1920s Decorative Boxes

Blackington Sterling Silver and Guilloché Enamel Box with Mirrored Lid, Circa 1920s A luminous sterling silver and guilloché enamel bo...

Octogonal box with lid, sporting a large and decorative handle with foliage pattern. Rich marbled brown/ green glaze. Charles Gréber (1853-1935) Beauvais, France. signed " C. Gréb...

An absolutely stunning enamel box, French in origin with the boars head mark for solid silver (minimum 800/1000). The goldsmith's makers mark is also present, I think GB but a little...

A unique Art Deco chest, perfect as a jewelry or trinket box. Decorated with Egyptian motifs in bas-relief, the top depicts a hunting scene with a chariot drawn by horses, reminiscen...

A guilloche enameled round box. Fabulous German early 20th century enamel box, created in Pforzheim Germany, circa 1920. This beautiful box was carefu...

French Faience pate tureen with rabbits Circa 1920.

A glazed and hand painted porcelain box and cover with figural serpent finial. Model no. 5709, 'The passions of man'. Designed by Gio Ponti for Richard Ginori, Milan, Italy, circa 1...

Bring a touch of nostalgia into your interior with this beautiful, original metal coffee tin by J.C. Dorlas. The bright red tin with gold lettering and a beautiful weathered patina e...

Antique coffee tin by H. Smith of Groningen, bearing the title of Purveyor to the Royal Household. The original red color with gold-yellow lettering...

“Dinard” box in white pressed-molded glass, enhanced with a sienna patina. Model created by René Lalique in 1927 and discontinued in 1937. Molded signature under the base. Height:...

Box "Vaucluse" made in frosted glass with pink patina by René Lalique in 1924. Molded signature into the design. Perfect condition height: 3.5 cm diameter: 7.5 cm Félix Ma...

Art Deco brass box around 1920s Polished and stove enamelled Wood inside.

A beautiful lidded pewter box with amazing patina. Swedish Grace. Made by CG Hallberg, Sweden, 1929. Good condition, with some scratches and scuffs. Stamped with makers mark, 'SVENS...

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...

A wonderful example of an Akha Tribe spice basket, with a stunning woven pattern on all sides and crafted from a mix of rattan. This basket was once used to store precious spices and...

Small unusual jewelry trinket in light bronze set floral perforations. Its interior is linned with blue velvet. It was made in the late 10s or early 20...

Antique Egyptian Revival Art Deco enameled 800 grade silver gilt cloisonne enamel box, Italy, circa 1925. The hexagonal shaped lidded box having a hinged lid, decorated with a head o...

Extraordinary Modernist piece of early 20th Century design! This box or container with a hinged lid is lacquered with a fabulous typically constructivist "Spritzdekor" airbrush patt...

Unique multifaceted trinket with hand painted motif to the lid. It was made in Denmark during the 1920s, probably by Lyngby Glas in Copenhagen.

Granadan Nasrid-Style Marquetry Box by Inocencio Molero Peche, Early 20th Century Exceptional Granadan marquetry box executed in the Nasrid taste, richly decorated with intricate la...

A Set of 3 antique tin cans from France, 1920 s / 1930s.

Austrian or French Art Deco period wood box, overed with stingray skin. Excellent, skillfully executed craftmanship. The geometric skin is framed is made by ebonised rosewood and sm...

A French dore bronze mounted blue opalescent and dore bronze finial covered box. This round form box is very unusual with a blue opalescent color and dore bronze mount. The top is fi...

A French Art Deco period lapis lazuli opaline glass ashtray with delicate filigree brass mounts. The rich, deep blue opaline glass is beautifully polished, creating a striking contra...

T & V Limoges (Tressemann & Vogt) Black & White Egyptomania Scarab Motif Box France, Circa 1925 A captivating piece of T & V Limoges exotic elegance—this...

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...

A wonderful example of an Akha Tribe spice basket, with a stunning woven pattern on all sides and crafted from a mix of rattan. This basket was once used to store precious spices and...

Hand made early 20th century Moroccan antique Berber case flask, carved wood covered with brass and silvered metal filigree, delicately hand-hammered metal with animals decor for pow...

A French Dore Bronze Mounted Peach Opaline Crystal Round Form Covered Box. The cylindrical form includes a flat-topped lid that fits precisely onto the base, joined by a decorative ...

Arts & Crafts Wine Cave with Decorative Metal Work, circa 1920s Box from the Arts & Crafts period, Made in France A very special item with decorative metal work on top. Definitely o...

An elegant Art Deco vanity compact by Cartier, Paris–Londres–New York, crafted in black enamel with 18kt gold and silver-gilt mounts. The exterior is centred with a carved jadeite pl...

