Bronze Boxes

An extremely rare, possibly unique, bronze jar with amazing patina. The lid adorned with a knob in the shape of a fish. Designed by Hans Bergström for Ystad Metall / Brons, Sweden, ...

This delightful small, very fine quality French mid 19th century bronze jewellery casket is beautifully decorated with finely cast panels. The four sides have rural scenes depicting...

Pink and light blue crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated silver finish. Each object is handcrafted an...

Vintage acrylic lucite box. Signed on underside of lid, dated 1972. Very detailed top with Bulova watch parts. Nice condition n damages.

Nice Quality with superb decoration. Additional information: Material: Bronze / Copper Region of Origin: Japan Period: 19th century Meiji Periode (1867-1912) Condition: Some small ...

Fine Unusual Bohemian Casket Jewelry Box with Hinged Bronze Mounts Dore Bronze Swinging Handles Lid is Framed in Bronze Clear Glass with Milky...

19th century English rootwood office box with brass fittings and leather interior.

Decorative black marble box with brutalist bronze cast lid.

We present you this exquisite gilded bronze box hailing from the Napoleon III period. It represents a scene from Classical Antiquity that captures the romantic rendezvous between two...

Tobacco jar in bronze, by Nils Johan, 1920s-1930s.

Very early fat cylinder music box. The mechanism has a 2 per turn setting, but plays 1 tune in 2 parts on the first revolution resulting in 7 tunes in total. The plane brass bedplate...

An Extremely Italian Rare Bronze Locking Vessel With Latin Inscription, Possibly with Maritime Associations. Italy circa 1780-1820 This very unusual bronze...

Elegant and minimalist bronze lidded box designed by Sune Bäckström for Gusum Bruk, Sweden, during the 1930s. This refined rectangular box features clean, sharp lines and a beautiful...

Gilt bronze trousse with tree branch decorations. France 1930. Lid with tortoiseshell base. Inside three compartments for make-up. Good conditions.

Musical souvenir box made in Switzerland in the 19th century for the German marker This rare snuffbox plays 2 melodies. Indicated on the inside of the lid. The case is made of met...

1950's Stitched leather and pearwood boxe By Jacques Adnet

1970s Italian Box with Bronze Lid Signed by the Artist Esa Fedrigolli

Beautiful ovoid-shaped covered vase in patinated bronze with golden highlights, with rich rotating decoration in relief. The lid, symbolizing Night, is decorated with a turtle, a moon, a dragon flying among the clouds ; and the belly, symbolizing the Day, is decorated with a rising sun, mountainous landscapes, and cherry tree branches. The whole, topped with a flamed seed, is supported by three African-type atlantes dressed in a loincloth. Historical and artistic context This work of art combines elements of Japonism and Orientalism, two important movements representative of the taste of the time for exoticism. Indeed, this taste for Chinoiserie was revived at the end of the 19th century following the Franco-English military campaign against the imperial army in China in 1860. Napoleon III’s French troops bring back part of the treasure from the Summer Palace, constituting in 1863 the famous Chinese Museum of Empress Eugénie at the Palace of Fontainebleau. First in painting, the movement quickly spread to decorative arts and furniture. This craze for the Far East is encouraged in France by the diffusion of Chinese ornamental works renewing the interior decoration of the luxurious Parisian residences of a clientele eager for something new. It was also under the Second Empire that the Orientalists were propelled to the forefront. Emperor Napoleon III, aristocrats as well as wealthy bourgeois in search of exoticism fill the order books of the most renowned artists. It is then not the predominantly academic style of the Orientalists that counts but above all the exoticism that they show to a fascinated public. Biography Alphonse Giroux and Company, famous curiosity and luxury goods shop was situated in Paris, at No. 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré and in business from the time of the Consulate until the end of the Second Empire. The company was founded by Francois-Simon-Alphonse and continued in 1838 by his two sons, Alphonse-Gustave (1810-1886) and André (1801-1879). The father became a close associate of the royal family and specialized in the manufacture of refined items for gifts. Kings Louis XVIII and then Charles X were both supplied with gifts for « The Children of France » by Giroux. Making progressively small furniture, they were mentionned for the first time in 1837 in the class « cabinet...

An 18th Century Chinese Beijing enamel snuff box finely painted to the lid and sides with typical Chinese scenes, the base painted with a leafy gourd. The lid is mounted in gilt bron...

1970s Italian Box with Bronze Lid Signed by the Artist Esa Fedrigolli

Ultra rare boxe made by famous French artist Franck Evennou Signed, circa 1990s Perfect shape.

Cigar holder with revolving doors. Made in bronze finely chiseled and black lacquered wood.

1970s Indian bronze box with character on the lid.