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Place of Origin: European
Rare French Small Gilt Bronze Box by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A small gilt bronze pill box by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940-50s. The rather rare round box features a relief-cast spider on the lid. The interior ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
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 Other European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Other
French 19th Century Brass Red Agate Stone Jewellery Box Napoleon III
Located in Paris, IDF
A beautiful French 19th century Napoleon III polished agate and brass mounted jewellery box, all sides composed with a total of height panels of vividly-hued red agate stone, atop ba...
Category
19th Century Napoleon III Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
Silver-Gilt, Guilloche Turquoise Enamel Timepiece Alarm Clock Singing Bird
Located in London, GB
An extremely fine vintage richly-hued silver-gilt, guilloche turquoise enamel and pictorial enamel timepiece alarm-actuated singing bird box, by C. A. Marguerat.
When 8-day clock movement wound and set to the correct time, the alarm train wound and desired actuation hour selected, separate singing bird movement wound from underside, the magic starts with the fast-paced gong running for approximately 5 seconds before the bird lid...
Category
1920s Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Large George III Brass and Fruitwood-Inlaid and Mahogany Storage Box
Located in Kittery Point, ME
The rectangular hinged top with canted corners inlaid with a Turkish landscape design with an inside lift top and a lower drawer the interior fitted with a removable tray and mahogan...
Category
Late 18th Century George III Antique European Decorative Boxes
1960's Mixed Industrial Equipment Boxes - Set Of Three Boxes
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Mixed Industrial Equipment Boxes - Set Of Three Boxes.
We bought a good volume of these great industrial boxes and have matched them up to sell in sets. Useful for all sorts ...
Category
1960s Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Anna Petrus, Pewter box, Firma Svenskt Tenn, 1929
By Anna Petrus, Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Box with decor of a lion, brass and pewter. Designed by Anna Petrus for Firma Svenskt Tenn. Marked C8 = 1929.
Category
1920s Scandinavian Modern Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Crevillen Paris Silvered and Enameled Blue Ceramic Jewellery Box 1970
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful French midcentury silvered decorative box produced by Crevillen Paris in the early 1970s. This jewellery box features a beautiful enameled blue ceramic top depicting a woma...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Renaissance Revival Style Bronze Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A renaissance revival style solid bronze box of the highest quality. The deep blue velvet interior has a ring holder. The interior depth is two and a half inches. No key. Austria, ci...
Category
1880s Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Orange, Natural Bone Cheveron Box
Located in New York, NY
Cheveron patterned keepsake, letter box made from dyed orange and natural bone. Box has a wood lining.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Palmwood
Murano Barovier & Toso Glass Box, Gold, Brass, Hinged.
By Barovier
Located in New York, NY
Murano Barovier & Toso Glass Box, Gold, Brass, Hinged. Finely handcrafted rectangular translucent glass box, decorated with gold bubble inclusions.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
19th Century Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
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...
Category
1920s Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Studded trunk. Wood, leather, metal. Spain, 18th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Studded trunk. Wood, leather, metal. Spain, 18th century.
A small chest or trunk with a rectangular base and a curved lid, decorated on the outside with a leather cover and a serie...
Category
18th Century Neoclassical Revival Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Other
German Porcelain Duck with Hat & Bow Box Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
German porcelain duckling with bow box, Circa 1930.
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
René Lalique a Tête de Femme powder box for Coty, ca. 1912
By René Lalique
Located in Aachen, DE
A Tête de Femme powder box for the perfume maker Coty, designed by René Lalique and made in his glassworks, likely those located in Combs-la-ville, which was before he opened a large...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Box with Lid in Portuguese Sant’Anna Faience
Located in Lisboa, Lisboa
Box with lid, in Portuguese Sant’Anna faience. Polychrome decoration with floral motifs, rectangular in shape, with rounded corners and a slightly wavy body. The decoration is hand-p...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Earthenware
Shell Encrusted Rectangular Keepsake Box with Red Silk Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Long rectangular shell encrusted box. Carefully applied shells decorate the top and bottom edges of this red board box in a variety of colors. At...
