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Place of Origin: Italian
Black Box Octagonal with black edge enamel with pure Gold Paillons Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table Box Octagonal is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Table Box Octagonal Table Box Octagonal has translucent fired enamels on guilloché. Table Box Octagonal has black edge with pure g...
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1980s Art Deco Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Poseidon Yellow Leather Square Bath Set
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Simple and versatile, this exceptional bathroom set will be a perfect complement to a post-modern or Minimalist bathroom decor. This set consists of a soap dispenser, toothbrush holder, cotton holder, and small object box or soap bar holder all boasting a rectangular Silhouette nested neatly within a long, rectangular tray. This individual pieces and the tray are entirely upholstered in a vibrant yellow leather, complementing the polished metal soap pump...
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2010s Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Agneta Round Box in Pebbled Leather with Handle in Corno Italiano, Mod. 4485
By Arcahorn Srl., Filippo Dini
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Combining traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design, our Agneta box provides an unmistakable elegant flair. The curved silhouette is lined in Aida pebbled leather, Onyx colo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

Box in wood end metal top, Italy 70s
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a small rectangular case with a metal top featuring a grid pattern and wooden sides. It has a latch on the front and appears to be used for holding small items like cigarette...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Joy Jewelry Box
By Cassigoli
Located in Milan, IT
A refined gift to an elegant woman or a stunning addition to a personal collection, this jewelry box is a special piece of functional decor that stores precious items, while displayi...
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2010s Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

Joy Jewelry Box
Joy Jewelry Box
$2,130 / item
Grand Tour Leather Cased Crystal Scent Bottle Set
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From the Grand Tour era, a set of two glass scent bottles in a fitted leather case with key, circa early 19th Century. The Grand Tour was a 17th to early 19th century custom of the ...
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Early 19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Wooden box with briar veneer and mother of pearl inserts, Italy 1850.
Located in Milan, IT
Wooden box with lock and mirror inside. The external covering is in briar wood veneer, brass with mother of pearl inserts, the handles are in brass. Italy half 19th century.
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Mid-19th Century Antique Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th Century Italian Baroque Parcel Gilt and Hand Painted Table Box Casket
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a coffee table or a shelf with this elegant and colorful casket. Crafted in Italy circa 1880, the Venetian box stands on heavily carved feet decorated with gilt acanthus lea...
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Late 19th Century Baroque Antique Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Oak

Alessandro Albrizzi Lucite Cube, Italy 1970s
By Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Alessandro Albrizzi Lucite Cube, Italy, 1970s This Italian design object is a modular, sculptural acrylic (Lucite) cube composed of two stackable sections. The base is a dark or smok...
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20th Century Space Age Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lucite

Capricia Square Box in Pebbled leather with Handle in Corno Italiano, Mod. 4470
By Arcahorn Srl., Filippo Dini
Located in Recanati, Macerata
With its refined appearance, our Capricia square box can easily fit both traditional and contemporary décor. Its clean traditional shape is enriched by a lining in Ice-cream color pe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

21st Century, Hand-Carved Light-Blue and Amber Crystal and Bronze Box
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Light-blue and green crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated silver finish. Each object is handcrafted a...
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2010s Louis XVI Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

Vintage Red Onyx Stone Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rectangular vintage jewelry or trinket box crafted from richly colored red onyx stone, known for its deep crimson tones, intricate veining, and natural variations of amber and cream....
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1960s Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble

Contemporary 'Pixel' Jewelry Box Handmade Black Wood and Glass by Ghirò Studio
By Ghirò Studio
Located in Pieve Emanuele, Milano
2022 Collection of Jewelry boxes by Ghirò Studio. 'Pixel' is perfect synthesis of timeless style, innovative design and italian craftsmanship excellence. This box is entirely in woo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Set of Three Box Vase Ceramic & Wood by Franco Pozzi Gallarate, Italy 1970s
By Franco Pozzi
Located in Rome, IT
Set of three box vases in ceramic with wooden cover by the Italian designer Franco Pozzi. Made in Italy in the 1970s. The original signature is still visible on the bottom of...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Wood

Table Box Enamel two-tone ruby red and emerald green Salimbeni.
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver with translucent fired enamel stripes on guilloche, two-tone ruby red and emerald green, in a modern contemporary style....
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Early 2000s Modern Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Midcentury Decorative Box in Travertine by Fratelli Mannelli, Italy, 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli, Enzo Mari
Located in Rome, IT
Cylindrical box in travertine marble by Fratelli Mannelli. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Travertine

