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Furstenberg Germany Vintage Violet Flowers Round Gold Leaf Trinket Plate
Located in BILBAO, ES
Furstenberg Germany vintage flower round gold leaf trinket plate
Perfect gift for your special someone.
Dimensions:
Diameter 10 cm (3.93 inches)
A s...
Category
Late 20th Century German Aesthetic Movement Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique Limoge 19th Enamel Box Hand Painted Pink with Flowers
Located in BILBAO, ES
Antique 19th Jewellery Antique 19th Jewellery Hand Painted pink Porcelain Box with flowers aprox 1880
Perfect gift for decoration or keeping perso...
Category
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Enamel
1980's Decorative " eye" box
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1980's Decorative " Eye" box
Cast aluminium
France
Category
1880s French Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
$706 / item
19th Century, Octagonal Lidded Tin Canister with Yellow Faux Bois Finish
Located in Atlanta, GA
A tin canister from the 19th century, with faux bois finish and canted corners. Created during the 19th century, this canister features an octagonal body ...
Category
19th Century Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Tin
1940's Sterling Silver Hinged Box with Bamboo Pattern
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An elegant, sterling silver (935 grams), hinged box with bamboo pattern.
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Russian Silver Trompe L'oeil Cigar Box, Ovchinnikov
By Fedor Ovchinnikov
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th century Imperial Russian solid silver tromp l'oeil cigar box, rectangular, the hinged cover, sides and base chased and engraved to simulate woodgrain and tobacco t...
Category
Early 1900s Russian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Covered Vase with Atlantes, attr. to A. Giroux, France, circa 1880
Located in PARIS, FR
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...
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Brass and Copper Coal Bucket
Located in London, GB
Exceptional Art Nouveau brass with copper coal bucket with ribbon on top.
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
$1,665 Sale Price
20% Off
Gaedke Cookie Tin, Germany Around 1900, Lithographed
Located in Hamburg, DE
Cookie tin from the german company Gaedke around 1900. Gaedke was a cocoa chocolate jam and cookie factory located in Hamburg in the early 20th century.
Th...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Deco Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sheet Metal
$125 Sale Price
50% Off
Charles X Cut-Crystal and Ormolu Jewelry Box
Located in Paris, FR
Exquisite oval-shaped cut-crystal antique jewelry box. The crystal is chiseled into twisted patterns, and the mounts are of gilt bronze, which is decorated with small flowers, pearls...
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
GAB Sweden Pewter Box with Playing Card Motif - Art-Deco 1930's
Located in Stockholm, SE
This vintage GAB pewter box from Sweden showcases a unique design, featuring a stylized burst of playing card suits—spade, heart, diamond, and club—radiatin...
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Pewter
19th Century Indian Box
Located in Tampa, FL
This exquisite antique box from 19th century India is a true treasure with its rich patina and traces of green paint. The brass studs add a real touch making it a genuine statement p...
Category
1880s Indian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Antique Dore Bronze Mounted Opaline Oval Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The creamy and smooth exterior of this 19th Century Opaline Box harmonizes beautifully with its streamlined Dore Bronze mount and clasp. All elements, including its oval shape, contr...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Lee Barnes & Naomi Peck lidded Jewelry Box
Located in South Charleston, WV
Circa 1965-1975 by Lee Barnes Peck and his wife Naomi Peck. Both were highly trained and skilled craftsmen of the modernist era and Lee Barnes was an instructor as well a jeweler. Hi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver Plate, Copper
Fine Louis XVI Style Gilt-Bronze and Sèvres Style Porcelain Mounted Jewellery
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
A fine Louis XVI style gilt-bronze and sèvres style porcelain mounted jewellery box.
Of rectangular for this charming jewellery box has a hinged lockable lid above silvered column...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1960's Original Hungarian Army First Aid Boxes - Small Shape
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1960's Original Hungarian Army First Aid Boxes - Small Shape.
