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Material: Copper
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 Copper Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Enamel Trinket Box by Sascha Brastoff
Located in San Diego, CA
Vintage Mid-Century Modern Enamel Trinket Box by Sascha Brastoff. Beautiful MCM enamel and copper enamel made by Sasha Brastoff, circa 1960s. The box features a floral enamel design ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Copper Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Copper
18th Century German Hammered Copper & Brass Bread Box, Kitchen Utensil
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful antique 18th century German bread box. Perfect for decoration in your old country kitchen. The piece is in good used antique condition with patina and a view minor dents. S...
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Mid-18th Century German Biedermeier Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Modernist Wood and Enamel Box, circa 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
Exceptional Mid-Century Modern French Enamel and Wood Lidded Box, circa 1960
A rare and elegant example of French Mid-Century Modern design, this exquisite lidded box was masterfully...
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel
Vintage Turtle Box by Antony Redmile
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical mid century trinket box crafted in composition in a turtle form having a polished stone lid handle and silver plate on brass head and...
Category
20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Copper Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Halcyon Days English Bilston Enamel Floral Egg Trinket Box
By Halcyon Days
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Halcyon Days, a Bilston enamel trinket box shaped as an egg, Stoke-on-Trent, England, circa 1970-1980s.
Established in the 1950s, Halcyon Days Ltd ...
Category
1970s English International Style Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Modernist Wood and Enamel Box by J. Capo Esmaltes, circa 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
Designed by the esteemed J. Capo Esmaltes and crafted in Spain circa 1960, this exquisite Mid-Century Modern lidded box is a true fusion of artistry and craftsmanship. Its refined re...
Category
1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel
Rochard Limoges Paris Perfume Bottle in Porcelain Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
From Rochard, Limoges Paris, a hand enameled trinket box, a scent chest with a metal caged glass bottle, circa 1970-1980s.
The oval metal braced box has a domed lid with a tear-drop...
Category
Late 20th Century French International Style Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Late 19th Century Oak-Copper French Cigar Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A nice antique cigar box, made of oak, decorated with bronze and copper mounts.
Central plaque depicting horses. Lifting system. Space for 30 cig...
Category
1880s French Belle Époque Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Art Nouveau Cosmic Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
English Silver Plate Tea Caddy / Thin Biscuit
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Mid 19th century English sheffield silver plate tea caddy / thin biscuit with exterior design details and attached covered top . The tea caddy ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Edwardian Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Alfred Daguet, Paris, Art Nouveau Embossed Brass & Inlaid Glass Cabochons Box
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind and all hand-crafted, good size antique box by Alfred Daguet (1875-1942).
Alfred Daguet was a French craftsman/metalsmith, active around the early 1900s and who specia...
Category
Early 20th Century French Arts and Crafts Copper Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century French Empire Cloisonné Bronze Jewelry Casket with Velvet Interior
Located in North Miami, FL
19th century French Empire cloisonne bronze jewelry casket with blue velvet interior
By: unknown
Material: bronze, velvet, enamel, metal, copper
Technique: gilt, cloisonné, champlevé, cast, molded, metalwork
Dimensions: 5 in x 7 in x 6 in
Date: late 19th century, circa 1890
Style: Napoleon III, Rococo Revival, Neoclassicism
Place of origin: France
This richly gilded jewelry...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Revival Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Metal, Copper
Jugendstil Brass Jewelry Casket with Velvet Lining by Erhard & Söhne, Germany
Located in North Miami, FL
1900s Jugendstil golden and silver brass jewelry casket with blue velvet-lined interior by Erhard & Söhne, Germany
By: Erhard & Söhne
Material: brass, copper, metal, velvet, zinc
Te...
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper, Zinc
Japanese Antique Black Lacquered Box 1860s-1900s / Tansu Sideboard Wabisabi
Located in Chōsei District Nagara, JP
This box is made in Japan and coated with black lacquer.
