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Large Middle Eastern Moorish Turkish Mother-of-pearl Inlaid Chest
Located in Bradenton, FL
A large Turkish mother-of-pearl inlaid chest inlaid throughout to show foliate scrolls and geometric forms, raised on four legs.
From the 16th century onwards the dominant influence...
Category
20th Century Syrian Moorish Shell Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Splendid Sea Shell Encrusted Treasure Box Maitland Style
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Spectacular richly encrusted with great selection of natural sea shells in Redmille style treasure box. Great decor piece or precious gift.
Category
1970s American Organic Modern Vintage Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
Early Original R & Y Augousti Paris Seashell Marquetry Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is an early original lidded box designed by the famed decorative arts design firm Ria & Youri Augousti, Paris. The rare piece boasts geometric seashell marquetry with trim accen...
Category
1990s French Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell, Wood
Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Featuring Alternating Panels
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this fine Regency Tortoiseshell and Mother of Pearl Serpentine Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rect...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Mother-of-Pearl
Mother of Pearl Tea Caddy
Located in Dallas, TX
This beautifully crafted mother of pearl tea caddy from circa 1860 is a true testament to English craftsmanship and elegance. The exterior glows wi...
Category
1860s French Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Vintage Coastal Shell Encrusted Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This vintage coastal box is beautifully encrusted with an array of natural shells, creating a stunning, textured surface that captures the essence of beachside charm. Perfect as a de...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell, Wood
A Mother of Pearl Jewelry Box, Judaica
Located in New York, NY
This resplendent rectangular Judaica jewelry box is a true celebration of traditional craftsmanship and refined artistry, entirely veneered in lustrous...
Category
20th Century Shell Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Felt, Wood
Vintage Coastal Shell Encrusted Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Bring seaside charm to your home with this Vintage Coastal Shell Encrusted Box. Handcrafted with an array of natural shells, this box exudes a breezy, beachy vibe, perfect for adding...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell
$275 / item
Vintage Conus Seashell Box, Sterling Mounts, Hallmarked, Italy, 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Conus seashell box with sterling silver mounts - side hinge - unidentified hallmarks to the interior (.925 silver) - Italy (Florence - likely) - m...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Georgian Shell Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
small mother-of-pearl box
Located in Brussels, BE
small mother-of-pearl box
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Shell Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Rare Regency Architectural Pressed Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Pressed Tortoiseshell Design
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this Regency Architectural Tortoiseshell Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of bombe form with flared bas...
Category
1810s British Regency Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell
Pen shell Pyramid Box attributed to Maitland Smith
Located in Winnetka, IL
A pyramid shaped box having 4 graduating drawers with brass ball knobs . Made of polished pen shell which is a material that the manufacturer Maitland Smith often used. All sitting u...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Post-Modern Shell Boxes
Materials
Brass
Modern Box in Antique Shagreen with Shell and Brass Insert by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This exquisite rectangular boxes is masterfully crafted from antique shagreen, showcasing a unique cosmos pattern that elegantly marries modern design with classic luxury. It feature...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Large Mother of Pearl Mounted Armorial Tea Caddy for MacPherson
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare, incredible and large antique Chinese carved mother of pearl mounted tea caddy with armorial for MacPherson and dating from circa...
Category
1770s Chinese Qing Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Large Seashell Encrusted Lidded Box with Silvered Crustaceans
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Whimsical lidded box ambitiously hand decorated with exotic seashells and featuring a sea life handle with silver plate on brass crabs, starfish and shells, and four silver on brass shrimp...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Shell Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Sampson Mordan & Co 1850’s Calamander & Brass Inlaid Vanity Box Sterling Silver
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A lovely vanity box crafted out of Calamander with brass inlay. It is by the prestigious British firm Sampson Mordan & Co of London. The utensils feature mother of pearl handles and ...
Category
Mid-19th Century English Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
Vintage Decorative Jewellery Case, Japanese, Lacquer, Box, Art Deco, Circa 1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an vintage decorative jewellery case. A Japanese, lacquer and Mother of Pearl lidded box in Art Deco taste, dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930.
