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Place of Origin: North American
Stanley Szwarc Stainless Steel Rectangular Large Box Vintage
By Stanley Szwarc
Located in North Miami, FL
This fabulous long and unusual rectangular box is polished satin stainless steel. The dimensions of the work on top have flower like bursts in Industrial and floral forms. It is not ...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Tiffany & Co. Navajo-Element Decorated Sterling Box
Located in Litchfield, CT
Navajo pin and buttons, circa 1920s, Tiffany sterling box, circa 1950s. Navajo pin and buttons, all American. We have decorated an understated Tiffany & Co ...
Category
20th Century North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Intricately Inlaid Dovetailed Craftsman Built Lidded Dresser Box
Located in Ferndale, MI
Very possibly polish in origin. Finely made and assembled lidded box. Dovetail corners and intricate inlay of exotic woods and beads.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Craftsman North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Dresser Top Lucite Jewelry Box with Fitted Lid
Located in Ferndale, MI
Rectangle box of acrylic padded and lined. Lid is fitted to the opening.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Acrylic, Lucite
19th Century Original Painted Dovetailed Document Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century original taupe painted dovetailed document box from New England. The original brass handled.
Category
19th Century Country Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Pair of Vintage Crackled Abalone Jewelry Boxes
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of vintage crackled abalone jewelry boxes. Unmarked. Attributed to Maitland Smith.
Measures:
Larger box dimension:
7 7/8".
4 7/8".
3 3/8".
...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone
Adirondack Twig Work Chest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Adirondack twig-work lidded and handled box with original fabric inside. Exceptional patina and condition. Great for a lodge or cabin.
Period: Last Q...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Leather Wrapped Lidded Jewelry Box
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Light and dark leather wrapped decorative box with chrome plated handle.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Art Nouveau Pewter Jewelry Caskets by W.B. Mfg. Co./Weidlich Bros.
By Weidlich Bros. Mfg. Co.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A set of three Art Nouveau pewter jewelry caskets by W.B. Mfg. Co./Weidlich Bros. of Bridgeport, Connecticut, (c.1901-1950). The set has sequential nu...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Folk Art, Hand Executed Modernist, Art Deco Airplane /Trinket Box
Located in Buffalo, NY
Folk Art, hand executed modernist, Art deco Airplane sculpture with hand built and painted trinket box.
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
American Cowhide and Brass Box
Located in New York, NY
American cowhide upholstered box with brass nail heads.
Category
20th Century Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Good Federal Domed Top Box with Shell and Banded Inlay
Located in San Francisco, CA
with domed lid centering an inlaid shell medallion; all resting on a rectangular body raised on brass ball and claw feet; later velvet-lined interior.
Category
Early 19th Century Federal Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Metal, 1970s Stars and Stripes Roadie Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful Roadie or Evil Knievel stage box, ready for goggles to boots, from bags to books... reminiscent of.
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Tessalated Maitland Smith Faux Horn Gentleman's Dresser Box
By Maitland Smith
Located in Ferndale, MI
Elegant wood lined dresser box with hinged lid. Tessalated faux Horn exterior with brass trim. Interior is wood lined. Retains Maitland Smith label.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Judith Leiber Hardshell Purse/Handbag
By Judith Leiber
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Great form, signed inside.
Category
1960s Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Unique Inlaid Marquetry Mixed Wood Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Unique inlaid marquetry box made from a number of hardwoods. Wonderful handmade piece with a great symmetrical "star" design. Signed "J.G. White" and dated “03”.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Two Small Contemplation Boxes, Cubes, Hand Built Glazed Stoneware
By Helena Starcevic Ceramics
Located in New York, NY
A pair of small 3 inch cube box or bud vase to hold your thoughts or a tiny flower. Hand carved line-drawn geometric designs, each side is different. The tops contain rectangular ope...
Category
2010s Organic Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Vintage Stained Pine Miniature Chest, circa 1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage stained pine miniature chest, circa 1930
Measures: 13.5" wide x 10" deep x 9.5" high.
Great for jewelry, letters, etc.
