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Material: Silver
Silver Chest, After 17th Century Models, circa 20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Arquette inspired by 17th century models. Silver, Spain, 20th century
Rectangular casket made of silver in its color, with four legs in the corners in the form of roll and finished ...
Category
20th Century European Other Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Other
English Modern Sterling Silver Box with Saudi Arabia Association
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Peter Nicholas & Co Ltd in London in 1989. Rectangular with corner bracket supports and hinged open scroll end handles. Cover hinged and fla...
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1840s Antique Sterling Silver Vinaigrette by John Tongue
By John Tongue
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver castle top vinaigrette depicting Windsor castle; an addition to our collectable box...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Ceased Table Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Oblong sterling silver hinged table box.
The body of the box is smooth. The lid is smooth with embossed bellflowers
The lid is embossed and chiseled with bellflowers-shaped motifs
Th...
Category
1980s Italian Other Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$4,612 Sale Price
28% Off
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver castle top vinaigrette depicting Abbotsford House, an addition to our collectable box collection.
This exceptional antique silver vinaigrette has a rectangular form with rounded corners.
The cover of this fine vinaigrette is embellished with a scene of Abbotsford House in high relief.
The sides of the box are encompassed with bands of chased scrolling leaf ornamenation.
The underside of the box is ornamented with engine turned decoration incorporating a plain rectangular vacant cartouche.
Both the base and cover are embellished with applied scrolling leaf decorated borders.
The hinged silver vinaigrette cover allows access to the original hallmarked hinged, pierced decorated silver gilt grille.
The vinaigrette retains the original gilding; this has worn with age in a sympathetic fashion to an aesthetically pleasing mellow color.
This exceptional vinaigrette was crafted by the renowned silversmith Nathaniel Mills.
A historical country house which was the former residence of renowned novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott, situated in the Scottish Borders.
Condition
This antique vinaigrette is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional presentation condition. The decoration is very sharp. Full hallmarks struck to the interior and part hallmarks to the underside of the grille are all very clear.
Dimensions
Length 3.8cm/1.5",
width 2.6cm/1",
height 1cm/0.4".
Weight
0.8 troy ounce/26.3g.
Maker: Nathanial Mills...
Category
1830s English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Tiffany Modern Sterling Silver Box with Bold Wave Edge
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular with flat and hinged cover. Sides and front have wraparound low-relief band of imbricated chevro...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
ROBERT MITCHELL 1824 Birmingham Georgian Snuff Box In Gilt Sterling Silver
By Robert J. Mitchell 1
Located in Miami, FL
A snuff box designed by Robert Mitchell.
This is a fabulous antique pocket snuff-box created in Birmingham England by Robert Mitchell, back in the 1824. The unusual snuff box has be...
Category
1820s English Georgian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,048 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Table Box Octagonal Black Enamel with light Blue Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 15.8 high cm . 8.2. Weight gr. 974. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects and in different colors, in the headquarters by the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750°<800° C.
About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier.
Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation.
Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ".
With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones.
At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists.
In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001.
In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State".
We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue.
An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
Category
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Victorian Silver Embossed Clock by Douglas Clock Company
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This Victorian silver embossed bedside clock features a brass body clock complete with a brass-cased timepiece and lever escapement along with a solid st...
Category
1910s English Victorian Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,345 Sale Price
30% Off
Snuff Box round in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature, surrounded by a frame with leaves on a blue bac...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
18th Century Louis XV Painted Silver Leaf Display Case Tabernacolo, circa 1770
Located in Encinitas, CA
An elegantly detailed, late 18th century Louis XV period wooden display case, golden yellow lacquer with silver leaf accents. As a reliquary or tabernacolo, the box may have been used to display or store religious artifacts...
Category
18th Century Italian Louis XV Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Leaf
$3,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel Miniature Louis XVI style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Elevate your collection with this exquisite oval pill box, crafted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. This piece is adorned with a hand-painted fire-enameled miniature, echoi...
Category
1970s Italian Louis XVI Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Small Dutch Silver box , Schoonhoven 1920
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Silver box , Schoonhoven 1920
A Dutch silver box 835/1000 purity of silver, completely Dutch silver hallmarked. With lion, and year letter. The "Lion 2' for Dutch silver with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
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 partitioned. Cover interior gilt. Nice proportions. Plenty of room for engraving. Fully marked including maker’s (Ubaldo...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table snuff box with 2 slightly rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature; oute...
Category
1970s Italian Other Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver and Imperial Yellow Guilloche Enamel Cigarette or Card Case
Located in London, GB
A very pretty double side, silver and imperial yellow guilloche enamel cigarette or card case. Superb engine turned design. Inside case, which is gilded, marked with silver marks of ...
