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Japanese Lacquer Maki-E Tiered Suzuribako and Ryoshibako
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese roiro lacquer scholar combo box with an upper tier of inkstone box (Suzuribako) and a lower document box (Ryoshibako) circa 1910-30s (end of Meiji to Showa period). The high glossy box was beautifully decorated with an image of the famously eccentric Buddhist monks Hanshan and Shide (known in Japan as Kanzan and Jittoku). Often as a pair, they have been a popular motif in Japanese Zen painting...
Category
Japanese Meiji Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Metal
Art Deco Shagreen (Ray Skin) Veneer Covered Wood Box of Light Grey Color
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Art Deco shagreen covered rectangular wooden box in pale grey, veneered on all exterior surfaces including the bottom.
Category
English Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood, Shagreen Stingray
Solid Tiger Oak Card Single Catalog Box with Brass Handle by Weis
By Weiss
Located in San Diego, CA
A solid tiger oak single card catalog box with brass handle by Weis, circa 1940s This solid oak cabinet is constructed with gorgeous dovetail joints, a finished backside and a solid ...
Category
American Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Arts & Crafts Wooden Green Painted Shoe Polish Box Tool Chest
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Arts & Crafts Wooden Green Painted Shoe Polish Box Tool Chest. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 15" H x 17" W x 12" D.
Category
Arts and Crafts Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Construction Worker Tool Caddy c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A vintage vulcanized rubber construction worker took caddy with strap.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Vulcanized Rubber.
...
Category
Industrial Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rubber
English Silver Plate Art Deco Style Round Shape Covered Cigarette Box
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Here is this English silver plate art deco style round shape covered cigarette / tobacco box, a must have accessory for the discerning aficionado. This exquisite box seamlessly com...
Category
English Art Deco Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Vintage Century French Circular Cut Glass Box
Located in WEST PALM BEACH, FL
This is a very simple French circular cut glass box with brass trim, early 20th century.
Category
French Other Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
French Antique Glove Box by "A La Marquise De Sevigne Paris"
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique French glove box covered hand stamped leather with floral and geometrical designs with a silk pink striped interior fabric the top and...
Category
French Victorian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather
1918 René Lalique, Box Un Jour Viendra Frosted Glass with Sepia Patina for Arys
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Un Jour Viendra" made in frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1918 for Arys.
Molded signature.
Perfect condition.
height: 4 cm
diameter: 8.5 cm
Félix Marcilhac,...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique Wood Box With Transfer Print Technique, Around 1900
Located in Greven, DE
Antique box made of maple wood, around 1900.
Beautiful image at the top of the box, made with a special transfer print technique.
Category
European Late Victorian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Maple
Antique 1920s Sculptural Bronze Box with Finial Lid
Located in San Diego, CA
This fine antique of Austrian or possibly German bronze, stands raised on four feet with a finial cover that opens to a generous storage space. This box brings elements of the changi...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Korean Trunk Chest or Box circa 1920s with Luck and Longevity Characters
Located in Topeka, KS
Handsome antique Korean trunk or chest with beautiful brass details and the auspicious Chinese characters for luck and longevity carved into the f...
Category
Korean Chinoiserie Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Late Qing Dynasty Wood and Brass Lidded Box with Lateral Handles
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing Dynasty Chinese wooden box from the early 20th century with brass hardware and lateral handles. Immerse yourself in the rich cultural hi...
Category
Chinese Qing Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Small Handcarved Chinese Chest
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A hand carved Chinese large table box with hinged lid. Intricately carved all-over with Asian carvings resting of four paw feet. Bronze lock plate on front.
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
French Boarding Student Suit Case Napoleon III Style Pine, circa 1900
Located in Labrit, Landes
French pupil suitcase in pine.
This kind of suit case was used by the boarding students to transport their school equipment.
In the style of Napoleon III
Shipping:
L 39,5 P17 ...
