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Mid-Century Vintage Hat Box
Located in Wilton, CT
Beautiful vintage hat box with illustrations of French fashion/street scenes. The black cord is completely intact and usable. The original tissue paper is...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Thread, Paper
Table Box autumn colours, Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver, Enamel and Coral Sa
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver brossè with very fine hand engraving, also on the sides, of “ramage” with leaves and bunches of grapes fire-ena...
Category
Italian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Arts & Crafts-Style Sterling Silver Table Box with Hinged Lid by Adie Bros
Located in New York, NY
Arts & Crafts-style, George VI period, sterling silver table box with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1949, Adie Bros. - makers. Lovely Celtic design on border o...
Category
English Arts and Crafts Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Middle Eastern Moorish Mother of Pearl Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Middle Eastern Moorish Mother of Pearl Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Box.
Exquisite middle Eastern Moorish Syrian inlay jewelry box covered with fine Moorish micro mosaic marquetry.
Beaut...
Category
Lebanese Islamic Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
1950s Large Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Moorish Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1950s Large Mosaic Shell Inlaid Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Moorish Box.
Vintage 1950s Mosaic Abalone Shell Inlaid Decorative Middle Eastern Islamic Box.
Mosaic Decorative Midd...
Category
Lebanese Moorish Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone, Fruitwood
Lucite and Silver Squared Italian Decorative Box, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Amazing Lucite and silver squared decorative box. This item was designed in the 1970s.
This piece is made of a crystal Lucite and silver with a crystal Lucite removable top, the way...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Large French Silvered Bronze Box Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A silvered bronze poudrier box "Ammonite" by French Parisian art jeweler Line Vautrin (1913-1997).
In the 1940s, Line Vautrin designed a series that was inspired by the shape of na...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Rhodochrosite Box
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful vintage Rhodochrosite box out of a collection of 4 rare stone boxes we recently acquired out of an estate collection. This box has stunni...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone
Halcyon Days Heart Shaped Enamel Painted Trinket Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming trinket, pill or small jewelry box in the shape of a heart. Text reads I Love You, surrounded by flowers. This piece would certainly be a fantastic addition to an existing c...
Category
English Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
Vintage Regency Plated Biscuit Box
Located in west palm beach, FL
Add a touch of Regency-era refinement to your decor with this stunning Vintage Plated Biscuit Box. Beautifully crafted with ornate neoclassical column detailing and a ribbed domed li...
Category
British Neoclassical Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Ceramic Boxes with small ceramic tiles Decoration Pattern France 1970 Set of 3
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Ceramic Boxes with small ceramic tiles Decoration Pattern France 1970 Set of 3
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
1940s Machinists tool box - mahogany
Located in Cedar Falls, IA
Vintage machinist's tool box.
Solid mahogany construction.
Finger box joinery.
Refinished.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Whippet Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Whippet jewelry box. Vintage Italian leather bound velvet lined box with bronze patinated whippet. Italy, 1940’s.
Dimensions: 8.5” H X 8.75" W x 5.75...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Modernist Pewter Box with Bakelite Accent by GAB, 1930s Sweden
Located in Stockholm, SE
Swedish Modernist metal box from 1935, showcasing a perfect blend of functionality and elegance. Crafted by the renowned Swedish company GAB (Guldsmedsaktiebolaget), this sleek pewte...
Category
Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Marvelous Russian Enamel Silver Egg With Cherubs Breath-Taking Details
Located in Media, PA
This Exquisite Decorative Russian Enamel Silver Egg Box is a captivating piece. Adorned with intricate floral patterns in soft pastels, it exudes elegance and charm. The egg is craft...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Rounded Wooden and Rope Box in Wood France 1960, Brown Color Audoux Minnet Style
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Rounded Wooden and Rope Box in Wood France 1960, Brown Color Audoux Minnet Style
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Rope
Large Swedish Grace Bronze Vase by Ystad Metall / Brons, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Malmö, SE
Elegant patinated bronze vase. Art deco / Swedish Grace.
Made by Ystad Metall / Brons, Sweden, 1930s.
Good condition. Some wear to the patination and light scratches.
Stamped 'Mad...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Royal Delft 300th Anniversary Commemorative Bonbonnière, 1953, Hand-Painted
By Royal Delft
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This rare and exceptional Royal Delft Blue bonbonnière, produced by De Porceleyne Fles to commemorate the factory’s 300th anniversary (1653-1953), is ...
Category
Dutch Chinoiserie Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Earthenware, Faience
Antique Folk Art Painted Playing Card Games Box, 1930
Located in South Burlington, VT
From an old New England collection.
Unique find.
An attractive one-of-a-kind antique folk art circa 1930 period hand crafted, hand incised and hand painted playing card games b...