Category
1930s Norwegian Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Gold Lacquer Incense Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Gold Lacquer Kōbako (Incense Box)
Edo Period (1615–1868), Circa 1850
This exquisite gold lacquer kōbako (incense box) exemplifies the refined craftsmans...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Gold Leaf
$9,850
Large Antique Cut Crystal and Sterling Silver Heart Shaped Box, 1903
Located in Bath, GB
A romantic example of an Edwardian heart shaped trinket box made from a heavy thick piece of crystal beautifully cut in the ever-popular hobnail design with a star cut to the base.
...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature pastoral image fired enamelled. 18th century French style. Diameter cm. 8 cm high. 1.8. Weight gr. 171. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by talented artisan artists with a thick plate suitable for supporting numerous glazing firings at high heat 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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box Black enamel Baroque style engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque style engraving. Very fine hand engraving on all surfaces. Dimensions cm. 6.2 x 7.8 cm...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century English Long Silver Trinket Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century English long silver trinket box.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Mid-century silver plated lidded 'Apple' box with brass leaf handle
Located in London, GB
Silver plated Italian lidded apple with decorative brass stem and leaf handle. A lovely objet d'art that is perfect for the dressing-table or bathroom.
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Pretty Antique European Classical Silver Keepsake Box
Located in New York, NY
Pretty European Classical 800 silver keepsake box, ca 1940. Rectangular. Cover flat and hinged with tapering tab. Sides fluted and engraved with fl...
Category
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
20th Century Italian Silver Boxes Shell-Shaped on feet with gilted interior
By Ge.Ca
Located in VALENZA, IT
Shell-shaped box in solid 800 silver completely handmade.
The lower part and the lid have been shaped and chiseled by faithfully copying the veins and structure of the Chlamys shel...
Category
1990s Italian Other Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique 1829 Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
By Thomas Freeman
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George IV English sterling silver vinaigrette; an addition to our silver boxes collection.
This impressive antique G...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Box with wedges Enamel Sterling Silver black and white Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal wedge box in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white colors fire enameled in Art Deco style. Measures 7.8 x 7.8 x 6 cm. Weight gr. 281. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni ...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver, Silver Plate
Naturalistic Victorian silver plated folding biscuit box made circa 1890
Located in London, London
Made circa 1890 by James Dixon & Sons, this attractive, Antique, Victorian, Silver Plate folding Biscuit Box, is of traditional form, with push button opening to each side, and gilt ...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Japanese Kazaribako Glass Box Ancient Captial Kyohei Fujita
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Kazaribako "Ornamented Box" made of glass by Japanese artist Kyohei Fujita (1921-2004) circa 1990s. The hand-blown glass box is substantial in size and weight. It features a hexago...
Category
1990s Japanese Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique German Silver Dog Sugar Box Circa 1890
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique silver sugar box modelled in the form of a dog; part of our collection of silver animal sugar boxes.
This magnificent, fine and impressive antique cast silver sugar box has been realistically modelled in form of a dog*.
The silver box is embellished with fine details reproducing the dog's coat and anatomical features.
This exceptional and large antique silver dog...
Category
1890s German Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Rare French Art Deco Period Silver, Enamel, & Jade Box, Attributed to Cartier
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
A French Art Deco Period Silver, Enamel, and Chinese Jade Double Slot box, attributed to Cartier. The box is barrel-shaped and finished in black enamel. It rests on a pair of Chinese...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade, Silver, Enamel
$28,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Anglo Indian Coromandel and Silver Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Mounted with Silver
From our Sewing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Solid Coromandel Anglo Indian and Silver Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of...
Category
Early 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Tiffany Stylish Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Desk Box
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver desk box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged with rectilinear rim. Box interior cedar lined a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
OTTAVIANI 1960 Modernist Cedar Box With Enameled Designs .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist box designed by Giovanni Ottaviani.
Fabulous modernist rectangular box decorated with "smalto". It was designed by Giovanni Ottaviani during the post-war period in the cit...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$1,118 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Charles II Silver Counter Box (Circa 1670)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and rare antique Charles II English silver counter box; an addition to our 17th century collection.
This exceptional and rare antique Charles II silver counter ...
Category
1670s Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
American Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Desk Box
By Andrew A. Taylor
Located in New York, NY
Midcentury Modern sterling silver desk box. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with gently curved top and molded rim. Box interior cedar-lined and partitioned. Fully marke...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Biedermeier Money Box German Silver Engraved with Knight and Lady
Located in Epfach, DE
A rare money box from the Bidermeier period in silver with small lock that can be opened and closed without a key.
Very special is the fine engraving on the seven fields, which are ...