Appealing example o...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Mother of Pearl Decorative Box
Located in New York, NY
Decorative box with hand inlaid mother of pearl shell rectangular tiles.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Modern Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell
2 Mexican Brass Boxes, 1960s
By Taxco
Located in Delft, NL
2 Mexican brass boxes, 1960s
Brass boxes with Abalone shell and Amethyst stones
2 Rectangular boxes with rosewood interior with hinged lid and 1 ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Shell Boxes
Materials
Amethyst, Brass
$682 / set
Maitland Smith Abalone Shell Box
Located in Stamford, CT
Mother of pearl tessellated box attributed to Maitland-Smith. Mother of pearl veneer in very pale green color over wood box. Black felt underside. Made in Philippines sticker on the ...
Category
1980s American Hollywood Regency Vintage Shell Boxes
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Black Lacquered Lidded Circular Box with Mother of Pearl Floral Décor
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage black lacquered lidded circular box with mother or pearl floral inlaid décor. This vintage Chinese black lacquered box is a testame...
Category
20th Century Chinese Shell Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Vintage Moorish Box Mosaic Marquetry
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern Lebanese mosaic marquetry wood box.
Small octagonal walnut Syrian style box intricately decorated with Moorish...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell, Fruitwood, Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Regency Boulle Tortoiseshell Tea Chest
Located in Northampton, GB
Boulle Style Front
From our Tea Caddy collection, we are thrilled to offer this Regency Tortoiseshell Tea Chest. The Tea Chest of sarcophagus shape with a gently tapering body and a...
Category
Early 19th Century English George IV Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Brass, Pewter
Modern Box in Mother of Pearl with Polished Stainless Steel by R&Y Augousti
Located in West Hollywood, CA
The "Melting Box" by R&Y Augousti, crafted in polished stainless steel and adorned with intricate mother of pearl, is a striking piece that balances modern sophistication with artisa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Moorish Handcrafted Middle Eastern Mosaic Inlaid Decorative Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box.
Large box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Moorish Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell, Fruitwood, Abalone
Antique Georgian Amboyna Sewing Box
By William Dobson
Located in Northampton, GB
Veneered in Amboyna Wood
From our Sewing Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Amboyna Sewing Box. The Sewing Box of rectangular shape veneered in Amboyna with a circular mo...
Category
Early 19th Century English William IV Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Bone, Shell, Amboyna
Large multi Colored Natural Sea Shell Covered Box-hinged
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large multi colored natural sea shell covered hinged box. This hand crafted box is lined in a grey velveteen. I purchased this box in Palm beach an...
Category
1990s Victorian Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell
Hand Crafted Leather and Gold Tooled Hinged Box with Brass Lion Paw Feet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A lovely leather box with Gold tooled leather. In the shape of a treasure box, with a raised center portion, the box is unique in shape and style.
A compliment to any desk to hold...
Category
20th Century English Shell Boxes
Materials
Gold, Brass
Middle Eastern Mosaic Moorish Mother of Pearl Inlaid Trinket Box
By Mamluke
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted marquetry Moorish wood inlay micro mosaic inlaid with mother of pearl.
Handcrafted khatam wooden box with very delicate micro mosaic marquetry from the ancient Persian t...
Category
20th Century Lebanese Moorish Shell Boxes
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING a LOVELY 19C Anglo Indian Bombay MOP (Mother of Pearl) Sadeli Mosaic Trinket Box from circa 1875-85.
Gorgeously detailed and hand-crafted ‘sadeli mosaic’ inlay, from the Bombay Area, with deep greens with silver, pewter, mother of pearl, bone and ebony in geometric patterns.
The box case, is made of sandalwood but completely covered in MOP, bone, faux ivory, ebony and mosaic inlay.
Edged with faux ivory and banded with a different pattern of sadeli mosaic.
Some minor damage to the top (repair is obvious in pics) and ivorine replacements to some edging, but it still a BEAUTIFUL BOX and of real QUALITY!
The mosaic work is FABULOUS!
Box opens to reveal its original blue velvet lining.
It sits on 4 (recently added) silvered button feet.
SADELI MOSAIC: “Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
The ancient art of Sadeli Mosaic is said to have been introduced from Shiraz in Persia via Sind to Bombay, a long time before the Anglo Indian boxes were made. It was a technique, which required a high degree of skill and patience. It was executed very lavishly, in that the frequent cuts wasted a great amount of the precious materials used. The workmanship was however more than commensurable to the value of the materials.
Ivory, silver, pewter (or other metals), wood and horn were cut into faceted rods which were bound together to form geometric patterns. When the glue has set, the rods were sliced in transverse sections. This gave the maker a number of angled circular pieces in the original pattern. Several variations of patterns could be achieved by combining the materials in different ways. The ivory was sometimes dyed green to give an extra color.
