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Material: Metal
19th Century Jewelry Box in Leather with Diamond Pattern
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small Rectangular Leather Jewelry Box on small brass balls with diamond pattern.
Category
19th Century French Empire Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Large Brass Pandan Box, North India, 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A large brass pandan box
North India, 19th century
The body with rounded profile and hinged raised lid
with engraved and punched decoration
centering ...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Limoges 22k Gold Trinket Jewelry Pieces Louis XVI Courtesan Scene
By Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Elegant vintage Limoges 22-karat gold trinket jewelry decorative pieces.
French vintage Limoges porcelain in cobalt royal blue with fine gold decor.
Mark...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
A Late 19th Century Bronze and Viennese Enamel Jewelry Box
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Late 19th Century Bronze and Viennese Enamel Jewelry Box
The nice, highly decorated jewelry box with elaborate detailed enamel plaques, the two doors opening to two drawers with l...
Category
Late 19th Century Austrian Belle Époque Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
A Norwegian Sterling Silver & Enamel Tobacco Box by J Tostrup, CIrca 1970
Located in Los Angeles, CA
NORWEGIAN STERLING SILVER AND ENAMEL BOX BY J. TOSTRUP, hallmarked with Sterling, J. Tostrup w weight 578 grams, Dimensions Height: 3" Length: 8.25" Depth: 3.25"
Category
20th Century Norwegian Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Storage Chest or Jewelry Box by Designer Rae Kasian
By Roe Kasian
Located in New York, NY
A relatively large rich dark red burgundy lacquer storage chest box with metal detail by designer Rae Kasian, circa late-20th century, 1980s, 1990s. Box is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Korean Campaign Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
Fine Japanese Export Red Lacquer Box with Masonic Symbols, circa 1800
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A fine Japanese export red lacquer box with Masonic symbols
Kyoto/Nagasaki, 1800-1820
Red lacquer decorated with scattered flowers and flying birds with long tails in gold, wit...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold
Art Deco Ladies Blue Enamel and Chrome Compact, circa 1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is this highly styled Art Deco of American blue enamel compact dating to the 1930s. Originally it would have had a chain or tassel. Beautiful blue enamel color...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Stunning 1950s White Murano Glass Hinged Jewelry Box by Cendese Murano, Italy
Located in London, GB
A stunning oval white Murano glass hinged jewelry box by Giovanni Cendese, Murano, Italy with gilt central detail and hinge.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
1970s Italian Box with Bronze Lid Signed by the Artist Esa Fedrigolli
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Italian Box with Bronze Lid Signed by the Artist Esa Fedrigolli
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Swedish Forskrin, Folk Art Travel Box from the 1700s, Original Condition
Located in Kramfors, SE
Antique folk art box, a so called Forskrin which was used when travelling for storing documents and valuables around the late 1700s. Made in nor...
Category
Late 18th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron
Diminutive Midcentury Stone Box on Chrome Stand
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A variegated purple stone box with black interior and brass hinged lid. With a separate brushed chrome stand with patinated metal bars. V shaped stretcher...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Stone, Chrome
Table Box Enamel on Guilloche Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè also on the sides. In the center, a beautiful hand painted tempera miniature on a vegetable ivory plate depicting the portrait of a 19th century lady, signed by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani. Dimensions cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 618. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 and manufactured in Florence in some specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni Company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at about 800° C.
Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions.
It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books.
Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items.
Hand painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques.
The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds:
1) Fire enamel.
2) Water tempera on an ivory plate.
3) Painted on mother-of-pearl.
Fire enameled miniatures:
On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Arenson Studio “Infinity” Brutalist Hammered Brass, Leather Box
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Hand-hammered copper box by Arenson Studios, West Palm Beach, FL, circa 1970s.
