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Material: Bone
Montesquieu Portrait Tortoiseshell Snuff Box
By Jacques Joseph de Gault
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exquisite miniature of French philosopher Charles Montesquieu graces the lid of this tortoiseshell-lined snuff box. The handsome portrait was fash...
Category
18th Century French Louis XV Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold
Moroccan Brass and Bone Overlay Box with Lid 1950s
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Moroccan footed box, handcrafted from brass with overlay carved bone in orange amber color and white.
Decorative Moroccan vintage brass canister...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Moorish Bone Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique English Georgian Period Mahogany Tea Caddy circa 1800
Located in Forney, TX
A charming period English George III (1760-1820) mahogany inlaid tea caddy.
Tea was of exceptional value prior to the mid-19th century, plus the type of tea you could afford and th...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mahogany
Anglo-Indian Ribbed Horn Box with Sandalwood Interior
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian glove or trinket box from Vizagapatam of rectangular form with sloped top. Made from sandalwood with vertically ribbed horn veneered sides and starburst ribbed lid with ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
19th Century English Tea Caddy
Located in Charlottesville, VA
A nice shaped tea caddy . It has brass lions handles and bone inlay escutcheon.
Category
19th Century British Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Moroccan Dowry Box Inlaid with White Camel Bone Rectangular Carved Wood Trunk
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique handcrafted Moroccan jewelry wooden box with camel bone inlay trunk.
A large early 20th century decorative Moroccan camel bone casket with bra...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Bone Boxes
Materials
Metal
Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
A very large faux tortoiseshell tea caddy from England. Lovely shape and sterling plate on top this hasn't been monogramed. Sitting on ball feet, circa 1860.
Category
1860s English Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Chinoiserie Lacquer Sewing Box
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a remarkable 19th century lacquered sewing box with multiple compartments on the interior.
The exterior is decorated in elaborate black and gilded motifs including flowers, f...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood, Lacquer
Georgian Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Oval Tea Caddy with Silver Mounts
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Georgian Silver and Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy is of oval shape with a Tortoiseshell exterior mounted with engraved silver stringing, a silver shield plaque below the silver escutcheon and a silver looped handle. The interior features a floating tea shelf...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver
J. Antony Redmile, Silver-plated Rectangular Box, UK, c. 1970
Located in New York, NY
This box clad in silver plate and adorned with a bone, which curves up like a flourish, is typical of Redmile whose works combined an appreciation for antique sophistication with an ...
Category
1970s British Vintage Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
1990s Tourtoise Shell Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1990s Tortoise shell box.
Category
1990s Bone Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique Moroccan Inlaid Treasure Chest
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Moroccan lidded chest handcrafted in classic form with a domed top ambitiously inlaid with bone and dyed bone having intricate jewelry-like metal work highlights.
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Hardwood
19th Century Anglo Ceylonese Porcupine Quill Box with Interior Divided Tray
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A large rectangular box made of dark hardwood inlaid with bone dots framing panels of porcupine quill. The exterior of the box is veneered with quill cut and arranged to create a zig...
Category
Late 19th Century Sri Lankan Anglo Raj Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Tessellated Bone Egg Box with Semi-Precious Cabochons Jewels
Located in Richmond, VA
Offered is an exquisite, Early 20th Century, Tessellated Bone Box. This piece is adorned with 13 semi-precious cabochons jewels. It's a very unusual and unique shape and style. Hinge...
Category
Early 20th Century International Style Bone Boxes
Materials
Brass
Bone, Horn Patchwork Box
Located in New York, NY
Decorative keepsake, jewelry box clad in geometric horn and bone tiles, some with hand engraving, lined in wood. A great addition to any desk or coffee table.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Horn, Wood
Vintage Maitland-Smith Tessellated Horn Box
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Maitland-Smith Tessellated Horn Box.
This handsome large Maitland Smith decorative square box or jewelry box is in great condition and makes a great coffee table accessory.