The mosaic pieces in a combination of patterns, often separated by ivory, ebony, horn or silver stringing were used to veneer sandalwood boxes. In the early boxes, which date from the turn of the 18th to the 19th century, there are large panels of mosaic covering tops and sides of boxes. It took incredible skill to cover such large areas without any shakes or wavering of the pattern. The corners and joins on these boxes are impeccably matched.
The makers (reputed to be Persian) of Sadeli mosaic made in the first two decades of the 19th century displayed a total understanding of the qualities of the different materials they used. They combined substances, which can expand and contract according to atmospheric conditions with others, which are hard and unyielding. The result was a sharp definition of the lines and patterns, which made up the whole design.
On the early boxes the designs look deceptively simple. The fact is, they emerged from a culture, which had mastered geometry and understood how to generate a pattern from a set number of points. The patterns are so harmoniously combined that their incredible complexity is not immediately apparent.
The earliest Sadeli boxes...
Category
Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Silver
Set of 4 Pedestal Boxes in Shagreen, Shell and Bronze-Patina Brass by Kifu Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by skilled artisans, ultimately making each piece unique, designed in Paris and produced in the Philippines.
The set of 4 pedestal boxes are the perfect home accents to add elegance and functionality to your space. These can be used as a vanity set for your bathroom, in your office to store desk...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Qing Lacquered and Inlaid Handled Sewing Box
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and fine antique Chinese Qing lacquered and inlaid papier mache handled sewing box with decorative panels dating from latter 19th or early 20th century. The sewing box is of round cylindrical shape with a swing carry handle and is inlaid with mother of pearl and abalone. The body is made up of eight oval shaped scenes of typical Chinese style with buildings and people picked out with inset abalone and mother of pearl and highlighted and contained within a gilded border. These are set between bands of patterned abalone and against a blue silk background. A similar band of abalone is applied to the swing handle. The cover sits within a recess and is made up of bands on inset abalone with cut out triangular designs and set over blue silk with a small finely carved mother of pearl handle...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Silk, Lacquer
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Doré and Abalone Stamp Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Art Nouveau or Art Deco period gilt bronze and inlaid abalone stamp box
By Tiffany Studios
New York, USA, early 20th century
Measures: 4"W x 2.13"D x 1.25"H.
Good orig...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Shell Boxes
Materials
Bronze
16th-Century Indo-Portuguese Colonial Mother-of-pearl Gujarat Casket
Located in Amsterdam, NL
An exceptional Indo-Portuguese colonial mother-of-pearl veneered casket with silver mounts
India, Gujarat, 2nd half of the 16th century, the silver mounts Goa or probably Lisbon
Measures: H. 16 x W. 24.6 x D. 16.1 cm
An exceptional Gujarati casket with a rectangular box and truncated pyramidal lid (with slopes on each side and a flat top) made from exotic wood, probably teak (Tectona grandis), covered with a mother-of-pearl mosaic. The tesserae, cut from the shell of the green turban sea snail (Turbo marmoratus, a marine gastropod) in the shape of fish scales, are pinned to the wooden structure with silver ball-headed nails. The casket is set on bracket feet on the corners. The masterfully engraved decoration of the silver mounts follows the most refined and erudite Mannerist repertoire of rinceaux and ferroneries dating from the mid-16th century. The high quality and refinement of the silver mounts and, likewise, the silver nails that replaced the original brass pins used to hold the mother-of-pearl tesserae in place indicate the work of a silversmith probably working in Lisbon in the second half of the 16th century.
The Indian origin of this production, namely from Cambay (Khambhat) and Surat in the present state of Gujarat in north India, is, as for the last three decades, consensual and fully demonstrated, not only by documentary and literary evidence - such as descriptions, travelogues and contemporary archival documentation - but also by the survival in situ of 16th-century wooden structures covered in mother-of-pearl tesserae. A fine example is a canopy decorating the tomb (dargah) of the Sufi saint, Sheik Salim Chisti (1478-1572) in Fatehpur Sikri in Agra district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, north India. This is an artistic production, geometric in character and Islamic in nature, where usually the mother-of-pearl tesserae form complex designs of fish scales or, similar to the dishes also made using the same technique, with the thin brass sheets and pins, stylized lotus flowers. The truncated pyramidal shape corresponds, like their contemporary tortoiseshell counterparts also made in Gujarat, to a piece of furniture used in the Indian subcontinent within the Islamic world prior to the arrival of the first Portuguese. This shape, in fact, is very old and peculiar to East-Asian caskets, chests or boxes used to contain and protect Buddhist texts, the sutras.
