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Beautiful Birmingham 1912 Sterling Silver, Agate & Cabochon Ruby? Pill Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
a beautiful little Birhimham Sterling Silver Pill box with an agate top. The The has a different color slice underneath on the interior. The outside is decorated with what I believe ...
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1910s British Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

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Agate, Sterling Silver

Art Nouveau Alpaca Matchstick Case, Vintage Austria, Monogram J.P.
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful Art Nouveau matchstick holder case by an Austrian manufacturer. Silver plated alpaca. with makers mark, year around 1910s or older. With J.P. monogram. Some minor dings and...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Silver Decorative Boxes

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Silver Plate

Egg Navy Blue enamel with tripod Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg Navy Blue enamel is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Egg Navy Blue enamel has fired enamels on guilloché has fired enamels on guilloché and design engraved by hand. Egg Navy Blue en...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox white enamel sterling silve stylised birdr miniature on the lid Salimba
Located in Firenze, FI
Round curved snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, above and below, and miniature on the lid of a stylised bird, hand painted by the paint...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Egg style Faberge folding photo holder Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Egg on engraved tripod with octagonal folding photo holder for 6 photos inside, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated, with translucent fired enamels on guilloché and pure gold “pa...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Novelty Solid Silver Box by Theo Fennell - 1986
Located in Bath, GB
A highly collectable heavy, solid sterling silver box signed on the underside by the famed London silversmith and Jeweller, Theo Fennel. The box is hand crafted in the form of a tru...
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1990s British Modern Silver Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

X-Small Egg style Faberge Ruby Red Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
X-Small egg in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent enamel on fire on guilloché in Russian Art Nouveau style, inspired by the eggs of Carl Fabergé late 19th century, early 20th c...
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1960s Italian Empire Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Pair French 'Royal' Silver Armorial Cut Glass Bamboo Motif Dresser Jars
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of French Silver & Cut Glass Armorial Dresser Jars—AF Monogram, Bamboo Motif, 19th Century This elegant pair of French silver and cut glass dresser jars showcases exquisite cra...
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19th Century French Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Silver Gilt and Full Radial Guilloche Enamel Singing Bird Box with Original Key
Located in London, GB
A sublime silver gilt and full radial guilloche enamel with highlights, singing bird box, with original silver and enamel key and original leather carry case. When wound and the bird-form start/stop button actuated, the magic starts immediately with the bird lid...
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1920s Austrian Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Silver Box with Guilloche, Industria Argentina
Located in Delft, NL
A silver box with Guilloche, Industria Argentina A silver box with wooden interior. The box is decorated with guilloche pattern. Silver 925 (purity 925/1000) and marked with Indus...
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Early 20th Century Argentine Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Early 20th Century Faceted Glass & Silver Plated Biscuit Box, c.1920
Located in Bath, GB
A heavy piece of glass was used to create this quality example, faceted all the way around and series of simple linear cuts around the circumference; the underside having a star cut....
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1910s English Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

1890s Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection. This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver tobacco box has a plain oval rounded form. The underside of this box is embellished with a bright cut engraved stemmed rose, floral and foliate design; this indicates the high quality of the piece, as typically the underside would remain unembellished. The upper portion of this antique silver tobacco box...
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1890s English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Silver

Mid-20th Century Tiffany & Co. Sterling Shell and Dolphin Box
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tiffany & Co. rectangular sterling silver cigarette box rests on four inverted cabriole feet. Top of the box features a seashell detail handle and is initialed "MBH." Interior of the...
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Mid-20th Century Silver Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Snuffbox Fired Enamel Miniature on Lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature on the lid. Early 1900s English Art Nouveau style. Measurements cm. 5....
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Silver Plate Hinged Oval Box on Claw Feet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful oval silver plate box, hinged for storing everything from mementos to 420! A compliment to any cocktail table, desk or nightstand - to hide those things like mints or pap...
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20th Century European Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate

