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Jewelry Boxes For Sale
Vintage Moorish Sajai Box Inlaid with Agate Stones
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moorish Mughal Raj jewelry box inlaid with semi-precious agate stones and covered with silvered metal filigree.
Moorish Middle East jewelry...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Moorish Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Metal
Orientalist Silver and Gold Gilt Bronze 19th Century Box
Located in Rochester, NY
Orientalist silver and gold gilt bronze box. Continental. 19th century. Original key and velvet lining.
Category
19th Century European Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1926 René Lalique - Box Roger Glass With Black Enamel
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Roger" made in glass with original black heated by René Lalique in 1926.
Molded signature on the lid and engraved signature on base.
Perfect condition. Very beautiful enamel.
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Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
Vintage Cobalt Blue Royal Limoges France 22-Karat Gold Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant vintage round Limoges 22-karat gold trinket jewelry box.
French vintage Limoges trinket box in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor.
Marked...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
French Cut Crystal Dresser Table Jewelry Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
A large rectangular clear cut crystal box with small diamonds cut pattern in the center and bordered by large stars. A starburst is at the bottom. A gilt metal embossed with flowers ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Cut Glass
Guardian Luxury Safe by Döttling
Located in New York, NY
Around the world, Döttling luxury safes find homes among select connoisseurs and enthusiasts of the finest locksmith artisanry. They originate from the Döttling manufactory in Sindel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Leather, Suede
Moroccan Chest or Jewelry Box in Cameal Bone and Brass Inlaid
Located in Plainview, NY
Bring a sense of majesty into your living space with this magnificent Moroccan white bone chest handcrafted from beach wood and inlaid with additional red stones. Boasting a sumptuou...
Category
1960s Moroccan Moorish Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Round Hand Painted Compartment Jewelry Box 1930's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Round hand painted with birds and flowers compartment jewelry box.
Category
1930s Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Paint, Fruitwood
Large Sea Shell Encrusted Redmile Style Jewelry Treasure Box
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Vintage Large impressive sea shell in rusted treasure box in Redmille style. Great selection of sea shells. Wonderful decor piece or great gift.
Category
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Shell
1900 Erhard and Sohne Secessionist Jugendstil Art Nouveau Copper Brass Case
Located in Brescia, IT
Jugendstil Box Set
Germany, 1900-1909
Copper and Brass Casket
Floral decoration
Complete with key
Marcho embossed under the base
Rare item
Excellent state of preservation
Category
Early 1900s German Vienna Secession Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Lidded Alabaster Stash or 420 Box on Brass Paw Feet with Red Lined Interior
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful Alabaster box, with a closure trimmed in brass and lined in red velvet. The brass paw feet give the hinged box a nice place to rest.
A compliment to any valet or dres...
Category
20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Alabaster, Brass
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 Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Late 19th Century Bronze Jewel Casket Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century bronze jewel casket box, Egyptian. A Grand Tour souvenir. A Pharoh drives his chariot across the larger panels. End panels are opposing sphinxes. Unmarked. 3.25" x ...
Category
Late 19th Century Egyptian Egyptian Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Flavio Poli Murano Sommerso Smoked Grey Faceted Glass Box
By Flavio Poli
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern Sommerso faceted Murano lidded box in grey and clear glass. Attributed to Flavio Poli, Italy, 1950s.
Rectangular faceted box in grey gl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Cut Glass, Murano Glass, Sommerso
White Sea Shells Weddings Treasure Jewelry Box
Located in Boca Raton, FL
White natural sea shells encrusted treasure box in Redmille style. Great sea shells selection. Wonderful decor piece or a great gift.
Category
Late 20th Century Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Shell
French Medieval Style Silver Jewelry Box, circa 1880
Located in Miami, FL
A remarkable intricately designed, handcrafted silver box, circa 1880s.
We were told that this box is sterling silver and that the makers mark "M" is that of "M. Mayer". Maurice MAYER was a very prestigious silversmith. Research shows that he was an "Orfèvre de l'Empereur", Napoleon Bonaparte, 1860-1870.
The Minerva hallmarks are not visible, may have been rubbed off from use and cleaning. No documentation.