The furniture was made during the Meiji period (1860s-1900s) and is made of cedar wood. The metal fittings are made of copper...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Art Nouveau Sea Battle Repoussé Box with Moonstones by Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Daguet’s beautifully patinated box is a rich textural and colorful tour de force. The top of Daguet’s box is striking for its bird’s-eye-view of a crab clutching a viper eel. Using r...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Steel
Art Deco Copper and Brass Box
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautifully made and decorated box in brass and copper. Key is present.
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century Arts & Crafts Movement Copper Table Chest Box
Located in Queens, NY
Large copper table chest or box from the English Arts & Crafts Movement that features curvilinear protrusions on each side, as well as a decorative ...
Category
19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Decorative Tinned Copper South Asian Round Box with Lid
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Beautiful decorative tinned copper hand-hammered Indo-Persian box with lid.
Probably used as a tea caddy or tobacco storage.
Nice Middle Eastern Arabian Moorish style hand chiseled copper...
Category
19th Century Asian Moorish Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper
Vintage Mexican Box with Stone Mosaic Copper Silver & Brass Details Taxco
By Los Castillos, Taxco
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exquisite vintage box from Mexico features a richly textured stone mosaic design on its surface, combining deep shades of blue and green. The geometric ornamentation is crafted ...
Category
1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Stone, Multi-gemstone, Metal, Brass, Silver, Copper
Japanese Cloisonne Box by Inaba, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine Japanese cloisonne hinged box with pheasant and autumn foliage, by Inaba Nanaho and the Inaba Cloisonne Company, Meiji period, circa 1900, ...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Metal
Studio Craft Turned Rosewood Box with Enamel Lid
Located in Ferndale, MI
Nicely crafted solid rosewood box with enameled lid.
Category
Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Art Nouveau Exceptional Continental Lidded Brass Casket with Maiden
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional Continental, probably Austrian, Art Nouveau Brass lidded casket with a molded portrait of a maiden dating from around 1900. The heavily made casket is of rectangular f...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Tiffany Studios New York Enameled Copper "Olive" Covered Box
Located in New York, NY
This Tiffany Studios New York covered box by Louis Comfort Tiffany, covered with an enamel "Olive" motif, was executed by the Enamelware Department of The Stonebridge Glass Company in New York. The stoic composition is primarily composed of richly enameled copper, with the cover and body of this rare piece sharing decoration of subtly-hued olives, with purple-brown copper branches and deep green leaves. While the rarity of the object itself makes it an incredibly collectible item, the easy beauty of the composition also makes it an instant treasure.
Artist: Tiffany Studios New York
Circa: 1905
Dimensions: 5.25" height, 6.5" diameter
Materials: Repoussé copper, Enamel and counter enamel
Signed: "Louis C. Tiffany and impressed SC 332"
Provenance: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, Private Collection, circa 1965, thence by descent to the present owners
Literature: Box pictured in Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glassmaking: The Nash Notebooks, by Martin Eidelberg and Nancy McClelland, New York, 2001, pp. 21 and 178 (for the model executed in pottery); Box also pictured in Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, by Alastair Duncan, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, p. 466 (for the model executed in pottery) and p. 471 (for the model executed in bronze pottery)
Category
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Paolo De Poli Wood and Enamel Box, circa 1950
Located in Atlanta, GA
Paolo De Poli Enamel Box – Attributed to Gio Ponti, Italy, Circa 1950
This exceptional Mid-Century lidded box is a rare and collectible work of Italian design, meticulously crafted b...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel
Tray Bombè - enameled copper and woven rattan
Located in Venezia, IT
Bombé is a round enameled copper tray with an optical design that recalls the waves and colors of the lagoon, set in a frame of manila, the pith of rattan. The handles are embellishe...
Category
2010s Italian Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Vintage Modernist Stone Trinket Box attributed to Pepe Mendoza (Mexico)
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and sculptural piece. This vintage stone box attributed to the modernist Mexican artist Pepe Mendoza is unique and special. The box has inlaid stones and a cast brass May...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass, Copper
Fabienne Jouvin-Paris Cloisonne 'Ouzbek' Box, Circa 1980s
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fabienne Jouvin-Paris Cloisonne 'Ouzbek' Box
Designed by artesian Fabienne Jouvin-Paris
Made in China, 1980s
This stunning Fabienne Jouvin-Paris Cloisonné 'Ouzbek' Box, crafted in t...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Modern Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Rajasthani Mughal Decorative Copper Lidded Betel Spice Pandan Caddy Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Rajasthani Mughal Decorative Copper Lidded Betel Spice Pandan Caddy Box.