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Maitland Smith Marble Box Wrapped Coconut Shell & Rope
By Maitland Smith
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Maitland Smith with cast bronze monkeys lidded jewelry box cover with rope and coconut shell.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mid-Century Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
18th to 19th Century Lidded Oak Low Stool with Interior Storage
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th to 19th century lidded oak low stool with interior storage
Measures: 22" wide x 8.5" deep x 15" high
The interior measures 17.5" wide x 6.5" d...
Category
Late 18th Century American Colonial Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Otar Stacked Brass and Copper Box
By Otar USA
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This rare 1935 all-original decorative box was designed and produced by John Otar in California. The box features individual triangular brass and copper plates stacked to create a sp...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Graceful turned wood bowl by Paul Maurer
By Paul Maurer
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A graceful hand turned wood covered vessel by the noted Northern California artist Paul Maurer. This exquisite lidded vessel is, like all of Maurer's work from fallen wood.
Category
20th Century North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Karl Springer White Snake Skin Lidded Box with Semi Precious Stone, 1970s
By Karl Springer
Located in New York, NY
Artisan box in white snake skin on outside with a semi-precious stone on top by Karl Springer, American 1970's. The craftsmanship on Springer’s pieces is unsurpassed.
Category
1970s Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone
"Zodiac Box, " Lidded Art Deco Bronze Casket with Zodiac Symbols by Oscar Bach
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully cast and finished with a lovely, lustrous patina, this bronze lidded box depicts all 12 of the Zodiac symbols -- four on the lid and two ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Mid-19th Century Gutta Percha Box with Photo's & Contemporary Notes on Genealogy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-19th century Gutta Percha Box with photo's and contemporary notes on Genealogy
Fantastic mid-19th century gutta percha box with standing figures and a horse.
Gutta Percha b...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
Black Box with Mallard Duck Mosaic
By The Couroc Company
Located in New York, NY
A black resin rectangular box with mosaic inlaid mallard duck bird on pond with cattail plant flower; all inlaying was done by hand with natural materials...
Category
1970s Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
"The Arts, " Large Silvered Bronze Casket with Symbols of Pottery, Spinning et Al
By Oscar Bruno Bach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully detailed with symbols of the arts, including literature, sculpture, pottery and spinning, this silvered bronze casket with hinged lid and mahogany interior was produced b...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1940s Enamel and Wooden Box by Elizabeth Bensley
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a nice example of artist, Elizabeth Bensley's enamel work from the late 1940s displayed beautifully on a wooden box. Note that the box top does not stay open at an angle as t...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Decorative Wooden Box in the Manner of Michael Coffey, US, 1970s
By Michael Coffey
Located in Berlin, DE
Very well crafted wooden box in the manner of Michael Coffey in excellent condition, US - 1970s.
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique Canadian General Store R.B. Hay Hoe & Co. Tea Advertising Display Tin
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique general store advertising store display tin for the R.B. Hay Hoe & Co. tea is presumed to have been made in Canada in approximately ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Studio Pottery Lidded Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
A fun and unique domed studio pottery lidded jar with a textured pattern reminiscent of snakeskin and with stamped flowers. Marked illegibly on t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Dorothy Hafner Rare Prototype Box Uniquely Hand Painted
By Dorothy Hafner
Located in Sharon, CT
Beautiful hand painted ceramic box.
Category
1970s Post-Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
"Dynasty" 100th Episode Silver Plated Table Box
By Towle Silversmiths
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
"Dynasty" 100th Episode Silver Plated Table Box
Step into the world of luxury with the Dynasty 100th Episode Silver Plated Table Box. This unique keepsake, presented to the Dynasty ...
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Native American Parfleche Box, Sioux, 19th Century Painted Hide Plains
By Sioux Indian Art
Located in Denver, CO
Antique Sioux (Native American/Plains Indian) Parfleche in a box form constructed of rawhide and intricately painted in an abstract design with hourglass and geometric motifs with natural pigments and red trade cloth.
At the time this was created, the Sioux Indians were nomadic and are associated with vast areas of the Great Plains of the United States including present-day North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Montana.