This intricately carved box depicts the romantic poem of Le Roman de la Rose (The Romance of the Rose). Comes with the original lock and key.
Le Roman de la Rose, begun by Guillaume de Lorris circa 1230 and completed, in a different style, circa 1270-1280, by Jean de Meun, builds on the concept of courtly love found in the poetry of the troubadours. The authors create a complex allegory of the romance between the Lover and the Rose. In the quest to pick the Rose (to achieve the conquest of love), the flower and its attendants represent the Lady and her sentiments while being wooed.
In the first part of the poem, written by de Lorris, the Lover recounts his dream, ending with the winning of a kiss from the Lady. In the dream, the Lover discovers a walled garden and gains entrance thanks to a beautiful young woman. He meets Diversion and dancers who represent courtly values such as Beauty and Generosity. A tour of the garden brings him to a beautiful bed of roses by the Fountain of Love...
Category
19th Century French Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Japanese Stacking Kokeshi Doll Bento Trinket Box
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
Japanese Lacquerware Storage Box
7 diameter 6 h total 3 lower box
Stacking Kokeshi Doll Bento Box
Stamped Japan
Original vintage condition
Refer to images
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
1970s Jewelry Secret Stash Box Organic Wood
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1970s Free Form Raw Edge Wood Jewelry Box
Wood has a clear finish. Velvet interior sections.
In the style of Don Shoemaker
No label
5.75 h x 15 w x 5.5 d
Original Unrestored Preow...
Category
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Export Rose Wood, Brass Koi Lock Box
Located in New York, NY
Exotic Rose Wood keepsake, document box with a heay brass koi lock with red tasseled key. Box lined in paper with chinese characters.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
1950s Lilac Murano Glass Hinged Box with Facetted Lid and Silver Metal Edge
Located in London, GB
A 1950s lilac Murano glass hinged box with facetted lid and silver metal edge detail and hinge by Giovanni Cendese, Murano, Italy.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal
Blue Alabaster Box with Sliding Attached Round Lid
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful shimmery round alabaster box with sliding lid. Unique custom blue colored box is perfect for your mementos, coins, jewelry or 420. Slide ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Alabaster
Antique swiss 19th century Black Forest jewelry box Hounds & Wolf hand carved
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
This extraordinary 19th-century Black Forest jewelry box from Switzerland is a true work of art. Nearly 150 years old, the wood boasts an incredible patina that only enhances its bea...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Maitland-Smith Tessellated Pink/Coral Stone Petite Jewelry Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Maitland-Smith tessellated stone in pink/coral color, jewelry box with a solid wood interior. With brass decorative inlaid top.
Category
20th Century Asian Hollywood Regency Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Cast Stone, Brass
Vintage Limoges France Jewelry Box with Hot Air Balloon
By Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Vintage Limoges France Jewelry Box with Hot Air Balloon
Type Trinket Box
Brand Limoges
Material Porcelain
Subject Air Balloon
Finish Painted
Shape Round
Diameter 8,5 cm / 3,34 inche...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Gilt Heavy Bronze Repousse Rectangular Jewelry/Decorative Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a gilt bronze repousse rectangular jewelry/decorative box. It features in the top of the lid a scene of Don Quixote riding his horse at the sam...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Baroque Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1950s Onyx Mineral Stone Jewelry Box / Hinged Box
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-Century Modern hinged box veneered in fine Onyx stone, Spain, 1950s.
This exquisite vintage 1950s rectangular box is all constructed with onyx and features a brass hinge.
This tr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Stone, Onyx, Brass
Chinese Lacquer Chinoiserie Jewelry Box
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Chinese chinoiserie lacquer large treasure jewelry box lined with yellow velvet.Multiple drawers.
Category
1940s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
1930's Chinese Solid Brass Dragon Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful 1930's solid brass Chinese jewelry box with dragon inlay motif and wood interior, in vintage condition with some wear to the good and patina to the brass, lightly hand poli...
Category
1930s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
1960s Astonishing Box in Onyx. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Astonishing box in onyx. Made in Italy. This box is amazing and in excellent condition.