Category
European Napoleon III Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Pear-Shaped Hand Painted Opaline Glass Dresser Box
By Baccarat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine opaline (likely French) glass box.
In the stylized form of a pear.
The white opalescent glass body and lid both have handpainted fruit and floral decoration & rich gildi...
Category
French Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass, Blown Glass
Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Rustic Cottage Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand carved Black Forest jewelry or trinket box is unsigned but presumed to have been made in either Germany or Switzerland in circa 1920 in the signature Black Forest s...
Category
German Black Forest Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Softwood
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...
Category
Austrian Aesthetic Movement Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Metal
Austria 1922 Art Deco Polychrome And Blue Enamel Round Box .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco guilloche enamel box made in Austria.
Beautiful enamel round box, created in Vienna Austria during the art deco period, back in the 1922. This beautiful antique piece wa...
Category
Austrian Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Oval Opaline Box with Gilt Decoration
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Oval Opaline Box with Gilt Fitting and applied gold decoration.
Category
Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Hand-Painted English Biscuit Tin by Huntley Palme, 1909
Located in Stamford, CT
This English biscuit box is circa 1909 by Huntley Palme. Flemish vase with decorative, colorful hand-painted front.
Category
English Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Fratelli Toso a millefiori murrine vase from Murano, ca. 1910
Located in Aachen, DE
A millefiori murrine vase by the Toso brothers, made on the island of Murano around 1910. The lovely colored and decorated Murrine were cut from glass canes, arranged on a plate, fus...
Category
Italian Arts and Crafts Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Murano Glass, Murrine
Fine Quality Late 19th Century “Dome“ Shaped Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
Fine Quality Late 19th Century “Dome“ Shaped Box . Beautifully Crafted, Constructed of “Burled Amboyna Wood” with Ebony edging. Nice small proportions with a deep patination and reta...
Category
Spanish French Provincial Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Amboyna
Art Deco Box Dankarmen Paris
Located in Northampton, GB
Lined in Royal Blue Padded Velvet
From our Boxes collection, we are pleased to offer this Art Deco Macassar Ebony Box. The box of slim rectangular form with an inset scene featuring...
Category
French Art Deco Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Ebony, Macassar
American Ellis D. Atwood Wooden Cranberry Bogs Sifter Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
An American Ellis D. Atwood cranberry bog sifter from the early 20th century. Step back into the rich agricultural heritage of early 20th-century America with this Ellis D. Atwood cr...
Category
American Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Unusual antique pair of hand painted circular storage boxes
Located in Ipswich, GB
Unusual antique pair of hand painted circular storage boxes having an unusual pair of circular storage boxes hand painted in floral decoration in wonderful red, green and yellow colo...
Category
Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Handmade Monogrammed Wooden Toolbox with Inner Tray c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A handmade wooden toolbox with inner removable segmented tray and drop down secret lid compartment. Monogrammed D.E.F. Solidly constructed with d...
Category
American Industrial Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paint
Italian Jewelry or Decorative Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 20th Century Italian jewelry box. This sweet petite box is a perfect piece to hold jewelry or any small collectibles. Sitting atop a vanity, d...
Category
Italian Folk Art Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Curiosity Cabinet Naturalism 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 ...
Category
French Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell
Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver 925 Edwardian Engraved Box Estate Find, Circa 1900
Located in Montreal, QC
Iconic Tiffany & Co. sterling silver 925 box. Beautifully hand engraved design and detailing on top and sides and center with initialed monogram: KGR. Approx. dimensions: 5.50” l x 1...
Category
American Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Venetian Painted Valuables Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Exquisitely painted Venetian wooden valuables box. Hand painted all around with scenes reminiscent of the Baroque era of Venetian history, with gilt high...
Category
Italian Baroque Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Hand Painted German Porcelain Covered Box
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Beautifully hand painted and decorated gilt covered glazed porcelain decorative box. The box features a hand gilt and painted decoration garden scene detail in a rectangle shape form...