Category
American Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Pine
Art Deco Elizabeth Arden " Ardenette" Black And Silver Octagonal Powder Compact
Located in Devon, England
Original Art Deco Black and chrome enameled ladies powder compact. Produced by Elizabeth Arden sometime in the late 1920's - 1930's. Inside t...
Category
American Art Deco Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Chrome
Italian Murano Faceted Glass & Brass Hinged Box / Jewelry Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This beautiful hinged Murano glass box in pristine clear faceted glass and brass trim and original decorative key and tassel. It is a wonderful desk or...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Metal
Handpainted Crab Terrine by Michel Caugant for Herberstein, Portugal
Located in Antwerpen, Antwerp
Handpainted crab terrine by Michel Caugant dating from the 1950s.
Michel Caugant was the son of a French pâté maker, he designed terrines for his father's factory. The terrine was m...
Category
French French Provincial Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Art Deco Pewter Tea Caddy with Polar Bear Finial, 1930's
Located in Stockholm, SE
This square container features a domed lid adorned with a finely modeled polar bear figurine as the finial — a distinctive detail that brings character and whimsy to the design. The ...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Dunhill Ceramic Container - Made in Italy
Located in Fairfield, CA
A vintage ceramic lidded container by Dunhill. Made in Italy. Square shape with a beautiful brown, pink, and white marble pattern to the glaze. Rubber gasket along the interior rim o...
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Swedish Designer, Small Lidded Box, Wood, Sweden, 1930s
Located in High Point, NC
A small wood box designed and produced in Sweden, 1930s.
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-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 Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Octagonal Jewelry Music Box, Made in Italy
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant octagonal wooden music box in thuya wood.
Thuya tree is famous for rich gold and brown shades of its grain and unique exotic fragrance, simila...
Category
Italian Moorish Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Art Deco Cash Box, France 1930s
Located in Saarbruecken, DE
French steel box from the 1930s. Green lacquered case with golden craquelé pattern. The cash register has a classic handle and a key to lock. Painted green in the interior and a shee...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Steel, Iron
Antique English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
George VI sterling silver box. Made by Robert Pringle & Sons in London in 1939. Rectangular with curved corners. Cover hinged and tabbed; top has engine-turned wave ornament and rect...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box Round Guilloche Enamel Box Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold “paillons” in the shape of stars to create a starry sky effect. With turquoise enamel circle with hand-engraved motif. Late 1600s Baroque style. Diameter cm. 7.7 cm high. 2.3. Weight gr. 226. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in several specimens in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 800° C -
The Paillons processing, now almost disappeared, and a rare technique recognized as a craft. Several layers of enamel are applied to the object, baked one by one in the oven.
Afterwards, the designs cut out of thin gold leaves, the paillons foils, are applied one by one by hand to form the desired figure. These sheets are then in turn coated...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Chinese Floral Papier-Mâché Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Formed around a simple wooden frame, this papier-mâché storage box is a charming example of Chinese folk art. Crafted with old newspapers and dyed rice paper, the box would have been...
Category
Chinese Rustic Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Midcentury Malachite Azurite and Brass Decorative Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful midcentury malachite azurite and brass decorative trinket box with hard wood lining made in Mexico in the style of Los Castillos, circa 1...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Malachite, Brass
Jewelry Box Silver Plated in the Shape of a Hippopotamus
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960 we offer this rare jewelry box made in bronze and Silver Plated in the shape of a hippopotamus with fantastic patina.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Lidded Bronze Box by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful lidded bronze box with amazing patina. Art Deco / Swedish Grace.
Made by GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden, 1930s.
Good condition, but with scratches and wear to the ...
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Modernist Italian 800 Silver Desk/Jewellery Box c.1960
Located in Bath, GB
A great looking box, Italian in origin made from 800 silver wrapped around a wooden interior.
Both the base and lid are hallmarked "800" together with an additional mark "833 F1"....
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Midcentury Vintage Lacquer Wood Cylinder tin Metal Tea Canister Japan
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and Minimalist tea canister box from Japan. This rare beauty is a unique box or decorative box that brings midcentury shape with organic beauty. Constructed of wood panels ...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Majolica Ostrich Tureen Caugant
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica ostrich tureen or box circa 1950 signed Caugant.
Category
French Country Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
Handcrafted White Mother of Pearl Inlaid Moorish Octagonal Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted white mother of pearl inlaid and hand carved lidded box.
Small octagonal Anglo Indian decorative box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which hav...