Dimension:
7,08 x 4,72 x 1,37 H inches
18 ...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Tessalated Horn Box
Located in New York, NY
Decorative keepsake document box decorated with hand applied rectangular horn pieces. A great addition to any desk, night stand, bookcase or coffee table.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
Middle Eastern Syrian Inlay Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite Middle Eastern Syrian inlay jewelry box intricately inlaid with Moorish motif designs which have been painstakingly inlaid micro mosaic marque...
Category
Early 20th Century Moorish Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Jewelry Safe Brushed Gold Brass
Located in Paris, FR
Jewelry safe vintage golded distinguishes
itself following a new hyperluxury trend. Special compartments
for jewelry and precious liquors, watch winde...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass
Jean-Michel Franck Straw Marquetry Box, 1930
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful Jean-Michel Frank straw marquetry decorative box from the 1930s. Carved from beech wood fully covered by straw marquetry with radiating patterns. It has been fully restored, with slight traces on the marquetry remaining, and the yellow velvet fabric inside that was pretty damaged has been replaced by a black velvet fabric. The box is unsigned, but really similar in size and pattern to Jean-Michel Frank boxes...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Straw, Beech
21st Century, Clear Crystal and Golden Bronze Box
Located in Calenzano, FI
Hand carved clear crystal and patinated golden bronze box. Each object is handcrafted and the care for every detail makes each item unique in its kind.
The style of this box is a mod...
Category
2010s Italian Louis XVI Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Assuan Bloodstone Jewelry Box by Obsydian Stone
Located in Milan, IT
Named after an island rich in ancient temples that were destroyed and rebuilt over the centuries following the development of religions, this jewelry box is a superb piece where to t...
Category
2010s Italian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone
Vintage Cobalt Blue Royal Limoges France 22-Karat Gold Trinket Boxes Set
By Limoges
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Elegant vintage round Limoges 22-karat gold trinket jewelry box and e small plates
French vintage Limoges porcelain in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor.
Marked on base as “Limoges France" Porcelain Limoges Castel...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Louis XVI Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Limoges 22k Gold Trinket Piano Box Louis XVI Courtesan Scene
By Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Elegant vintage Limoges 22-karat gold trinket piano box.
French vintage Limoges porcelain in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor.
Marked on base as “L...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
Leather Jewelry Box Made in Spain, Large
Located in New York, NY
A relatively large European leather and suede jewelry box with removable tray, in the Modern style, circa late-20th century, late 1970s, Spain. Exterior is leather wrapped in a camel...
Category
Late 20th Century Spanish Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Contemporary Italian Porcelain Esotica Collection, Iguana by Vito Nesta
By Vito Nesta
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This Italian porcelain sculpture is part of Grand Tour by Vito Nesta. Made in Capodimonte porcelain with a glossy and iridescent finish. This ...
Category
2010s Italian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Victorian Mappin & Webb Antique Silver Coromandel Vanity / Dressing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Antique Vanity Box / Dressing Box with its original leather carry case.
The silver vanity box itself is veneered in exotic coromandel with brass ...
Category
19th Century British Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Bohemian Moser Enameled Glass Jewelry Casket Box, 19th Century
Located in Rostock, MV
Fine Moser Casket Jewelry Box with Hinged Bronze Mounts
Standing on Dore Bronze Feet and Matching Swinging Handles
Lid and Base are Both Framed in B...
Category
19th Century Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1960s Gorgeous Box in Onyx. Made in Italy
Located in Milano, IT
1960s Gorgeous Box in Onyx. Made in Italy. This box is in excellent condition.
Dimension:
5,31 x 3,74 x 1,57 H inches
13,5 x 9,5 x 4 H cm
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Onyx
Persian Micro Mosaic Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted micro mosaic box inlaid in geometric design.
This Middle Eastern Persian inlay boxes were used to store cigarettes, or playing cards.
Mu...
Category
1940s Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Italian Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
An Italian late 19th Century jewelry box with drawers and top compartment.
Measurements:
Height: 10"
Width: 9"
Depth: 6"
Category
1890s Italian Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
1910 René Lalique - Box Coq Rooster Black Glass with White Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Coq" (Rooster) made in black glass with white patina by René Lalique in 1910.
Engraved signature.
Perfect condition. Extremely rare model.
