Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Fine French Empire Ormolu Mounted Baccarat Cut Crystal Bronze Casket Jewelry Box
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Very Fine French Empire / Neoclassical Style Bronze Ormolu Mounted & Faceted Cut Crystal Jewelry Box / Casket In The Manner Of Baccarat.
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
Swiss Gold and Enamel Musical Vinaigrette
Located in New Orleans, LA
A musical movement distinguishes this wonderful early 19th-century gold vinaigrette box. The vessel is covered in delicate engraving highlighted by bl...
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Neoclassical Style Metal Tissue Box Cover
Located in Sheffield, MA
Add style and the finishing touch to your countertop or nightstand with this antiqued gold toned top and grey ribbed metal body tissue box cover to pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Hermes Vanity Box
By Hermès
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hermes Vanity Box
1970s, France
Dimensions: Height: 3.75 in Diameter: 3.5 in
Embody the French elegance and sophistication with this exquisite Hermes Va...
Category
1970s French Vintage Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Italian Neoclassic Walnut Miniature Commode
Located in Essex, MA
Rectangular top with diamond inlay over three drawers with similar inlay, slight cabriole legs.
Category
1790s Italian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Silver Swan Sugar Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Silver Swan Sugar Bowl. Italian neoclassical sterling silver lidded sugar bowl with swan/goose finial and lion head ring handles. Italian sterling ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Set of Seven Neoclassical Architettura Lacquer Eggshell Boxes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating and rare set of seven boxes featuring a lacquered eggshell veneer attributed to French artist Thierry Voeltzel. Each box is designed with Greco-Roman neoclassical archite...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Lacquer
Wooden Casket Box with Mirror mid 19th century Flame Mahogany Biedermeier
Located in Sweden, SE
This exquisite flame mahogany veneered casket, originating from Central Europe mid 19th century, is a stunning example of Neoclassical applied arts. Its original shape and high quali...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Tiffany & Co. Porcelain Lidded Trinket Box Designed for Tauck World France
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tiffany & Co. porcelain round trinket box.
Tiffany & Co. porcelain round map box designed for Tauck World, Made In France.
The porcelain lid cover is dec...
Category
Late 20th Century French Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Florentine Handpainted Giltwood Trinket Box With Paw Feet
Located in Bradenton, FL
20th century Florentine Hand-painted Trinket Box with Gilt Paw Feet. Box is made from gilded wood and is adorned with hand-painted floral and fauna that are meticulously painted with...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Giltwood
Blue and White Ceramic Heart Shape Trinket Box with Lid by Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful ceramic heart shape trinket box by Wedgwood. This dish is in the Classic “Wedgwood blue” and features a Greek mythological scene on the top in white. A floral garland tri...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Signed Val St Lambert Neoclassical Trinket Box Designed, c1910
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Signed Val St Lambert Neoclassical Trinket Box Designed, c1910
Additional information:
Date : Designed c1910
Origin : Belgium
Bowl Features : Cobalt blue glass with gilded classical...
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20th Century Belgian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Case with Utensils, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rectangular case with hinged lid made decorated with fine inlays of floral and floral elements on its faces, containing a set of toiletry set composed of various elements of grooming...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Other
Wedgwood Dark Blue Bell Shaped Jasperware Biscuit Barrel
By Wedgwood
Located in Stamford, CT
Wedgwood dark blue bell shaped jasperware biscuit barrel overall neoclassical motif with a silver plated lid and handle. Stamped Wedgwood on the und...
Category
1930s English Vintage Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Grouping of 3 French and English Porcelain boxes
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming grouping of three early 20th century dressing table boxes or table decorations. Two of the boxes are hand painted, Fren...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Stunning Blue Murano Glass Ormolu Mounted Round Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning Blue Murano Glass Ormolu Mounted Round Table Box
Italy, mid-20th century
This beautiful Blue Murano Glass Ormolu Mounted Round Table Box, made in Italy during the mid-20t...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Box in Burled Wood and Brass Brown Color France 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is in burl wood. It has been made in France in the 1870s. The color is brown, and it is in an good condition.
Brown color.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silk, Wood
Italian Neoclassic Gilt Bronze Mounted Black Murano Glass Tall Cylinder Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Neoclassic Gilt Bronze Mounted Black Murano Glass Tall Cylinder Box
Italy, 1960s
A sleek and unique piece from the 1960s, this Italian Neoclassic tall cylinder box is a stu...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Dark Blue Jasperware Wedgwood Round Covered Box
By Wedgewood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Jasper ware round covered box.
By Wedgwood.
In dark blue dip.
Fully marked to the base.
Simply a wonderful box by Wedgwood.
Da...
Category
20th Century British Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Neoclassical Box, Ash Veneer, Austria, circa 1860
Located in Regensburg, DE
Ash veneered and hand polished with shellac.
Ebonized diamond hash around the keyhole.
Dimensions: H 14 cm x W 33,8 cm x D 19 cm.