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Brutalist Metal Boxes
Materials
Copper
Vintage Abalone and Brass Decorative Box Midcentury
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful brass plated abalone seashell square box with wood lined compartment. Stamped underneath “Taxco Mexico" a region of Mexico known for their unique and one of a kind metal works. The patina adds a grounding element to the glistening and multi color abalone shells. The design of a fish head in brass appears on the lid adding extra artistry to such a unique piece. One long hinge along lid allows it to open and close with ease. Incredible piece to add to your organic modern decor...
Category
1960s Mexican Organic Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique French Tin Cans, Cookie Tins, Art Deco, Set of 3, 1920s 1930s, France
Located in Greven, DE
A Set of 3 antique tin cans from France, 1920 s / 1930s.
Category
1920s French Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Tin
Late 19th Century Large Chinese Pigskin Storage Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century large pigskin storage box, Chinese. Late Qing dynasty. Burnt red color & silvered brass or paktong fittings; the handles & their back plates of good quality. Label ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare & Early James Bearden "Pod Box on Stand" Steel & Blackened Bronze Brutalist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Designed and studio-made by American designer and craftsman James Bearden, this pedestal style box offers a unique blend of extraordinary hand-made quality and striking brutalist vis...
Category
2010s American Brutalist Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Labradorite Semi Precious Stone Box with Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Labradorite semiprecious stone box with hinged lid. Labradorite displays an iridescent optical effect (or schiller) known as labradorescence. La...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Grand Tour Metal Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
Bruguier Tortoiseshell Swiss Fusée Singing Bird Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extremely rare, early Swiss automaton singing bird box by the famed Charles Bruguier is housed in a case enveloped in luxurious tortoiseshell. Ev...
Category
19th Century Swiss Louis XV Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique French Cut Crystal Hinged Box with Bronze Mounts
Located in Toronto, ON
This antique cut crystal and bronze box makes a statement in any space. An early 1900s French production, this piece transitions from modern to classic interiors seamlessly with its ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
19th Century English Regency Boulle Tea Caddy
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
19th Century English Regency Boulle Tea Caddy in beautiful shape. Well taken care of must see pics.
Category
Mid-19th Century British Regency Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Handgrinded Crystal Brass tissue box
Located in Firenze, FI
Crafted with meticulous attention to details and craftsmanship, this elegant and precious tissue box is an example of how Bronzetto creates precious objects by combining brass and b...
Category
2010s Italian Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Gilt Copper Sterling Bronze Co. Cigarette Box with Angel Details, Circa 1920s
Located in New York, NY
ATA1389
A beautiful, finely-detailed copper and gilt brass cigarette box. The action of lifting the lid cleverly places a cigarette on the small mi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Metal Boxes
Materials
Copper, Ormolu
Austrian Secessionist Brass Carved Box
Located in North Miami, FL
This is a wonderful antique box from the Vienna Secession period. Adorned with elegant carved details and a wood veneer interior.
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Longwy Enamel Floral Lidded Catchall
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
This exquisite Longwy catchall dish is a stunning example of French ceramic artistry, blending intricate design with functional elegance. Crafted by the renowned Faïencerie de Longwy...
Category
Early 20th Century French Metal Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Egyptian Revival Bronze Round Pharaoh Case W/ Carved Bone Face, Circa 1920
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Immerse yourself in the opulence of the Original Art Deco era with this exquisite Egyptian Revival cast bronze case. Adorned with a meticulously carved bone face, the removable lid s...
Category
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique English Regency Rosewood Fitted Tea Poy Caddy or Lamp Side Table 19th C.
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an early English tea poy of compact proportions. First quarter of the 19th century, Regency period.
The rectangular hinged lockable lid with corner canted angles, enclosing four lidded compartments, above an exquisitely hand carved foliate and leaf capped column with shaped platform base ending on finely carved claw feet.
Condition: Superb condition with no losses to inlays, interior foil linings are quite worn, very nice untouched surface patination. Lock and key are present and working, original metal castors are also present.
Measures: Height: (overall as shown) 30” (76cm), width: 19” (48cm), depth: 13.75” (35cm).