Height : 5 cm
Diameter: 10,5 cm
F...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
Fine Josef Hoffman Wiener Werkstätte Art Nouveau box Austria 1912
Located in Vienna, AT
Fine and distinguished box, designed by the “Hero” of the Wiener Werkstatte, Josef Hoffmann. Made of nickel plated brass, leaves and stars in the pattern. This box is not marked, but...
Category
1910s Austrian Jugendstil Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Indo-Persian Khatam Micro Mosaic Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted Khatam wooden box with very delicate micro mosaic marquetry from the ancient Persian technique of inlaying from arrangements of so many delicate pieces of wood, precious wood, and delicate miniatures paintings.
This beautiful Middle Eastern Persian style box is covered inside and out with fine Moorish micro mosaic marquetry.
Indo Persian Moorish style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid.
Intricate inlaid Asian Indian box with floral and geometric Islamic
Moorish Sadeli design in a square shape form with inlay marquetry, very fine artwork, lined in red velvet.
Museum collector piece like the one in Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum.
The repeating geometric patterns of Sadeli Mosaic are what give it beauty and richness. This decorative technique is a type of micro mosaic featuring repeating geometric patterns. A highly skilled craft, it has had a long history in India and the Middle East with early examples dating back to the 16th century. In the 1800s, it became popular as a decoration on a variety of boxes, card cases, and chess boards imported from India. Since Bombay became a center of making them, they became known as Bombay boxes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Moorish Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Jewelry Box Fruitwood Birds Band Carved
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous & breathtaking! This 19th century black forest jewelry box carved out of fruitwood.
Carved by a master carver with at...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Fruitwood
Late Victorian English Jewelry Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Chicago, IL
This precious 19th century English table casket features mother of pearl inlay and carved shell drawer pulls. The top of the piece is decorated with a pai...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Paper
19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP (Mother of Pearl) Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box from circa 1875-85.
Gorgeously detailed and hand-crafted ‘sadeli mosaic’ inlay, from the Bombay Area, with deep greens with silver, pewter, mother of pearl, bone and ebony in geometric patterns.
The box case, is made of sandalwood but completely covered in MOP, bone, faux ivory, ebony and mosaic inlay.
Edged with faux ivory and banded with a different pattern of sadeli mosaic.
Some minor damage to the top (repair is obvious in pics) and ivorine replacements to some edging, but it still a BEAUTIFUL BOX and of real QUALITY!
The mosaic work is FABULOUS!
Box opens to reveal its original blue velvet lining.
It sits on 4 (recently added) silvered button feet.
SADELI MOSAIC: “Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before the Anglo Indian boxes were made. It was a technique, which required a high degree of skill and patience. It was executed very lavishly, in that the frequent cuts wasted a great amount of the precious materials used. The workmanship was however more than commensurable to the value of the materials.
Ivory, silver, pewter (or other metals), wood and horn were cut into faceted rods which were bound together to form geometric patterns. When the glue has set, the rods were sliced in transverse sections. This gave the maker a number of angled circular pieces in the original pattern. Several variations of patterns could be achieved by combining the materials in different ways. The ivory was sometimes dyed green to give an extra color.
The mosaic pieces in a combination of patterns, often separated by ivory, ebony, horn or silver stringing were used to veneer sandalwood boxes. In the early boxes, which date from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century, there are large panels of mosaic covering tops and sides of boxes. It took incredible skill to cover such large areas without any shakes or wavering of the pattern. The corners and joins on these boxes are impeccably matched.
The makers (reputed to be Persian) of Sadeli mosaic made in the first two decades of the 19th century displayed a total understanding of the qualities of the different materials they used. They combined substances, which can expand and contract according to atmospheric conditions with others, which are hard and unyielding. The result was a sharp definition of the lines and patterns, which made up the whole design.
On the early boxes the designs look deceptively simple. The fact is, they emerged from a culture, which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity is not immediately apparent.
The earliest Sadeli boxes...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver
Kenza Leo Box
Located in Paris, FR
Box Leo Kenza all in solid wood with tawny
pattern finish outside. With black lacquered
finish inside, box with opening lid. With brass
deco on the top and brass feet.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Brutalist Hand Worked Metal and Abalone Jewelry Box, 1994
Located in View Park, CA
An exquisite handmade vintage Jewelry box, signed, 1994. Pearly pink art glass, mirror, mauve gemstones, and hand worked metal comprise this...
