Hand-Painted Decorative Boxes

Large round dresser or trinket box with lid features graphic decor with stylized leaves and scrolls motifs on the sides and the lid. The handle is sculpted in shape of a large knot o...

Small mid 19th century Swedish painted pine strong box circa 1842. Beautiful small Scandinavian strong box, presented with scraped back paint to reveal original.  Feintly still bari...

A very beautiful folk Art box from Burträsk ,Västerbotten Northern Sweden. A very decorative original painting that is typical of that region. Nice salmon pink original painting ins...

A very rare and beautiful art deco lidded box. Glazed and hand painted with an amazing portrait of a woman with curly hair. Designed by Rudolf Knörlein for Friedrich Goldscheider, V...

Here you can see a very rare and early wooden satchel from the beginning of the 19th century. An exceptionally decorative object of this period, made with craftsmanship precision and...

Swedish antique pine and birch wooden backpack storage box. It was use to pickup the berries in the woods. Fine quality of birch bentwood. It is a true piece from the early 19 centur...

19th century Swedish hand painted oak strong box circa 1820. We are pleased to offer this beautiful box, which has many uses around the home. Made from solid oak, featuring origina...

A Swedish original painted Folk Art box. From the beginning of the 19th century, used to keep shaving knives and similar supplies. Included 3 knives with the razor blades in English ...

Red/Black-lacquered Fan-shape Five-case Lunch Box, China, 19th century, with three bamboo splint handles converging to form a broad strap handle over the t...

Cofanetto Italiano, scatola con coperchio Laccata con Finta Carta e Fiorellini fine 1700. Realizzata nei toni dell’azzurro e decorata su tutti i lati con fiori e racemi in color ros...

Sherle Wagner designer porcelain lidded jar decorated with "Chinoiserie - Blue" finish depicting flowers, foliage, butterfly, and Asian figures and embellished with gilding. Made in ...

PRESENTING A LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Vizagapatam Bone and Shell Domed Stationery Box – ‘Alice’s Box’. Made in Vizagapatam, India, circa 1860-80. We call this one: “Alice’s Box”! It has lived ‘a hard, well used and traveled life’, as is evident from the number of losses and repairs, as is obvious from the photos, especially to the faux ivory panels and bands to the top. The bonus to the loss of the frieze panels to the dome has a ‘bonus’, however, as their loss has revealed the most GORGEOUS faux blonde tortoiseshell underneath! The box is dome/casket shaped. The top has 3 bands, with the center one being the original. The 2 side bands are later ivorine. The faux ivory and hand-painted medallions on the domed lid, have been saved and they depict Hindu Gods, Vishnu and Shiva. The front and side panels are still in pretty good shape and are decorated with lac ink (indelible ink made from crushed beetles) depicting lovely floral designs. The domed lid open to reveal a series of open compartments for envelopes, writing paper etc. and one lidded panel for stamps. Inside the box are 2 paper labels: one probably being the original item ticket and the other with: ” Alice’s address is 272 Ashworth Ave, Toronto 4, Ontario”. Probably, the original owner? Hence, we call it ‘Alice’s Box’. What a journey/life this box has had! Made in India, made its way to Canada, back to Ireland and then to Texas! This is why, WE LOVE ANTIQUES...

Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Pill Box with Floral Miniature by Romano Buccioni for Salimbeni, Florence, 1980 Charming shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver, gold pla...

This antique metal coal box or coal scuttle is presumably made in England during the 1820s in the Regency period and style. The box is constructed of th...

Japan, Edo to Meiji period, decorated with morning glory and a bird in hiramaki-e.

A transfer printed vanity or chemists pot, made by Grey’s Pottery, England, circa early 20th Century. A. E. Grey operated between 1912 – 1920, on Mayer Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Tren...

Fantastic 19th century original grey painted handmade large scale candle box from New England .This wonderful slide top box has such great personality and great construction. It is e...

Presenting an absolutely gorgeous and very rare 19C Anglo Indian Vizigapatam stamp box. Made in Colonial India (the Time of the Raj) circa 1860. Prob...

19th C. Boulle Inlaid Table Box Miniature Pastoral Landscape, Signed 'Resck' 19th Century or Older This exquisite 19th-century Boulle inlaid table box features a beautifully detail...

Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent 2-color striped fire enamel on guilloché and fine hand engravings in Viennese Art Nouveau style, second half...

Vintage majolica ceramic round dresser box with lid features hand-painted abstract flowers and leaves decor on white background. The blue, teal, and brown colors of the flower decor...

This wall Decoration is a Kitchen boxes set, for Coffee, Salt and Sugar boxes. You haved hanged some ceramic and wood fork and spoons, hand painted. It has ...

This is a very beautiful Japanese box dating from the beginning of the 20th century. It is lacquered in brown color, with flower patterns. It was made in Japan.

A quite wonderful and romantic stationery box, ready to grace the finest of desk-tops. Made from burr walnut the wedge shaped box is smothered in fine quality polished brass mount...

A Chinese wooden hat box - handmade, with a chinoiserie image. The box is in very good condition with fitted top, the wood is a wonderful patinated colo...

A lovely showpiece of a box with exquisite details down to it's ormolu surround and clasp. Lovely hand painted florals all over including its main painting on the top of the box as w...