Handcrafted decorative North India round metal Asian copper Mughal Raj, Indian lidded , spice, pandan betel box with latch and a top handle.
Of dome form with lotus-shaped finial, with spiralling bosse designs,
Delicately and intricately hand-chased and hammered with geometric Anglo-Indian designs.
Consuming betel leaves with several ingredients such as wet lime paste, katechu, areca nut, cloves and even tobacco leaves has been popular in India from the fourth century AD.
Dimensions:
Height: 9 in (22.86 cm)Diameter: 7 in (17.78 cm)
The box was probably used to store the betel leaf used in the preparation of paan. Lime paste is mixed with grated areca nut and flavourings and the resulting mixture is rolled in the betel leaf to form a small parcel which can then be chewed. As well as being an integral part of Indian hospitality paan is believed to possess medicinal properties and was also taken as an aphrodisiac. The present box, which was elaborately designed for this purpose, would have been taken out ceremoniously on special occasions.
Exquisite conversation museum quality piece with a very nice antique patina.
Fine intricate artwork with conical form lid with Moorish pierced designs.
Islamic Mughal Indo Persian...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Imperial Manufacture Of Tula, Russia, End Of The 18th Century. Steel Sewing Box
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Imperial Manufacture Of Tula, Russia, End Of The 18th Century. Steel Sewing Box"
Russian work from the imperial factory of Tula from the end of the 18th century.
inlaid with copper ...
Category
Late 18th Century Russian Louis XVI Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Iron
Art Nouveau Repoussé Regal Reliquary by Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Alfred Louis Achille DAGUET (1875 - 1942) was a metalsmith active in Paris during the first part of the 20th century. His metalwork created prior to the outbreak of World War I, note...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel, Steel
Circa 1900 Mauritanian Tuareg Box in Cut Steel, Copper, Brass, and Wood
Located in Dallas, TX
More information coming soon…
This fascinating wooden box has a multi-colored arabesque overlay of cut steel, copper, and brass. The interior has a beautiful deep red upholstery, w...
Category
Early 20th Century Mauritanian Copper Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, Copper, Steel, Cut Steel
Karl Drerup Enamel on Copper Abstract Art Brass Desk Stash Trinket Cigarette Box
By Karl Drerup
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful abstract enamel on copper decorative handcrafted brass cigarette stash/trinket box by Karl Drerup. The box has a wonderful form and design. Marked on the bottom with the in...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Copper Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper, Enamel
1900 Rosewood Box Art Nouveau by Erhard & Soehne
Located in Marseille, FR
Box rosewood and brass inlay cover Art Nouveau by Erhard and Soehne, circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Chinese Yellow Cloisonne Dragon Box, Republic Period, circa 1920, China
Located in Austin, TX
A charming Chinese yellow cloisonne small trinket box with dragons, Republic Period, circa 1920, China.
The small box sets on four bun feet and designed ...
Category
1920s Chinese Qing Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique Napoleon III Game box with Brass and Burl Wood Marquetry
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique game box from the French Napoleon III period. The box is made of various types of wood marquetry inlaid with brass trims. This box s...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Antique French Silvered & Gilt Jewellery Casket Box AB Paris 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful Antique silvered and gilt on copper French jewellery casket, signed AB Paris and Circa 1880 in date.
Of rectangular form this wonderful casket is of very high quality and features the lid and sides decorated with relief cast scenic panels...
Category
1880s French Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Hollywood Regency Patinated Brass and Copper Jewelry Box Made in Hong Kong
Located in San Diego, CA
Simple and elegant patinated brass and copper box, circa 1970s Perfect for jewelry, trinkets or playing cards. Stamped at the bottom Made in Hong ...