Category
1980s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Bone Boxes
Materials
Horn
Black Three Dimensional Decorative Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian three dimensional design black colored lidded bone box.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone
Antique Anglo Indian Bone and Tortoise Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive antique Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany, clad in tortoise shell, and ambitiously decorated with bone. The inside has a mirror and red felt lining.
Category
19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Grey And Cream Stripe Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian grey and cream stripe lidded bone box.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone
Gold Stripe Decorative Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian gold stripe lidded bone box.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays.8
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone
Black and White Stripe Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian black and white stripe bone box.
Hinged lid.
White with inlaid black strips.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone
English Burl Walnut Tea Caddy With Decorative Brass Mounts
Located in Free Union, VA
A handsome Victorian era burl wood tea caddy retaining much of its interior silvering. The exterior is adorned with ornamental brass strapwork elements, studs and an escutcheon, the ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Brass
Embriachi workshop marquetry casket - Northern Italy, 15th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Embriachi workshop marquetry casket
Northern Italy, 15th century
Alla certosina inlays (bone, stained bone, pewter and wood)
H 28.2 x W 18 x D 14 cm
This beautiful casket of rectangular form is richly decorated with the characteristic geometric patterns of the Embriachi style.
The intricate geometric patterns are fashioned by juxtaposing lighter and darker pieces of wood, (colored) bone, horn and pewter. The lid and base are framed by a broad band of horn. When ivory became scarce in Europe due to disrupted trade routes, bone was substituted.
The attention to Symmetry and balance created an harmonious visual effect
Enhancing the overall aesthetic appeal of the casket.
The application of geometrical motifs is in Italy known as marquetry ‘alla Certosina’, named after the Certosina Church in Pavia with its famous altarpiece decorated in this way. This is ‘intarsia technique’, a term derived from the Arabic 'tarsi', which means ‘incrustation' recalling ancient mosaics made from various materials.
These geometric elements not only enhance the aesthetic appeal of the caskets but also demonstrate the versatility and skill of the artisans in creating multifaceted works of art.
‘Alla Certosina’ became famous through the Northern Italian Embriachi family who achieved a particularly high standard in working in this technique. Venice in particular was known for the production of these luxurious boxes. The caskets, hexagonal or rectangular, surmounted by a lid decorated in several registers constitute the secular, albeit equally renowned component of the workshop’s production, in addition to mirror frames and various everyday objects.
The method of fabrication of those objects was based on two concepts that underlay pre-industrial production: standardization and modularity, thanks to a distribution of skills according to the different phases of fabrication.
even the realization of the marquetry motifs (in the form of ingots from which portions of the desired size were cut) were therefore entrusted to various specialized craftsmen, as were the assembly phase.
Today better known thanks to the extensive research work recently carried out by Michele Tomasi, this workshop owes its name to its founder and owner, the Florentine Baldassare Ubriachi (or degli Embriachi), a merchant and banker established in the Tuscan capital before he settled in Venice in 1395. Together with sculptor Giovanni di Jacopo, who directed the workshop, from the last years of the fourteenth century, Baldassare oversaw a production that was truly original, and still easily recognizable today, comprising monumental altarpieces and various objects, primarily triptychs and caskets.
The precise location of the workshop is unknown, except that it originated in Florence and in ca. 1431 there was apparently a workshop in Venice, in the area of S Luca. They employed local workers specializing in 'certosina' (inlay of stained woods, bone and horn), and the workshop produced items carved in bone (usually horse or ox) with wood and bone marquetry.
The geometric decoration of Embriachi caskets reflects the artistic complexity and attention to detail that characterized their work.
this inlaid casket is a testament to the skill and artistry of the Embriachi family and serves as a stunning example of the decorative arts of the late Middle Ages.
Related Literature :
E. Berger, Prunk-Kassetten: Europäischen Meisterwerke aus acht Jahrhunderten / Ornamental Caskets...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Hollywood Regency Tessellated Box Or Chest
Located in Houston, TX
Hollywood Regency Tessellated Box Or Chest.
