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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Period: Early 20th Century
Secessionist Porcelain Vase by Karl Klaus for Serapis Wahliss
By Serapis Fayence Wahliss, Karl Klaus
Located in Chicago, US
Secessionist Porcelain Lidded Box by KARL KLAUS (1889-1925) for SERAPIS WAHLISS, Vienna, c. 1911, hand-painted in gold and black enamels in a stylized geometric diamond and holly mot...
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Austrian Vienna Secession Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Circa 1910 Arts & Crafts Brass Desk Organizer
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1910 Arts & Crafts brass desk organizer. Hand raised, scrolled & punched brass; joined & decorated with copper rivets on corner decorative p...
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Arts and Crafts Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Copper

Pair of Chinese Longevity Relief Scroll Cases, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Delicately carved of dense hardwood, these 19th-century scroll cases were an essential accessory for the esteemed Qing-dynasty scholar. The perfect size for a rolled-up scroll, the cases were once used to store and protect works of traditional calligraphy and landscape painting. The matching cases are hand-carved in low relief with all-over scrollwork and borders of geometric meanders. Each case is carved with repeated Shou characters, symbols of longevity and a blessing for a long and complete life. Amid the scrollwork flourishes are ribbon-clad objects known as the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism, including the eternal knot...
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Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

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Hardwood

Art Nouveau Celtic Immortality Repoussé Casket by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
A modern letter box in the hands of Alfred Daguet was not simply a functionally designed repository of mail but a conveyor of messages as well, messages of life-and- death importance...
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Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Steel

Chinese Silversmith, Lidded Jar / Box Richly Decorated in Relief, Approx. 1900
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Chinese silversmith. Lidded jar richly decorated in relief with flowers and ornaments. China approx. 1900. Stamped with Chinese characters. In excellent condition with traces of u...
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Chinese Chinese Export Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Regency Style Brushed Steel and Brass Tinder Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Unusual and very handsome brushed steel and polished brass tinder box. This box has a removable tin liner that would have been used to fill with hot c...
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English Regency Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Steel

Antique Austrian Alabaster and Gilt Metal Book Box
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Austrian Alabaster And Gilt Metal Book Box. Unusual Austrian gilt metal and alabaster box in the form of a book. This lovely decorative box has a wood interior and hinged l...
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Austrian Aesthetic Movement Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Alabaster, Metal

French Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Pill Box
Located in New York, NY
A small French sterling silver pill box, Art Nouveau period, decorated with flowers and a gold gilt interior, circa late-19th century, France. Piece ...
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French Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Turn of the Century French Wooden Instrument Case
Located in High Point, NC
Made in France at the turn of the century, this vintage wooden case would have originally been used to hold a musical instrument—the distinctive sh...
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French Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Edward F. Caldwell Neoclassical Style Silvered Bronze Box, Angels, Music Motifs
Located in New York, NY
Fine and unusual signed Edward F. Caldwell & Co. Neoclassical style silvered bronze box depicting a pair of winged angels playing music at an altar. One angel plays a lyre and the other an aulos or double flute, flanked by impressive torcheres bearing pine cones and surrounded by a wide border of olive leaves and olive fruit. The interior of cover decorated with a highly artistic pair of Bacchus masks flanking a grapevine garland, signed on upper right corner E. F. Caldwell & Co. Inc New York. The sides of the box further decorated with Bacchus masks and grapevine garlands of very fine quality Caldwell is known for. Substantial size- excellent as a jewelry box or tabletop decorative box. Very good condition commensurate with age. Base is lined with black velvet, very slight bend to upper left corner, silvered finish in good condition. Edward F. Caldwell & Co was established in 1895 in New York City at 31 East 17th Street and quickly became one of the premier designers and manufacturers of fine lighting and decorative objects. Their commissions included J.P. Morgan's residence, Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Vanderbilt Mansion, Henry Clay Frick residence, Harvard Club...
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American Neoclassical Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Beautiful Jewelery Box in Red Leather from the Early 20th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
Beautiful Jewelery Box in red leather with an embossed check pattern. Details in nickel and with working lock and key. Probably made in England duri...
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English Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Nickel