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Hollywood Regency Copper Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
$260 Sale Price
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Late 19th Century Lidded Onyx box with Bronze Dog
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
An antique decorative lidded box with a bronze dog. The base made of wood, with onyx paneled against it, which is framed with floral ornate copper rims. The...
Category
Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Brass, Copper
Handcrafted Heavy Copper Jewelry Box with Inka Aztec Brass Inlay by Vicky, Peru
By Vicky
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A striking blend of craftsmanship and cultural heritage, this vintage jewelry box from Peru captures attention with its bold design and sturdy build. Crafted from heavy copper, the b...
Category
1970s Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Antique Chinese leather box - circa mid-19th century
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Antique Chinese leather box - circa mid-19th century
This antique Chinese box was handcrafted from leat
Measures : 22x13cm H:8cm
Materials...
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19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Chinese Canton Enamel Lobed Round Box, Qianlong Mark, Late Qing Dynasty, China
Located in Austin, TX
A well painted Chinese Canton enamel lobed round box and cover featuring the Eight Immortals, with a Qianlong mark to the underside, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China
The deligh...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
19th Century Japanese Style Storage Box - Bamboo and Copper
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique storage box, made of bamboo, beautifully decorated with plates of gracefully embossed copper.
The chest was probably made in Japan, for the European/French market...
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1890s Japanese Chinoiserie Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Benedict Studios Arts & Crafts Hammered Copper Humidor, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period hammered copper humidor with silver emblems of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine and merriment.
By Benedict Studios...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Copper Boxes
Materials
Silver, Copper
Danish Modern Enameled Abstract Teak Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Danish modern enameled abstract teak table box
We are pleased to offer
a Danish modern enameled abstract teak table box, this rectangular piece combines functionality and artistic e...
Category
20th Century Danish Modern Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul Evans Box for America House, Copper, Bronze, and Pewter, Hinged, Signed
By Paul Evans
Located in New York, NY
Paul Evans Box, Copper, Bronze, Pewter, Hinged, Signed. Large scale hinged mixed metal textured box with painted red wood interior and lined with orange...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Copper, Pewter
$11,500 Sale Price
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Small Chinese Black Cloisonne Box, Late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China
Located in Austin, TX
A small and lovely Chinese black ground cloisonne box with peony design, late Qing Dynasty, circa 1900, China.
The small cloisonne box raised on four bun feet, and decorated with a design of blossoming peony against a black enamel ground inlaid with geometric wire work in the "wan" pattern.
The large blooms of peony depicted in pleasing shades of red, pink, and yellow enamel, with leaves of dark and light green enamel. The colored enamels pop against the black cloisonne...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Mexican Modernist Mix Metals Tray Box by Los Castillos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Modernist Mix Metals Tray Box by Los Castillos
Designer
Humberto Castillo
Manufacturer
Los Castillos
Period Style
Mexican Modern
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass, Copper
Antique South Asian Round Copper Bronze Box with Lid from India 19th C.
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique 19th century beautiful handcrafted decorative round tinned copper bronze South Asian box with lid, latch and handle.
A very fine antique Pandan or B...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Agra Copper Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper
Rare Mid-Century Artisan Copper Enamel Box and Lid by Capo Esmaltes
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Mid Century Modern rectangular carved wooden box with a slightly curved lid in enameled copper with colorful abstract decor was hand-crafted by Capo Esmaltes in Spain in 1960s....
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Copper Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper, Enamel
$420 Sale Price
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Antique French Silvered Copper Jewellery Casket Box B Wicker 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful Antique silvered copper French Jewellery Casket, engraved by by the famous French engraver B.Wicker, Paris C 1880's.
This...
Category
1880s French Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Decorative Art Deco Box in Hand Hammered Copper 1930s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Decorative Art Deco Box in Hand Hammered Copper 1930s.
A wonderful hand made decorative box in hand hammered copper. Features intricate patterns and shapes and floral decorations on...
Category
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
American Carved Mahogany Smoking / Humidor Cabinet w/ Copper Lining
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Copper Lined Humidor, Walnut, Resin Carved Panel, Brass Pull
Style: American Victorian
This American Victorian smoking cabinet from ...