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...

"Marked” Tiffany Studios on underside. Solid bronze box with Zodiac motifs and Greco-Roman grid motif. Classic art deco shapes and forms. 

Arts & Crafts Wine Cave with Decorative Metal Work, circa 1920s Box from the Arts & Crafts period, Made in France A very special item with decorative metal work on top. Definitely o...

A lovely Chinese turquoise cloisonne trinket box with images of the Hundred Antiques, Republic Period, circa 1920, China. The rectangular box de...

A Rare Art Deco Odeon Style Secret Safe Book This is a very attractive piece, it has an Odeon style marquetry Sun burst decoration When set on the bookshelf this looks like a very ...

Very rare only a few know to exist. Signed deskey and with monogram DV in the design lacquered wood with an applied ink on paper work under lacquer circa 1926. produced by Deskey-Vollmer, New York. David A. Hanks and Jennifer Toher, Donald Deskey: Decorative Designs and Interiors, New York, 1987, p. 9 J. Stewart Johnson, American Modern 1925-1940: Design for a New Age, New York, 2000 (for a related cigarette box from the collection of John C. Waddell) The iconography Deskey chose to portray recounts a "night on the town'' in New York City, similar in subject to the “Jazz” bowl...

A rare and elegant Swedish Art Deco pewter lidded box designed by Sylvia Stave for CG Hallberg, dated 1928. This refined example reflects Stave’s early mastery of form, where classi...

"Chicks" box in pressed molded white glass, enhanced with a gray-blue patina. Molded signature on the reverse. Model created in 1929. Perfect condition. Length: 11.5 cm Félix Marc...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique German sterling silver sugar box modelled in the form of a partridge; part of our collection of s...

A round wooden box from India. Might be some type of exotic rosewood. Circa 1920s, maybe a little earlier. Box with six ivory dots on lid, ivory feet and finial.

PRIMAVERA & Manufacture CAB (Céramique d’Art de Bordeaux) Ceramic box with a creased and glazed lid, partially crackled, cream and black on an ochre background, decorated with a...

A charming Chinese yellow cloisonne small trinket box with dragons, Republic Period, circa 1920, China. The small box sets on four bun feet and designed ...

Box in brass and pewter with decor of a womans face. Designed by Anna Petrus for Firma Svenskt Tenn. Marked B8 = 1928.   

A charming Chinese strongbox dating to the 1920s, crafted from rich rosewood and accented with brass straps. The top features an inset piece of jade, adding a subtle but elegant foca...

1920s giltwood and gesso box.

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...

Sandoz Art Deco Porcelain Box Origin: France, Circa 1920 Porcelain box Fox or cat sculpture Green and white Created and hand-painted by Marcel Sandoz M...

Wooden casket with inlays, fully resored with glossy finish, manufactured in Vienna in 1920 attributed to Wiener Werkstätte and Dagobert Peche.

This vintage 1920’s intricate designed pressboard watch box is in excellent condition and is made with meticulous craftsmanship. Beautifully embossed top, reminiscent of tooled leath...

An early 20th century bird's-eye maple collectors box, circa 1920. Complete with recessed silvered handles and corners which gives it a military Campaig...

A wonderful antique English gaming counter box dating to the 1920's / 1930's. The box has a secret opening mechanism; the lid is slid to the left which ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage circa 1920's hand painted and lacquered oriental Chinese table chest or jewellery box. A very good looking and well made pie...

A magnificent, fine and impressive pair of antique English sterling silver fox boxes; part of our continental ornamental silverware collection...

Large Japanese Maki-E Lacquer Box With Creepy Woodsorrel Mon or Kamon. Circa 1920s, black exterior ground various mixed color mon of the Tokugawa Shogunate, silvered metal rim on the...

A lidded Pewter Box made by Just Andersen in the 1920s. A lovely piece for a beautiful spot. * A round lidded box in hammered pewter with inner box in wood. The lid has ornaments an...

An enameled box by Bruder Frank for Alfred Dunhill.  This is an extraordinary and extremely rare desk box with triple enameling. The box have been created by the Austrian silversmit...

Box with decor of a lion, brass and pewter. Designed by Anna Petrus for Firma Svenskt Tenn. Marked C8 = 1929.   

A quite superb silver and purple, engine turned, guilloche enamel snuff or card box. This Art Deco box, set with pink faceted stone and marcasite's, stamped '935', London import mark...

An exceptionally decorative box, a jewel of Art Deco, crafted in Italy in the 1920s. The box boasts an elaborate design—its rectangular shape with beveled outer corners. Made of wal...