Location: Dublin City, Ireland.
Affordable fixed charge Worldwide Store to door shipping offered...
Category
Early 19th Century French Regency Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Marble, Ormolu
English Georgian Tortoise Shell Sewing Box with Silver Winged Paw Feet, C. 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
English Georgian Tortoise shell hinged sewing box with a gadrooned molded edge lid, fitted tufted interior, and resting on the original silver plate winged paw feet. Early 19th Century
Category
1810s English Georgian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
A Victorian electroplated seal box, by Elkington and Co. Circa 19th Century
Located in London, GB
Silver Metal Elkington & Co George IV Emblem Round Hinged Lid Box
Dimensions:
17.5 x 17.5 x 4 cm
A Victorian electroplated seal box, by Elkington and Co, circular form, the hinged c...
Category
19th Century Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Alessandro Albrizzi Rectangular Box in Purple Lucite and Chrome, Italy, 1970s
Located in Rome, IT
Rectangular box in purple Lucite and chrome by the Italian designer Alessandro Albrizzi. Made in Italy, circa 1970.
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Hollywood Regency Faux Inlaid Bone and Brass Box in the Style of Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice vintage Hollywood Regency faux inlaid bone and brass box in the style of Maitland Smith, circa 1970s. The box is in good vintage condition and measures 12.375"W x 8.375"...
Category
20th Century American Hollywood Regency Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Round French Silver Deep Blue Guilloché Enamel & Crystal Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Round French Silver Deep Blue Guilloché Enamel and Crystal Table Box
Hallmarked with French Minerva on the silver rim
This exquisite round French ...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Box shaped enamel hand painted, engraved and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped enamel is in 925/1000 sterling.
Box shaped enamel has handpainted fired enamels miniature.
Box shaped enamel is engraved and fire-enamelled ornaments.
Box shaped enamel is...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early 18th Century Inlaid Italian Walnut and Tortoise Shell Vargueno
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 18th century inlaid Italian walnut and tortoiseshell vargueno. 6 drawers with fine inlay, iron hardware.
Category
Early 18th Century Italian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Iron
Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Octagonal Glass Box in Emerald w/ Brass Fittings
Located in New York, NY
This beautifully colored and elegant Modernist Hand-Blown Murano Octagonal Glass Box in Emerald W/Brass Fittings originates from Italy during the 21st Century. Features an octagonal ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Zogan Cigarette Case in Komai Style
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Japanese Zogan Cigarette Case in Komai Style.
This antique Japanese cigarette case showcases exquisite Zogan inlay work in the Komai style, a ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold
Brass Vessel Set w/ Brass box
Located in Paonia, CO
The (wh)ORE HAüS STUDIOS small goods collection was made for those that wanted to experience the (wh)ORE HAüS brand without committing to our larger pieces. Our Brass Vessel Set with...
Category
2010s American Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Limoges France Jewelry Box with Country Scene
By Limoges
Located in BILBAO, ES
Vintage Limoges France Jewelry Box, Pill Box with Conntry Scene
Type Trinket Box
Brand Limoges
Material Porcelain
Finish Painted
Shape Square
Measures 4x4 cm/ 1,57x1,57 inches
I
Li...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Leaf
One-Off Winsor & Newton Queen Elizabeth Jubilee Sterling Silver 1977 Artist Box
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely one of a kind Winsor & Newton 1977 Queen Elizabeth Jubilee presentation with sterling silver ...
Category
20th Century English Early Victorian Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Rare Art Deco style BP domestic oil can, UK ca. 1920
Located in Meulebeke, BE
United Kingdom / 1920 / oil can / tin / Art Deco / Mid-century
Very early original BP Domestic oil can from the United Kingdom, ca. 1920. On the can is a picture of the early BP Lo...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Tin
Antique 19th Silver Tobacco Box, Circa 1820s
Located in Norton, MA
Antique 19th silver tobacco box, from 1820s.