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Metal
Art Deco Jewelry Boxes with Facetted Glass, Vienna, Around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco jewelry boxes facetted glass, Vienna around 1920s
Brass polished
Original glass
Original wood
facetted glass.
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Agresti Lei Lui Armoire with Safe
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Armored jewelry armoire in matte Canaletto walnut or polished white bird’s eye maple and 24 karats gold hardware. Inside, safe with biometric o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Gold
Il Bauletto Jewelry Box in Briar and Mahogany
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Jewelry box in briar and mahogany, matte finish, ultra suede lining. 24-karat gold plated brass accessories. With removable tray and necklace bar.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Suede, Mahogany
19th Century black forest walnut casket
Located in Martlesham, GB
A good quality 19th Century black forest walnut casket, having wonderful crisp carving throughout, the hinged top lifting up to reveal a velvet lined interior, the top having a finel...
Category
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Bronze Jewelry Chest In Neo-gothic Style From The Napoleon III Period
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with a large jewellry chest crafted in bronze with medal patina in the neo-gothic style and hailing from the Napoleon II period. It boasts practical dimensions (34cm x 35cm) and intricate ornamentation. Its entrance is concealed by a mechanism, rendering it invisible. The chest's decoration features figures, columns, friezes, and repeating motifs reminiscent of techniques employed during the era of Violet le Duc...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Malachite Box Gemstone Box 4" Big Ripple
Located in Somis, CA
This beautiful natural malachite box is hand crafted, using the finest malachite. Carefully selected fine-grade malachite in brilliant green displays spectacular concentric rings, sw...
Category
2010s Italian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Malachite
Antique and Vintage Jewelry Boxes for Sale: Shop Chanel Jewelry Boxes, Mid-Century Jewelry Boxes and Other Jewelry Boxes on 1stDibs
If you have jewelry, chances are you have an antique or vintage jewelry box. This simple item was born from a simple need. It offers jewelry lovers a place to store their most cherished treasures. The idea behind a good jewelry box is that precious items deserve a place of honor.
It’s no surprise, then, that jewelry boxes (also called jewelry caskets or trinket boxes) have existed for as long as we’ve worn jewelry. It’s among the most popular decorative boxes we have in our homes, and we can find early versions that date at least as far back as Ancient Egypt. All Egyptians adorned themselves with necklaces, rings, earrings and other accessories, and the era’s jewelry boxes resembled small treasure chests. Later, fine jewelry became cost prohibitive and the only people with jewelry boxes were those who could afford jewelry.
Following the Industrial Revolution, jewelry was no longer made by hand. Mass production and the demand of the growing middle class rendered jewelry more accessible. Jewelry of the Romantic period, which refers to early Victorian jewelry, is reflective of these economic shifts. Jewelry from this time tends to be feminine and ornate, and embellished with seed pearls, coral and turquoise. Naturally, it was stored in elaborate, decorative Victorian-era jewelry boxes that were sometimes crafted from hand-painted porcelain or sterling silver.
Nowadays, jewelry boxes do more than keep jewelry safe and organized. They’re popular collector’s items that have become as treasured as the contents themselves.
Designer jewelry boxes — Chanel jewelry boxes, Hermès jewelry boxes and others created by celebrated fashion labels — are widely sought by jewelry lovers who covet a chic case for their jewelry essentials. An eye-catching vintage jewelry box, which is at least 20 but less than 100 years old, is a valuable decorative object, a sign of luxury and elegance that adds character and texture to any bedroom. Some jewelry boxes are even embellished with a few jewels of their own.
If you’re not tucking your jewelry into a drawer or shallow tray atop your vanity, perhaps an Art Deco trinket box with charming brass hardware or a sculptural, hand-carved rosewood mid-century modern jewelry box lined with linen and velvet will do?
Today’s jewelry boxes come in a variety of styles and sizes and are made of metal, wood, plastic and other materials. Give your cherished jewelry the good home it deserves — find an extensive collection of antique and vintage jewelry boxes today on 1stDibs.