Authenticity is guaranteed.
Box is in very good condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report.
Parfleches are rawhide containers which were fundamental to the Plains way of life. Functioning essentially as protective travelling suitcases, they enabled the nomadic tribes to effectively pursue buffalo herds and migrate between seasonal camps. So critical were they to a nomadic existence that over 40 tribes are known to have historically produced parfleches. Collectively, these tribes inhabited an area which encompassed the entirety of the Plains, as well as the parts of the Southwest, the Transmontane and Western Plateau regions.
Parfleches were, out of necessity, robust and versatile objects. They were designed to carry and protect within them anything from medicinal bundles to seasonal clothing or food. In fact, it was because of the containers’ robusticity and variety that parfleches earned their name in the Anglo world. Derived from parer (to parry or turn aside) and fleche (arrow), the word parfleche was coined by 17th century French Canadian voyageurs and used to describe indigenous objects made from rawhide.
Despite their common utilitarian function, parfleches served as one of the major mediums through which Plains Indian tribes could develop their long-standing tradition of painting. In fact, it is in large part due to the parfleche that tribal style emerged. Even though parfleche painting developed simultaneously with beading and weaving, painting as an artistic tradition held particular importance in tribal culture. Believed to have evolved from tattooing, it had always been used as a conduit through which tribal and individual identity could be expressed. As such, many tribeswomen were deeply committed, some even religiously, to decorating their parfleche either with incised or painted motifs that were significant to them and/or the tribe. For some tribes, such as the Cheyenne, the decorative processes which surrounded parfleche production were sacred. For others, it seems that their parfleche designs shared an interesting artistic dialogue with their beadwork, indicating a more casual exchange of design motifs. This particular relationship can be seen in Crow parfleche...
Category
Late 19th Century Native American Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hide
James Bearden "Dwelling Box"
By James Bearden
Located in New York, NY
"Dwelling Box" in steel with an ash metallic gel coat. A 2015 work from his Cathedral series by Des Moines, Iowa artist James Bearden. Bearden's work was recently featured in a solo exhibition at the NY Design Center titled "James Bearden: Life in Steel;" in an article in the January Interior Design...
Category
2010s Brutalist North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Viceregal Chiseled Silver Casket, Decorated with Organic Motifs
Located in Mexico City, MX
This incredible piece is made of silver embossed in the form of floral ornaments.
These pieces belonged to prominent members of the nobility. In addition to their shape and possible...
Category
1750s Spanish Colonial Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Vintage Carved Stone Agate Box and Bowl in Amber Color, Set
Located in Miami, FL
Decorative vintage set of carved stone agate box and bowl in amber color.
Please not the stunning pattern of the stone and the carvings around the lidded bowl.
Superb craftsmanship...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate
Midcentury Walnut Trinket Box with Ceramic Inlay
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and unique midcentury walnut box with ceramic inlay top. This beautiful box can be used for jewelry or any type of cherised small items or just by itself is a beautiful pie...
Category
1960s Bohemian Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Walnut
Karl Springer Snakeskin Covered Box
By Karl Springer
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Karl Springer snakeskin box with suede interior.
Category
1970s Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Animal Skin
Desk Box with Wonderful Scalloped Interior
Located in West Chester, PA
Queen Anne desk box with scalloped interior on bracket feet. Made of pine with old mahogany finish. Probably New York.
Category
18th Century Queen Anne Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Erotic Session a Naked Woman Being Enlaced by Two Crickets by Mark Prent
Located in Montreal, QC
Erotic art work of a naked woman being enlaced by two crickets by Mark Prent resting in a circular walnut box with mirrored a liner signed under: "Mark Pren...
Category
1990s North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Resin
Don Shoemaker Exotic Wood Inlaid Decorative Briefcase for Señal, circa 1970
By Senal, Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Exquisitely crafted slim decorative briefcase designed by Don Shoemaker for Señal of Mexico. Taking advantage of the expertise provided by Mexican artisans, shoemaker founded Señal w...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jacaranda, Rosewood, Cocobolo
1990s Stainless Steel Funky Art Boxes by Stanley Szwarc
By Stanley Szwarc
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Sensational stainless steel sculptural art boxes
handmade in the United States by Stanley Szwarc.
