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Art Deco Half Doll Flapper Girl Powder Jar, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this very attractive and totally original 1930s Art Deco ladies powder/ trinket box. The top half of the container is in the form of a 1930s flapper girl wi...
Category
German Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antonio Botta Ice Bucket or Decorative Box in Lucite and Chrome, Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful Italian decorative box or ice bucket made in smoked lucite and chrome. This incredibly stylish and rare piece was designed by Antonio Botta and produced by Rexite in Italy ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
very rare double box by carl auböck
Located in Munich, DE
another very rare piece from the auböck workshop.
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Large Asian Decorative Wooden Jewelry Box with Hammered Brass Metal Overlay
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Large Asian decorative wooden jewelry box with brass overlay.
Large ethnic Indian hand painted decorative jewelry wood box with brass metal hammere...
Category
Indian Agra Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Fine Russian Palekh Lacquered Lidded Box Hand Painted Signed
Located in Barcelona, Cataluna
Russian hand-painted boxes are famous all over the world and have been the greatest symbol of Russian folk art for centuries. These boxes can be from four Russian schools of painting...
Category
Romanian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Softwood
Anglo-Raj Marble Inlay Box Pietra Dura Censor
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo Raj inlaid marble pietra dura decorative box with lid.
Handmade marble decorative lidded box inlaid with semi precious stones, jasper and carnelian for orange.
It is the same craft that you see in the Taj Mahal.
Very nice fine pietra dura art...
Category
Indian Anglo Raj Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Studio Pottery Lidded Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
A fun and unique domed studio pottery lidded jar with a textured pattern reminiscent of snakeskin and with stamped flowers. Marked illegibly on t...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Yellow Floral Egg Trinket Box, France
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Limoges hand painted porcelain yellow floral egg trinket box, France. Midcentury. Marked.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Cloutier brother box
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Charmante boîte par les frères Cloutier, signées.
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Musical Ladies Powder Compact Box, c1930
Located in Devon, England
Beautiful Art Deco ladies musical powder box. It appears to not have ever been used and as such is in remarkable condition. Bright red enamel exterior with gold accents to the edges ...
Category
European Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
straw marquetry box attributed to Jean Michel Frank
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This beautiful box with straw marquetry is attributed to Jean Michel Frank as it is similar in size and pattern with his work.
Box is unsigned but in good condition, red leather back.
Category
French Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw
20th Century Italian Solid 800 Silver Bread-Shaped Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid 800 silver box in the shape of a bread completely made and embossed by hand.
Its shape faithfully reproduces the shape of bread.
The lid is hinged.
Category
Italian Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Crystal glass box with gilding Mid-Century Modern 1980s
Located in Palermo, IT
Crystal container box with gold plating in circular shape. Refined decorative object, really a beautiful crystal glass. Look carefully at the video and photos, thank you.
Weight: ...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Russian Lacquered Palekh Firebird Folk Art Keepsake Trinket Box USSR 5.5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage USSR Russian Firebird folklore / fairy tale keepsake trinket box featuring hinged lid, footed base and red interior.
Palekh
Zhar-Ptitsa (Slavic Firebird)
Chernishova (last n...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
Elegant 1960 Black and Brown Stoneware Ceramic Tureen or Box by Pierre Digan
By Pierre Digan
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Pierre Digan,
circa 1960
Elegant black and brown stoneware ceramic tureen or decorative box
Original perfect condition
Signed at the base
Measures: Height 22cm, large ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1950s Murano Green Opaline Jewellery Box with Gilt Metal Edging
Located in London, GB
A 1950s Murano green opaline jewellery box by Cendese with gilt metal edging.
There are other available colours and designs under other listings.
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Porcelain Lided Box by Gucci, Decorated with the Flora Motif, Richard Ginori
By Gucci, Richard Ginori
Located in Uccle, BE
Porcelain lided box decorated with the iconic Flora motif :
Pretty porcelain box whose lid is decorated with the morif "Flora".
The edge of the lid and t...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Set Of 3 Antique Tin Cans from France, Shoe Polish, Art Deco, 1930, Cygne Noir
Located in Greven, DE
Set of 3 antique tin cans with shoe polish by Cygne noir.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Art Deco Vase, Bowl in Carved Crystal Color Amber and Silver 800, Italy, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful bowl in circular crystal and handcut silver, the glass is thick, cut deep and evenly, without a single thread or a flow of glass inside. No chipping or scratches.
Bowl in ...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver
Vintage Hans Hansen Wood and Sterling Silver Matchbox 1950s Made in Denmark
Located in Krefeld, DE
Beautiful Hans Hansen (1884-1940) matchbox with Silver inlay from the 1950s Made in Denmark.
Price for one box.
Category
German Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Pill Box Hand Painted Miniature Enamel Louis XVI Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular rounded pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted miniature fire-enamelled in Louis XVI style, second half of the 18th century, and fine hand-eng...
