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Period: 1940s
Majolica French Ceramic Cow Tureen Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica cow tureen circa 1940 signed Caugant.
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French Rustic Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Faience

Large Wooden Tramp Art Box Folk Art Gold 20th Century
Located in Poperinge, BE
Large tramp art box with lid and brass handle, folk art object made of layered pieces of gold, partly gold colored, from the late first half of the 20th century. Beautiful form of f...
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European Folk Art Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Pink Peach Mirrored Glass Decorative Box, France 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning mirrored glass decorative box was crafted in the 1940s. The square design features pink peach-colored glass with a mirror-textured effect and deep geometric bevelling. ...
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French Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

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Glass, Mirror

Set of Antique Wooden Geometric Shapes
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
circa 1940. We offer this set of 16 vintage wooden geometric shapes. These wooden models were used in teaching solid geometry and mathematics.
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Mexican Industrial Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Large Vintage Italian Capodimonte Porcelain Box
Located in Houston, TX
Large vintage Italian Capodimonte Porcelain box. Stunning large vintage Italian Capodimonte porcelain box. This lovely...
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Italian Classical Roman Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Cartier Vintage 9kt Gold and Ruby Pill Box, London 1947
Located in Braintree, GB
A rare vintage Cartier pill box crafted in 9-karat yellow gold, accented with two cabochon rubies. The circular pill box features a bold geometric eng...
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British Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold

Art Deco Wood and Lucite Box, 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning hand-carved modernist Art Deco decorative lidded box was crafted in France circa 1940. The rectangular shape features solid wood and crystal-clear Lucite on the sides, ...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

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Lucite, Wood

1940's Small Decorative Party Bag Plastic Baskets - Set Of Five
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940’s Small Decorative Party Bag Plastic Baskets – Set Of Five. We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untouched sinc...
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Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

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Plastic

Repoussé Brass Box
Located in New York, NY
Repoussé brass box, Dutch, repoussé brass covered wooden box with original patina, circa 1940. Measurements: 17" width, 12" depth, 9" height.
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Dutch Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Cartier, English-Made Art Deco Sterling Silver Box, 1944
Located in Bath, GB
A magnificent and highly collectable box by the famous house of Cartier, this piece made in England, fully hallmarked for London 1944 together with the initials for Jacques Cartier. ...
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English Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Box 30B
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Vintage Sterling Silver Georg Jensen Box with Amber Agate Finial, Design #30, designed by Georg Jensen in 1913. This exquisite sterling silver box by renowned silversmith Georg Jensen showcases exceptional craftsmanship. The amber agate finial is elegantly set in a stylized motif of signature Jensen leaves, encircled by a delicate beaded border. The hinged lid is meticulously hand-chased with intricate floral details, while the four feet are shaped like artistic flower buds, exemplifying Jensen’s iconic design language. An extraordinary amount of hand-chasing went into this piece, elevating it beyond silversmithing into the realm of fine art and home jewelry...
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Danish Art Nouveau Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

1940s Indian Marble Box Inlaid with Lapis and Agate
Located in Tampa, FL
A beautiful vintage Indian white marble box, circa 1940s, intricately inlaid with lapis, agate, and other semi-precious stones forming delicate floral vines and flowers across the surface. The craftsmanship reflects the long tradition of Indian pietra dura...
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Indian Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Agate, Lapis Lazuli

Macassar Ebony and Satin Wood Game Box, France 1940, Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very rare box in Macassar ebony and satinwood. It is a box of games, which opens by articulating the flaps on each side, and which allows you to put the many game objects you want in...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ebony, Macassar, Satinwood

1940's New Old Stock Pharmacy Canister - Large Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's New Old Stock Pharmacy Canister - Large Quantity Available. Original new old stock French packaging, never used. Listing is for a single canister and lid. Workshop Report: ...
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Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Swedish Grace Pewter casket by Thorild Knutsson, 1940s, Sweden
Located in Værløse, DK
Swedish Grace Pewter Box designed by Thorild Knutsson circa 1940. An elegant piece for a beautiful place. * A small lidded box in pewter with a wooden inner box. * Designer: Thorild...
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Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pewter

Box for Decoration, or Desk Box in Makassar, Art Deco, France 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is from France. It has been made in 1940, it is an art Deco Item. The wood is makassar ebony . It can be used as a docorative box, at home or in an desk.
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Ebony Macassar Decorative or Jewelry Box, Brown Color, Art Deco, France, 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
It is a Macassar ebony box, which opens onto a compartment covered in velvet. This box was made in France in the 1940s, it is an ArDéco object. It i...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Macassar