Bath England Bathroom Boxes Set #1
By Creart
Located in Milan, IT
A glorious showcase of craftsmanship, this magnificent bathroom set is comprised of a small basket and box entirely handmade of brass preciously finished with 24k galvanized gold. Br...
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2010s Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Brass

Tommaso Barbi Ceramic Lidded Box with Red Marbleized Glaze and Gold Detailing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This elegant lidded box by Tomaso Barbi showcases his signature blend of sculptural form and refined decorative detail. The square box is crafted in ceramic, finished with a striking...
Category

1960s Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Table Box floral miniature fire-enameled on guilloche vertical stripes Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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 ...
Category

1960s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Rectangular Decorative Box in Travertine and Cork by Marble Art, Italy, 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Rome, IT
This beautiful square-shaped box in Travertine Marble and cork is a wonderful example of Italian decorative objects production during the 70s by Italian manufacturer Marble Art (Mart...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Travertine, Marble

Vintage Brass and wood Desk Box, Fine Decorative Case, jewelry box, object
Located in Milano, IT
Vintage Desk Box - Decorative Box Set - Fine Brass and wood Case Vintage decorative box set in metal and brass with internals made with wood perfec...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

20th Century Italian Sterling Silver Playing Card Holder
By Arval Argenti Valenza
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 Other Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Mid-Century Modernist Vellum Hued Textural Box Signed "Allessandro"
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated and highly usable Mid-Century Modernist Vellum Hued Textural Box Signed "Allessandro" originates from Italy, Circa 1970. Features a clean rectilinear profile with ...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Mid-Century Brass and Walnut Pocket Emptier by Tommaso Barbi, Italy 1970s
By Tommaso Barbi
Located in Roma, IT
Gorgeous vide poche in walnut wood and solid brass. This elegant item was designed by Tommaso Barbi in Italy in the 1970s. This lovely item is made in the shape of a crate combining...
Category

1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Italian Art Deco Pyramidal Shaped Trinket Box w Mirrored Interior, Circa 1920s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a charming Art Deco period jewelry or trinket box, dating to circa 1920s-1930s, showcasing the era's distinctive geometric design and fine craftsmanship. The box features an ...
Category

Early 20th Century Art Deco Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass, Mirror, Wood

Pill box enamel “pastoral”miniature on sterling silver gold plated Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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 ...
Category

1970s Napoleon III Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Gucci Ceramic Catchall with Gilt Box, Italy 1980s
By Gucci
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Elegant and refined, this ceramic catchall by Gucci dates to the 1980s and reflects the brand’s iconic blend of luxury and functionality. The deep green glaze is accentuated by the c...
Category

1980s Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Pill Box Baroque shaped with pastoral miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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 Baroque Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Blue Alabaster Box with Sliding Attached Round Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful shimmery round alabaster box with sliding lid. Unique custom blue colored box is perfect for your mementos, coins, jewelry or 420. Slide ...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Alabaster

Carrara Marble Small Lidded Canister or Stash Box, Italy, 1960s
Located in San Diego, CA
Carrara marble small lidded canister or stash container. Italy, 1960s.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Carrara Marble

Scuretto Leather Box in Sand
By Cassigoli
Located in Milan, IT
Showcasing both a simple and contemporary silhouette, this box with lid of the Scuretto Collection is defined by subtle elegance and enduring quality. A combination of fine materials and high craftsmanship, this box has a square wooden structure covered entirely in soft pebble-grain leather in a neutral and versatile sand color with a square knob...
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2010s Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

Pill box big size Florentine Renaissance Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large round pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled engraving in two colours, in Florentine Renaissance style. Diameter cm. 5 cm high. 2. Weight gr. ...
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1980s Renaissance Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Low Large Square Box in Solid Italian 1970s Brass with Lid
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Low large square box in solid Italian 1970s brass with lid.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Travertine Box Pier Alessandro Giusti and Egidio Di Rosa for Up & Up Italy 1970s
By Up & Up
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing round box in travertine marble attributed to the Italian designers Pier Alessandro Giusti and Egidio Di Rosa for Up & Up. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Travertine, Marble

