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Period: 20th Century
New Old Stock - Union Matches - Set Of Three
Located in Hook, Hampshire
New Old Stock - Union Matches - Set Of Three.
Pink Matches with a mustard tip. Made in Belgium, Never used. Each match box is a new condition with the Union match design on the fro...
Category
Belgian 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
New Old Stock - Plain Union Matches - Set Of Four Packs
Located in Hook, Hampshire
New Old Stock - Plain Union Matches - Set Of Four Packs. Made in Belgium, never used. Each wrapped pack contains 10 dozen individual boxes of matches. We haven't opened the pack so w...
Category
Belgian 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Arts and Crafts Bleached Oak Purdonium, Coal Box This is an attractive design
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Arts and Crafts Bleached Oak Purdonium, Coal Box
This is an attractive design, the Purdonium has a Rose and Thistle carved panel on the front and the top and inside there is a fitte...
Category
Arts and Crafts Antique 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
small green and gold enamel ceramic box, Villeroy et Boch, 1930
Located in Brussels, BE
small green and gold enamel ceramic box, Villeroy et Boch, 1930
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Bronze German Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A late 1940s bronze box with a wooden interior. Signed Germany with a patent number.
Category
German Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Dragon & Phoenix Opium Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite metal box recreates the canisters once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. The box is decorated with relief casts of dragons and phoenixes, symbols o...
Category
Chinese 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Tiffany Large Midcentury Modern Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Large Midcentury Modern sterling silver box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged with wraparound rectilinear rim. Cedar lined an...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Double Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
One of the rarest examples of a mechanical bird box, this extraordinary box features not one, but two brilliantly colored love birds crafted with genuine hummingbird feathers. When t...
Category
Empire 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
India Black Lacquer Kashmir Papier Mache Floral Candy Compote Trinket Box 7"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage black laquered lidded pedestal kashmir / kashmiri papier mâché box made in India. It features a floral motif with leaves and flowers.
Dimensions:
5.5" x 6.5" (Diameter x He...
Category
20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Paper
Small box by Mithé Espelt, France, circa 1970
By Mithé Espelt
Located in Paris, FR
Small box by Mithé Espelt
Ceramic cover with flower design and wooden box
France, circa 1970
Category
French 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
Mid Century Falcon’s Eye Intarsia Hardstone Box, Italy, c. 1960
Located in London, GB
An exquisite vintage intarsia box veneered in falcon’s eye quartz, made in Italy, c. 1960.
This decorative box has beautiful presence thanks to the deep rich blue-black colouring o...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Quartz
Large 1940s Italian Fine Timber Decorative Box
Located in London, GB
A statement lidded decorative box with shapely handle and feet. Constructed from a mix of fine timbers, to include satinwood, burr maple and rosewood. Lined in a deep plum velvet. It...
Category
Italian 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Maple, Satinwood, Burl
1950's Straw marquetry decorative boxe in the style of Jean-Michel Frank
Located in New York, NY
1950's Straw marquetry decorative boxe in the style of french designer Jean-Michel Frank
Category
European Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw
1927 Gelas Double-Table Mandolin, Numbered (5947) and Stamped
Located in Ixelles, BE
1927 Gelas Double-Table Mandolin, Numbered (5947) and Stamped: An Exceptional Collector's Piece.
- Visual Characteristics:
• Soundboard View:
o Shape: The mandolin exhibits a ch...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
1940's Black Cut Crystal Hinged Box
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Chic, black cut crystal, hinged box with gilded banding and paw feet.
Category
Unknown Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Metal
1960's Heavy Weight Rivetted Belgian Grain Bin
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Heavy Weight Rivetted Belgian Grain Bin.
These grain bins are a staple functional item from farms throughout Belgium, used to hold grain feed for live stock. These bins are ...
Category
Belgian Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sheet Metal
Late 20th C Porcelain Enamel Peint Main Collection of Trinket Boxes by Limoges
By Limoges
Located in Lowestoft, GB
Beautiful porcelain peint main collection of trinket boxes by Limoges, circa 1970/80s, With brassware clasps, all beautifully formed and hand painted
The collection consists of 16 f...
Category
French Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Mid Century Large Onyx Hardstone Intarsia Box, Italian, c. 1970
Located in London, GB
A very rare and attractive mid century onyx intarsia box, made in Italy in c. 1970.
This beautiful box is most distinctive thanks to its unique design and its large size. The base ...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Metal
J. Anthony Redmile Malachite Mtd. Silver Plate Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
J. Anthony Redmile Malachite Mtd. Silver Plate Box
English, signed Redmile London. Rectangular, the hinged lid mounted with a malachite egg.
Height 5 in., Width 5 in., Depth 3.5 in....