Category
Mid-19th Century Austrian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ash
Italian Tortoiseshell & Enamel Dresser Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 19th / early 20th Century Italian trinket/dresser box. Box features embossed brass frame with tortoiseshell panels. Hinged lid with inset outdoor...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique C.F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Company Exposition Brand Green Tin Coffee Bin
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique C.F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Company Exposition Brand Green Tin Coffee Bin
This antique forest green coffee bin with a slanted lid opening has an exterior reading: "Blankes Ex...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Marquetry Box, lemon tree wood, palo santo, rosewood, mahogany. 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Box with marquetry decorations. Lemongrass, rosewood, palorosa, mahogany wood. XIX century.
Rectangular box with a flat top made of wood and decorated with a delicate marquetry with ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Silver and enamel candy box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Silver and enamel candy box
glass candy jar with silver lid and painted enamel on its lid
Origin Switzerland Circa 1900
stamped 935 silver cap
Guillo...
Category
Early 1900s Swiss Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Silver, Enamel
Antique Brandt Furniture Co. Inlaid Mahogany 4 Bottle Decanter Spirit Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Brandt Furniture Co. Inlaid Mahogany 4 Bottle Decanter Spirit Box
This Brandt Furniture Co. decanter box has a beautiful four bottle ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
Early Blue Toleware Chicago Globe Soap Tin Bin Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Rectangular Hand Painted Tin Bin Box by Chicago Globe Soap Company. The box is decorated with dancing Nymphs Fairies Nudes holding musically instruments.
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sheet Metal
19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Marquetry Straw Veneer Box England
Located in Antwerpen, BE
This 19th-century Napoleonic prisoner-of-war marquetry straw veneer box is a remarkable example of the artistry and craftsmanship that emerged from a difficult period in history. Lik...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw, Softwood
Light Blue Wedgwood Heart Shaped Trinket Box
By Wedgwood
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a light blue Wedgwood heart shaped small lidded box. The top of its lid is decorated with a Greek or Roman relief scene of a woman with a cape co...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century French Straw Marquetry, 'Marqueterie de Paille' Work Box
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful 'as is' late 18th or early 19th century example of 'Marqueterie de Paille', or straw marquetry, work box. The top inlaid with a wonderful cityscape, with early architectu...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Straw
Silver Heart-Shaped Spice Box, Lopez Portero, Manuel, Spain, Granada, 1870
Located in Madrid, ES
Heart-shaped spice. Silver. LOPEZ PORTER, Manuel. Spain, Granada, 1870.
With contrasting and burilada marks.
Silver spice rack in its color with a heart shaped shape and curved spout to one side that has two hinged lids and three spaces inside (partition above and not below); It is supported by three legs decorated with classicist elements and has, towards the side, a series of fine smooth moldings. The hallmarks are those corresponding to Granada, to date, and to the silversmith Manuel López Portero, who also worked as hallmarks in the city. The shape of the piece does not follow the usual prototypes of the time or of the school to which it corresponds (a heart shaped silver box...
Category
1870s Spanish Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
19th Century Continental Tortoise Shell Silver Mounted 2 Compartmented Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th-century Continental Tortoise Shell Silver-Mounted 2-Compartmented Box, European, possibly Dutch. Unmarked
A unique and whimsical 19th-century continental tortoise shell silver-...
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Scatola Fiorentina Legno Inciso e Dorato Decorata con Uccellino 1780s Ottagonale
Located in Milano, MI
Originale scatola Italiana in legno laccato ed inciso a bulino di forma ottagonale di epoca Settecentesca, in discreto stato conservativo. Questo tipo di scatole solitamente apparten...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Hollywood Regency Style Square Tissue Box
Located in Sheffield, MA
Add a touch of glamour to your countertop, nightstand, bath or powder room with a gold gilt edge, Swedish grey finish square tissue box cover for added protection for your facial ti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
English Wedgwood Jasperware Box Neoclassical Style
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
An English Wedgwood Jasperware teal green and white jewelry or decorative box with Neoclassical design, circa late-20th century, England. B...
Category
Late 20th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stoneware
Silver Box, 19th-20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks.
Three-lobed flat-top box made of silver in its color decorated on the edge and lid with elements on chopped luster. The upper part presents a scene framed by scallop...
Category
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Large French Cut Crystal Rectangular Table Box, Attributed to Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large French Cut Crystal Rectangular Table Box, Attributed to Baccarat
France, 1900s
A magnificent large French-cut crystal rectangular table box, attributed to Baccarat, France, c...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Mid-Century Large Scale Neo-Classical Style Domed Burlwood Italian Box
Located in Kennesaw, GA
This is a large scale Italian burlwood box with neo-classical styling. It is marked on the bottom and includes the key. The interior is paper lined. The box dates to the 1960s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Burl
Late 18th Century Neoclassical George III Penwork Sarcophagus Jewellery Box
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A George III penwork sarcophagus work box with hinged lid decorated with a chariot, the side with Neo-Classical devices.
Age related abrasions and knocks later replacement ebonised ...