Regency Sterling Amboyna Box Paul Storr, London, 1813, Royal Coat of Arms
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Regency Sterling Amboyna Box Paul Storr, London, 1813, Royal Coat of Arms  England, London, 1813  An exquisite Regency Sterling Amboyna Box, crafted by the renowned silversmith Paul...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Small Dutch 19th Century Silver Lodderein or Snuff Box by Dirk de Gilde Koppenol
Located in Delft, NL
Small Dutch 19th Century Silver Lodderein or Snuff Box by Dirk de Gilde Koppenol A Lodderein box or a snuff box in rectangular shape with filigree motif The Silversmith is Dirk de ...
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19th Century Dutch Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Mid 20thC French Solid Silver & 18K Gold, Mother Of Pearl Box, Dunhill c.1950
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Mid 20th Century French solid silver, 18k gold and mother-of-pearl box, crafted in Paris and retailed by Dunhill. Rectangular in shape, the lid features an intricate inlaid panel dep...
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20th Century French Other Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Silver

American Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with straight tab. Box interior velvet lined. Cover interior gilt. Fully marked including maker’s...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Indian Sterling Silver Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Indian sterling silver cedar lined box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection This exceptional antique sterling silver box ...
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1890s Indian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Lucite and Silver Squared Italian Decorative Box, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing Lucite and silver squared decorative box. This item was designed in the 1970s. This piece is made of a crystal Lucite and silver with a crystal Lucite removable top, the way...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver Decorative Boxes

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Silver

Early 20th Century Antique Tibetan Silver Turquoise Ghau Prayer Box
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Art Deco Sterling Silver Compact and Card Case
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a beautifully crafted Art Deco period Sterling Silver Lady's Compact or necessaire. This stunning engraved and monogrammed compact opens to reveal a sterling silver interior with fittings for two different types of coins and a covered powder dispenser...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pill box enamel “pastoral”miniature on sterling silver gold plated Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular pill box with 2 slightly rounded sides, in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with a miniature hand-painted by the painter Romano Buccioni depicting a “pastoral” scene ...
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1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Gorham Aesthetic Movement Sterling Mixed-Metal Box with Lizard and Mice, 1883
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Gorham Aesthetic Movement Sterling Mixed-Metal Box with Lizard and Mice, 1883 Dimensions: 3.5" W × 2.5" D × 1.5" H Materials: Copper with applied silver decoration Marks: Gorham, date letter “P” for 1883 A finely crafted American Aesthetic Movement mixed-metal box by Gorham, executed in copper with sculptural silver appliqué. The domed lid features a dynamic lizard in high relief, accompanied by two playful mice in motion, all arranged above a silvered ground with grasses and textured earth. The decoration is set asymmetrically against the warm copper body, leaving generous areas of polished surface that highlight the contrast between metals. The interior is left plain, showing use consistent with age. The imagery reflects the strong influence of Japanese Meiji-era design on Gorham in the late 19th century. Themes of small animals and naturalistic vignettes were drawn directly from Japanese art, where lizards were regarded as symbols of protection and renewal, and mice were associated with quickness, fertility, and in some contexts, good fortune. Together, they create a whimsical narrative of pursuit, rendered with wit and naturalistic detail. This work exemplifies the Aesthetic Movement credo of “Art for Art’s Sake,” emphasizing beauty, asymmetry, and nature study over traditional allegory. Gorham’s mixed-metal line, developed in the wake of the 1876 Centennial Exposition, sought to rival Tiffany & Co. in innovation and design, producing decorative objects that were both functional and avant-garde. Comparable Gorham copper...
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Late 19th Century American Aesthetic Movement Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Copper

Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Box with a Red Enamel Design
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Art Deco Sterling Silver Decorative Box with a Red Enamel Design This Art Deco decorative box is crafted in sterling silver with a circular design and simple lines. Its exterior is d...
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20th Century European Art Deco Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Pill Box Baroque shaped with pastoral miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pill Box Baroque shaped with pastoral miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni .Baroque shaped pill-box with hand engravings and green fire enamel, with hand painted enameled miniature of...
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1990s Italian Baroque Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Large Oval Cut Crystal Box with Silver Mount
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large Oval Cut Crystal Box with Silver Mount. Cut crystal boxes are typically made from high-quality lead crystal glass. This type of glass is known for its clarity, brilliance, and...
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1930s Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Silver Plate