Category
20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
1950's "Tribal" Enameled Decorative Box by Piero Fornasetti
Located in East Hampton, NY
Vintage decorative long rectangular "Tribal" box with wooden interior and cream enameled top and sides. The serigraphy image is colorful and rare.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Vintage Turtle Box by Antony Redmile
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical mid century trinket box crafted in composition in a turtle form having a polished stone lid handle and silver plate on brass head and...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Vintage Wooden Trinket Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Small Walnut trinket box lined with felt. Original felt on the bottom. Shown with life size hand model for scale.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940-1970.
...
Category
North American Industrial 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Felt, Wood
rare and famous Carl Auböck Fish penny box
Located in Munich, DE
Another piece of my personal collection. the famous fish money box....
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Mid Century Italian Alabaster Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A hand carved alabaster trinket box with silver plate trim. Circa 1950s, Italy.
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian lidded box handcrafted in indigenous hardwoods clad in tortoise shell and decorated with elaborate lacy bone designs, featuring an etched and painted ...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Italian Cobalt Glass Box, 1960s
Located in Savannah, GA
An Italian cobalt glass box, 1960s.
5 ¼ inches wide by 3 ½ inches deep by 2 ⅛ inches tall
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Antique European Sterling Silver and Enamel Singing Bird Box Circa 1900
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique European sterling silver and enamel singing bird box; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique sterl...
Category
European Antique 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Circular Black Stone Box
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage circular stone box. Beautiful and dramatic natural white veining contrasting against a black base color of the stone.
Category
Organic Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Erhard & Sohne Art Nouveau Jewelry Box Casket, Germany, c. 1905
Located in London, GB
A beautiful art nouveau casket made by Erhard and Sohne in Germany in c. 1905.
The casket is exquisitely executed with foliate detailing, made in th...
Category
German Art Nouveau 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Burl Maple Box by Michael Elkan
Located in Hudson, NY
This is the grandfather of Michael Elkan boxes. Retaining it's original surface and the rarely seen or found interior boxes of which this group is intact.
All made from the same bloc...
Category
American American Craftsman Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Birdseye Maple
Tiger’s Eye Hardstone Silver Gilt Intarsia Box, 1960s Italian, Stamped Unoaerre
By UnoAErre
Located in London, GB
An exquisite vintage Italian tiger’s eye intarsia box stamped by Gori & Zucchi (later to become Unoaerre), retailed in Ravenna in c. 1960s.
The box is ve...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Quartz, Silver
Extremely Rare Original Cubist Ceramic Box "Crystal" By Architect Pavel Janák
By Pavel Janák
Located in PRAHA 4, CZ
The ceramic box "Crystal" offered here by Gallery Bruno and Weber was designed by the Czechoslovakian architect Pavel Janák (1881 - 1956). It is one of the most important exhibits o...
Category
Czech Other 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Anglo Indian Tortoise and Bone Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany and clad in tortoise shell decorated with bone straps, carved and painted floral panels, and paw feet. The inside has a mirror and bon...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Vintage Middle Eastern Damascene Arabesque Micro Mosaic Marquetry Table Box
Located in Forney, TX
A stunning finely hand-crafted Middle Eastern intarsia table box, mid-20th century, most likely Damascus, Syria, exquisitely handmade, featuring exceptionally executed and intricately detailed micro-mosaic marquetry-work throughout, having a rectangular chest form inlaid with various contrasting exotic woods, mother of pearl, and bone in arabesque geometric patterning. A hinged lid opens to reveal an interior lined with the original white accented worn blue fabric and delicate micro-mosaic inlay to the lid interior. circa 1940s
Provenance / Acquisition:
From the estate of Carl Carter (Texas, 1955-2023)
Acquired from the highly reputable auction house Austin Auction Gallery, est.1983, Austin, Texas. 2024 Major Estates & Antiques catalog
Dimensions: (approx)
11.5" Wide, 2.25" High, 7.75" Deep; 2lbs
Versatile:
As warm and handsome as it is useful, having the ideal size and proportions for a variety of different uses, including as a jewelry casket, decorative coffee table box...
Category
West Asian Moorish 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Fruitwood
Pewter Casket by Ellen Schlanbusch by Just Andersen, 1950s, Denmark
Located in Værløse, DK
A pewter box designed by Ellen Schlanbusch for Just Andersen in the 1950s. An elegant piece for a beautiful place.
* A lidded box in pewter with a wooden inner box. Originally cigar...
Category
Danish Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Mid-Century Mexican Abalone Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A very decorative mixed metal box adorned with abalone and little bit of silver. Has tiny ball feet and a rosewood interior. circa 1940s, signed Mexico.