A wonderful and colorful Giovanni Desimone hand painted lidded trinket box, circa 1970s. The handcrafted ceramic box was made in Italy and measures 4.4"W x 4.5"D x 3"H; it is in exce...

A lovely leather box with Gold tooled leather. In the shape of a treasure box, with a raised center portion, the box is unique in shape and style. A compliment to any desk to hold...

A vintage red lacquered box from the mid-20th century with golden motifs. Created during the midcentury period, this Chinese vintage red lacquered box captures attention with its vibrant color and intricate golden motifs. The distressed red lacquered ground is elegantly adorned with golden vases and scrolls on the front, adding a touch of opulence and refinement. The box opens with a bronze lock...

Large Chinese Export Famille Verte peach motif box, Republic period, exquisite all over decoration with peaches, trees and flowers. Unmarked.

Wood with domed tops. Painted in black with multi-colored figural court scenes with colorfully dressed seated men and women. Floral borders. Painted red inside, brass hardware. Meas...

Mid 18th century Swedish pine chest decorated with labyrinth circa 1730. Rare and beautiful Swedish pine chest.   Traces of original paint to the outside with decorative metal strap...

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...

Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamels, with “paillons” in pure gold on the upper circle, fine fired enamelled miniature with hand-painted floral ...

Vintage hand painted lidded wood box, paper mache.

Two Japanese old fashion Kiku - book style lunchbox By Teinen. The oldy memory after WWII in the school time of Japan. A wonderful design of the Bento Box to include the independent rice box...

Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enamelled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleo...

Swedish antique pine and birch wooden storage box. It was left with the natural wood who now have a charming patina. Fine quality of bentwood. It is a true piece from the early 19 ce...

Elegant vintage Limoges 22-karat gold trinket jewelry boxes. French vintage Limoges porcelain in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor. Marked on base as “Limoges France" Porcelain D' Art ”. Beautiful cobalt blue porcelain with 22-karat gold hand painted with with the classic courtesan scene of a man and woman in the Louis XVI period attire. Perfect gift for your special someone. One small box. 6 x6 cm / 2.32 x 2.32 inches One piano box...

Swedish antique pine and birch wooden storage box. It was painted blue with black edges. Fine quality of bentwood. It is a true piece from the early 19 century. More units could be f...

Outstanding hinged and lidded Kyoto box by Karl Springer. Fair amount of storage with suede panel lining on bottom and top. Brown and ivory lacquer is hand applied. Sits in a parsons...

Small egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guilloché, Russian Empire style inspired by the eggs of Carl Fabergé, late 19th century, early 20th...

Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving, fire enamelled, in “Rococo” style from the early 19th century. Measurements cm. 4.5 x 7.7 x 2. ...

This antique Chinese red lacquer document box, dating to the late Qing dynasty (19th to early 20th century), exudes timeless elegance and functionality. Crafted from softwood, the bo...

French 19th century lacquered rectangular shaped reliquary box, realized in oak, decorated with a dark brown/grey lacquering and a white scrolling and pa...

Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enamelled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing a "still life" by the Flemish painter Willem Claes Heda. Dimensions cm. 5.7 x 9 x 1.7. Weight gr. 174. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1969 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 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...

Antique English mercantile or country store, or bakery "Flour" bin with painted faux wood grain. IDEA container for dog food, Makes for a great prop for your ...

Octagonal table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with a fine hand-engraved design and two-colour fire-enamelled with other fi...

Swedish antique pine and birch wooden storage box. . Fine quality of bentwood. It is a true piece from the 19 century. Initials are hand painted on the top 1865 and hand engraved und...

Franco Salimbeni Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case with Hunting Dog Miniature by Romano Buccioni, Florence, 1976 Exquisite rectangular cigarette case with softl...

X-Small egg in 925/1000 gilded silver with translucent enamel on fire on guilloché and hand-painted miniature of garlands in Russian Art Nouveau style, inspired by the eggs of Carl F...

This exquisite Longwy catchall dish is a stunning example of French ceramic artistry, blending intricate design with functional elegance. Crafted by the renowned Faïencerie de Longwy...

A wonderful and colorful hand painted Chinese lidded trinket box, circa 1950s. The handcrafted ceramic box measures 4.5" W x 3.25" D x 2.5" H and has a floral motif on a yellow backg...

Regency Penwork Decorated Box c1810. "A sycamore veneered box decorated in penwork. The sides of the box are decorated with what looks like stylized marigolds. ...

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...

Hand-thrown modern ceramic lidded bonbonniére jar by Danish artist Ulla Sonne on the Danish island of Funen in the 2010s. Shiny black glaze with unglazed edges and base. Peach colore...

Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 14.5 cm high. 3. Weight gr. 648. With clear amethyst of cts. 15.40, set on the lid, cut in the shape and size of the "Hortensia", one of the hundred most famous diamonds in the world...

19th Century Regency Style Red Hand-Painted And Tole Coal Bucket/ with Lid. Painted with Red and Gilt Chinoiserie Decoration. Domed cover with lovely original gold gilt lion head ha...

The urban and cosmopolitan Porteño family carries the spirit of the ones born in Buenos Aires city or “Porteño”, as they are commonly known. Its boxes, trays and flower vases have a ...

Octagonal snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with translucent fired enamel on hand engraving similar to wood grain. On t...