A similar chest is the famous and large reliquary chest from Lisbon cathedral that once contained the relics of the city's patron saint, Saint Vincent. Both match in shape, having the same kind of socle or pedestal and bracket feet, and in their engraved silver mountings, featuring the same type of refined, erudite decoration. Their differences lie in the silver borders that frame the entire length of the edges of the chest (both the box and the lid), pinned with silver nails, and on the lock plate, shaped like a coat of arms in the Lisbon example. Given the exceptional dimensions of the reliquary casket...
Category
16th Century Indian Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Silver
Handcrafted New Zealand Maori Paua Abalone Shell Stash Trinket Wood Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful decorative handcrafted mahogany wood and natural abalone shell (Paua) inlay cigarette stash/trinket box. Made in New Zealand and still has the original tag on the top. The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century New Zealand Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell
Japanese Lyre Base Sewing Box on Stand with Mother-Of Pearl Inlays, c. 1880
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Black lacquered wood sewing box on lyre base stand. Both the work box and stand are decorated with abalone and Mother-of-Pearl inlays in a floral compo...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
$3,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Talisa Jewelry Chest in Cream Shagreen, Black Pen Shell & Brass by R&Y Augousti
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by skilled artisans, ultimately making each piece unique, designed in Paris and produced in the Philippines.
Talisa jewelry chest in cream shagreen, black pen shell and brass by R&Y Augousti is a stunning piece to store your personal items. This piece has 2 doors that open to 4 drawer compartments that have black velvet trays...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Brass
Urushi Natural Red Lacquer Allsorts Box - Large by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
There is type of English sweet called a Licorice Allsort. They are made in different layers and some have little balls covering them. The red lacquer and the little white pieces of e...
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2010s Thai Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Walnut, Lacquer
Large Georgian (George III) Brass-Mounted Cowrie Shell Snuff Box With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Large, Georgian (George III), brass-mounted cowrie shell snuff box with hinged lid, England, Ca 1810. Measures 3 1/2 inches long x 2 1/4 inches deep x 2 1/4 inches high. Dark areas...
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1810s English George III Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Figured Walnut Complete Sewing Box Hausburg
By F.L. Hausburg
Located in Northampton, GB
Complete with Sewing Accompaniments
From our Sewing Boxes collection, we are thrilled to offer this stunning Figured Walnut Sewing Box Attributed to Hausburg. The box of rectangula...
Category
Early 19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Brass
Maitland Smith Brown Penshell Cube Decorative Box
Located in Stamford, CT
1980s decorative pen shell cube box attributed to Maitland Smith. Medium brown pen shell with dark gray tessellated stone accents. Wood lined box. No ma...
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell, Wood
Urushi Lacquer Eggshell Round Brule Box, Medium by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Brulé means 'burnt' in French. Raw and delicate, the Brulé boxes evoke the idea of baked earth or ashes. There is a powerful energy in the details of decisio...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Lacquer
Urushi Eggshell Lacquer with Abalone Shell Pebble Box - Long by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
Refined and sensual small accessories for the desk or vanity have been loved and enjoyed by collectors or aesthetes for many centuries. Examples of beautiful, delicate workmanship ca...
Category
2010s Shell Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Abalone, Eggshell, Wood
19th Century French Gold Mounted & Mother of Pearl Etui Set, c.1870
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century French gold mounted on mother of pearl, extensive traveling etui set, of elongated octagonal form, the gold mounted with polished mother of pearl panels and the lid applied with cast and enamelled floral decoration, the lid opens with a push-button. Inside enclosing the original gold and steel implements:, scissors, pen knife...
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19th Century French Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique English Victorian Coromandel and Mother of Pearl Jewellery Box
Located in Northampton, GB
Victorian Circa 1875
From our Jewellery Box collection, we are pleased to offer this stunning Coromandel and Mother of Pearl Jewellery Box. The Jewellery Box of rectangular shape be...
Category
Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell, Wood
French Ormolu Mother of Pearl Egg Shaped Enamel Perfume Bottles in Box
Located in Delft, NL
French 19th century Ormolu mother of pearl egg shaped perfume box on foot
A beautiful egg shaped perfume bottle box, with interior of 2 perfume bottles wh...