These were standard issue in the Hungarian army and we have a network of pickers that hunt them out for us. Occasionall...
Category
1960s European Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Important and Rare Italian Box Safe from the 17th Century '1647'
Located in Madrid, ES
Important and Rare Italian box safe from the 17th century
In chiseled bronze, decorated with jasper plates and hard stones, with a cameo with a male figure at the centre.
Inscriptio...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Mid-Century French Green Marble and Brass Jewelry Box Casket with Inside Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Keep your jewelry safe in this elegant antique marble box. Created in France circa 1950, the casket sits on small square feet. The top open and re...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Metal Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Large Art Deco Style Stone & Copper Inlaid Box
Located in Ross, CA
Large stone and copper inlaid box attributed to Maitland Smith. The box has a zig zag pattern in stone inlaid with copper trim, the inside is lined with brown felt.
Category
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Stone, Brass
1940s Elizabeth Bensley Enamel and Zebrawood Decorative Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a nice example of artist, Elizabeth Bensley's enamel work from the late 1940s contrasting a primitive, crudely assembled box with refined, expert enamel decoration. Note that...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Continental Niello and Silver Gilt Snuff Box, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
No apparent hallmarks. The diaper pattern filled with small crosses throughout and the opening with a slight lip.
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
White Leather Tissue Box
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Sleek and sophisticated, this metal tissue box is a stunning example of modern aesthetic and skilled hand-craftsmanship. Its classic rectangular silhouette is crafted of metal and is...
Category
2010s Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
English Art Deco Sterling Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth II sterling silver box. Made by Harman Bros. in Birmingham in 1982. Excellent condition. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover flat and hinged. Engine-turned wave ornament in plain frames...
Category
1980s English Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Restauration Snuff Box with Micromosaic
Located in Paris, FR
Small rectangular Restauration snuff box crafted in gold. The hinged lid is decorated with an oval micromosaic representing St. Peter's Square in Rome. Micromosaic is set in a gold s...
Category
Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Gold
19th Century Burr Walnut Jewelry Box
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century burr walnut jewelry box with decorative brass mounts & removable insert tray lined with silk
Category
19th Century European Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Quality Rosewood Writing Box
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian quality rosewood writing box having a rectangular shaped quality rosewood lift up top opening to reveal a lift up writing surface opening to reveal two storage comp...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Other
British Sterling Silver Art Deco Engraved Cigarette Case By Harman Bros. 1931
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Elegant Art Deco Sterling Silver Engraved Cigarette Case By Renowned British SilverSmiths Harman Bros. Birmingham 1931. Weight 129grams
Hallma...
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Ring Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are happy to offer you this sterling silver ring box made in Birmingham, England by the silversmith Deakin & Francis, 1916 (see hallmarks). The inte...
Category
1910s English Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Schlevogt Hoffmann "Ingrid" Lapis Marbled Glass Lidded Box with Ormolu Mounts
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This rare Art Deco era hinged glass dresser box was made in Czechoslovakia and is part of the Ingrid series, named for the daughter of Henry Günther Schlevogt of the Curt Schlevogt glass manufactory and Charlotte Hoffman Schlevogt...
Category
1930s Czech Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Export Tin Metal Transport 5 Gallon Canister Container with Wood Case
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique export tin metal transport canister container with wood case. Item features a solid wood frame, galvanized tin metal container, remnants of cork to mouth of canister, very nice antique item. Believed to be a 5 gallon...
Category
19th Century North American Primitive Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
Silver-Plated Biscuit Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Silver-plated Biscuit Box
oval, the hinged lid with bone finial, the body relief-cast with cherubs riding animals within scroll borders, on four feet; m...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Antique Sterling Silver & Leather Miniature Knife Holder Styled Playing Card Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique sterling silver and leather playing card box was made in London, England is 1885 by an unknown maker, in a period Victorian style. The box is styled as a miniature knife...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late 18th Century Dutch Colonial Oak Decorative Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Magnificent and rare Late 18th Century Dutch Colonial decorative box.