Category
Late 18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sycamore
Sevres Porcelain Box
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres porcelain box
Origin France Circa 1900
Interior decoration (flowers)
bronze mount
hand painted box.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Round Sea Shell Encrusted Pink Flower Motif Decorative Box with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty coastal-inspired round decorative box encrusted with a sea shell motif. This box is round and features an attached lid. The lid is decorated with an array of seashells and t...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell
19th Century Italian Voting Box Tuscan Confraternity Carved Barrel Ballot Box
Located in Milano, MI
19th century Italian Confraternity Voting Urn of Tuscan origin realized with turned and carved poplar wood. The barrel-shaped central body, in which hands were inserted to insert the ballot ball into one of the two holes connected to the small drawer below, where on the front we find the inscription YES and NO related to voting, SI and NO, in order to distinguish for and against votes on paper, then collected in two separate small drawers, just below. Standing on four curly feet, it has a beautiful curved handle and carved parts at both ends, highlighted by ebonized details.
In a fraternity, this ballot box was used to collegially adjudicate community choices. In good age related condition, with sogns of wear and use. This antique Italian ballot wooden box, carved and painted, coming from Tuscany, in Central Italy. This ballot urn is an excellent example of a 19th century wooden voting box...
Category
Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Poplar
Vintage Italian Embossed Leather Box With Paw Feet
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Italian Embossed Leather Box With Paw Feet.
Handsome large Italian green leather box with hand tooled gilt embossing and bronze paw feet.
Gre...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Column Pedestal Box Neoclassical Style
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful column pedestal box in the neoclassical style, circa mid-20th century, USA. Piece is a rich dark brown wood with an octagonal base and fluted pillar. Box opens to an insi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early 1900s French Neoclassical Oval Brass Jewellery Box with Agate Moth Decor
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very pretty and heavy early 1900s Neo-Classical oval brass jewellery box with 2 moth decorations carved in agate.
The figures on the (I think machine made repoussé) side look like from Roman times.
The middle-eastern little tent shaped lid feels very Moorish, also the round glass 'gem stone' decorations look like the decoration on antique Moorish jewellery...
Category
Early 20th Century Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
French 19th Century Neo-Classical St. Ormolu And Crystal Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A stunning and finely detailed French 19th century Neo-Classical st. Ormolu and Crystal box. This beautiful Crystal box displays a wonderful thick Crystal body with lattice designed ...
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Ormolu
Bonbonniere Val St Lambert, c1910
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Early 20th Century Bonbonniere Val St Lambert, c1910
This is almost certainly a Leon Landru design for Val St Lambert. He designed a range of bonbonnie...
Category
20th Century Belgian Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Porcelain and Glass Oval Box, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Small oval box with etched glass base and lid hinge closure made, the latter combining enamel and metal. The bottom has a bucolic landscape with a series of h...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Glass
An English Rosewood and Maple Box, Ca. 1850
Located in New York, NY
A lovely box with a beautiful paper lined interior. Lock and key.
Category
19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Maple, Rosewood
Huntley Boorne & Stevens Mid Century ‘Wedgwood Jasperware’ Biscuit Tin 1950s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Huntley Boorne & Stevens Mid Century ‘Wedgwood Jasperware’ Biscuit Tin, England, mid 20th century.
This is a very decorative biscuit tin by Huntl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Box Sevres Porcelain
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Box sevres porcelain
octagonal format
Decorated with flowers inside (hand-painted)
Bronze frame
Perfect condition
Circa 1900 origin France.
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century White Enamel Brass Hinged Box Remote Trinket Storage Decor
By Louis Vuitton, Hermès
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A very nice clean enamel lidded storage box with tarnished brass hardware. A wonderful design element for a Coastal or Colonial Revival interior. Good size for storage, small books...
Category
1930s Unknown Vintage Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Box in Burled Wood and Silk Brown Color, France, 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is in burl wood. It has been made in France in the 1870s. The color is brown, and it is in an good condition.
Black silk in the inside.
Coat of arms on the top of the lid.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Silk
Antique Sea Shell Decorative Coffin Box with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful coffin shape trinket box encrusted with shells. This box would be stunning on a dressing table, side table, or coffee table. Its hinged lid opens to fit miscellaneous ite...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Shell
Neoclassical Round Box in the Style of the Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and rare early to mid-20th century matte white and light periwinkle blue round metal box in the Neoclassical style. The Neoclassical raised relief design around box's ext...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
18th Century Italian Florentine Silver-leaf Polylobed Engraved Box
Located in Milano, MI
Italian antique silvered Florentine box, polylobed box from the end of the 1700s made of bent and curved wood to obtain a four-pointed polylobe. The ori...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Antique bronze gilded jewelry box with angels and Blood Jasper plaques .
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Just beautiful metal/brass jewelry box with bronze angels and Dragon's Blood Jasper mounted plaques .
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th Century Italian Florentine Giltwood Engraved Box
Located in Milano, MI
Italian antique gilded Florentine box, octagonal shape realized in white walnut, engraved on each side and the top and with bulin scrolling decor...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Vintage German Crystal & Bronze Jewelry Casket Carriage
Located in Elkhart, IN
A very rare vintage cut crystal jewelry casket/carriage with bronze mounts. The domed crystal casket sits on a bronze carriage stand with turnin...
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
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