Category
20th Century Folk Art European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Silk, Paper
Set/2 Wooden Boxes, Beige, Gold Leaf, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Dandara Boxes, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
Dandara box set includes two wooden boxes, perfect to be displayed together and enrich ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold Leaf, Brass
Vintage Great Britain Silver 3 Pill Box "Victoria" 1838 - 1887
By Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Vintage Great Britain Silver 3 Pill Box "Victoria" 1838 - 1887
Measures 5'5 x 3'5 x 2'5 cm / 2,16 x 1,37 x 0,98 inches
Weight 48 gr
Pradera is a second generation of a family ru...
Category
Late 19th Century Louis XVI Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Ceramic Decorative Flower and Vegetation Chinese Plate Signed WL, 1896
By Furstenberg Porcelain
Located in BILBAO, ES
Ceramic decorative flower and vegetation chinese plate signed
Perfect gift for your special someone.
Dimensions:
Diameter 20 cm (37.86 inches)
A series of three make the matchin...
Category
Late 20th Century Aesthetic Movement European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Porcelain Rose Box with Lid
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, AR
Decorated with a large bouquet of roses with some fallen petals, our vintage piece.
Category
1950s Art Deco Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique English Coromandel Fitted Traveler's Box Compendium, Circa 1850-1860
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English Victorian Coromandel wood fitted traveler's box Compendium, Circa 1850-1860. Made by J.T. Needs, Late Bramah: Purveyor to Her Majesty, Prince Albert & the Royal Family.
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
XX Century Italian Sterling Silver rectangular table box
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Made in Florence, Italy in the early years of this century,
this large rectangular Mauritian-style box named "Bernini" a was made entirely by hand by skilled Florentine artisans.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Other European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Modernist "Apple" Lidded Trinket Box in Gold and Silver Aluminum
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Petite apple-form box for holding small items in gold aluminum with silver banding and orb handle (ca. 1960s, Italy).
Luxurious decorative item in very good, newly polished condition...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Modern Serving Tray Calacatta Marble Cork Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
By Greenapple, Lusitanus Home
Located in Lisboa, PT
Guadiana serving tray, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
A sublime serving tray, Guadiana was designed to uplift layback moments.
A rec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
English Victorian Rosewood Pen Box
Located in Queens, NY
English Victorian (19th Century) rosewood pen box of rectangular shape with domed hinged lid and mother of pearl inset
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Decorative Box
By Ferrari Milano
Located in VALENZA, IT
Impressive decorative boxes made completely by hand.
The shape of the box is round and low, called in Italy "a pagnottella fiorentina" which means in the shape of a loaf of bread tha...
Category
Late 20th Century Other European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Mid-century Italian Ceramic Box by Raymor c.1960
By Raymor
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A mid-century ceramic glazed jewelry or trinket box. Marked "Italy" underneath.
CREATOR Attributed to Raymor, Italy.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE 1960.
MATERIALS AND TECHN...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Chest. Carved wood, metal. Spanish school, 16th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Chest. Carved wood, metal. Spanish school, 16th century.
Rectangular casket with a flat lid decorated on the outside with a series of figurative reliefs in a symmetrical arrangemen...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Other
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 Victorian Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
EDWARDIAN 1910 Rectangular Cards Case With Round Clock In .800 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An Edwardian card's case with round clock.
This is a very unusual antique rectangular case to store presentation cards. This box is dated back to the 1900's and was masterfully craf...
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
17th Century Venetian Lacquered and Gilded Collectible Box
Located in Pistoia, IT
Rare and precious Venetian domed case made of richly lacquered and gilded wood, early 17th century, depicting "The Conquests of Venice."
Caskets like this one are more unique than ...
Category
Early 17th Century Baroque Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique French Blue & Gold Sevres Porcelain Napoleon Painted Box, Circa 1890.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Blue & Gold Sevres Porcelain Napoleon Painted Box, Circa 1890.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Sugar box. Silver. Northern Europe (possibly Berlin), first half 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Sugar box. Silver in colour. Northern Europe (possibly Berlin), first half of the 19th century.
With contrast marks.
Rectangular box with chamfered corners resting on four claws wi...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Revival Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Italian 1920 Renaissance Revival Enameled Octagonal Box in .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian enamelled snuff box.
Colorful box, created in Italy, back in the 1920. It was crafted in an octagonal shape with neoclassical and renaissance Revival motifs in solid .8...