Category
19th Century German Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
GEORG ADAM SCHEID 1900 Enameled Guilloche Etui Necessaire box In .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Enameled etui necessaire designed by Georg Adam Scheid (1837-1921).
This is an extraordinary etui necessaire oval box created in Vienna Austria at the workshops of Georg Adam Scheid...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Edwardian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
$5,495 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Silver Plate Humidor with Retriever
Located in East Hampton, NY
American silver plate humidor, Wilcox Silver Plate Co., Meriden, CT hinged lid with figure of retriever with duck, box with repousse scrolled floral and foliate design and paw feet, ...
Category
20th Century Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian Rectangular Sterling Silver Jewelry Cigarette Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
This impressive Italian sterling box would work as a jewelry box, cigarette box as well as a trinket box.
Signed Buccellati.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wonderful Alfonse La Paglia Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Modernist Box Handle
Located in Roslyn, NY
Alphonse La Paglia sterling silver modern covered box with unusual handle on the lid.
Lovely vintage condition.
Measures: 4" H x 3" W x ...
Category
1940s Danish Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Silver Powder Case, 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Silver powder case is a precious decorative object realized in 20th century.
Very elegant powder case in silver with mirror, made in Italy at the beginn...
Category
20th Century European Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
$351 Sale Price
35% Off
Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Vinaigrette (1835)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique English sterling silver gilt castle top vinaigrette depicting Dryburgh Abbey; an addition to our collectable box collection.
This excepti...
Category
1830s English Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Trunk Designed Perfume Bottle Travel Carrier, American, circa 1910
Located in Incline Village, NV
A pair of diminutive perfume bottles are contained in this "trunk designed" carrying case for travel. Something unique in the way of style and utility for the antique perfume bottle ...
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century, Silver Plated Box with Royal Crest
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dramatic, richly embellished, silver-plated, hinge-top box featuring the ancient Coat of Arms for the Spanish kingdom of Castile and Leon. The whole atop lion-form feet.
Category
1890s Spanish Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Metal
Large Bronze and Silver Chest, 19th Century Orientalist Work.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Large bronze and silver chest, 19th century Orientalist work.
Large 19th century Orientalist bronze and silver box, Napoleon III period.
H: 15,5cm, W: 23cm, D: 18cm
Category
19th Century African Napoleon III Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Silver-Mounted Glass Casket by Daum Nancy
By Daum
Located in New Orleans, LA
This enchanting green glass and silver casket from renowned French art glass company Daum evokes the verdant lushness of a summer garden. Finely detailed silver clovers and vines encircle rich green glass in this luminescent and highly unique piece.
Daum has been one of the most important names in French art glass since the late 19th century. Employing a team of talented artists, the firm produced both commercial glass and singular pieces of outstanding quality. Daum glass was first produced in about 1872, manufacturing plate glass and tableware for the French market in Nancy, and it was in 1890 that Auguste and Antonin Daum...
Category
20th Century French Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique 20th Century Cambodian Solid Silver Box c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century South Asian (Cambodian) solid silver box. Decorated throughout with fish, frogs and aquatic flowers in a detailed, pierced design. Stamped to the base with a T.9...
Category
20th Century Cambodian Other Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Vintage Marble Tureen, Italy, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Marble Tureen realized in China in the mid-20th Century.
Removable cover.
Very good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Danish Modern Classical Sterling Silver Box
By Georg Jensen
Located in New York, NY
Danish Modern Classical sterling silver box. Made by Georg Jensen in Copenhagen. Rectangular with straight sides; short inset foot with engraved egg-and-dart. Cover hinged with open ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 1850 Victorian Sterling Silver Card Case
By Cronin & Wheeler
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver commemorative card case featuring The Crystal Palace; an addition to our range of collectable silverware...
Category
1850s English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Unusual Mid-Century Modern Sterling Silver Table Box With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Unusual, Mid-Century Modern, sterling silver table box, with hinged lid, American, Ca. 1940's-1950's. Measures over 4 1/2 inches wide x almost 3 1/2 inches deep (at deepest point) x ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Sterling Silver and Glass Combination Scent Bottle / Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large antique Victorian English sterling silver combination scent bottle / vinaigrette; an addition to our diverse collectable silverware collection
This exceptional and large antique Victorian sterling silver combination vinaigrette and scent bottle has an oval cylindrical shaped form.
This exceptional bottle is comprised of a cut glass body, overlaid with impressive sterling silver covering embellished with pierced and embossed floral decoration, incorporating interlacing scrolling leaf and daffodil designs.