Category
1920s American Victorian Vintage Copper Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Decorative and Jewelry Box in Metal, Silver Color and Gold France 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Decorative and Jewelry Box in Metal and Copper Silver Color and Gold France 20th Century.
On the lid, we discover relief work. A scene of with characters having a banquet in the coun...
Category
20th Century French Copper Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper
$330 Sale Price
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Antique South Asian Mughal Round Tinned Copper Box with Lid India 19th Century
By Rajhastani
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Beautiful handcrafted decorative round tinned copper Mughal Indian box with lid, latch and handle.
Antique South Asian Mughal Round Tinned Copper Box with L...
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Agra Copper Boxes
Materials
Metal, Copper
18th C Pink Battersea-Bilston Mourning Box, Ex-Collection of h.r.h Princess Roya
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th Century Pink Battersea-Bilston Mourning Box, Ex-Collection of H.R.H. Princess Royal Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897–1965)
...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
$2,360 Sale Price
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Antique Southeast Asian Filipino Maranao Silver Inlaid Brass Betel Nut Box
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce fine quality antique silver-inlaid solid brass betel nut box (Lutuan), dating to the second half of the 19th / early 20th century, hand-crafted in Mindanao, Philippines.
Boxes such as this were used to store the areca nut (also known as the betel nut) which would be wrapped in a betel leaf with lime paste and other ingredients, often tobacco, for chewing. Similar to the European tea caddy, these boxes often served as a way to impress while showing off ones wealth.
Betel chewing was prevalent in the southern Philippines as in much of the rest of Southeast Asia. Wealthier Maranao families on Mindanao were able to afford elaborate silver-inlaid brass betel boxes such as this example. Such boxes were used to show off to guests and from which they were offered betel and the other component such as leaves and lime to make up the betel quid.
Rare large size, most extant examples of such boxes tend to measure around 5 inches in length. At slightly more than 7.75 inches the example here is larger than most.
The distinctive decorative box features a very heavy strong-box like rectangular shaped chest form with canted corners, copper handles, and a conforming hinged lid, lifting open to reveal an interior divided into three compartments covered by four hinged lids. Each of these doors is inlaid with silver in stylized orchid flower patterns.
Exceptionally executed throughout, the arabesque silver inlaid exterior is decorated to the top with a large orchid motif within scrolling obid-obid (stylized rope) borders. The front, back and sides are inlaid with sets of stylized tail feathers of the sari-manok bird beneath which are unusual, highly stylized whimsical zoomorphic faces that appear like cat or tiger faces. (Such stylisation is accounted for by Southeast Asian Islamic preferences to avoid the overt and this potentially idolatrous representation of animal and human forms. Designs such as these are drawn from a local design repertoire that has its origins in wood carving.
Although the spread of Islam in the Philippines began in the 14th century, mostly through the influence of Muslim merchants from the western Malay Archipelago, decorative arts in this design remain exceptionally rare. This lutuan represents a fine example of Islamic metalwork from the most eastern outreach of Islamic art and civilisation: Mindanao island being significantly further east than even China – artwork from Islamic Southeast Asia remains chronically under-represented in the world’s major collections of Islamic art.
PROVENANCE / ACQUISITION
Acquired from highly reputable auction house, Austin Auction Gallery, established 1983, Austin, Texas.
References
Brownrigg, H., Betel Cutters...
Category
19th Century Philippine Islamic Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper
Karl Springer Style Copper and Leather Decorative Box
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Beautiful copper and leather wrapped decorative box in the manner of Karl Springer.
Skeleton of the box is wood. Top and edges consists of shingled cut copper squares affixed wit...
Category
Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Copper Boxes
Materials
Copper
Agresti Privato Safe
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
"Agresti 'Privato' safe for jewelry, available in three finishing options. See information below for details of finishing variations.
Copper: Jewelry case in hammered copper finish s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Copper Boxes
Materials
Steel
Art Nouveau Sunflowers Repoussé Box by Alfred Daguet
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Copper Boxes
Materials
Steel, Copper, Enamel
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