Category
1920s Renaissance Revival Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Early 17th Italian Renaissance Box Set Ebony, Gilded Bronze and Gemstones
Located in Pistoia, IT
Rare and valuable ebony-plated domed case with rich gilt bronze decoration and central jasper medallion.
Italian Renaissance manufacture from the early 17th century.
The production...
Category
Early 17th Century Renaissance Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Tunbridge Ware Box with Perspective Cubes c1840
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware box with perspective cubes
Date : c1840
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells or Tonbridge, Kent
Decoration : Perspective cube work set within a band of...
Category
1840s Victorian Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Art Deco GAB Pewter Box with Ribbed Design, Sweden, 1930s
By GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget
Located in Stockholm, SE
A striking Art Deco pewter box designed and crafted by GAB (Guldsmedsaktiebolaget), Sweden, circa 1930s. This circular lidded box showcases a bold and streamlined ribbed design, char...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
French Bronze and Crystal Shell-Shaped Box, circa 1860
Located in New York, NY
French Bronze and Crystal Shell-Shaped Box, circa 1860
Category
1860s Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Important Berlin Porcelain Covered Pot
By Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur (KPM)
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Important Lidded Pot In Berlin Porcelain.
Beautiful Lidded Pot in Berlin Porcelain, Manufacture KPM of the 19th century.
Dimensions: H: 40,5cm, D: 33,5cm.
Category
19th Century Napoleon III Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
18th-Century French Gold Etui
Located in New Orleans, LA
A marvelous objet d'art is this exquisite Louis XVI-era étui. Crafted entirely of green and yellow gold, this stunning octagonal vessel bears an exceptional, engraved Neoclassical de...
Category
18th Century Louis XVI Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique Victorian Casket Tortoiseshell Calling Cards Regency Grand Tour 1837
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Ladies Silk Lined Casket containing its original contents of Sterling Silver mounted Silk lined Tortoiseshell Card Cases of museum quality. Slightly dome shaped...
Category
19th Century Regency Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte Satinwood Glass Box, 1940
By Fontana Arte, Pietro Chiesa
Located in Paris, IDF
Rare Italian Pietro Chiesa for Fontana Arte decorative box made in Italy in the 1940s. Carved from satinwood, with a thick polished aquamarine glas...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Extraordinary Early 18th Century Necessaire Secrets
Located in Pease pottage, West Sussex
Extraordinary early 18th century Necessaire a Secrets, the exterior painstakingly dry scraped back to the original painted finish. the interior each drawer individually painted with ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
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...
Category
20th Century European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Hug Gold Box
Located in Paris, FR
Box Hug Gold all in hand-crafted porcelain,
in white finish and gold-plated with 24K.
Box with lid. Delivered in luxury gift box.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Decorated Porcelain Box with Frog
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Pure gold decoration porcelain box with Frog in brass made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated gold finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind.
The style of this box is a modern reinterpretation of an object from the second half of the 18th century in France.
Also Oggetti d'Arte will follow with the same passion the request of the most qualified studies of interio architecture from around the world, helping them in achievement of their most ambitious projects.
This box, at the customer's request, can be made with different metal finishes and with different crystal colors so that it can be inserted in the best possible way within your furniture. This box is included in Animal Box...
Category
2010s Louis XVI European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Karl Rössler 1890 Austrian Vesta Tinder Box In .800 Silver 18Kt Gold And Niello
By Karl Rössler 1
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Set/2 Boxes, White and Light-Blue, Handmade in Portugal by Lusitanus Home
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Lanzarote Boxes, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home.
Lanzarote box set includes two wooden boxes, perfect to be displayed together and enr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Continental Miniature Silver Filigree Decorative Box
Located in London, GB
Crafted with superb skill in silver filigree, this beautiful and delicate box is most likely continental-made, dating from the early 20th century. Its exact origin is unclear, and it...
Category
20th Century Modern European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Porcelain Box, Late 19th-Early 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Porcelain box, late 19th - early 20th century.
Porcelain box from the end of the 19th century or beginning of the 20th century, gilded brass, very nice painted scene with gold dec...
