French Mid-19th Century Leather and Gilt Decorated Jewelry Box

A coated canvas-covered box with nail head decoration, brass lock and brass handle.

A perfect box to hold remotes or other slim but long items.

The duck finely cast in repose, in an upper and lower sections

Of biscuit shape with an elaborately cast body with a hinged top, silvered brass with wear commiserate with age and use.

Of sarcophagus form with hinged top and a fleur de lis finial, the tapering box with side handles and incised foliate motifs inside circles, raised on shaped and incised bracket feet

constructed entirely of walnut and shaped on every part this bookstand is sturdy when open also folds flat for storage

Gilt bronze and onyx jewelry box. France, late 19th century. It has silk inside.

Small rectangular casket with slightly beveled lid and filling-shaped veneer pattern made of walnut. The casket stands on small brass feet. Inside it is m...

This French Empire 19th century rectangular porcelain dresser box or jewlery decorative casket has a wonderfully patinated powder blue/cerulean light blue background color and features grotesque masks, architectural vase, fruit, flowers and leafy scrolled design throughout painted as a trompe l’oeil in the round. Ormolu mounts enrich the whole box. The paintings on this casket are striking as is the color palette used, a wonderful mix of light purple, cream, blue and soft brown. The lid is centered by a grotesque mask inspired by antiquity. The front, back and sides are profusely decorated with architectural elements, cartouches and volutes. The design is centered by a vase with a fruit arrangement that appear to be plums. The decoration could refer to the allegory of autumn and the mask painted on the lid could refer to Bacchus. Both the color of the porcelain and the paintings are very unusual and a sign of high quality and uniqueness.The box was most probably given to a high-ranking lady as a gift on the occasion of her marriage, or perhaps after the birth of a child. The lidded box is fitted with ormolu mounts, hinges and clasp. A gilt bronze band finelly chiseled in the form of a rope adorns the upper part. The trinket box rests on four gilt bronze lion paw feet. This striking French porcelain box...

Small baroque jewelry box in embossed gilted bronze with inner compartments and key.

A wonderful heartshaped wooden box with fine intarsia inlay of different wood species and monograms. Probably Italy, 19th century. Life is like a box of chocolates.

Beautiful antique Victorian jewelery box. The box is made of wood, covered with paper machee, lacquered black and inlaid with a mosaic of mother-of-pearl. Painted with gold colored decorations. The interior of the box is lined with blue silk fabric...