Category
Indian Moorish Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell, Fruitwood, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and below, with hand painted horse head. Dimensions cm. 5.2 x 5.2 x 2.3. Weight gr. 117. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1966 on the inspiration of previous artefacts made in the English Art Nouveau style of the early 1900s and manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters in Florence in numerous specimens also with different subjects, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a slab of high thickness suitable for supporting numerous enamelled firings at around 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...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Argentor Of Vienna Mid-Century Polka Dot Brass Storage Box, Austria, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A truly charming and decorative Mid-century storage/jewelry box or cigarette dispenser, dated circa 1950s. Manufactured by Argentor of Vienna, Austria. The box is made of blackened b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Country Style Rectangular Rattan Storage Box with Removable Tray Lid
Located in Yonkers, NY
This vintage rectangular lidded rattan box brings an air of rustic charm to any home. Expertly handwoven, its tightly constructed design showcases intricate craftsmanship while offer...
Category
Country Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rattan
Arenson Studio “Infinity” Brutalist Hammered Brass, Leather Box
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Hand-hammered copper box by Arenson Studios, West Palm Beach, FL, circa 1970s.
Category
North American Brutalist Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
French Wrought Iron Key Box, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French wrought iron key box, France, 1950s. Measures: Width 10.6" (27cm), height 7" (17.7cm), depth 2.3" (6cm).
Category
French French Provincial Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron
Pocket Pill Box like Egg sea color Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket pill box shaped like a small egg.
Pocket pill box like egg hinged opening.
Pocket pill box like egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24ca...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Granada Moorish Spain Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Music Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
1950s Moorish Spain Music Box: This exquisite handcrafted box, made in Granada, Spain, showcases the intricate art of Islamic Moorish marquetry. The ...
Category
Spanish Islamic Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Pair of Brass Hollywood Regency Faux Bamboo Cannisters
Located in San Diego, CA
A beautiful pair of brass Hollywood regency faux bamboo cannisters, circa 1970s. The cannisters are in very good vintage condition with a great patina and measure 4.5"W x 4"D x 7.25...
Category
North American Hollywood Regency Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1930s Ornate Bronze Box with Feet and Hinged Lid
Located in Tarrytown, NY
This 1930s Ornate Bronze Box/Casket features religious figures and has a hinged top with hinged latch
All sides have a patina which adds depth and beauty
Underside is marked "Made in...
Category
Belgian Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Vintage Sajai Metal and Agate Scroll Box Coin Purse, Handmade in India
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Sajai metal and agate talisman box coin purse, Handmade in India,
Handmade Sajai metal cross body purse with multi-colored agates and intric...
Category
Indian Agra Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stone, Agate, Metal
Large 20th century colored deocrative or jewelry box by Fernande Kohler 1950
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Fernande Kohler
Large 20th century decorative or jewelry ceramic box
Signed by Fernande Kohler - Vallauris
Realised circa 1950
Original perfect condition
Height 17 cm
Longer 30 ...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Art Deco Box, Metal, Macassar and Crystal
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant Art Deco decorative box with a crystal bowl inlay was made in France during the 1930s. Formerly, the box with its serving insert would be used as a cookie box or candy j...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Metal, Chrome
Mid-Century Modern Storage Box by Metalux the Netherlands
By Joost Teders 1, Metalux
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stylish and decorative sewing box / storage box designed by Joost Teders for Metalux Netherlands in 1955. The original lacquered wooden boxes colo...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Aldo Londi Box, Mondrian, Ceramic, Blue, Green, Black, Signed, Rosenthal Netter
Located in New York, NY
Aldo Londi Box, Mondrian, Ceramic, Blue, Green, Signed, Rosenthal Netter. Small scale lidded box glazed in Navy blue and Kelly green and outlined in matte black. The bottom is glazed...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Mosaic Marquetry Box with Mother of Pearl Inlays, Middle East. c. 1960's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite handcrafted Khatam wood box with micro mosaic marquetry design, an Ancient Persian technique of inlaying. Moorish style box features geometric inlays of wood, bone, and mo...
Category
West Asian Moorish Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Marquetry Box with Mosaic Mother of Pearl Inlays, Middle East. c. 1960's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite handcrafted Khatam wood box with micro mosaic marquetry design, an Ancient Persian technique of inlaying. Moorish style box features geometric inlays of wood, bone, and mo...
Category
West Asian Moorish Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Vintage White Marble Jewelry Trinket with Bird Intarsia
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A beautifully hand-crafted trinket or jewelry box in white marble. Featuring an organically crafted oval shape and the lid is decorated with intarsia of a bird. Unknown European make...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood and Bakelite brown and White color France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood and Bakelite brown and White color France 20th
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Olive
Wood Box Bowl by Aldo Tura for Macabo Italy 1950s Art Deco
Located in Rome, IT
Decorative wooden box with metal handle in the shape of acorns by the Italian designer Aldo Tura for Macabo Cusano Milanino. Made in Italy, circa 1950.
On the bottom the original s...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Small Rectangular Cut Glass Candis or Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small rectangular cut glass candis or jewelry box with hardware in brass.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