This charming vintage tessellated box or tabletop chest would make a lovely jewelry box or decorative table box.
Category
1970s Unknown Hollywood Regency Vintage Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone
1900's Boulle Cigar box
By J. C. Vickery, Ecole Boulle
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Cigar Box in the style of École Boulle by JC Vickery with tortoiseshell and brass inlay, on the lid the brass badge isn't engraved.
The interior is fitted with cedar wood. No keys.
...
Category
Early 20th Century British Bone Boxes
Materials
Brass
1924 Boulle Card box
By J. C. Vickery, Ecole Boulle
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Card Box in the style of École Boulle by JC Vickery with tortoiseshell and brass inlay, engraved on the lid by the initials "B.H.C".
The interior is fitted with two card sets, a scoring block with pencil and Royal Auction Bridge card game...
Category
Early 20th Century British Bone Boxes
Materials
Brass
1903 Tortoiseshell Jewellery Box with Silver Edges
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Beautiful Tortoiseshell jewellery boxes with silver Edges and curved silver cable legs
The Tortoiseshell is of light colour which enable the ...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver
Cream Three Dimensional Decorative Lidded Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian three dimensional design cream colored bone box.
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone
Beautiful Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Southall, GB
A fine Regency period rectangular tea caddy, veneered in panels divided by fine metal stringing. Silver metal escutcheon and key. Complete with an initialled plaque on the lid and ro...
Category
Early 19th Century European Regency Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Tortoise Shell
Tessellated Vintage Dice or Die Lidded Cube Box Paperweight Desk Accessory
Located in Atlanta, GA
Are you feeling lucky? Then roll this die. Luck be a lady tonight. This beautifully crafted tessellated dyed bone lidded box perfectly emulates the titillation of rolling the dice, t...
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Large 19th Century French Napoleon III Marquetry Jewelry Box, Marked Lucie
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This large mid nineteenth century marquetry box from the Napoleon III period features a burl thuya wood field surrounded by a concentric border of intricately inlaid ebonized pearwoo...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1920's Blond Shagreen Cigar Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Cigar box lined in cedar wood with adjustable compartments. Rectangular in shape with an elegant design and a lid with tortoiseshell edges.
The pictures are part of the description....
Category
Early 20th Century British Bone Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Shagreen, Wood
Ivory and Blue Chevron Bone Inlay Trinket Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Ivory and blue chevron decorative trinket rectangular lidded box inlaid with white bone and resin on wood.
Large stylish Moorish trinket lidded box with bone and wood inlaid handcraf...
Category
20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone
1900's Tortoiseshell Cigar Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tortoiseshell cigar holder, with Japanese inspired decoration. Painted and inlaid with some losses. On one side it represent a bird on a branch in the middle of nature and on the oth...
Category
Late 19th Century British Anglo-Japanese Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Brass
1900's Tortoiseshell and Silver Pique Work Letter Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
An early 20th century tortoiseshell and silver piqué work Letter Box. The sloping front is inset with a delicately engraved design comprising of flowerheads and scrolling foliage. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century British Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver
Etched Horn Grid Pattern Box, 11x7
Located in New York, NY
Modernist handmade keepsake box clad in hand etched/scored horn. Horn over wood.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Bone Boxes
Materials
Horn, Wood
1900's Tortoiseshell Box in the shape of a Book
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Tortoiseshell box in the shape of a small book, with silver hinges and locks. A small silver round inlaid piece is attached to the bound edge of the book, not yet engraved.
