modernist piece of early 20th Century design! This box or container with a hinged lid is lacquered with a fabulous typically constructivist "Spritzdekor" airbrush patt...
Category
1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Charles II Confit Box Made in London, circa 1670
Located in London, GB
An Extremely Rare Charles II Confit Box Made, Most Probably, in London circa 1670, Maker's Mark of M With a Crown Above
This very rare piece is circular in form and plain in design ...
Category
17th Century English Charles II Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, 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
Anglo Indian Brass and Hardwood Chest
Located in San Mateo, CA
Anglo Indian hardwood campaign or dowry chest. This has brass straps, handles and large hinges on the interior. The lock has the original key. The chest is in good condition. It show...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Round Antique Brass Pill Box with Hand Painted Mughal Design and Hidden Mirror
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A small brass snuff box or pill box with a hand-painted Rubaiyat scene. This small box will be great in a purse or even on a side table or coffee table. It is petite and round and fe...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Moorish Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Ebony Turned Canister, Full Spiral
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Curving lines and timeless elegance.
Essentially dark and dense, sustainably sourced, this object is the perfect marriage of extravagance and l’art du savoir-faire.
The preciou...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mozambican Organic Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ormolu And Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and finely detailed French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Crystal box. This beautiful Crystal box displays a wonderful thick Crystal body with lattice designed ...
Category
19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Vintage Italian Decorative Box by Gabriella Crespi 1980s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The Vintage Italian Decorative Box by Gabriella Crespi, dating back to the 1980s, exemplifies the renowned designer's unique artistic ...
Category
1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
South Staffordshire Bilston Georgian Enamel Tricorn Hat Shaped Patch Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and exceptional Georgian English South Staffordshire Bilston enamel patch box ion the form of a tricorn hat and dating from around 1770. The small box has a small round hinged...
Category
1770s English Georgian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Tiffany American Midcentury Modern Box with Chinese Dragon Finial
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and flat with scalloped corners and slight overhanding. Cast C...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Large Antique Tibetan Ghau Prayer Box With Three Buddha
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This large Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Modernist Italian 800 Silver Small Playing Card Box, C.1950/1960
By Jean Despres
Located in Bath, GB
Hefty Italian silver was used to create this mid-century modern box with a stylish cast silver chain belt and buckle across the top and down the front, beautiful quality and engineer...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Top Quality 19th Century Jewelry, Treasure Box, Cabinet w Drawers & Mirror Doors
Located in Lisse, NL
A beautiful antique and all handcrafted jewelry box with a striking velvet lining.
This rare and larger size jewelry box or casket makes a beautiful accessory for a lady with an eye for fine arts. It is a very well made gem and highly practical with seven drawers and a good working lock and key in the right door and two sliding brass 'locks' in the inside of the left door. This box opens and closes perfectly and its striking presence will grace your vanity or dresser in a way that no modern piece ever could. The drawers come with a stunning blue lining and the three 'tiers' each have their own kind of interior. The top tier may have been made for pocket watches or circular brooches. The one below could have been made for necklaces and/or bracelets and the two bottom tiers, consisting of four drawers would have been used for all other types of jewelry. Have you also noticed the striking bronze handles? They too add to the grandeur of this striking antique gems box...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Modernist Tall Box with Wood Marquetry Patchwork, 1970s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This remarkable modernist decorative box dates back to the 1970s. The piece boasts a tall structure that will capture anyone's attention. The box is square and features an interior m...
Category
1970s American Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Beautiful Jewelry or Collecting Treasure Box Inlaid with Walnut, Burl Walnut
Located in Lisse, NL
Great craftsmanship with a great Patina from the early 1900s inlaid with Wood and other woodtypes.
If you are looking for a stylish and truly decorative box to grace your table or d...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Los Castillo Taxco Handcrafted Mexico Silverplate Turquoise & Malachite Cup Mug
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful silverplated Los Castillos cup/mug with an inlayed malachite and turquoise eon the handle. This wonderful cup dates from the 1950's and was made in Taxco, Mexico. Signed on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
1980's One of a kind decorative pewter boxe
Located in New York, NY
One of a kind pewter boxe
Signed James Seavey
Halibut point pewter
"The great divide from my head to Minosis "
Category
1970s French Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Enamel Egg with Tripod Sterling Silver Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg with tripod in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold “paillons” in the shape of stars to create...
Category
1960s Italian Other Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century Korean Traveling Vanity Box With Mirror
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Korean (19th Century) Campaign style rosewood box with brass trim and interior cabinet with a mirror top and drawers with folding side sections.
Category
19th Century Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mudejar Small Coffer with Bone Inlays, Faux Tortoiseshell and an Iron Hardware
Located in Bosques de las Lomas, MX
The small Mudejar coffer is decorated with stars using bone inlay, faux tortoiseshell and ebony. It also has a masterfully crafted iron lock.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
"Maestro" Chilean Mesquite Lidded Decorative Box or Cigar Box
Located in Frankfurt, KY
South American Chilean Mesquite decorative box or cigar box with hinged Mexican Primavera lid. Box bottom and sides are handmade from a single slab of Chilean Mesquite and expertly matched to highlight the distinctive figure and grain lines. Mexican Primavera's natural texture is preserved and locked with hand-cut Chilean Mesquite butterfly inlays. The lid is also exquisitely finished with a solid brass butterfly inlay, which also serves as a handle to lift and lower the lid. Finished with custom-blended Michael Madley Naked oil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Enormous Copper and Brass Clad Log Bin, Early 20th Century
Located in London, GB
An Enormous Early 20th Century Copper and Brass Clad Log Bin with circular and diamond shaped embossed panels to two of the four sides, and overall muted and sleepy surface patina.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Selene Box by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Selene Box by Arcahorn
Dimensions: D 20 x W 28 x H 6 cm
Materials: Leather, wood, horn, brass.
Rectangular box in dark horn and wood with lacquered black gloss finish. Lid in wood w...
Category
2010s Italian Post-Modern Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Ivory Storage Box
Located in Milan, IT
Enriched by a prized interior in ivory Tosca leather, this rectangular storage box crafted of exquisite Horn and wood showcases a structure in delicate ivo...
Category
2010s Italian Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique English Rare Coromandel Wood Cribbage Game Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Just a lovely cribbage game box! If you don't know how to play, perhaps this will entice you to learn!.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Brass Bound Rosewood Campaign Type Jewelry Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid 19th Century campaign type jewelry box in rosewood with inlaid brass bands and inset flush-mount handle on the center of the lid, opening to a relined interior with a fitted tray...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century Limoges Enamel Keepsake Box
By Limoges
Located in Paris, FR
Small, rectangular, enamel keepsake box from Limoges. The lid is decorated with a central medallion featuring the profile of an upper-class woman, who was certainly the owner of this...
Category
19th Century French Renaissance Antique Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Philippe Cheverny Style Geometric Lucite and Gilded Metal Box, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning rectangular decorative lidded box has a design reminiscent of Philippe Cheverny's work. Crafted in the 1970s, the lovely decorative piece boasts a geometric shape with ...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Midcentury Rectangular Box in Travertine and Brass Enzo Mari Style, Italy 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury beautiful rectangular box in travertine and brass in the style of Enzo Mari.
Made in Italy in the 1970s.
Perfect desk object or gift idea.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Decorative Boxes
Materials
Travertine, Metal, Brass