Collector's Item Art Nouveau Lidded Tin, 1920s
Located in Hamburg, DE
The unusual thing about this Art Nouveau tin lid box made of sheet metal is, on the one hand, its shape and, on the other, the elaborately different design of each side of the box. T...
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German Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

Antique Chinese Carved Cinnabar & Enamelled Box with Imperial Dragon Top
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique decorative box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from China, and date to approximately 1920 and done in a period Chinese...
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Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Weighted Wood Chess Set by John Jaques of London in Wood Box Kings, ca 1950
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good and complete English handmade wood "weighted" chess set game of 32 pieces, in its original box with a sliding lid, made by John Jaques of London and dating to the mid 20th century period. The chess pieces are made of turned and carved varnished wood. The bases of ALL pieces are weighted with metal pieces and the bases have a green felt/paper cover. Weighted sets like this one have a much nicer "feel" when playing. The pieces in the set are in the Staunton style. Sizes: Kings: 70mm ( ~ 2.75 inches); Pawns: ~45mm (~1.7 inches) The set comes complete with its original wood storage box, having a sliding lid and complete with a paper makers sticker to the lid. Overall a good "weighted" John Jaques chess...
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British Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Edwardian 1905 Desk Matches Box in Bronze and Crocodile Leather
Located in Miami, FL
Edwardian desk matches box with crocodile leather. Beautiful and very unusual box, created in England during the Edwardian period, back in the 1905. This is a very decorative matc...
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English Edwardian Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Art Nouveau Sea Battle Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Daguet’s beautifully patinated box is a rich textural and colorful tour de force. The top of Daguet’s box is striking for its bird’s-eye-view of a crab clutching a viper eel. Using r...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper, Steel

1900s Antique Victorian Leather Hat Box Baggage S Moss Toronto
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1900s Antique Victorian Leather Hat Box Baggage S Moss Toronto 13.5 w x 13 d x 9.5 h Stamps present. Fabulous distress Unrestored original vintage condition. Refer to all images prov...
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English Late Victorian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Tiffany Studios New York Art Deco 'Zodiac' Bronze Doré Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous bronze doré desk box, jewelry box, or decorative box featuring Zodiac designs By Tiffany Studios New York, USA, Early 20th Century Measures: 5.38"W x 3.5"D x 1"H....
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American Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Art Deco Period Sterling Silver Footed Engine-Turned Table Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Period, sterling silver, paw-footed, engine-turned-designed table box with with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1926, Hollings and Hutchinson - makers. ...
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English Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Art Nouveau Repoussé Regal Reliquary by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper, Enamel, Steel

A German nautical prestation glass and bronze box made by W.M.F circa 1920
Located in Central England, GB
A rare early competitive sailing presentation box which is of nautical interest and made by W.M.F. This superb W.M.F. presentation cut glass and bronze box is of nautical interest. ...
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German Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Glass

Early 20th Century Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain Guangxu Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a table or console with this colorful antique box. Crafted in China circa 1920 and round in shape, the large Guangxu box opens in the center and features different hand pain...
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Chinese Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Ornate Antique Sterling Silver Pink Porcelain Vanity Powder Jar Trinket Box
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Gorgeous trinket box or powder jar featuring an ornate scroll and lattice design sterling silver overlay over a pretty pink porcelain. The mark on the bottom is not legible.
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Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Coffee and Tea Tin K. Tiktak's Amsterdam Groningen, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Antique Coffee and Tea Tin from the Early 20th Century. Designed and made for K.Tiktak Coffee and Tea Factory, which was located in Amsterdam and Groningen Holland , The Netherlands. A beautiful dark green Lithographic Tin - Decorative Box. The lid of the box is loose and the little handle is lost, but due the age that's normal. The beautiful silver Lithografic design of the Factory Building is still in very good condition. An old coffee and tea container, a shop storage container, a shop counter tin which is a great decorative box, a collectible Coffee Tin and a decorative object. Tiktak's Coffee History started in 1870 and they became famous for their afternoon tea and coffee. They are known for coffee with a soft taste. This Dutch Company survived all the years and still produces the finest coffee and tea. Great decorative item - home decor - home decoration - gift idea - coffee collectables...
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Dutch Industrial Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Tin