1930s Painted Italian Trinket Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1930s painted Italian trinket box with original key.
Category

1930s Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Vintage Marble Lidded Box with Brass Accents and Dolphin Handle
Located in Hamburg, DE
This cylindrical marble box with a lid is a sophisticated decorative piece that blends vintage charm with historical design influences. Crafted in the 1970s, it features a lightly pa...
Category

1970s Empire Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble

Dior Style Jewel Box in Tortoiseshell Lucite and Chrome, API Italy, 1970s
By Christian Dior
Located in Roma, IT
Lovely Midcentury box in Christian Dior style produced by API in Italy in the 1970s. This charming box is made in a gorgeous tortiseshell effect lucite and chrome. A fantastic it...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Decorative 19th century book shaped inlaid olive box
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century book shaped inlaid olive box circa 1890. Unusual Italian keep sake box made in olive wood.  Inlaid top surface with musical instrument, flowers and a faux peeled back c...
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Late 19th Century Grand Tour Antique Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Olive

Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Black with Bubbles and Chrome Fittings
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Discover the epitome of elegance with this exquisite Pulegoso technique box, meticulously crafted in Murano and signed for MOGUL. This box, available in both large and giant sizes, e...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Chrome

Midcentury Cylindrical Box in Chrome and Lucite Romeo Rega Style, Italy 1970
By Romeo Rega
Located in Rome, IT
Midcentury amazing cylindrical decorative box in chrome and lucite attributed to the Italian designer Romeo Rega. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Beautiful desk accessory or piece...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Steel

Pair Red Crocodile Nesting Boxes
Located in New York, NY
Pair red crocodile nesting boxes. Set of two vintage one of a kind rich carmine red crocodile leather handmade jewelry boxes nesting one inside the other w...
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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Crocodile

1750 Venezia Italy Green Lacquered Wooden Box Jewelry Case and Floral Decoration
Located in Brescia, IT
This little, refined and exquisite lacquered wooden box or jewelry case, with polychrome floral decoration on green background is a piece that shows its elegance. It could be a little jewel to contain jewels and its beauty perfectly matches with every timeless home. The curved shape of the box, on the front, on the sides and of the feet, the rich carving, are the result of the high level craftemanships of the Venetian master cabinetery. This magnificent piece hails from the Mid-18th Century in Venezia and masterfully shows the lacquered Venetian style. One of the distinctive characteristics of Venetian Baroque and Rococo furniture and decorative objects is the skilful use of lacquers. Lacquer is a natural resin that was very rare in the past, imported from the East and used to create smooth and colored surfaces on furniture, ready to be finely decorated with refined floral designs or exotic animals. Venetian artisans became masters in lacquer processing which required time and patience because it was made with many steps. The Venetian style deeply influenced furniture design throughout Europe, but none reached the Venetian level in terms of beauty. The skillful use of lacquer and carvings defined Venice's unique style during the Rococo period, its Golden Age. The piece is in very good state of maintenance and it is guaranteed original in every parts. The surface was only cleaned not restored and it is original. The wooden green lacquered box...
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Mid-18th Century Rococo Antique Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Rectangular Carved Travertine Box in the style of Fratelli Mannelli Italy 1970s
By Fratelli Mannelli
Located in Roma, IT
An essential and elegant box made in Italy that can contain whatever you want, cigarettes, business cards or use as a jewelry box. Dating back to around the 70s, it is made of traver...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Travertine, Metal

Black Box Erté inspiration with woman, leopard and flames hand painted Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Black Box Erté inspiration is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Black Box Erté inspiration has black fired enamels. Black Box Erté inspiration has an fired miniature by the painter Renato...
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1970s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Midcentury Benaglia Silver Plate Italian Decorative Box for Cleto Munari, 1970s
By Cleto Munari
Located in Roma, IT
Elegant box midcentury silver plate decorative box. This wonderful piece was designed in Italy during the 1970s by Benaglia for Cleto Munari. The master combination of silver plat...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Silver

