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Period: 1980s
Pair of Mid-Century Modern Tessellated Stone Boxes by Maitland Smith
Located in New York, NY
This elegant pair of modernist boxes were realized by the celebrated 20th century design firm Maitland Smith in the Philippines, circa 1980. They feature two cylindrical bodies- one ...
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American Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Bill Long Large Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A great organic shaped Box Integrated carved interior tray Beautiful wood selection A large organic example of American Craft
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American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Late 20th Century Hand-Crafted Wooden Organic Treasure Box Square Design Inlay
Located in Lisse, NL
A unique, decorative and multipurpose box. If you are looking for a handsome and stylish box for keeping your jewelry or other 'objects of Virtue' than this handcrafted piece could be perfect for you. The maker has gone to great length in making this box, because all sides are perfectly inlaid with square faux shell...
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European Art Deco Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Pill box big size Florentine Renaissance Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Large round pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled engraving in two colours, in Florentine Renaissance style. Diameter cm. 5 cm high. 2. Weight gr. ...
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Italian Renaissance Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

1980s Hollywood Regency Maitland-Smith Tessellated Marble & Brass Decorative Box
Located in St. Louis, MO
Vintage Hollywood Regency large Maitland-Smith style tessellated Tan / Coral marble with brass trim pill form decorative box with removable lid and lined felt interior. In fine condi...
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Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble, Brass

Modernist Long and Flat Lucite Box, circa 1980
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional modernist lidded box, crafted in Italy circa 1980, embodies both sophistication and practicality with its exquisite Lucite construction. The rare elongated, flat rec...
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Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Lucite, Acrylic

Michael Elkan Burl Spalted Birdseye Maple Free Live Edge Craft Box 1983
Located in Forest Grove, PA
An organic modern Birdseye, burl and lightly spalted studio box by artist Michael Elkan. The hinged top opens to reveal two covered compartments for jewelry or whatnots.
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American Organic Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Birdseye Maple

Burl Wood and Leather Hexagon Decorative Box by Evert Sodergren, 1980
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Burl Wood and Leather Hexagon Decorative Storage Box by Evert Sodergren, Sodergren Atelier, Seattle, Washington. 1980 Exterior Maple Burl Wood with Mahogany Trim Interior Mahogany Lid with Leather Lined Bottom Bottom is Lined with Leather with Label and Date "Evert Sodergren - Master Woodworker "My father was only interested in traditional design and I wasn’t satisfied with that. I would like to make something that hasn’t been made before."– Evert Sodergren Born in 1920, a fourth generation furniture maker, Evert Sodergren grew up in a family of Swedish immigrants in Seattle, Washington. From the age of 15, working alongside his father, he learned both the art and economics of building fine furniture. In 1939 he went to work at the Boeing Company where for eight years he built test model aircraft...
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American American Craftsman Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

Vintage Padlock Key Box in Patinated Brass, Japan 1980s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Japanese novelty wall mounted key hanger in the shape of this jumbo padlock in patinated brass. Curious details with xl revits and key.shaped handle. ...
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Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Elegant and Rare Maitland-Smith Spirits Box
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderful distressed pickled wood spirits box with brass details having four handblown bottles inside topped with corks.
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American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Maitland Smith Tessellated Horn and Penshell Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Maitland Smith tessellated polished horn and penshell jewelry box with brass trim.
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Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Horn

Esa Fedrigolli Sculptural Bronze 1980s Italian Box
Located in New York, NY
A sculptural decorative lidded bronze Italian box designed by Esa Fedrigolli for Esart. Signed
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Italian Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Maitland Smith Tessellated Pink Stone Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated pink / salmon stone decorative box with brass trim and velvet interior.
Category

Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Midcentury Chrome Glass and Briar Wood Pocket Emptier in Christian Dior Style
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful midcentury chrome glass and briarwood pocket emptier. This fantastic piece was designed in Christian Dior Style during the 1980s. The...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal, Chrome

Leather Book Box - Receipts #2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Leather book box from England. Classic style leather front with creative snap lock to hide your special belongings. Looks perfect on your shelf. Add some classic old English leather ...
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English Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Leather

Karl Springer Chic Lidded Box with Green Shagreen Lacquer Top 1980s (Signed)
Located in New York, NY
Artisan box in black lacquer with hand-lacquered shagreen top and interior in green shagreen printed suede by Karl Springer, American 1980's (signed “Karl Springer” on brass label on...
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American Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Carved Green Soapstone Elephant Motif Decorative Box
Located in Stamford, CT
1980s green carved soapstone decorative box. Carved elephant motif across the lid of the box. No makers mark or signature.
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Indian Tribal Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Ceramic Box by Gustave Tiffoche (1930-2011)
Located in London, GB
A stoneware circular box by Gustave Tiffoche (1930-2011) France, Guérande, Circa 1980
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French Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Striking Pair of Tessellated Bone Decorative Lidded Boxes
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Striking pair of tessellated bone decorative boxes having wonderful unusual shape, black ink embellishments with birds and foliage against creamy beige and white background. Lids co...
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Indian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone

