Wood Boxes

A snuff box designed by Robert Mitchell. This is a fabulous antique pocket snuff-box created in Birmingham England by Robert Mitchell, back in the 1824. The unusual snuff box has be...

A rare and almost certainly unique 19th century castle decanter. Possibly Scottish. Circa 1870. The outer is made from plaster of Paris, with detailed texture, having wooden hand-painted lancet arched windows and front door, and featuring a central clock face and medieval crenulations. The exterior is in remarkably good condition, left untouched. The interior boasts leather dividers enclosing four square decanters with cut glass stoppers. The inner edging is veneered in Coromandel wood, with the rest of the interior covered in blue velvet. Opening the castle reveals a family crest plaque...

1880s English wood and brass overlay card box.

Elegant vintage large footed Brown color wooden music box with top finely hand painted and inlaid with foliages floral decor. Upon opening, the music box begins to play " We've only ...

A Spanish Baroque leather-wrapped coffer brass accents from the 18th century. This antique Spanish coffer, with it's rectangular-shaped body, has been o...

A fine early 19th century French Empire miniature sample commode with four dovetailed drawers. Made of burl of walnut veneer with oak and pine as secondary woods. Working locks with ...

Superb stationary box Probably Kashmir, Indian sub-continent The finest of printed paper applied to softwood. Blue painted interior. Remnants of a makers label on the underside F...

Vintage African Tuareg Silver Outer Layer on Ebony Wood Jewelry Box. Rectangular form Islamic Tuareg Jewelry Box. Gorgeous Islamic jewelry treasure trink...

Karlsbad Czech Republic From our Tea Caddy collection, we are pleased to offer this Rosewood Karlsbad Tea Caddy. The Rosewood Tea Caddy of square form with rounded edges made from R...

Ornate and decorative paper towel box in handcrafted and lacquered wood: teak, oak, mahogany, cherry, walnut etc. It is very practical and offers a cheap ref...

19th century Chinese silverwire wooden box with mother of pearl design from the Qing Dynasty. Beautiful intricate floral designs all-over.

This antique and fine lacquered wood box, is painted on both the sides with an elegant portrait of a woman and on the other side a dancer. The piece will be delivered with its certi...

This exquisite miniature French Louis XV inlaid jewelry box is a rare and charming example of a salesman’s sample, created with the same craftsmanship and detail as full-scale 19th-c...

A cube form desktop box covered with patchwork copper by American artist and designer Paul Evans (1931-1987). The lidded box has a plastic insert box and was made as an ice box or a ...

Beautiful little box lacquered with red and black Cinnabar forming a peony decoration. Cinnabar lacquer is an Asian technique that comes from cutting an...

Wonderful 19th century food caddy basket with two compartments that are also used to serve. Turned woven bamboo with reed and wood. This type of food caddy is often associated with DIM Sum...

Antique 19th C American Primitive Wooden Distressed Paint Storage Tool Work Box. Item features solid wood construction, distressed finish, very nice antique item, quality American cr...

Double height carved Indian box An unusual piece with 2 levels, the top of the box in the octagonal shape has an opening lid. The lower is recta...

19th Century Pollard Oak Campaign Writing Slope or Lap Desk This is a very rare piece, it is a Campaign Writing Slope, it is made in Pollard Oak and bound in brass, it is an except...

A tasteful Showa-era retro cigarette case with the beautiful grain of the keyaki wood. The texture that has been used over time enhances its warm charm. Originally made as a cigaret...

An 18th century French fariniere, made of walnut with nicely detailed hand carved sunflower relief on front panel. Good craftsmanship with dovetailed construction. Waxed patina. From...

This 20th century treasure chest with hand-carved details comes from Madura Island, Indonesia. This chest is made of a rectangular wood box mounted on a carved base featuring gilt fo...

A Shagreen Tobacco Box, 18th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection. Dimensions: Height: 3cm. Width: 15.5cm. Depth: 6cm.

A finely grained antique burlwood cigarette case or small presentation box, crafted in the Russian or Continental European tradition at the turn of the 20th century. The piece featur...