Category
German Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique Wooden Tramp Art Box Trinket Folk Art Unique Piece
Located in Poperinge, BE
Antique wooden rectangular tramp art box with hidden keyhole, elaborately decorated panels, stained dark brown. Folk art collector's item with a beautiful age patina from the early 2...
Category
European Folk Art Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1920s "Raylite" Egg Box
Located in New York, NY
Hand-picked by buyers at Ann-Morris Inc.
Category
Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Lacquered Card Box with Ornate Hand Painted Gilt Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique card box is unsigned or initialed, so the specific artist is unknown, but is believed to have been made in Japan in circa 1900 in the per...
Category
Japanese Meiji Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Napoleon III card holder
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Napoleon III card holder
(card fray)
Gilt bronze and enamel
Origin France Circa 1900
Gilt bronze and Cloissone enamel with hand-painted Sevres porcelain plate signed by E. Horche
Per...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Edwardian 1910 Pforzheim Guilloche Enameled Round Box In .900 Sterling Silver
By Pegau/Pforzheim Silberwarenfabrik
Located in Miami, FL
A guilloche and enameled bombe round box.
This is a superb and fabulous enameled box, created in the city of Pforzheim Germany in the early 20th ...
Category
German Edwardian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Anglo-Indian Silver Plate Metal / Trinket, Box Elephant, Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful silvered metal box of an elephant in a very traditional Anglo -Indian craft, art. Has an amazing age patina in contrast with the inside, as shown.
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Moroccan Brass Berber Tribal Flask
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Great decorative Moroccan Tribal flask..
African decorative brass with front richly decorated with embossed brass and overlay.
The valve stem turns and open.
Truly a conversation mu...
Category
Moroccan Folk Art Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Persian Lacquer Pen Box Hand Painted with Floral and Gilt Design
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Persian hand painted lacquer pen box in rectangular shape.
Decorated with floral designs on gold background, black interior.
Moorish Mughal pen box papier maché with miniature floral painting in the Persian style.
Great Islamic Art collector museum quality piece on this miniature painting on box.
Nice Mughal Indo Persian pen Box...
Category
Indian Moorish Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Large German Silver Box Architectural-Form Box, circa 1925
Located in New York, NY
Depicting the 'Darmstadter Und Nationalbank' (title over the doorway). Marked 'Posen'. With personal inscription on inner gilt cover.
Category
German Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
English Early 20th Century Hunting Scene on a Crystal Dresser Box Brass Lid
Located in Stamford, CT
Early 20th century crystal dresser box with a hunting scene painted on a brass lid. This crystal box is a nice size and good quality that would loo...
Category
English Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
1919 René Lalique Box Une Figurine Et Raisins Clear & Frosted Glass with Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Une Figurine et Raisins" made in clear and frosted glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1919.
Molded signature on the lid.
Perfect condition.
diameter: 7 cm
Fél...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
Antique Chinese Export Silver Bridge & Pavilion Card Case
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver card case, ca 1910. Rectangular with hinged push-button cover. Chased ornament on stippled ground. On recto, a blossoming prunus branch and birds with armorial ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Late Qing Dynasty Wedding Box with Carved Handle, Animals and Foliage Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing Dynasty period wedding box from the early 20th century, this piece exudes charm with its traditional design and intricate carvings. The box features an appealing hexagona...
Category
Chinese Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Italian Florentine Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A Florentine box from Italy from the turn of the century. Nice patina and a wonderful large box.
Category
Italian Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Wooden Spice Box, Tribal Engravings & Sliding Top, Nias, Indonesia, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This spice box comes for the Island of Nias, Indonesia. Dating to the early 20th Century it was crafted from a single block of wood. It features a sliding lid, has an elegant wood te...