Category
19th Century English Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Decorative Biscuit Tin, English, Shop, Retail, Container, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique decorative biscuit tin. An English, printed shop retail container for Gray Dunn and Co, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910.
F...
Category
Early 20th Century British Metal Boxes
Materials
Tin
Tiffany Studios New York Art Deco 'Zodiac' Bronze Doré Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous bronze doré desk box, jewelry box, or decorative box featuring Zodiac designs
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 5.38"W x 3.5"D x 1"H....
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Scandinavian Trinket in Bronze, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small unusual jewelry trinket in light bronze set floral perforations. Its interior is linned with blue velvet. It was made in the late 10s or early 20...
Category
1920s Scandinavian Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1970's Decorative boxe attributed to Maria Pergay
By Maria Pergay
Located in New York, NY
1970's Silver plated decorative boxe
attributed to Maria Pergay
Category
1970s European Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Agate, Silver Plate
Art Nouveau Good Quality Enamel Decorated Brass Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality Art Nouveau enamel decorated rectangular box dating from around 1900. Possibly Austrian, the box is made in brass with a hinged overlapping cover the top applied with ...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Italian Ruby Red Glass Jewelry Box With Sailboat Decoration
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Ruby Red Glass Jewelry Box With Cut Sailboat Decoration And Original Brass Hardware.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Midcentury Owl Dish in Pewter
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool and unique midcentury pewter owl dish with striking blue eyes. The dish is very heavy and well made with a very small hallmark on the back.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Bronze vintage Bear adorned box
Located in Winnetka, IL
This is a very unique bronze heavy box with a bear sculpture on top
The box is a locking one that works
Category
1950s German Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Mother-of-Pearl Sewing Nécessaire
By Palais Royal
Located in New Orleans, LA
This captivating Palais Royal sewing nécessaire is crafted of engraved mother of pearl mounted in rich doré bronze. The hinged box contains a remov...
Category
19th Century French Other Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
A Mennecy Silver Mounted Soft Paste Porcelain Snuff Box of a Dromedary
Located in Spencertown, NY
The dromedary in overall good condition with scattered light black pitting overall, wear to floral relief decoration on lid where it sits, possible loss/repairs to ears.
Provenance
T...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Box in Brass, with an Anchor Pattern, Old Patina, in a Gold Color France 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box has been made in France, circa 1970. It is in a very good condition. The material is Brass, in a gold color, with an Anchor pattern. It is a rectangular Box with an old patina.
Category
1970s French Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
James Bearden Dwelling Box
Located in New York, NY
Sculptural box of blackened and polished steel, raised atop a slender column. From the Dwelling series, 2015, by Des Moines artist James Anthony Bearden.
Category
2010s American Brutalist Metal Boxes
Materials
Steel
Elegant Art Deco Pewter box with lid and mirror from GAB, Sweden in 1935
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Art Deco Pewter box with lid and mirror inside from GAB Guldsmedsaktiebolaget, Sweden in 1935 (I8). Simple and elegant design in pewter with blackened birch handle.
Wear con...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Arthur Espenet Wooden Box 1961
Located in Chicago, IL
Arthur Espenet Carpenter Exotic Walnut Box, 1961
A finely crafted wooden box by celebrated California studio furniture maker Arthur Espenet Carpenter, dated 1961. Made from richly fi...
Category
1960s American American Craftsman Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
21st Century, Animal Box Collection, Porcelain Box with Golden Bronze Geko
Located in Calenzano, FI
Porcelain box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated golden finish. Each object is handcrafted and the care for eve...
Category
2010s Italian Louis XVI Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Midcentury Cloisonné Lidded Box, Käthe Ruckenbrod
Located in London, GB
Cloisonné lidded box attributed to jeweller Käthe Ruckenbrod (1905 - 1989). Germany, mid-20th century.
The box is rounded, smooth and tactile to to...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