Striking Dutch design from the 1790s.
Made out of Slavonian solid oak with original patinated iron handles and l...
Category
Late 18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Iron
Black Basalt Tea Caddy, 1st half 19th century
Located in Greding, DE
Cylindrical tea caddy made of black basalt with silver mounting and figural nodus.
Category
Early 19th Century European Neoclassical Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Victorian Casket Tortoiseshell Calling Cards Regency Grand Tour 1837
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stunning Example of a Ladies Silk Lined Casket containing its original contents of Sterling Silver mounted Silk lined Tortoiseshell Card Cases of museum quality. Slightly dome shaped...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
Brass and Shagreen Box HERCULES SCARAB by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
The HERCULES SCARAB box is a best seller at Ginger Brown.
This piece is made in lost wax cast brass with a bronze patina. The brass lid is covered in shagr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Arts and Crafts Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Regency Tole Hot Water Urn
Located in Essex, MA
Chinoiserie decorated with cover with ball finial over a cylindrical body with lions head rings , lower spigot and pierced square plinth and paw feet.
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Tin
Large French Gilt Bronze and Crystal Domed Casket, Circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
The bronze finely chased with foliage and flower heads, the escutcheon with chased cornucopia terminating in bird heads, the crystal box upheld by gilt bronze scrolls terminating in ...
Category
1820s French Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch / Snuff Box - Double Hinged
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch / Snuff Box - Hinged on both base and lid, the base is decorated with gentlemen walking outside a church, while the lid has an embossed female port...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Rare English Book-Shaped Sheffield Silver Humidor circa 1885
Located in New Orleans, LA
A very handsome late 19th century silver plate humidor.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sheffield Plate
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Mussel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver Vesta case in the form of a mussel; an addition to our diverse smoking related silverware collection.
This exceptional antique sterling silver Vesta case...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Svenskt Tenn Pewter Lidded Box with Scroll Handle, Sweden, 1936
By Svenskt Tenn
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare and elegant hexagonal pewter lidded box by Svenskt Tenn, dated 1936, exemplifying the refined craftsmanship and functional artistry of Swedish design in the early 20th century...
Category
1930s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Art Nouveau Lithographed Candy Cookie Tin Box Advertising Vintage German, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Large antique German cough drop candy advertising tin. Beautiful decoration piece, nice addition to your kitchen or just to display in every room.
Category
1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Tin
Flowers Red Egg Box
Located in Paris, FR
Box Flowers Red Egg all in hand-crafted porcelain,
hand-painted porcelain with lid. With solid brass base
with green bird in porcelain.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
$831 / item
Tea Caddy George II Brass Padouk English circa 1760
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Fine example of a George II brass metal mounted padouk tea caddy with finely etched and wrought hardware and vivid grain, color and patina.
...
Category
18th Century English Georgian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Brass
Castle Top Card Case, Scott Memorial, Sterling Silver, Nathaniel Mills 1844
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1844 by Nathaniel Mills, this fine quality, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Castle Top Card Case, features a high relief chased scene of The Scott...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Metal Boxes
Materials
Copper
Antique George I Sterling Silver Tobacco Box
By Edward Cornock 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional antique early Georgian English sterling silver tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection
This dine antique George I sterling silver tobacco box has a plain oval rounded form.
The surface of the box is plain and embellished with fine engraved circular motifs and leaf decoration to the cover hinge.
The flush hinged hallmarked cover is ornamented with the contemporary engraved inscription ‘Richard Smart’ to the centre, in addition to a simplified engraved shell and scrolling leaf design to the shaped thumbpiece.
This impressive Georgian tobacco box has an exceptional color and patination.
This antique tobacco box...
Category
1720s English Georgian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Amber Trinket Box
Located in Tampa, FL
A beautifully decorated Indian metal box with a stone of amber on the top. 1920s or earlier There once was a fabric inside but it has disintegrated you can see it, all of the fibers ...