Category
Italian Louis XVI Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Thin Edge Jewelry Chest by George Nelson 1954, Original, Rosewood & Teak, Signed
Located in Kansas City, MO
Rare early George Nelson for Herman Miller nine drawer jewelry / miniature cabinet in rosewood and teak with porcelain pulls. Completely original, never refinished very good conditio...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Rosewood, Teak
Mid Century Cedanese Red Murano Glass Box with Gilt Brass Fittings
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Exceptional Mid Century Cedanese Red Murano Glass Box with Gilt Brass Fittings.
Category
Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Ramequin Robert Picault en céramique Vallauris French Riviera France Circa 1950
Located in London, England
Le ramequin Robert Picault, en céramique de Vallauris datant des années 1950, est une pièce remarquable qui témoigne du savoir-faire exceptionnel du céramiste français. Ce bel objet,...
Category
French French Provincial Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Square Cut Crystal Glass Box
Located in Winnetka, IL
Square cut crystal and ormolu casket box.
Category
Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Continental Brass Art Nouveau Incense Burner
Located in Astoria, NY
Continental Brass Art Nouveau incense burner in the Japonesque taste, the rounded chamber with pierced cover, the whole decorated with stylized floral motifs above a tripod base. Mea...
Category
Art Nouveau Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Cylindrical Wood Box, circa 1960, France
Located in Labrit, Landes
Cylindrical rosewood box, France, circa 1960
Please see also "French Cylindrical Wood Box, circa 1960"
Good condition with minor marks of use
For shipping:
11.5/11.5/11 cm ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Gilt Bronze Feuille Box by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large cast bronze powder box (poudrier) by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1945-1950. The box called "Feuille" (Leaf) features an irregular leaf form wit...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Line Vautrin Gilt Bronze Box Signed
By Line Vautrin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Line Vautrin gilt bronze box signed.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Bodil Eje Danish Boxes / Humidors by Alfred Klitgaard
Located in San Diego, CA
Three beautifully crafted solid wood trinket boxes / humidors by Danish craftsman Alfred Klitgaard, circa 1960s. Very detailed construction and exquisite finish with a eight gorgeous...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Rosewood
Fajance Lidded Box / Humidor by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful Fajance lidded box / humidor from the Baca line by Nils Thorsson for Royal Copenhagen, circa 1960s. The stunning blue and black glazed stoneware container with geometric ab...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stoneware
Vintage Christofle Silver Plated Decorative Box
By Christofle
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Signed Vintage Christofle Silver Plated Decorative Box. Nicely cast with beautiful design. This would have held cigarettes or trinkets. In very good...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Italian Vintage Playing Box with Chips, Playing cards and Poker Dice 70s
Located in Roma, IT
A splendid Playing Box made in Italy, as can be seen from the chips that reproduce the Lire, the official Italian currency before the introduction of the Euro.
Its glamorous style makes this box undoubtedly datable to the 70s, made of soft red leather, embellished with a rectangular brass plate and padded inside with a kind of boucle in the typical green of the poker table felt.
Divided inside into various compartments, this Mid 20th Century Playing Box houses inside:
-Two decks of poker or bridge cards...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Clear Murano Glass Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A clear Murano glass box with gilt metal fitting. In very good vintage condition. A great addition to a book shelf or a dressing table.
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Murano Glass
Anglo Indian Faux Tortoise Trinket Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Inspired vintage Anglo Indian hinged box crafted in mahogany and clad in a faux tortoise laminate.
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze Poudrier "Le loup et le renard" (The wolf and the fox). by Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1940s. The square box features a relief cast of two s...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Exquisite Austrian Cigarette and Cigar Box in the Style of Carl Aubock
Located in Vienna, AT
Hand-crafted Ostrich-leather box for cigarettes and, by removing the inner wood wall, cigars.
The leather on the top and the front is beautifully ribbed. The sides and the handle to...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hand-Carved Stone Jewelry Box Rajasthan, India
By Agra
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Anglo Raj carved soap stone footed jewelry box..
Handcrafted decorative box with foliage design with soap stone natural jade like colors.
Lined with red velvet.
Very nice fine art...