The piece retains the original hallmarked screw fit cover to the antique scent bottle...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Hallmarked Silver Plated Keepsake Box, Sheffield, Uk, Circa 1900
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a stunning Sheffield silver keepsake box dating to 1900, with associated hallmark. This small box includes a clean interior and rounded corners. The box is free of names or initials, but would have been used to house keepsakes such as jewelry or cufflinks. A well maintained, elegant piece, this antique silver box is an excellent addition to any silver collection.
Trinket or keepsake boxes have taken on many forms since their first conception in ancient times. However their purpose remains the same; to store jewelry and other items precious to the owner. Originally, these boxes were used specifically for jewelry. These were in common use as early as 5000 BC in Ancient Egypt, when the majority of Egyptians, both male and female, wore jewelry. Boxes were used to keep these gemstone encrusted items safe. In Ancient Rome, jewelry was a status symbol. Rings and brooches were utilized to represent ones status in society. Again, boxes were needed for security and storage purposes. Finding early examples of these are quite rare.
Victorian and Edwardian examples of trinket boxes are far more common. This is because owning jewellery was a luxury until the Victorian era- let alone possessing so much a box was needed to store it all. Fine jewelry and other items became available to the masses after the industrial revolution due to the reduction in production costs. This led to a demand for trinket boxes, which were much smaller than jewelry boxes and therefore better suited to the needs of the middle class who did not yet possess an abundance of jewelry.
In Victorian households, collectables and other items of interested were also stashed inside these boxes. This is why they are known as trinket or keepsake boxes, rather than just jewelry boxes, although of course jewelry was also stored in them. Trinket boxes were produced in large numbers around this time. Many were lined with colored plush or velvet or rich wood. More elaborate designs had interior divisions and trays for rings and other pieces of jewellery. It was also common to see trinket boxes so small that they could only contain one item, such as a single ring. Ornate exteriors were created to reflect the value of the trinket boxes contents.
The Edwardian era saw the introduction of new styles of trinket box. These included small circular or oblong boxes...
Category
Early 1900s British Art Deco Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
1870s Antique Chinese Export Silver Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver card case; part of our diverse Asian silverware collection
The anterior surface of this rare Chinese silver card case is ornamented with chased oriental figures amidst bamboo and foliate designs, accented with a fenced area and simplified structures, all on a matte background.
The ornamentation incorporates a vacant shield shaped cartouche.
The posterior surface of this silver card case is embellished with an exceptional chased decorated segmented iconic Chinese dragon design amidst clouds, also all on a matte background.
The rounded sides of this antique silver cigarette case...
Category
1870s Chinese Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Art Nouveau Silver Golfing Presentation Box Mounted with Medal
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine quality Art Nouveau silver presentation box mounted with a golfing medallion by Henry Pope and with date marks for Birmingham 1897. The box is of rectangular form with a ...
Category
1890s British Art Nouveau Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
A Mindanao silver inlaid bronze betal nut box, Islamic, mid to late 19th century
Located in Central England, GB
This highly decorative box is a betal nut box. The habit of chewing was relevant in the southern Philippines and much of southeast Asia. Wealthy Maraneo families on the island of Mi...
Category
Late 19th Century Philippine Tribal Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Camille Faure Limoges Modernist Enamel and Silver Plate Artwork Box, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare and exquisite creation by Camille Fauré Limoges, this enamel and silver-plated decorative box is a masterwork of French craftsmanship, dating circa 1950. Likely a bespoke comm...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel, Silver Plate
Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Flag Vesta Case
By Joseph Walton
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian sterling silver and enamel flag vesta case; an addition to our maritime silverware collection.
This antique Victorian sterling silver vesta case has a plain rectangular rounded form.
The anterior surface is embellished with a central enamel design depicting British Navy Code of Signal flags: 'Blue Ball' - a white flag with a blue center, a red flag with a yellow St George's Cross and a blue field with a central horizontal white stripe.
These flags represent the individual letters 'S', 'R' and 'J'; their combined definition is untraced.
The posterior surface of this antique vesta case is plain and unembellished.
This fine silver flag...
Category
Early 1900s English Victorian Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 19th Century Austrian Solid Silver & Enamel Trinket Box, Vienna c.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th Century Austrian Renaissance revival solid silver-gilt and enameled trinket box, beautifully enamelled throughout dipicting various mythological scenes. Apparently ...
Category
1870s Austrian Other Antique Silver Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
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York Minster
Antique Casket Stand
Antique Chocolate Box
Antique French Music Box
Antique Limoges Porcelain Boxes
Antique Thread Box
Art Deco Porcelain Powder
Asprey Antique Boxes
Baroque Casket
Bent Box
Blue Guilloche Box
Bone Inlay Ivory
Cash Box
Chinese Leather Box
Church Box
Cigarette Compact
Clam Box
Cockspur Street