Category
Late 19th Century Napoleon III Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th C. Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box
By Baccarat
Located in New York, NY
A Very Large 19th Century Antique French Baccarat Crystal and Ormolu Mounted Covered Box, Attributed to Baccarat. This incredible large crystal box is all hand-diamond cut and attri...
Category
1860s Louis XVI Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Cobalt Porcelain Casket, France, circa 1950
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain jewelery box in cobalt color with gilding and a floral motif
Made in France around 1950.
Very good condition, no damage.
Measures: Height 7.5c, diameter 18cm.
Category
1950s Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Embriachi workshop marquetry casket - Northern Italy, 15th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Embriachi workshop marquetry casket
Northern Italy, 15th century
Alla certosina inlays (bone, stained bone, pewter and wood)
H 28.2 x W 18 x D 14 cm
This beautiful casket of rectangular form is richly decorated with the characteristic geometric patterns of the Embriachi style.
The intricate geometric patterns are fashioned by juxtaposing lighter and darker pieces of wood, (colored) bone, horn and pewter. The lid and base are framed by a broad band of horn. When ivory became scarce in Europe due to disrupted trade routes, bone was substituted.
The attention to Symmetry and balance created an harmonious visual effect
Enhancing the overall aesthetic appeal of the casket.
The application of geometrical motifs is in Italy known as marquetry ‘alla Certosina’, named after the Certosina Church in Pavia with its famous altarpiece decorated in this way. This is ‘intarsia technique’, a term derived from the Arabic 'tarsi', which means ‘incrustation' recalling ancient mosaics made from various materials.
These geometric elements not only enhance the aesthetic appeal of the caskets but also demonstrate the versatility and skill of the artisans in creating multifaceted works of art.
‘Alla Certosina’ became famous through the Northern Italian Embriachi family who achieved a particularly high standard in working in this technique. Venice in particular was known for the production of these luxurious boxes. The caskets, hexagonal or rectangular, surmounted by a lid decorated in several registers constitute the secular, albeit equally renowned component of the workshop’s production, in addition to mirror frames and various everyday objects.
The method of fabrication of those objects was based on two concepts that underlay pre-industrial production: standardization and modularity, thanks to a distribution of skills according to the different phases of fabrication.
even the realization of the marquetry motifs (in the form of ingots from which portions of the desired size were cut) were therefore entrusted to various specialized craftsmen, as were the assembly phase.
Today better known thanks to the extensive research work recently carried out by Michele Tomasi, this workshop owes its name to its founder and owner, the Florentine Baldassare Ubriachi (or degli Embriachi), a merchant and banker established in the Tuscan capital before he settled in Venice in 1395. Together with sculptor Giovanni di Jacopo, who directed the workshop, from the last years of the fourteenth century, Baldassare oversaw a production that was truly original, and still easily recognizable today, comprising monumental altarpieces and various objects, primarily triptychs and caskets.
The precise location of the workshop is unknown, except that it originated in Florence and in ca. 1431 there was apparently a workshop in Venice, in the area of S Luca. They employed local workers specializing in 'certosina' (inlay of stained woods, bone and horn), and the workshop produced items carved in bone (usually horse or ox) with wood and bone marquetry.
The geometric decoration of Embriachi caskets reflects the artistic complexity and attention to detail that characterized their work.
this inlaid casket is a testament to the skill and artistry of the Embriachi family and serves as a stunning example of the decorative arts of the late Middle Ages.
Related Literature :
E. Berger, Prunk-Kassetten: Europäischen Meisterwerke aus acht Jahrhunderten / Ornamental Caskets...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Estate/Housekeepers Box
By Cooper Brothers & Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual and rare antique Edwardian English sterling silver estate/housekeepers box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection
This e...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Three Decorative Rustic Chic Wooden Boxes
Located in Milano, IT
Fabulous painted wooden decorative boxes from the early 1920s Rustic Chic period, made in Italy.
The boxes are small and are useful for organizing and arr...
Category
1920s Rustic Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
20th Century Italian Sterling Silver, Natural Horn Oval Table Box
By Lazzerini Emilio
Located in VALENZA, IT
Sterling silver box with natural horn body.
The box has been completely handmade.
The hinged smooth lid, the ring and the base with feet have been shaped by hand on the shape of th...
Category
1980s Other Vintage European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