A.E. Jones Attribution Arts & Crafts Lidded Box, Circa Early 20th Century
By A.E. Jones
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique copper and silver lidded box with blue/green Ruskin pottery roundel and intricate strap work in a riveted Celtic design. Designed by Annie Stubbs (Anne Grisdale). Lined wi...
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Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Copper, Other

Box with fired enamels and fine horse racing miniature Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Large shaped table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche and large fire enamelled rectangular miniature hand painted by the painter ...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Tiffany Smart & Modern American Sterling Silver Desk Box
Located in New York, NY
Smart and Modern sterling silver box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged with slight overhang. Stylish Midcentury design. Fully...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Silver Artist’s Paint Box by Harry Atkin Sheffield 1892
Located in London, GB
A stunning Antique Silver Artist’s paint box by Harry Atkin, Date Sheffield 1892. A Rare Miniature travelling paint box in excellent condition. The silver on both the outside and the interior is in superb condition. Upon opening, the front cascades down to reveal two wells for water and perhaps mixing colours. The interior is well protected thanks to the interior gilding. The lid engraved “Lettice’s Paint Box”. Lettice is a traditional, English girl’s name most commonly found in the upper classes. The actual paints are not original but the current set of paints are a later acceptable replacement. The miniature brush was with it but not original and doubt it ever had one. Dimensions; W 5” x D 3 1/4” H 1 1/4" About the maker; Atkin Brothers business traces his origin to Thomas Law...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Bardies-Faure 1914 Paris Edwardian Guilloche Enameled Box .950 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A guilloche enameled round box designed by Bardies-Faure & Cie. Fabulous French early 20th century enamel box, created in Paris during the Edwardian period, back in the 1914-1915. T...
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1910s French Belle Époque Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

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Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

African Tuareg Silver and Ebony Wood Jewelry Box 1950s
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage African Tuareg Silver Outer Layer on Ebony Wood Jewelry Box. Rectangular form Islamic Tuareg Jewelry Box. Gorgeous Islamic jewelry treasure trink...
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Mid-20th Century Mauritanian Islamic Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

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...
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Silver

Karl Rössler 1890 Austrian Vesta Tinder Box In .800 Silver 18Kt Gold And Niello
Located in Miami, FL
Austro-Hungarian empire mechanical vesta tinder case made by Karl Rössler Beautiful antique fusee vesta tinder case, created in Vienna Austria around the...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Late Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver

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...
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Mid-20th Century Mexican Silver Decorative Boxes

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Silver Plate

Vintage Cut Crystal and Sterling Silver Box, Birmingham, 1931
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent large box made from a hefty piece of English crystal with a variety of intricate cutting creating an impressive and truly glamorous piece. The hinged rims are made f...
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Silver Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Sterling Silver

Antique 1890s Burmese Silver Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Burmese silver box; an addition to our diverse Asian silverware collection. This exceptional antique Bu...
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1890s Burmese Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Gorham Silver Snuff Box from Mid-19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Gorham silver snuff box from the mid-19th century, gilt inside, with beautifully diapered and geometric designs. It measures 3 1/8'' in depth by 1 7/8'' in width by 7/8'' in height, ...
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Mid-19th Century American Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Antique 20th Century Japanese Meiji Solid Silver Card Case c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century Japanese solid silver card case, featuring high relief Iris flowerson a textured background. The hinged lid opens to reveal a compartment originally for visiting...
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20th Century Japanese Other Silver Decorative Boxes

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Silver

Table Box floral miniature fire-enameled on guilloche vertical stripes Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamels, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine fired enamelled miniature with hand-painted floral ...
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1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Sterling Silver Miniature Vinaigrette Locket James Fenton Birmingham
Located in Portland, OR
A very elegant & charming antique sterling silver miniature locket vinaigrette by James Fenton, Birmingham, 1872. This miniature vinaigrette would have been worn as a locket on a chain...
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Box with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone and horse racing Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone and with fired enameled oval miniature, hand painted by the painter Renato...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

