1970s Decorative Boxes

This bold and sophisticated decorative box was realized by the esteemed artisans Gene Jonson and Robert Marcius in the United States, circa 1970. This is a particularly stunning exam...

Beautiful ceramic box with green and white coloring by Longchamp. Marked "Longchamp France" on underside. Great stash box and tabletop object.

This divine Table Box is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Table Box hand-painted miniature has a Rectangular shape with rounded corners. On the cover there is a beautiful hand-engraved...

A clean-lined Italian stainless steel box from the 1970s, designed with a gently curved silhouette and polished surface. The hinged constructio...

Box shaped enamel is in 925/1000 sterling. Box shaped enamel has handpainted fired enamels miniature. Box shaped enamel is engraved and fire-enamelled ornaments. Box shaped enamel is...

Rectangular cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled and hand-painted miniature by painter Renato Dainelli depicting a pheasant....

A nice example in beautiful condition. Original invoice pictured.  

Overview An elegant rectangular box made of green onyx, Italian, 1970s, with warm brass mounts. A luxurious desk or vanity piece crafted from richly veined, translucent stone, with a...

Exceptional Maitland Smith Tasselated tiger cowrie sea shells boxes with bronze shells top handles and bronze sea shell foot. Palisander wood inside . Stamped Maitland Smith. Set of...

A rectangular chest with three flowers glazed in green, blue and white. Crackled gold frame. Wooden base with green felt at the back. France, Circa 1970 Dimensions : Height ...

Modern silver-plated apple-shaped decorative box Christofle, France, 1970s Silver-plated brass Marked on the base. H 13 cm - 12 cm diam. Conditions: very good, small dent near t...

Snuff box “savonette” shape in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire enamel and hand painted miniature on white background depicting two heads of running horses . English “Art Nouveau” ...

Vintage Italian playing card box, crafted in silver-plated metal with a refined guilloché cross-hatch pattern across the lid and intricate geometric border detailing. The box exhibit...

Charming vintage wooden box featuring a beautifully crafted inlaid mosaic lid with a geometric pattern in varied wood tones. The rich, warm hues and natural grain create a striking p...

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...

Salimbeni Pillbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver, oval section with lid with lost hinge, that is, semi-invisible. Salimbeni Pillbox has guilloche with Art Deco early 20th century styl...

This distinctive decorative box features a hand-carved wooden base and an artfully blown glass component. It is potentially a singular creation, comprising a base and a lid. The desi...

Luxurious frame made of genuine marquetery inlay that presents beautiful organic beauty with french craftsmanship. The piece is india-pine wood that is inlaid with rose-wood and citr...

Charming Italian round box from the 1970s, crafted in warm wood with a contrasting faux-tortoiseshell lid. Both the interior and underside are lined in deep green felt, giving the pi...

For your consideration, a vintage sectioned wood tray in rosewood. Tic Tac Toe game board board only. Custom made, no information on the designer. Di...

Rectangular table box in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-engraved ornaments in late Napoleon III Empire style and transparent brown fired enamel over hand-engrave...

Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dimensions cm. 5.5 x 7 x 1.8. Weight gr. 105. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1975 in Art Deco style and executed in numerous specimens, at the specific request of the firm Tiffany & Co., in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for sustaining 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...

Elegant box designed by Gabriella Crespi Wooden and golden brass small box. Recorded by Archivio Gabriella Crespi, Milan. Signed. Italy 1970s

Rino Pirovano for Rexite, Italy. 900 Multiplor. Container in red plastic with four compartments. 1970s/80s. Designed in 1977. In very good condition, lid with two interior chips. Mar...

Round rounded pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature on the lid. Viennese Art Nouveau style. Dia...

Rare rectangular wood and brass box design attributed to Wily Rizzo Italy, in very good condition with slight signs of wear and time.

Domed round 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated pillbox with fire enamels above and below, and hand-painted miniature of a lady with small dog, in Viennese Art Nouveau style second ...

A leatherrette case that has a battery-operated clock embedded in a circular brass frame on the top hinged side, a calendar consisting of a grid with numbered days from 1 to 31, the ...