Beautiful Scandinavian Modern box in silver from C. G. Hallberg, Sweden -1937. Decorated with a beautiful monogram RG. Signed with makers mark. Good vintage con...

Trinket box, velvet-lined, enamel on copper plate by Irwin Whitaker. Irwin Whitaker - Oklahoma-born artist who was prolific in California, Taos, Austin...

Midcentury amazing little rectangular decorative box in wood and art glass with reverse painted glass by Erwin Burger for Fontana Arte. Made in Italy in the 1950s.

Superb jewelry box designed and produced in Mexico during the 1970's. This artisanal set with abalone mother-of-pearl and alpaca, is a true work of art. A beautiful item to display i...

This beautiful 19th century Florentine rectangular lidded box is entirely decorated in the round with all typical Renaissance Italian patterns. The whi...

This set of 3 round boxes in black shagreen by R&Y Augousti showcases a design that seamlessly marries form and function. Each box features a perfectly symmetrical circular shape, ex...

Antique English Burled Walnut Letter Box, Circa 1870.

Oggetti Tessellated Coconut Shell Lidded Box with Bronze Mounts, 1990s Offered for sale is an elegant lidded box by Oggetti that is clad in tessellat...

Turquoise marbled wood and nature wood box, 1940s. Rectangular box painted in blue faux marble and nature wood with brass closure and ribbon-shape...

Hand painted Faux onyx Maitland Smith decorative box with hinged lid and brass feet. Wonderful brush work make this quite the decorative ite...

This iconic humidor is part of Maccarone's Essenza collection and can hold up to 150 cigars. Metal accessories in gold brass and high quality gloss veneer enhance this elegant and re...

A most impressive and highly decorative French large size double tea caddy made in tightly grained rich oak. The rectangular box stands on circular shaped brass feet with brass bea...

A lovely Chinese turquoise ground cloisonne "double peach" box and cover with shaped hardwood stand, Republic Period (1911 to 1949), early 20th century, China. The box formed as a p...

Art Nouveau Jewelry Pink Satin Lined Box, the woman is depicted with flowers in her hair and pink cheeks. Box has Evidence of wear over time, ...

An elegant and intricately detailed Chinese export folding game box, crafted from lacquered wood with gilded decoration, dating to the early 19th century. The exterior features beaut...

beautifully crafted anglo indian rosewood jewelry box dating to the turn of the twentieth century. The box showcases the rich tone and grain of rosewood, a material widely used in a...

About A rustic wooden dairy farm box used to sell cheese at farmers markets from O'Allen & Son Green Valley Dairy in Sonoma. Creator O'Allen & Son Green Valley Dairy. ...

A charming Chinese strongbox dating to the 1920s, crafted from rich rosewood and accented with brass straps. The top features an inset piece of jade, adding a subtle but elegant foca...

This pair have the typical shape of boxes from this period, with shaped serpentine front, sloped hinged lid, and boxwood and ebony lines. Each cover is inlaid with an oval patera and...