Category
19th Century French Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
1930s Art Déco Lacquered Wood and Eggshell Decorative Box by Jean Dunand, France
By Jean Dunand
Located in North Miami, FL
1930s Art Déco black lacquer, eggshells and varnished wood decorative box by Jean Dunand, France
By: Jean Dunand
Material: wood, metal, lacquer, eggshell
Technique: cast, molded, ca...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Shell Boxes
Materials
Metal
German Mother of Pearl Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent layers and inlays of multi-colored mother-of-pearl cover each side of this breathtaking German snuff box. Each incredibly detailed scene is framed by finely engraved yell...
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18th Century German Other Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Gold
18th Century French Louis XVI Ring Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING little French Ring Box from the 18th Century, namely a French Louis XVI Brass and MOP Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady.
Box inlaid wi...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Brass
Shagreen Leopard Pattern Box with Shell and Brass Details by Kifu Paris
Located in New York, NY
The Paris based label has distinguished themselves since their launch, with their iconic use of shagreen mixed with brass and other exotic materials. All furniture is handcrafted by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Brass
Set of 2 Round Boxes in Black Shell with Brass Details by Kifu Paris
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This luxurious set of round boxes by Kifu Paris exemplifies high-end design and artisanal craftsmanship. Meticulously crafted with a veneer of black pen shell, the boxes boast a stun...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Shell Encrusted Grotto Jewelry Box Re-Lined Interior c. 1950
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This finely crafted Italian shell-encrusted jewelry box exudes a charming Grotto style, typical of mid-century decorative art from the 1950s. Its...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Shell Boxes
Materials
Shell
Marquetry Box with Mosaic Inlays in Mother of Pearl, Middle East. c. 1970's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exquisite handcrafted Khatam wood box with micro mosaic marquetry design, an Ancient Persian technique of inlaying. Moorish style box features geometric inlays of wood, bone, and mo...
Category
1970s West Asian Moorish Vintage Shell Boxes
Materials
Enamel
1950s Black Lacquered Wood and Mother Of Pearl Inlayed Small Dressing Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1950s Black Lacquered Wood and Mother Of Pearl Inlayed Small Dressing Box
Two Felt Lined Drawers
Mirror on underside of lid
Small knick on top
Category
1950s Vintage Shell Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Mirror, Wood
Folk Art Dowry Box, Lombok Indonesia, Cowrie, Painted Palm & Bamboo 1950’s Sasak
Located in London, GB
Sasak Dowry Box, Lombok Indonesia, Cowrie & Painted Palm 1950’s
Handwoven and richly adorned, this 1950’s Sasak dowry box from Lombok, Indonesia, captures the ceremonial artistry of...
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1950s Indonesian Folk Art Vintage Shell Boxes
Materials
Other
Folk Art Dowry Box, Lombok Indonesia, Cowrie, Painted Palm & Bamboo 1950’s Sasak
Located in London, GB
Sasak Dowry Box, Lombok Indonesia, Cowrie & Painted Palm 1950’s
Handwoven and richly adorned, this 1950’s Sasak dowry box from Lombok, Indonesia, captures the ceremonial artistry of...
Category
1920s Indonesian Folk Art Vintage Shell Boxes
Materials
Other
Urushi Natural Red Lacquer Allsorts Box - Medium by Alexander Lamont
Located in Khet Bang Sue, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon
There is type of English sweet called a Licorice Allsort. They are made in different layers and some have little balls covering them. The red lacquer and the little white pieces of e...
Category
2010s Thai Art Deco Shell Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Walnut, Lacquer
Vintage Middle Eastern Moorish Inlaid Marquetry Mosaic Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Middle Eastern Moorish Inlaid Marquetry Mosaic Trinket Box.
Middle Eastern Moorish inlaid marquetry storage box.
The amazing craftsmansh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Lebanese Shell Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Shell
Japanese Edo Period Igarashi School Long Lacquer Box, Tanzaku-Bako
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning Japanese Edo period lacquer tanzakubako, box for poem cards, late 18th-early 19th century, Edo Period, Japan.
Attributed to the Igarashi School, this box is masterfully ...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Shell Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Line Vautrin Mother-of-Pearl Powder Compact
By Line Vautrin
Located in New York, NY
Powder compact in silvered bronze with incised mother-of-pearl top. Signed.
Category
20th Century French Shell Boxes
Materials
Bronze
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