Italian Futurist 1940s Girl with Pail Wooden Toy
Located in Milan, IT
Italian Futurist 1920s Girl with Pail wooden box toy.
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Italian Futurist Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Italian Olive Burlwood Cigarette or Dresser Box by Argenteria Alignani
Located in Chicago, IL
A nice olive burl wood Italian cigarette or dresser box with original label by Argenteria Alignani. The top of the box is silver-plate and the sides have copper edging. Beautifully ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver Plate, Copper

Danish Cast Iron and Bronze Jewelry Box or Dresser Box, Circa 1940s
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful casket form cast iron and bronze dresser box, jewelry box, cigar box, or decorative box with interior cedar lining. The front depicts a scene from the 1219 Battle of Lynd...
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Danish Medieval Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Iron

George VI 9 Carat Yellow Gold Ruby and Diamond Powder/Mirror Compact by Cartier
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage 0.06 carat ruby, 0.24 carat diamond and 9 karat yellow gold mirror/powder compact made by Cartier; an addition to our Cartier collectables...
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English Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold

Debladis Paris Art Deco Silver Plate and Cork Decorative Box, 1940s
Located in Atlanta, GA
Silversmith R. Debladis, Paris, crafted this stunning Art Deco decorative lidded box. The rectangular shape, with a streamlined design, is topped with varnish-cork. The piece is of b...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Silver Plate

Art Deco Pewter Matchbox Holder with Archer Relief, 1940s
Located in Göteborg, SE
Art Deco matchbox holder in pewter with sculpted archer motif on the lid, dated 1940 and monogrammed "CH". Raised on four small feet, with a sliding wooden drawer. A striking decorat...
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Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Pewter

Gilded Bronze Box with Poem by French Art Jeweler Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A gilt bronze poudrier box with cast poem on surface by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The poem "Les 4 ages de la Femme" was an old French lyrical poem th...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Italy 1940s Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Tobacco Container, Pipe Shape
Located in Roma, IT
Tobacco container by Aldo Tura, Italy 1940s in goatskin, brass and wood. The container has two compartments, one for storing tobacco and another for storing and lighting the games. D...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Folk Art Hand Painted Trinket Box in the Style of Peter Hunt Circa 1940s
By Peter Hunt
Located in Peabody, MA
Primitive hand decorated trinket box in the style of the noted Provincetown folk artist Peter Hunt, ca. 1940s. Humorous interior label indicates it is "four of four of a kind" and ...
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American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paint

1940s Machinists tool box - mahogany
Located in Cedar Falls, IA
Vintage machinist's tool box. Solid mahogany construction. Finger box joinery. Refinished.
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American Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Mahogany

1940's New Old Stock Pharmacy Box - Large Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's New Old Stock Pharmacy Box - Large Quantity Available. Original new old stock French packaging, never used. Listing is for a single box and lid. Workshop Report: Our worksh...
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French Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Large Gilt Bronze Feuille Box by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950. The box called "Feuille" (Leaf) features an irregular leaf form wit...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

2 Antique Stone Pietra Dura Trinket Boxes w Bowl Desk Accessories
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Elegant antique stone trinket box with pietra dura floral inlay and incised sides.
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Organic Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Industrial Era Metal Storage Bins, Powder Coated Bright Chartreuse
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Industrial era steel stackable bins with handles. Freshly powder coated in bright chartreuse. The bins have endless uses; in an office, mud room, hall...
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American Industrial Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Stainless Steel

Aldo Tura Goat Skin, Brass and Wood Italian Pipe Shaped Tobacco Box, 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing midcentury tobacco box in goatskin, brass and wood with the shape of a pipe. This fantastic item was designed by Aldo Tura in Cusano Milanino Italy for Macabo during the 1940...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Box by Fontana Arte, Wood and Glass, 1940s
Located in Brussels, BE
Box by Fontana Arte, Wood and Glass, 1940s
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Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Hollywood Regency Mark Cross Luxurious Vintage Wood Box Italy
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a Mark Cross Italian wood yellow box. Stamp present. Made in Italy. Dimensions: 2.25" H x 8" W x 6" D. Please visit take a look at our listings, we have ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Black Opaline Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A striking 1940s black German opaline glass box, marked West Germany, showcasing refined craftsmanship and mid 20th century elegance. This exceptional piece features deep black opal...
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German Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

1940s Art Déco Silver-Plated Metal Cylindrical Container by Jean Després, France
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...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Silver, Silver Plate

Folk Art Deco Maple Burl Wood Decorative Lock Box with Inlay Detail
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Folk Art carved maple burl wood box with locking mechanism and original key, circa 1940s. Geometric inlay details present to the surface. Very nice...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Burl

Wilhelm Kåge for Gustavsberg. Square Argenta lidded box in ceramic.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960) for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Square Art Deco lidded box in ceramic with classic green glaze. From the Argenta series. Mid-20th century. Marked. In perfect cond...
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Swedish Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