Leather trunk Spanish, 17th century Boiled Leather, wood and iron Measures: 22 x 53 x 32 cm. Provenance : - collection Metz-Noblat, Château de Clevant, France Rectangular trunk of the form and size of a small suitcase with wrought iron hinges and lock-plate. Wood, covered with leather, cut and embossed with every surface of the thick cow hide covered in interlace, zoomorphic features. The construction method is boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation cuir-bouilli: a process used to change flexible, vegetable-tanned leather into rigid, moulded objects. For shaping of the vegetable-tanned leather, heat and moisture were used, as indicated by the term boiled leather. No written medieval sources describing the production of decorated cuir bouilli objects survive, so knowledge of the process relies on the important studies of the Scottish leather historian John William Waterer. A large range of methods, materials and techniques could be used in various combinations. The vegetable-tanned leather, made supple with moisture and heat, was stuffed, shaped and nailed to the rigid wooden coffer support. The stuffing material was probably modeled beeswax or stearin wax. To shape the leather, to create its topography, « Cushions » were made by lacing a thread through an awl hole and attaching the flexible leather and stuffing to the rigid wooden support on the bottom. Then the decoration was done: lines were incised through the upper layer of the leather (epidermis) with different thicknesses of knives or needles. Contours were created with deep v-shaped cuts, decoration with thin incision and final details with a needle point. For the incision and pouncing stage, the leather was probably kept heated and moistened for suppleness. Once dry, the leather would be hard and rigid. the saturated leather is worked over a form, possibly even damp sand, with the pattern shaped using bone or wooden tools. Compare to metal, leather was lighter and it offered protection from cuts and punctures. Cuir bouilli objects were produced by specialist leather workers and needed skillful craftsmanship. The surface is filled with roundels shaped foliages enclosing animals, lions and peacocks. The foliate arabesques creating a vegetal connection tweet the animals create the impression of a lush verdant space . The vegetal pattern here employed in combination with geometrical pattern came from the pre-islamic artistic traditions of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires. An aspect of Islamic geometry Is the basic symmetrical repetition and mirroring of the shapes that create a sense of harmony. The decoration of this truck is inspired by the islamic « arabesque » a form of vegetal ornament composed of spirals, intertwining plants and abstract curvilinear motifs. An arabesque character is given to the birds of the decorations through extreme stylisation. This arabesque maintained the classical tradition of median symmetry, freedom in Detail and heterogeneity of ornament. The presence of the peacocks is a paradisiacal allusion: in popular Islamic literature they were among the original inhabitants of the garden of Paradise expelled with Adam and Eve. Peacock as a decorative motif may have originated in the West, despite their eastern provenance. There was an ancient belief that the flesh and feathers of peacock do not decay. This led to the peacock becoming a christian symbol for Christ’s resurrection. Renowned for their decorative wall hangings, seventeenth-century Spanish leatherworkers also produced utilitarian objects, such as this trunk. A similar trunk is on display at the Metropolitan museum of art ( 09.158.1). Related literature : Davies L. 2006. Cuir bouilli. Conservation of leather and related materials, 94-102, Oxford: elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann Grabar, Oleg. The Mediation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992 Gabriela Germana Roquez, "El mueble en el Peru en el siglo XVIII...

19th century Italian wooden carved casket box in the baroque style. Features gothic faces and lions paw feet. Can be used as a jewelry or trinket box or ...

Anglo Indian, early 19th century. A highly unusual Antique hand carved 4-section tea caddy. The box which features a carved ribbon edge hinged lid, which opens to reveal four individually wood lined tea boxes with brass finial handles. The body is not only beautifully carved with blooming floral designs but it is also inset with 8 classical tin Manganese Delft...

Antique Black Rosewood Liquor Case, 1890s, Set of 11 Step into the opulence of 19th-century France with this stunning Napoleon III-style liquor case, a tr...

Antique Lacquered Compartment Box with Gilt Decoration Exquisite antique lacquered box featuring an intricate multi-compartment interior. The piece...

Polished ebony contemporary armored armoire. Rhodium-plated accessories. Round handle with biometric opening device and emergency key integrated. Inside pullout / pull-out necklace holder...

19th century Campaign vanity dressing box with boule inlay. Lia.

A Chinese lacquer game box from the 19th century, likely from the Qing Dynasty. It is made of lacquered wood , decorated on the exterior in black, red and gold with design of pavili...

A late Qing Dynasty period wedding box from the early 20th century, this piece exudes charm with its traditional design and intricate carvings. The box features an appealing hexagona...

19th Century Rosewood and Brass Bound Mens Grooming Box With Internal Mirror and Drawer. Inscribed CDB to brass front mount. No key

Lovely mid 19th century Scottish wall mounted salt box of staved construction, the shaped back with hinged lid over mixed wood half round body, bound in brass...

An early and likely French Napoleon III wood Letter or Storage Box with Heraldic painted top and front panel depicting a central red banner with hunting horn flanked by two standing...

This simple lacquered box was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the recipients, the unassuming box w...

This hand-crafted wood container dates to the early 20th century and was used to store rice and other grains. The lidded container has a rounded body with a short footed base, constr...

Made in Czechoslovakia Made of wood Fully functional Good original condition.

Pewter rectangular box realized in the eary 20th century Very good condition.

Antique wood box originally used for storing valuables. There is no key however the original hardware is intact. Lovely patina and markings throughout...