European Sterling Silver and Enamel Singing Bird Box - Circa 1900
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique European sterling silver and enamel singing bird box; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. This exceptional antique sterl...
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Early 1900s European Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

A Very fine 19th Century Brass Bound Ladies Travelling Vanity Case
Located in Dublin, IE
A very fine 19th Century walnut ladies travelling case. This fabulous item is superbly hand carved with beautifully rich patination, grain and of exceptional quality with finely cas...
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19th Century English Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

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Silver, Brass

Pair of Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Renaissance Style Viennese Enameled Silver and Rock Crystal Covered Bird Boxes, circa 1875
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1870s Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

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Rock Crystal, Silver, Enamel

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Playing Card Holder
Located in VALENZA, IT
925 silver playing card holder. The object was handmade, starting from a 925 silver sheet and shaped into a rectangle. Left smooth on three sides and underneath, an engraving depicti...
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2010s Italian Other Silver Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

GERMAN 1890 Treasure Chest Decorative Box In Cedar Wood & Silver Hardware
Located in Miami, FL
A German treasure chest desk box. This is a beautiful rectangular desk box created in Germany during the Imperial period, back in 1890-1900. The box is crafted in the shape of a treasure chest and fully carved in cedar wood and decorated with forged silver hardware’s. It is fitted with two sets of hinges and a security lock. The box is extremely well made and fitted in the interior with the original red velvet lining. Stamped with an oval bronze plaque, that read E S Schutz Marke...
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1890s German Black Forest Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

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Silver, Bronze

Christian Dior for Dior Hone Silver Plate Decorative Box Pumpkin Design, 1970s
Located in Naples, IT
Elegant decorative box in the shape of a pumpkin designed by Christian Dior for his 1970s Home collection. This beautiful decorative box with lid...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

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Silver Plate

Table Cigarette Box fine hand-engraved and two-colour fire-enamelled. Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with a fine hand-engraved design and two-colour fire-enamelled with other fi...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Edwardian Round Sterling Silver Dresser Box by Shreve, Crump, & Low
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed antique American silver box. By Shreve, Crump, & Low. In sterling silver. The lid engraved with floral devices and rocaille swags. Marked to the base. Simply a wo...
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Early 20th Century American Edwardian Silver Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Box Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 14.5 cm high. 3. Weight gr. 648. With clear amethyst of cts. 15.40, set on the lid, cut in the shape and size of the "Hortensia", one of the hundred most famous diamonds in the world...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

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Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Cigarette Case Romantic couple Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular desk cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enameled miniature depicting a romantic couple in Art Nouveau...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Gold and Hamber Crystal Tissue Box Holder
Located in Milan, IT
A glamorous addition to a master bathroom, vanity desk, and powder room, this tissue box holder showcases a rectangular top of hand-blown crystal in ...
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2010s Italian Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Gold, Silver, Bronze

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...
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19th Century Philippine Islamic Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

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Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper

Snuff Box White with noble coat of arms Baroque style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box noble coat of arms is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Snuff Box noble coat of arms has White fired enamels on guilloché and handpainted miniature of arabesques with noble coat...
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1990s Italian Baroque Silver Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

French 1790 Louis XVI Enameled Perfume Scent Box In Sterling and Gilt
Located in Miami, FL
A French oval perfume-scents box from late 18th century. This is a fantastic and very rare late 18th century necessaire box for perfumed scents, created in the kingdom of France dur...
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1790s French Louis XVI Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel, Gold Leaf

Pill Box Hand Painted Miniature Enamel Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular rounded pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted miniature fire-enamelled in Louis XVI style, second half of the 18th century, and fine hand-eng...
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1960s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Rare circa 1900 Sterling Silver Diamond & Enamel Powder Compact with Lipstick
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer this stunning circa 1900 French or Italian Sterling silver Diamond & Enamel powder compact with lipstick A very good...
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Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

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