The pict...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
1906 Oval Tortoiseshell Dressing Table Box with Silver Hinges
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Very fine Tortoiseshell box, mounted with a virgin silver plaque, hallmarked silver hinges. Lined with dark blue suede. This shape indicates that this box was used to store a set of ...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver
1850's Tortoiseshell Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Small Silver and Tortoiseshell jewellery box, with the top of the lid and the bottom of the box being tortoiseshell. The edges of the box is ...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
1893 Silver And Tortoiseshell Heart Shaped Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Silver and Tortoiseshell jewellery box in the shape of a heart with floral decoration on the lid, silver laces linking the silver parts to th...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver
Antique Scottish Sterling Silver Cairngorm Snuff Mull Ram's Horn Edinburgh 1884
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Scottish sterling silver mounted ram's horn snuff mull, set with a large cairngorm gemstone, Edinburgh 1884, by silversmith Peter MacGregor Westren.
This rare Scottish...
Category
1880s Scottish Late Victorian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1905 Tortoiseshell Card Box
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Small 1905 Tortoiseshell card box, with gilded gold lining and floral decoration. The dates 1860 / 1910 are engraved on the top.
Inside the box, two compartment to fit two small card...
Category
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
Cream Color Bone Lidded Box With Gold Strip, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian cream color lidded bone box with gold strip surround.
Strips of bone are inlaid to create a color on color checkerboard pattern.
Part of a large collection of bon...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone
A rare Indonesian tortoiseshell sirih casket with gold mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Batavia (Jakarta), 19th century, apparently unmarked
H. 5 x W. 18 x D. 13 cm
Before settling down to business in the former Dutch East Indies, sirih had to be offered in the most e...
Category
19th Century Indonesian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Gold
1920s Wooden Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A round wooden box from India. Might be some type of exotic rosewood. Circa 1920s, maybe a little earlier. Box with six ivory dots on lid, ivory feet and finial.
Category
1920s Indian Vintage Bone Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
Round Wooden Indian Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A round wooden box from India. Might be some type of rosewood. Circa 1920s, maybe a little earlier. Box with ivory feet and finial. The interior is about two inches deep.
Category
1920s Indian Vintage Bone Boxes
Materials
Ivory, Rosewood
Musical Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes with historical decor to the lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
Ivory Color Braided Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian braided ivory bone box.
Also available in smaller size (S6629 ).
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone
Ivory Color Braided Bone Box, India, Contemporary
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Indian braided ivory bone box.
Also available in larger size (S6630 ).
Part of a large collection of bone boxes and trays.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone
Vintage Boho Zig Zag Inlay Burl Wood Writing Desk Box
Located in west palm beach, FL
An extraordinary vintage Boho writing desk in a box. Chic Burl wood construction with gorgeous inlay detail. An interior writing desk to hold your papers and writing utensils. Acquir...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
Anglo-Indian Horn Box with Inlaid Metal Floral Motifs Raised on Turned Feet
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Anglo-Indian box made from panels of horn and decorated with inlaid brass and white metal forming stylized flowers and borders, raised on turned horn feet. Missing four or five dots.
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Brass, Steel
Musical Snuffbox Playing 2 Tunes and Cupido on the Lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
Musical Laurencekirk Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
Musical Snuffbox by Alibert playing 2 Tunes
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
Musical Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes with Flowerpot to the lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Snuffbox with music made in Switzerland in the first half of the 19th century.
This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies, on a sectional comb. The comb is thus composed of several section...
Category
1840s Swiss Early Victorian Antique Bone Boxes
Materials
Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze
A small oval tortoiseshell piqué patch pot
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A small oval tortoiseshell piqué patch pot, the hinged lid with a beribboned garland of flowers round a blank escutcheon, raised on four ogee feet....
Category
Early 20th Century English Bone Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Anglo Indian Tortoise and Bone Box
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive Anglo Indian box crafted in mahogany and clad in tortoise shell decorated with bone straps, carved and painted floral panels, and paw feet. The inside has a mirror and bon...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Tortoise Shell
Wooden Rectangle Box Covered in Bone Facets with Brass Knobs & Feet
Located in Ross, CA
Wooden box covered with beveled stone squares with brass feet and knob. The hardware is brass, including four feet and one knob.
Category
1990s Unknown Rustic Bone Boxes
Materials
Bone, Wood
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