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Ceramic

1940s Square Green Marble Box With Sculpted Lid
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Square Green Marble Box With Sculpted Lid Small knick on top (as shown in pictures)
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Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble

Indian Inlaid Marble Box Floral Agate and Precious Stones
Located in Tampa, FL
A beautifully crafted vintage marble box from India, dating to the 1940s–1950s. The surface is intricately inlaid with agate and other precious stones, forming an elegant floral patt...
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Indian Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Marble

1940's New Old Stock Vintage Box Of Animal Erasers - Box Set
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's New Old Stock Vintage Box Of Animal Erasers - Box Set. We recently came across a large hoard of new old stock hardware and general merchandise items, laying untouched since ...
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Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Box with a Shell Lid in Style of Alexandre Noll
Located in NYC, NY
A beautiful wood box with a small compartment inside and a shell lid in the manner of Alexandre Noll.
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French Minimalist Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Shell, Walnut

1940s German Silver and Enamel Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine vintage German silver and enamel card case; part of our boxes and cases collection. This fine German vintage card case has a rectangular book ...
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German Other Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Gilt bronze box by Line Vautrin "The Armenian alphabet'' - 1940
Located in Girona, Girona
Very beautiful gilt bronze box or mirrorless compact. This object has two sides with different motifs representing the Armenian alphabet. Patina re-gilded with fine gold. Design: Li...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Turquoise Marbled Wood and Naturel Wood Box, 1940s
Located in Sacile, PN
Turquoise marbled wood and nature wood box, 1940s. Rectangular box painted in blue faux marble and nature wood with brass closure and ribbon-shape...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel

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 ...
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Danish Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

1940s Elizabeth Bensley Enamel and Zebrawood Decorative Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a nice example of artist, Elizabeth Bensley's enamel work from the late 1940s contrasting a primitive, crudely assembled box with refined, expert enamel decoration. Note that...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel

1944 Lino Sabattini Christofle Design Silver Metal Apple Box
Located in Brescia, IT
Apple Box Lino Sabattini Christofle _ Coll. Gallia France, 1944 Silver Metal Box Mark engraved under the bottom Very Good Condiction bibliography: Filippo Alison...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Gilt Bronze Reliquary Pendant by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A piece of wonderful jewelry by Line Vautrin designed in 1941 on the subject of St Foi, a child martyr on the early fourth century and the patron saint of prinsoers, in a rare form of a reliquary...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

1940's New Old Stock Card Tile Box - Empty
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940’s New Old Stock Card Tile Box – Empty. We have a weakness for many things, well made boxes being one of them. This just a tile box, but heavy weight card, stapled and with grea...
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English Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Paper

Jacques Adnet Stitched Leather and Oak Lidded Box
Located in North Miami, FL
Beautiful simplicity of Jacques Adnet design, this hinged box with classic brown leather trim and stitch-work, is marked on underside.
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

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Leather, Oak

Line Vautrin's Jewelry box
Located in Paris, FR
Jewelry box by Line Vautrin 1946 Talosel and incrusted mirror 6x4 cm
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French Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Talosel

Vintage Unique Leather Italian Box 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This unique vintage piece is a decorative box designed to resemble a leather-bound book titled "Desmoulins Oeuvres." The box features intricate gold-embossed detailing on the spine a...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

1940's Original Storage Crates By De Werkeende Bie - Poperinghe
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's Original Storage Crates By De Werkeende Bie - Poperinghe. Very rare original Belgian crates from 'De Werkeende'. Founded by Henri Maes in 1930 a humble bakers to start, they...
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Belgian Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Poplar

French Crystal and Bronze Dresser Box with Cherubs
Located in Clearwater, FL
An exquisite French crystal and bronze dresser box featuring a detached lid topped with a large, cut crystal finial. The box is supported by four charming bronze cherubs. Beautiful b...
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French Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

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Crystal, Bronze

Whippet Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Whippet jewelry box. Vintage Italian leather bound velvet lined box with bronze patinated whippet. Italy, 1940’s. Dimensions: 8.5” H X 8.75" W x 5.75...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Large Rare French Gilt Bronze Box "Pinocchio" by Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rare cast gilt bronze box "Pinocchio" by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997). The elongated lidded box depicts a silouette portrait of the famous boy. The interior...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Antique Bronze German Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A late 1940s bronze box with a wooden interior. Signed Germany with a patent number.
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German Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Pink Peach Mirrored Glass Decorative Box France 1940s
Located in Florence, IT
Pink Peach Mirrored Glass Decorative Box. The box features beveled and engraved rose mirrored glass. Shipping cost is included in the price.
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French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Decorative Boxes

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Fabric, Velvet, Mirror