Category
Indonesian Tribal Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Hallmarked Silver Plated Keepsake Box, Sheffield, UK, circa 1900
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a stunning silver plated keepsake box dating to 1900, with associated hallmark. This small box includes a wooden interior with two slots and a blank square on top where initials could have been engraved. A well maintained, elegant piece, this antique silver box is an excellent addition to any silver or home decor collection.
Trinket or keepsake boxes have taken on many forms since their first conception in ancient times. However their purpose remains the same; to store jewelry and other items precious to the owner. Originally, these boxes were used specifically for jewelry. These were in common use as early as 5000 BC in Ancient Egypt, when the majority of Egyptians, both male and female, wore jewelry. Boxes were used to keep these gemstone encrusted items safe. In Ancient Rome, jewelry was a status symbol. Rings and brooches were utilized to represent ones status in society. Again, boxes were needed for security and storage purposes. Finding early examples of these are quite rare.
Victorian and Edwardian examples of trinket boxes are far more common. This is because owning jewellery was a luxury until the Victorian era- let alone possessing so much a box was needed to store it all. Fine jewelry and other items became available to the masses after the industrial revolution due to the reduction in production costs. This led to a demand for trinket boxes, which were much smaller than jewelry boxes and therefore better suited to the needs of the middle class who did not yet possess an abundance of jewelry.
In Victorian households, collectables and other items of interested were also stashed inside these boxes. This is why they are known as trinket or keepsake boxes, rather than just jewelry boxes, although of course jewelry was also stored in them. Trinket boxes were produced in large numbers around this time. Many were lined with colored plush or velvet or rich wood. More elaborate designs had interior divisions and trays for rings and other pieces of jewellery. It was also common to see trinket boxes so small that they could only contain one item, such as a single ring. Ornate exteriors were created to reflect the value of the trinket boxes contents.
The Edwardian era saw the introduction of new styles of trinket box. These included small circular or oblong boxes...
Category
English Art Deco Antique Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Red Lacquer Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In many southeast Asian cultures, offering guests a betel quid to chew was the fundamental symbol of hospitality. A blend of leaves, nuts, seasonings, and sometimes tobacco, betel was kept in finely worked and decorated boxes. This round betel box...
Category
Southeast Asian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
1929 René Lalique - Egg Box Pervenche Grey Smoked Glass With Sepia Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Pervenches" made in grey smoked glass with sepia patina by René Lalique in 1929.
Molded signature.
Perfect condition. Beautiful patina. Very rare color!
Length: 11.5 cm
Félix...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
French Boite à Sel or Salt Box
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 20th century French boite à sel, or salt box, made of solid walnut with hinged lid and small drawer. A rustic hand-crafted box with dark waxed finish. This box was used to s...
Category
French French Provincial Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Large Anglo Indian Elephant Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Folky silvered metal elephant handcrafted with a charming whimsical
form hammered and etched designs that unexpectedly opens as a trinket
box.
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Atkin Brothers Antique 1920 Sterling Biscuit Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V sterling silver biscuit box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique sterling silver biscuit box has a plain oval form.
The body of the antique silver biscuit box...
Category
English Vintage Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Cut Crystal Box with Diamond Cut Pattern
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
French Cut Crystal Box with Diamond Cut Pattern and brass mounts. Faceted etched design accentuates the beautiful design of this box. In very good vintage condition.
Category
French Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Japanese Gilt Tabako-Bon with Mountain Landscape, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the tradition...
Category
Japanese Edo Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
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 ...
Category
French Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell
Antique Continental Basalt & Brass Basketweave Box - Possibly Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Atlanta, GA
Continental, early 20th century.
A antique oval box made of brass and other metals. The box has a basketweave pattern to the exterior and an affixed basalt plaque to the top. The pl...
Category
British Renaissance Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
20th Century Indonesian Carved Coffret
Located in Opole, PL
We present you a big coffret in the shape of a book.
It is from before the year 1939.
This item is made of exotic wood, and the outer surface is covered with relief decoration.
Its i...
Category
Indonesian Early 20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