Signed Exotic Wood Peter Petrochko Canister Set
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Hand crafted from North American Black Walnut, White Oak, South American Guanacast, African Padoub and Bubinga Wood. Signed Peter M. Petrochko, July 1981. Canister Set...
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Organic Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Oak, Walnut

Snuffbox with miniature of Venice, English Queen Anne style, 925 silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with translucent fired enamel on hand engraving similar to wood grain. On t...
Category

Italian Queen Anne Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Vintage Japanese Ball Shaped Plastic Tea Caddy Storage Containers, Set of 3
Located in San Carlos, CA
🍵 Elevate Your Storage: Set of 3 Japanese Natsume Tea Caddies! 🍵 Enhance your storage solutions with a touch of elegance and functionality with our wonderful set of three hard pla...
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Japanese Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Plastic

Pillbox Queen Victoria English style Shaped Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fired enameled miniature. Queen Victoria English style second half of the 19th century. Measurements cm. 2.2 ...
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Italian Queen Anne Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver

Vintage Stanley Szwarc Stainless Steel Rectangular Large Box With Designs
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 ...
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American Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stainless Steel

Porcelaine de Paris 'Décor, Chasses Royales', Two Small Lidded Boxes
Located in København, Copenhagen
Porcelaine de Paris (Décor - Chasses Royales). Two small lidded boxes with brass inserts hand-decorated with cheetahs and gold decoration. Approx. 1980s...
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French Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Johnson and Marcius Bone and Mica Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A large scale box exotic materials and form Lined interior.
Category

American Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bone

Penshell and Horn box style of Karl Springer
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
A beautifully proportioned arched-top box, expertly crafted and clad in tessellated penshell and horn inlay, arranged in a pattern that evokes the warm, organic elegance of tortoises...
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Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Horn, Shell

Table Box portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
More than a kilo of sterling silver was needed to create this stunning rectangular tabletop box. Worked with the very complicated guilloche technique, it was then enamelled at high heat with translucent enamel to make the superb workmanship shine through. The fine rectangular miniature cm. 7.5 x 10.7 on vegetable ivory. The small masterpiece handmade by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproduces the famous portrait of Empress Eugenia de Montijo, by the painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The unenamelled sterling silver parts were then gilded with a 24-carat galvanic bath. In Art Nouveau style, with a “lost” zip, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 15 x 18 x 3.5. Weight gr. 1095. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a very thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous enamelling firings at around 800° Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales known as Eugénie de Montijo was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the fall of the Emperor on 4 September 1870. From July 28 to September 4...
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Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Tessellated Horn Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Maitland Smith tessellated horn jewelry box.
Category

Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Horn

Salimbeni Table Box Art Nouveau Painting Pre-Raphaelite School Fired Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
This rectangular table box is a masterpiece of craftsmanship. Crafted from 925/1000 sterling silver and gold-plated, it features a hand-painted fire-enameled miniature by Beatrice Me...
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Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

1980s Tessellated Stone Box with Black Tessellated Stone Inset
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s Tessellated Stone Box with Black Tessellated Stone Inset Interior covered in velvet/fabric
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Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stoneware

Striking Decorative Rattan Box in Shape of Bull
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Masculine sculptural rattan box that has an opening at the top so it can function as a box.
Category

Indonesian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rattan

Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne style and sides with translucent fired enamels on ...
Category

Italian Queen Anne Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Tessellated Stone Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tessellated salmon color stone jewelry / decorative box with brass accents by Maitland Smith .
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Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse's Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below and hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, English "Art Nouveau" style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 4.7 x 6.7 x 2. Weight gr. 96. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 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...
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Italian Art Nouveau Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Vintage Italian Round Box 1980's
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unearth the charm of a Vintage Italian Round Box from the 1980s. Crafted with exquisite Italian finesse, this elegant piece embodies the allure of a bygone era. Its rounded silhouett...
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Italian Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Table Box Octagonal Light Blue Fired Enamel and Miniature Madame Drouais on Sali
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and beautiful hand-painted enamelled miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the portrait of Madame Drouais painted by her husband Francois Hubert in 1785 and conserved in the Louvre Museum. Fine hand-engravings on the sides. French Empire style. Measure cm. 8x8x3.7. Weight gr. 285. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1989 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous eamelled firings at high heat at about 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...
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Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Maitland Smith Tessellated Box Art Deco Revival
Located in Kilmarnock, VA
Wonderful 1980s Art Deco revival box by Maitland Smith constructed out of tessellated marble with inlaid brass detail.
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American Art Deco Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Marble, Brass

Lacquered Exotic Fish Skin Jewelry Box in the Style of Karl Springer
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Lacquered exotic fish skin jewelry box in the style of Karl Springer
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Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Animal Skin

1980s Tesellated Stone and Brass Inlayed Tall Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s Tesellated Stone and Brass Inlayed Tall Box is covered in contrasting marble Brass trim lines the lid's rim This hinged lid opens to a beautifully finis...
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Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Brass