Stunning French Silver & Guilloche Enamel Pill Box
Located in Bath, GB
An absolutely stunning enamel box, French in origin with the boars head mark for solid silver (minimum 800/1000). The goldsmith's makers mark is also present, I think GB but a little...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

French Antique Leather Traveling Trunk
Located in Austin, TX
Traveling trunk, French, made with a patinated leather. This piece features three brass locks and beautiful detailing.
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Pair Signed Erhard Sohne Trinket Casket Box Casket Original Keys Brass Wood 1900
Located in Nierstein am Rhein, DE
Fine and rare pair Jugendstil / Art Nouveau / Secession / Arts & Crafts Erhard & Sohne trinket boxes / jewelry caskets with amazing inlaid wood veneer and patinated brass showing fruit baskets and floral leaf branch decoration, Germany circa 1900. The presented and chosen motifs reflect the spirit of the time, Jugendstil. The offered antique caskets come with their rare original keys, normally lost over the years, here the keys with pierce work Erhard & Sohne lion logo and additional E.S.. The original locking mechanism is working properly. They are each 10 cm / 3.94 inches wide, 4,5 cm / 1.77 inches tall and 7 cm / 2.76 inches deep and stay in very good to excellent original condition with a nice and warm patina, minor typical and characteristic wear consistent with age and use. The high-end antique Jugendstil boxes or caskets show superior craftsmanship and design elements by the renowned designers, Erhard & Sohne, established in 1844 in Germany. The famous German company was granted the world patent for the manufacture of brass inlay in 1904. We are proud to offer additionally a rare Jugendstil dragonfly bowl...
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German Jugendstil Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

7 Antique & Vintage Painted Folk Art Bentwood Boxes Shaker Pantry Storage
Located in Dayton, OH
Seven vintage and antique 20th century Shaker style miniature bentwood boxes painted in a variety of colors, two forming the image of a Halloween j...
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Shaker Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bentwood, Paint

Art Nouveau Basilisk Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Enamel, Steel

English Burl Wood Veneered Box with Inlaid Borders
Located in Stamford, CT
English desktop box with beautiful burl wood veneer, the top with an exquisite intricate mosaic inlay of various fruit woods. The sides with simpler inlaid fruit wood frames. An eleg...
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English Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood, Burl

1920s Belgian Dusty Blue Hinged Crates
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1920s Belgian Dusty Blue Hinged Crates 1920s Belgian Dusty Blue Hinged Crates. Highly unusual and early crates from the 1920s. With a hinged lid they were undoubtedly made as a ship...
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Belgian Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Art Nouveau Scorpion Fish Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Steel

Japanese Covered Grape Plique a Jour Enamel Kogo
Located in New York, NY
A Japanese covered silvered and enamel kogo or box for incense. The box is enameled with polychrome images of grape vines with berries made in the Plique a Jour technique on burgundy...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

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Enamel

Sevres Porcelain Box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres porcelain box Origin France Circa 1900 Interior decoration (flowers) bronze mount hand painted box.
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French Neoclassical Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Art Nouveau Firebirds Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Daguet explored the subject of stylized birds multiple times in his studio. He was more than capable of rendering his zoomorphic subject matter naturalisticly; however he chos...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass, Steel

Antique Unusual Size Biscuit Box, circa 1900
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique unusual size biscuit box, circa 1900.
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American Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

Art Nouveau Seabed Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Daguet’s beautifully patinated cash box is a rich textural and colorful tour de force. So much more than an adaptation of Japanese wood block print sources to his metalwork craft, Daguet created a veritable 3-dimensional metal aquarium to charm the Paris market. And in typical fashion, Daguet’s marine-themed box not only provided a visual delight, it furnished an artful oceanic context from which the prevailing schools of social thought could swim.The top of Daguet’s box...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper, Steel

Handsome European Red Stone Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
Handsome European stone trinket box, ca 1910. Rectangular with straight sides and sharp corners. Shoulder and base chamfered. Cover hinged, inset, and ch...
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European Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Stone, Silver Plate

French Rene Lalique Art Deco Box Set, Blue Stain Marguerites Menu Holders, 1924
Located in Worcester Park, GB
Amazing boxed set of six glass Rene Lalique Marguerites (Daisies) pattern menu holders, dating around 1924 with original blue staining. (Ref: Marcil...
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French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Art Glass