1. small box dated March 27, 1998 4.75 w x 1.5 h
2. big box dated February 22, 2002 ...
Category
1990s Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
James Bearden Dwelling Box
By James Bearden
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural box of blackened and polished steel, raised atop a slender column. From the Dwelling series, 2015, by Des Moines artist James Anthony Bearden.
Category
2010s Brutalist North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Don Shoemaker Desk Top Business Card Holder
By Don S. Shoemaker
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this rare business card holder made in Cocobolo and granadillo wood, includes Original label of Señal S.A., circa 1970.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Cocobolo
19th Century Rare Miniature Wooden Bible Box in Original Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century most rare and unusual original painted miniature bible box with original painted surface and gilding. This early gem has original iron hi...
Category
19th Century Country Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Artisan Craftsman Whale Top Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A handmade artisan box out of cherry and walnut. The artist Ken Gamet carved this elegant box and fashioned the wonderful whale top. The corners have splines and the interior is fini...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1930s Mexican Wedding Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand painted Mexican wedding box.
Category
1930s Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Silver Painted Wooden Pagoda Storage Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Custom silver painted wooden pagoda box. Three tiered storage compartments plus pagoda finial lid. No makers mark.
Category
Early 2000s Chinoiserie North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Organic Modern Decorative Rectangular Green Malachite Stone Look Wood Box
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Rectangular wooden jewelry box covered in a green malachite stone look veneer. Wide at 9” and a depth of 6.25”, this vessel can hideaway just about any item that clutters up a table ...
Category
20th Century Organic Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
James Bearden "Segment Jewelry Box on Pedestal"
By James Bearden
Located in New York, NY
"Segment jewelry box on pedestal," a new work in patinated steel with 24-karat gold leaf and fused bronze, copper, and glass enamel. By Des Moines, Iowa, ar...
Category
2010s Brutalist North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel, Copper, Bronze
Mid-Century Parquetry Decorative Jewelry Box with Side Drawer and Mirror
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Mid-Century Modern era parquetry wooden jewelry box was made in the United States in approximately 1955 in a cubist style. The box is done in a series of woods with various stai...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Object d ’Art Centerpiece Junior Carpenter Kit Tool Box with Balls and Horseshoe
Located in Topeka, KS
Fun and whimsical centerpiece or object d’art assemblage comprised of Junior Carpenter Kit toy tool box filled with vintage pool balls, baseballs, field hockey balls, vintage croquet balls...
Category
20th Century Rustic North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Plastic, Rubber, Wood
Decorated Box with Overlays
Located in Nantucket, MA
Stained pine with hinged top, decorated with geometric design out of recycled piano keys. The interior with a removable organizing drawer. Illegible names with numbers are faintly wr...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Vintage Midcentury Walnut Magazine Rack by Arthur Umanoff
By Washington Woodcraft, Arthur Umanoff
Located in San Diego, CA
Mid-Century Modern walnut magazine rack. By Arthur Umanoff for Washington Woodcraft. Constructed in walnut spindles rack with cutout handle...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique Export Tin Metal Transport 5 Gallon Canister Container with Wood Case
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique export tin metal transport canister container with wood case. Item features a solid wood frame, galvanized tin metal container, remnants of cork to mouth of canister, very nice antique item. Believed to be a 5 gallon...
Category
19th Century Primitive Antique North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Maitland-Smith Tessellated Stone Box on a Stand
By Maitland Smith
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elegant vintage modern box by Maitland-Smith is made of pink tessellated stone with brass inlay around the edges. Stylish design sits on top of four legs offering convenient access. ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
American Craft, Sizable Organic Jar, Solid Sculpted Oak, America, 1970s
Located in High Point, NC
A intricate and organically shaped box / container / jar. With several compartments. In finely sculpted oak. Produced in America, 1970s.
Other designers of the period include Mich...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
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