Category
Indian Anglo Raj Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Soapstone
Bitossi Box, Ceramic, Yellow and Orange, Geometric, Signed
By Bitossi, Aldo Londi
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi box, ceramic, yellow and orange, geometric, signed. Small scale box from Aldo Londi's "Torcello" series, with an orange bottom and yellow l...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Bitossi for Rosenthal Netter Box, Ceramic, Navy Blue, Green, White, Plaid
Located in New York, NY
Bitossi for Rosenthal netter box, ceramic, navy blue, green, and white, plaid. Small scale lidded ceramic box with navy, white and green glazed top and white glazed bottom. Tiny glaze miss on edge of one side of the lid. Minute wear to inner box (photo 12) and two old touch-ups to corners of the bottom box. Remnants of a paper Rosenthal...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-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 Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Art Deco Pewter Matchbox Holder with Archer Relief, 1940s
Located in Göteborg, SE
Art Deco matchbox holder in pewter with sculpted archer motif on the lid, dated 1940 and monogrammed "CH". Raised on four small feet, with a sliding wooden drawer. A striking decorat...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
1940s Rosewood Box Partitioned Interior Clean Modern
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Small Rosewood Box vintage with clean modern lines.
Divided interior
Rosewood veneer
Preowned vintage unrestored condition. Some prior repairs are visible.
No key.
3.75 tall x 7 w...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
GAB Sweden Pewter Box with Playing Card Motif - Art-Deco 1930's
Located in Stockholm, SE
This vintage GAB pewter box from Sweden showcases a unique design, featuring a stylized burst of playing card suits—spade, heart, diamond, and club—radiatin...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Maches Mexican Brutalist Bronze Slanted Dresser Box
By Pal Kepenyes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Brutalist dresser box.
With embossed lines around the circumference and a slanted body.
In the style of Pal Kepenyes.
The lid is decorated with a bowl-like shape containing...
Category
Mexican Brutalist Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1960's Original Hungarian Army First Aid Boxes - Small Shape
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Original Hungarian Army First Aid Boxes - Small Shape.
These were standard issue in the Hungarian army and we have a network of pickers that hunt them out for us. Occasionall...
Category
European Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Mid-century Italian Ceramic Box by Raymor c.1960
By Raymor
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A mid-century ceramic glazed jewelry or trinket box. Marked "Italy" underneath.
CREATOR Attributed to Raymor, Italy.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE 1960.
MATERIALS AND TECHN...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Wooden Box Inlaid with Stone Tiles from Cyprus Internment Camps
Located in New York, NY
Wood and stone box from the internment camps in Cyprus, Circa 1946
Oblong wooden box. On the lid is a stone plaque decorated with an image of a ship at sea, surrounded by a frame and ornaments. One of the ornaments bears the engraved Hebrew inscription "Kafrisin" ["Cyprus"]. The sides of the box are decorated with chiseled stone...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Sigi Pineda Silver, Brass, Rosewood, Sodalite, Turquoise Stone Hinged Box
By Sigi Pineda
Located in North Miami, FL
This unique abstract signed Mid-Century Modern mixed media hinged box is by Sigi Pineda and from Taxco Mexico in the 1950s. It is signed Sigi Taxco 8. The box is silver, brass, rosewood interior with the crushed turquoise, sodalite and other crushed stones...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass
Large Midcentury Majolica Red Fish Pottery Ceramic Tureen Box, Portugal, 1950s
Located in Coimbra, PT
A magnificent big size hyper realistic glazed ceramic fish tureen in shades of vibrant red and grey with dark accents manufactured in Portugal, 1950s. Beautiful to use as a wall deco...
Category
Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pottery, Majolica, Earthenware, Ceramic
Maison Desny Style Art Deco Macassar Wood and Chrome Metal Box, 1930s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This beautiful French Art Deco decorative box is reminiscent of Desny's work. The piece was crafted in France circa 1930. It features Macassar wood sides with a chromed metal lid and...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Koret Mid-Century Modern Black Patent Leather and Brass Handbag or Shoulder Bag
By Koret
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Stylish black patent leather adjustable handbag made by high end manufacturer, Koret. This bag has a fold over flap with an unusual brass U-shaped twist clasp closure. The interior i...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1932 René Lalique - Art Deco Box Nippon Glass
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Art Deco box "Nippon" made in cleat glass by René Lalique in 1932.
Stamped signature.
Perfect condition.
Diameter: 13 cm
Félix Marcilhac, René Lalique - Catalogue Raisonné de l'Œu...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
1960's French Soda Fountain Crates - Medium
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's French Soda Fountain Crates - Medium.
Practical original soda fountain crates made from pitch pine. Brilliantly practical with internal divisions. Listing is for one crate. ...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Handwrought Mid-Century Modern Mexican Mosaic and Brass Box by Salvador Teran
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Turquoise/ blue colored mosaic glass tesserae and brass lidded box handmade in Mexico by noted Mexican artist Salvador Teran, circa 1950s. Featuring Aztec-inspired brass symbols on the lid and sides. This colorful box...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Gustave Tiffoche Hand Built Ceramic Box, La Bourne, France, 1960, signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wonderful example of Brutalist Organic Modern Sculpture
Category
French Brutalist Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Baroque Revival Style Large Wood Box Tea Caddy
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Spectacular Baroque Revival Walnut wood polished painted large box with domed cover.
Category
American Baroque Revival Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