Category
Mexican Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Bronze Jewelry Box Ancient Sarcophagus Reliefs Greek Roman Caesar Gladiator
By Line Vautrin
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A wonderful heavy cast bronze, hinged/lidded box, lightly polished, and glowing. Depicting ancient relief scenes / characters of Ancient Roman or Greek...
Category
Italian Greek Revival Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage French Mottahedeh WM Adaptation Round Brass Lion Passant Snuff Box
By Mottahedeh
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage reproduction brass snuff / trinket / pill box engraved with a coat of arms featuring a lion passant rearing on a shield or crest, surrounded by wh...
Category
20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Classic Burl Walnut with Inlaid Brass Swiss Music Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
This beautiful burl walnut music box with elegant brass inlaid top plays four different tunes. The rich sound resonated richly and has the workings made in Switzerland. The on and of...
Category
Swiss 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique French Sevres Porcelain Cobalt Blue & Gold Box, Circa 1900.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique French Sevres porcelain cobalt blue and gold box, circa 1900.
Category
French 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Malachite Box Turkey Tail Hexagonal Box
Located in Somis, CA
This extraordinary fine-grade malachite hexagonal box showcases the coveted turkey tail pattern, a rare and highly prized formation within the stone. Mala...
Category
Italian 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite
Hand Painted Papier Mâché Domed Top Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A 1960s hand painted papier mâché box with a domed top from Kashmir India. The box is orange and gold hand painted papier mâché with a white interior the bottom is black.
Category
Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Silver and Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box by Bontems, circa 1900
By Bontems
Located in London, GB
A beautiful Singing bird box by bontems of Paris, Circa 1900. Tortoisesheel embellished with sterling silver, with silver and enamel lid.
Category
French Late Victorian Antique 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Biscuit Box, by Armand Fresnais, Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Glass, France
By Armand Fresnais
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Antique Silver-plated Biscuit Box ,By Armand Fresnais, Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Glass , France 1877-1927
A gorgeous Art Nouveau cake container/ biscuit box. Thick, hand-painted glas...
Category
French Art Nouveau 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Carlo Fiori Metal and Rhinestone Hare Clutch Bag Purse
Located in Miami, FL
Chic vintage metal and rhinestones bag. The chain retracts inside to be used a clutch. Retains tag. Chain is 36" long. Including chain the bag hangs 22".
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Aldo Londi Bitossi Ochre Glazed Box, Vase Set
By Aldo Londi, Bitossi
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi for Bitossi hand decorated vase and box. An ochre ground provides the backdrop for the colorful stylized floral motif. Signed/Labeled Sold as a set.
Vase measures 8 x 4...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Vintage Black Lacquer Lidded Box with Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese vintage black lacquer lidded box from the mid 20th century, with hand-painted Chinoiserie décor. Created in China during the midcentury period, this black lacquer box showcases an oval lid adorned with a delicate Chinoiserie décor. Topped with a large handle, this black lacquer Chinoiserie box...
Category
Chinese 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Majolica Elephant Money Bank Saint Clement, Circa 1930
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica elephant money bank Saint Clement, Circa 1930.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Capo DiMonte Hand Painted Ceramic Box circa 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-646 Antique Capo DiMonte hand painted ceramic box.
Category
Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
20th Century Sterling Silver Box Tower Shape with Rooster at the Top
Located in VALENZA, IT
Tower shaped box in solid sterling silver round shape.
Made entirely by hand, with a chisel reproducing the bricks on the body and the windows are embossed and chiseled in the lantern. The tower is smooth, surmounted by a rooster.
Ideal for offering cigars, or for holding scrolls or diplomas.
By Poli...
Category
Italian Other 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pair of Box in Lucite & Rattan Christian Dior Home Style, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Pair of boxes in lucite and rattan in the style of Christian Dior Home. Made in Italy in the 1970s.
The boxes come in different dimensions:
- Big box: 9.5...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wicker, Rattan, Acrylic, Lucite, Plexiglass
Box in wood, for jewelry or candle, France 1980
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box has a beautiful Patina. In perfect condition, you can use it as a jewlery box, or even to put a candle in the glass inside part.
It has been made in France circa 1980
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Borghese Italian Ceramic Box
By Borghese
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage plaster ceramic box made in Italy. Incredibly sculpted piece in a gothic style that presents a faux wood exterior with incredible lines. The interior of the box is ...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Pair of Jewelry Boxes, Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage pair of Jewelry boxes is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century.
Original mixed media: Wood, brass and colored jems.
Made in Italy.
Various D...
Category
Italian 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Glass Candy Box, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Glass candy box is an original decorative object realized by Anonymous artist in the 1970s.
A vintage decorated candy box entirely realized in glass...
Category
Italian Vintage 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Postmodern Marble Box circa 1980
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Postmodern Marble Box circa 1980
Category
Italian Modern 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Marble