Maitland Smith Seated Monkey Signed Box or Humidor with Removable Lid
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Maitland Smith seated Monkey Signed Box or Humidor with removable lid Signed with an original Maitland Smith label and factory label.
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Karl Springer Exceptional Lidded Box in Tessellated Travertine 1980s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Exceptionally crafted table top box in tessellated travertine with wood interior by Karl Springer, American 1980's (signed "Karl Springer" on bottom). This box has a nice scale and t...
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American Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Travertine

Pumpkin Shape Tessellated Stone Storage Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pumpkin shape life size tessellated storage box with brass stem and leaf attributed to Maitland-Smith.
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Philippine Hollywood Regency Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

1980s Tessellated Stone Box With Wood Ribbon
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s Tessellated stone box by Renoir Designs made to look like a present. Wood ribbon. Made in the Philippines
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Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

1980 Italian Crystal & Black Murano Glass Round Box Worked with 24Kt Gold Dust
Located in New York, NY
1980s Venetian high-quality decorative trinket jewel glass box of imposing size and Hollywood Regency style, entirely handcrafted and blown in black Murano glass, extensively worked ...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Leaf

Vintage Carlo Moretti 1980 Round Apple Mint Murano Crystal Glass Bowl with Cover
Located in New York, NY
Vintage decorative vase with cover or jar made in blown apple green Murano crystal glass, designed and signed by Carlo Moretti. Can be accompanied by the same item in amethyst color ...
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Italian Organic Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass

Two-Tone Wood Jewelry Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Studio craft rosewood and mahogany jewelry box c.1987, features a mahogany casing with contrasting rosewood base and drawers. Each drawer has an elongated drawer pull and is lined wi...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Rosewood, Mahogany

Karl Springer Unique Hinged Box in Polished Sodalite Stone 1980s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Stunning one-of-a-kind hinged box in polished blue sodalite stone by Karl Springer, American 1980's (shown with original showroom tag from the 1980’s). Blue sodalite is a rare minera...
Category

American Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Brass

XX Century Italian Sterling Silver oblong decorative box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Decorative oblong table box in 925 sterling silver. The bottom of the box was hand-shaped from a sterling silver sheet and hammered and then finished with a flat edge. The hinged and...
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Italian Other Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

1980s Tessellated Stone With Brass Inlay Pyramid Shaped Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1980s tessellated stone with brass inlay pyramid shaped box.
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Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone

1980s Post Modern Memphis Style Lacquered Handmade Box by Hollis Fingold, Signed
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fantastic postmodern Memphis style handmade, hand-painted wood box with distinctive rounded flat feet and sculpted wavy handle by artist Hollis Fingold. The inside of the box has a...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paint, Fabric

Giant Plastic Phone Stashbox
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Massive black oversized phone. Marked "Poynter Products Inc. Cincinnati, Ohio." Made in Japan. Date stamped 1980. Made of plastic. Top and bottom pieces twist off and can be used as ...
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Japanese Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Plastic

Buccellati Sterling Silver engraved box
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sterling Silver engraved box by Buccellati Signed M. Buccellati and 925 523 grams In perfect condition
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Italian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Karl Springer Hinged Box in Brown and Black Cobra, 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Hinged box covered in brown and black cobra with interior covered in moiré silk by Karl Springer, American 1980's. The craftsmanship and attention to detail are superb.
Category

American Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Chrome

Vintage Signed Enameled Foiled Cloisonné Flower and Lucite Vessel or Box
Located in North Miami, FL
The beautiful detail of this vintage lucite box, vessel or container is the work of artist Komrad as signed on the top. It has gorgeous detail with ...
Category

American Organic Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Foil

Japanese Kazaribako Glass Box Kyohei Fujita
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Kazaribako "Ornamented Box" made of glass by Japanese artist Kyohei Fujita (1921-2004) circa 1980s. The hand-blown glass box with fitting lid is of an oval shape, slightly irregula...
Category

Japanese Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Tommaso Barbini 1980s 3 Piece Smoking Set
Located in Montclair, NY
Tommaso Barbi group of 3 1980s ceramic smoking objects of 1 box and 2 ashtrays. All signed in white glaze B. Ceramiche. Box. 6.88 W 4.25 D 2.75 H Round 6.25 D 1.75 H...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Karl Springer Lacquered Snakeskin Decorative Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A scrupulously-crafted, decorative trinket or jewelry box by Karl Springer comprising a rectangular body with a domed, hinged lid and a suede-lined interior. The outside is wrapped e...
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American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Suede, Animal Skin

Brass and Black Lacquer Trio of Nesting Boxes
Located in Miami, FL
A set of 3 nesting boxes.
Category

Italian Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Artist-made vintage onyx / agate & walnut lidded vessel box, signed & dated 1984
Located in Hastings, GB
This beautifully tactile sculptural onyx lidded box is a unique artist-made piece...unfortunately I've been unable to identify the maker's mark. We sourced it in Phoenix, Arizona, al...
Category

American Post-Modern Vintage 1980s Decorative Boxes

Materials

Onyx

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