Category
1920s Indian Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Stone, Metal
Antique English 19th century Tea Caddy Sheffield Silver Trim
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English 19th century Tea Caddy with Sheffield Silver Trim
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Sheffield Plate
A german 1960ties cigarette box with enameled lid with stylized fish motive
By Scholz & Lammel
Located in Aachen, DE
A german box from the 1960, probably used for Cigarettes with a turned teak wood base and an enameled copper lid with matte finish, nicely decorated with a stylized pattern of three fish. The box is unsigned and is most likely the work of Schibensky, or Scholz and Lammel...
Category
1960s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Antique William IV Sterling Silver Table Snuff Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique William IV English sterling silver table snuff box; an addition to our collectable silverware collection.
This exceptional antique William IV sterling silver snuff box has a rectangular, rounded form.
The body of the box is embellished with impressive chased floral motifs accented with scrolling stem and foliate ornamentation, all on a matte background.
The decoration to the body incorporates a chased single leaf design to each corner, emanating from the rounded lower portion.
The upper rim of the body and swept sides of the cover are encompassed with a continuous band of engine turned decoration.
The underside of the box features a further panel of engine turned decoration.
This exceptional example of antique silverware is fitted with a hinged hallmarked cover embellished with an engine turned bordered rectangular vacant cartouche to the upper plateau.
The cover is further embellished with an exceptional cast and applied domed, incurved border to the upper portion, matching the ornamentation to that of the body and continuing to an impressive floral thumbpiece to the anterior edge.
This antique sterling silver snuff box opens to reveal the original gilded interior.
Condition
This antique sterling silver snuff box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
The chased and applied ornamentation is all very sharp and the engine turned decoration is all very crisp.
Full hallmarks struck to the interior of the box are all very clear.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique silverware.
Dimensions
Length 9.8cm/3.9"
Width 6.5cm/2.6"
Height 4.3cm/1.7"
Weight
8.2 troy ounces/253g
Maker: Joseph Willmore...
Category
1830s British Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
1920s English Metal Box
Located in High Point, NC
Step back in time with this 1920s English Metal Box, a vintage treasure that exudes rustic charm and historical appeal. Crafted in England, this sturdy metal box features a distincti...
Category
Early 20th Century British Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal
Mappin & Webb Ltd Art Deco Style Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver cigarette box in the Art Deco style; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exc...
Category
1960s English Art Deco Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Micromosaic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional micromosaic snuff box represents the heights of this ancient art form. Depicting four doves sitting atop a bronze dish, the inse...
Category
19th Century Neoclassical Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$28,500
Italian Silver Box ' Jeweler '
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Italian silver box -jeweler-
The surface is hand painted
Has hand painted angels
Circa 900 vermeil silver
Punch 800.
Category
Early 1900s Italian Neoclassical Revival Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Vermeil
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Austrian Onyx Jewelry Box with Figural Cold Painted Bronze Spaniel Dog
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique decorative or jewelry box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Austria and dating to approximately 1920 and done in the period Art Deco style. The body of t...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Metal Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Silver Plate, Bronze
Lucite and Silver Plate Large Modernist Box, circa 1970
Located in Atlanta, GA
Enhance your interior with this striking modernist decorative box, evoking the sophisticated artistry of renowned Italian designers such as Tommaso Barbi, Gabriella Crespi, or Willy ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Large French Sculpted Bronze Box by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large bonze box (based on the size, it is likely a card case) by French Parisian art jewelry designer Line Vautrin (1913-1997) circa 1950s. The box features an interesting design i...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Metal Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Late 19th Century Victorian Coromandel Toilet Box
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A Victorian calamander toilet box with ten silver mounted jars, by William Neal, London, dated 1874. The box with fall front, two drawers and secret drawer,...
Category
Mid-19th Century British High Victorian Antique Metal Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,082 Sale Price
37% Off
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