Refined modernist rectangular box by Liwan’s, Italy, crafted in the 1970s with a clean architectural aesthetic. The piece features a brushed stainless-steel frame with a recessed smo...

Rectangular table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine hand-engraving Baroque style on the lid, fire-enamelled in 2 colours. In the center an ancient oval plate...

Shaped table snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque style engraving. Very fine hand engraving on all surfaces. Dimensions cm. 6.2 x 7.8 cm...

Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted miniature with fire enamelling in Louis XVI style, second half of the 19th century, and fine hand engravings...

A poetic fusion of form and function, this 1972 signed ceramic lidded box by M.N. offers a sculptural silhouette reminiscent of a stylized flower or seaform. Handcrafted and artist-m...

Rectangular solid silver 800°°/°°° table box. The box is embossed by hand with flowers, leaves and fruits. At the center of the hinged lid is embossed and engraved a sailing ship in ...

Octagonal pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired asu guillochè enamel also on all sides and monochrome hand-painted miniature on the lid. Dimensions c...

An Italian 1970s travertine and gilt metal accessories jewellery box in the style of Fratelli Mannelli , with grooved detail on the top

A luxurious vintage box featuring a richly textured natural snakeskin exterior over a solid wood form, attributed to Maitland Smith dating to the early 1970s. The interior is lined ...

This unusual metal vase and matching box have an impressed faux bois pattern. The shallow box has an attached, hinged lid. They both are rectangular in shape, and the use of metal an...

Vintage handmade Maitland Smith light pink tessellated kidney shaped stone box. Mid-Century Modern Period made in the Philippines. No makers mark....

Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone and with fired enameled oval miniature, hand painted by the painter Renato...

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

Octagonal wedge box in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white colors fire enameled in Art Deco style. Measures 7.8 x 7.8 x 6 cm. Weight gr. 281. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni ...

Onyx marble urn form round box. It has been made in France in the 1970s. The colors are Beige and white in very different nuances. It can be used as a vide poche too.

Pill Box oval with floral miniature Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamel...

An elegant Italian box made of brass and tiger's eye, ca' 1970's.

Trinket box, velvet-lined, enamel on copper plate by Irwin Whitaker. Irwin Whitaker - Oklahoma-born artist who was prolific in California, Taos, Austin...

A striking mid century agate and marble box in warm earth tones, dating to the 1970s. The box features beautifully veined marble sides complemented by a richly patterned agate. The l...

Porcelain covered pot by Georges Martin with geometrical decoration. Artist monogram on the base. Unique piece. Circa 1970-1980. H : 27.2 x 9.8 inches.

Rare set of eight ceramic centerpieces by Angelo Spagnolo for Sicart. Different sizes and mirrored azure, red, yellow, violet and gray glaze with original paper labels/marks to base....

Beautiful hand painted ceramic box.

Charming vintage lidded wooden box featuring a hand-painted olive-green lacquer finish adorned with rows of red and white heart motifs. The domed lid includes a metal pull ring for ...

Vintage Italian oval vanity or jewelry box featuring a sculptural dark burgundy lacquered body and a smoked mirrored lid. The hinged top opens to reveal a richly lined burgundy velve...

Elegant vintage round storage box crafted from richly stained wood with a sleek ribbed exterior detail and a striking brass-tone mirrored lid. The lid is topped with a sculptural bra...

A sculptural Italian decorative box crafted from richly grained wood and accented with hand-applied brass inlay forming a bold geometric motif across the lid. The warm tones of the w...

An unusual miniature chest of drawers by Virginia Podufaly, ca' 1970's. She was one of the founders of the Potters' Guild in Annapolis, Maryland in 1972.

Wood carved box marked by Honduras around 1970s Original condition

Large tasselated horn with brass handle jewelry box.

Midcentury beautiful squared decorative box in lucite and chrome. Made in Italy in the 1970s. Perfect desk object or gift idea.

Midcentury beautiful rectangular decorative box in bordeaux acrylic by Tommaso Barbi. Made in Italy in the 1970s. The original stamp is present on the bottom as shown in the photos...

Jewellery Box - Ceramic Box - Decorative Container Bitossi is one of the foremost ceramic makers in Italy. Skilled artisans and celebrated designers have come together since the in...