1970s Decorative Boxes

Midcentury beautiful rectangular box in travertine and chrome in the style of Fratelli Mannelli. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Perfect desk object or gift idea.

Woven Faux Cane Domed Box Possibly made by Maitland Smith The surface of the box creates an illusion of a traditional woven straw box

Elegant rectangular Italian decorative box crafted from translucent honey-toned marble, featuring a sculpted mosaic-pattern lid and brass trim. The natural variations in the stone gi...

Pill Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24 carats. Pill Box Silver is Rectangular with translucent fired enamels on guilloché. Pill Box Silver has a hand-painted m...

Here is a very handsome and iconic lidded box by Karl Springer. Made of tessellated stone, this example has brass accents and a shagreen interior. The box is in very good condition w...

Midcentury amazing rectangular box in lucite, rattan and chrome in the style Christian Dior Home. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Great accessory for any modern interior.

Midcentury pair of cylindrical decorative box in travertine in the style of Enzo Mari. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Large box: Height 8 cm, Diameter 12.5 cm. Little box: Height 6 ...

Vintage handmade and hand painted John Richard beige, gold leaf and Brass tessellated Shell Bone decorative jewelry box. Features a lined with black Ultrasuede Fruit Wood Box to stor...

This Scandinavian modern round heavy box is a combination of polished stone and brass. It is vintage from the 70's and marked with original labels on the bottom Saulo Made In Norway....

This elegant rectangular box features a refined patchwork of hand-laid cream bone inlay, creating a subtle yet luxurious texture. The smooth, polished finish highlights the natural v...

Small box cylindrical beautifully crafted by Italian designer Gabriella Crespi, dating back to the 1970s. This exquisite piece is crafted in brass, showcasing Crespi's signature min...

Amazing pair of cylindrical box in chrome, brass and lucite by the Italian designer Romeo Rega. Made in Italy in the 1970s. His signature is engraved on the pair of box as shown in...

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...

Brass jewelry box with pomegranate motif.

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...

Rectangular table box with rounded corners, made of 925/1000 sterling silver, featuring a fire-enameled Art Deco design. Dimensions: 10.5 x 13.5 x 3.2 cm. Weight: 560 g. This piece ...

Rectangular table box with rounded corners, made of 925/1000 sterling silver, featuring a fire-enameled Art Deco design. Dimensions: 8.5 x 11.4 x 3.2 cm. Weight gr. 382. This piece i...

Midcentury amazing rectangular box in solid brass embellished with decorative engravings and wood in the style of Luciano Frigerio. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Total weight o...

Hollywood Regency Tessellated Box Or Chest. This charming vintage tessellated box or tabletop chest would make a lovely jewelry box or decorative table box.

Petite lucite and cane in lucite decorative box. In the style of Dior. Made in Italy, 1970's. Oxydated brass accents.     

MarCo Melocchi and Franco Bettonica of O.P.I. Design, designed this extraordinary table design in 1974. This is an original design from the early Seventies. It’s iconic minimal desig...

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...

Mid century modern organizing cylinder storage bin with lid, circa 1970's. This unique caddy is wrapped in black leather displaying wonderfully aged patina and vintage charm. The int...

1970s Rectangular goatskin box with wooden interior by the Italian designer Tommaso Barbi. The original label is still attached on the back, as shown in the photos.

Elegant vintage rectangular box featuring a sleek silverplate exterior accented by a striking malachite inlay lid in rich emerald green tones. The interior is lined with warm wood, c...

Collection of four small unlined brown leather boxes with gold inlay/embossed decoration by Scuola del Cuoio (ca. 1970s, Florence, Italy). Includes a cylindrical snuff box, a matchbo...

Gabriella Crespi Small Brass Container Box. Italy 1970s Carries the Initials E.L. Signed at the base Gabriella Crespi.

Midcentury amazing oval decorative box in lucite and brass. Good condition, patina of time. Perfect also for jewelry, for the desk, or for collecting little objects. Made in Italy...

Round, curved pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamels above and below, and a hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, in Viennese Art Nouveau style, secon...

Art Nouveau Jewel: Guilloché Enamel & Hand-Painted Pill Box by Giorgio Salimbeni, 1977 This exceptional oval pill box is a masterful synthesis of two revered decorative arts: th...

Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silvere gold-plated with fine hand engravings and three-color fired enamels on guillochè also on the sides. Baroque style. Dimensions: 6 x ...

Octagonal box in Lucite, wicker and wood with a brass knob in Christian Dior style. Made in France in the 1970s.

Incredible decorative box in laminated silver and mid-century glass. By Liwan's of Rome for Maison Mercier Freres. Signed. Sold by Janetti Firenze, a famous design house founded in 1...

This exquisite and rare vintage Maitland Smith large hinged box box has a beautiful medallion on top of a black stone set into brass. The box is a beautiful combination of horn, abal...

Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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 ivory...

Paul Evans Cityscape Keep Safe Box, not many of these were produced, interior plastic laminite. Dimensions: 5" wide 5" deep 3" high

Snuff box "savonette" shape in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire enamel and hand painted miniature on white background depicting a heads of running horse . English "Art Nouveau" st...

Round pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire enamel and landscape miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli in Art Nouveau style. Dimensions diameter c...

Square box in briar wood and chromed metal. Italian production 1970s attributed to Tommaso Barbi. The box was created for “Gucci Boutique” which in those years was located in Rome in via Borgognona and sold household items as well as small leather goods.

Limoges, France. Two round covered jars / boxes in porcelain decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante. Approximately 1970. Provenance: From a ...

This stunning decorative Lucite lidded box was crafted in Italy circa 1970. The piece boasts a rounded shape, with a base in licorice black Lucite topped by a lid in crystal clear Lu...

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...

Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with a hand-painted miniature with fired enamel by the painter Romano Buccioni in the Louis XVI Empire style of the second hal...

Domed Patchwork Bone Trinket Box Probably made by Maitland Smith

Giorgio Salimbeni Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Pill Box with Miniature by Renato Buccioni, Florence, 1978 Exquisite round, domed pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver, gold...

Elegant vintage Italian rectangular box featuring a 24-karat gold-plated exterior and a brown suede-lined interior divided into three compartments. The hinged lid and minimalist desi...

A compact cylindrical lidded box featuring an attractive hand-hammered silver-tone finish and understated geometric monogram engraving to the lid. The textured surface creates a live...

Charming vintage lidded bowl designed in a sculptural tomato form, complete with detailed stem and leaf finial. The rounded, segmented shape and reflective silverplate finish give th...

Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette Case, octagonal section, in 925/1000 sterling silver. Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette Case has a spring-loaded button and opening Salimbeni Pocket Cigarette C...

Elegant vintage cylindrical desk box or storage container crafted from glossy black lucite/acrylic and topped with a decorative heraldic-style medallion. The lid features a metallic ...

Elegant mid-century Italian brass box with matching lid, defined by its softly rounded profile and warm golden patina. The clean, minimal silhouette reflects refined modernist taste,...

Rutebo Leksand, Sweden. Large money box in shape of a camel in glazed stoneware/ ceramics. 1970s. In very good condition. Stamped. Measuring: 30 x 20 cm.

Very beautiful one of a kind silver plated metal box with fine diamond point patterns. Handcrafted and high quality metal work. The box is very heavy. Made on a special request, circa 1970, by Maison...

Elevate your collection with this exquisite oval pill box, crafted from 925/1000 gold-plated sterling silver. This piece is adorned with a hand-painted fire-enameled miniature, echoi...

A Kyoto box on stand by Karl Springer, circa 1970. Faux shagreen and bone inlay; suede lining. 37 inches wide by 24 ¾ inches deep by 22 inches tall

Rectangular desk cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enameled miniature depicting a romantic couple in Art Nouveau...

Limoges, France. Two covered jars / boxes in porcelain, one oval, decorated with 22-karat gold leaf and beautiful royal blue glaze. Scène galante. Approximately 1970. Provenance: Fr...

Square snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated lid, embossed and engraved by hand, with fine round miniature diameter cm. 3.8 hand painted in tempera on veg...

A collection of four enamel pieces by Ernest Sohn, including 2 boxes and 2 dishes. Made of walnut and enamel on brass.

Large shaped table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche and large fire enamelled rectangular miniature hand painted by the painter ...