PIERO FORNASETTI Milano 1960 Enameled Sliding Box With Racing Car & Horse
By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti
Located in Miami, FL
An enameled sliding box designed by Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988). This is a very rare rectangular sliding box created in Milano Italy by Piero Fornasetti. The box is from the mid-century period, crafted in the 1960's in steel and wood. The outer steel is embellished with applications of multicolor enamel depicting a double wheel racing car with a horse . The box is very decorative and in very good preserved condition. These kinds of boxes are highly collectable and desirable among the mid-century and Italian design collectors. Piero Fornasetti He was an Italian artist and designer that born in Milan into a middle-class family, Fornasetti creative pursuits encompassed design, decoration, painting, curating, and printing. His oeuvre, spanning over 13,000 works, displayed a wide range of objects and furniture with a unique emphasis on decorative diversity. Collaborating with figures like Gio Ponti, Fornasetti's atelier became synonymous with bringing art into everyday lives through practical yet artistically adorned objects. Fornasetti's artistic philosophy emphasized the production of series over one-of-a-kind pieces, reflecting his commitment to democratizing art. A central motif in his work was the "variations," notably exemplified in the iconic "Tema e Variazioni" series featuring over 400 renditions of opera singer Lina Cavalieri's face. His creative genius extended across different mediums, from furniture to paintings, demonstrating a coherent stylistic code. Although Fornasetti faced...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Bronze

Italian Alabaster Box
Located in Tampa, FL
Hollywood Regency style mid century alabaster box from Italy. Circa 1970s.
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1970s Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Alabaster, Brass

Ivory Small Storage Box
By Arcahorn Srl.
Located in Milan, IT
Exuding a lavish flair intertwined with its geometrical design, this refined ivory storage box showcases a precious structure in horn and wood and a rectangular lid in the same lacqu...
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2010s Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Hand Blown Murano Glass Box in Onyx Black w/ 24Karat Gold Flecks
Located in New York, NY
This elegant and impressive modernist decorative box was realized in Murano, Italy- the island off the coast of Venice renowned for centuries for its superlative glass production. It...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Murano Glass

Italian 19th Century Renaissance Style Wood Lacquer and Painted Gesso Lidded Box
Located in Firenze, IT
This beautiful 19th century Florentine rectangular lidded box is entirely decorated in the round with all typical Renaissance Italian patterns. The whi...
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19th Century Renaissance Antique Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gesso, Plaster, Wood

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...
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15th Century and Earlier Renaissance Antique Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pewter

Bitossi Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Stripes, Orange, Black, Yellow, Signed
By Bitossi, Rosenthal Netter
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter box, ceramic, stripes, orange, black and yellow, signed. Small scale ceramic lidded box decorated with angled planks, glazed an...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

20th Century Sterling Silver Italian Gilded and Enameled Table Box
By Salimbeni
Located in VALENZA, IT
Round haped silver gilded 925/1000 table box with translucent enamels on guilloche with hand-painted floral miniatures and gold paillons Made in Italy 1.400 grams 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...
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1980s Other Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Porcelain Box with Golden Bronze Penguin
By Oggetti D'Arte
Located in Calenzano, FI
Porcelain box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated golden finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for eve...
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2010s Louis XVI Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and below, with hand painted horse head. Dimensions cm. 5.2 x 5.2 x 2.3. Weight gr. 117. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1966 on the inspiration of previous artefacts made in the English Art Nouveau style of the early 1900s and manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters in Florence in numerous specimens also with different subjects, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a slab of high thickness suitable for supporting numerous enamelled firings 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 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...
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1960s Art Nouveau Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Unusual Italian Octagon Box in Brass and Lapis Lazuli
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant and unusual octagon shaped, Italian box made of brass and lapis lazuli, ca' 1970's. Signed made in Italy.
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Vintage Italian Embossed Lacquered Leather Decorative Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage 20th Century Italian lacquered dark brown leather decorative box. Leather interior. Embossed detail on top and sides.
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Late 20th Century Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Table Box blue and gold with handpainted miniature fire-enameled on guilloche Sa
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 800/1000 silver gold plated with translucent enamel on guilloché and beautiful enamel miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli in early 1900s Engl...
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1980s Empire Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Mid Century Italian Alabaster Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A hand carved alabaster trinket box with silver plate trim. Circa 1950s, Italy.
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1950s Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Alabaster

20th Century Gabriella Crespi Decorative Box in Brass and Plexiglass '70s
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Turin, Turin
Born in 1922, Gabriella Crespi studies architecture at the Politecnico in Milan, where her work is permeated by her perspective on Le Corbusier’s and Frank Lloyd Wright’s design expe...
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1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Italian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

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