Antique Limoges Porcelain Jewelry Box or Lidded Candy Dish
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful Limoges porcelain hand crafted and hand painted gold trimmed trinket, jewelry box or lidded candy dish, circa 1930. Marked, see photos. ...
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French Mid-Century Modern Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Porcelain

Primitive Pine Dough Box
Located in Baltimore, MD
25VJL114b Primitive pine dough box, measures :50”Lx22”Wx10”H Hungary, circa 1900, $240.00 Bread was an important staple for families who often had little ...
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Hungarian Primitive Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

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Pine

Large Antique German Silver Box c.1910 Round Jewellery Trinket Decorative Cherub
Located in London, GB
An impressive Antique Solid Silver Box with a round body and a fitted hinged lid. The Box is embellished on both the lid and sides with ornate...
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European Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Antique, Chinese Hand Painted Meal Delivery and Lunch Box
Located in Pomona, CA
This Antique lacquered painted lunch box from China has about 100 years history and still maintained very good condition. There are some traditiona...
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Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Curiosity cabinet Collection of Shells Circa 1900
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...
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French Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

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Shell

Antique Orchies Majolica Pig Money Bank
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica money bank pig with a bag Orchies circa 1900. Small hairline and bubbles on the glaze.
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French Country Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Art Nouveau Owl Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
This piece features dozens semi-precious moonstones. Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalw...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Zinc

Large French Hand Carved Walnut Box with Olive Branches and Grape Vines
Located in Fayetteville, AR
Measuring 12.25 inches wide by 6.5 inches deep, this large French hand carved box from the turn of the twentieth century features a central cartouche on the top monogrammed with the ...
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French Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

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Walnut

Japanese Cloisonne Detailed Antique Decorative Box Incredible Colors Design
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
Japanese Cloisonne Detailed Antique decorative box with incredible colors detail and design. Most likely Meiji Era.
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Japanese Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

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Enamel

Antique Japanese Glass an Enamel Box with Buddha
Located in New York, NY
A rare and highly collectible Japanese cut glass oval box with silver plated metal lid decorated with traditional geometric and floral patterns covered with red and green enamel in c...
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Japanese Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Enamel

Italian Painted and Lacquered Playing Card Box, circa 1900
Located in Stamford, CT
Rare and very charming Italian hand crafted playing card case painted in Venetian red with miniature cards lacquered on in the 'lacca povera' style, similar to decoupage. The cards d...
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Italian Belle Époque Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Moroccan Coffer, Trunk or Box
Located in Houston, TX
Antique Moroccan coffer, trunk or box. This stunning large Moroccan box is inlaid with a variety of woods including an interior storage compartment wit...
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Moroccan Islamic Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Art Nouveau Decorative Wood Box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Art Nouveau decorative wood box.
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European Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Art Nouveau Cosmic Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Chicago, US
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
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French Art Nouveau Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Copper

Antique Black Forest Style Wooden Carved Trinket Box or Bucket Owl, circa 1920
Located in Barntrup, DE
Antique Black Forest style oak wood carved trinket box or bucket in a shape of an owl, from circa 1920. An impressive, large, and beautiful German Black Forest style hand-carved wooden trinket box...
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German Black Forest Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Metal

German Modern Silver and Shagreen Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
German Modern 800 silver box, ca 1920. Rectangular with straight sides and crisp corners. Cover hinged with tapering tab; cover top gently curved and inlaid with shagreen in geometri...
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German Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A fascinating and truly unique early 20th century American Folk Art box with the most wonderful Greek temple design with eight blue painted Doric columns around the perimeter and wit...
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American Folk Art Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Wood

Rare Antique Dutch Silver Heritage Circular Vintage Marriage Box Container
Located in Montreal, QC
Simply Beautiful! Exceptional and Impressive Fine Antique Dutch Circular Silver Marriage Box. Well made and Finely detailed. Hand engraved ornamental d...
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Dutch Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver

Excellent Huge Wooden Box, Casket, circa 1900, Jugendstil, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Huge wonderfully decorated wooden box, an original of the Jugendstil era, made in Austria. This casket is an impressive example of the craftsmanship of the period around 1900. Only ...
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Austrian Jugendstil Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes

Materials

Brass

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