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A shell and carved wooden box in the style of Alexandre Noll, France, 1950s
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
Hand-carved wooden box, attributed to Alexandre Noll, France, 1950s. Made from high-quality dark wood, it features sleek, organic lines. Its unique lid is a genuine polished shell, r...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Teak and electric blue desk organizer by Danish cabinetmaker
Located in Hägersten, SE
Desk organizer hand made by Danish cabinetmaker. Beautifully crafted from teak and maple with blue colored inside of the drawers. Nice details with curved fronts of the drawers, hand...
Category
Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Maple, Teak, Paint
Elegant Brown Marble Box from Italy, with Brass Hinges.
Located in Stockholm, SE
This elegant little box in brown marble, with brass details and beautifully crafted hinges, is the perfect blend of form and function. Made in Italy, it exudes a timeless charm that ...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Marble, Brass
Glazed stoneware box by Jean-Pierre Viot, 1968. Unique piece.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed stoneware box by Jean-Pierre Viot.
Artist signature under the base. 1968.
H : 3.7 x 13.4 x 9.8 inches.
Category
French Beaux Arts Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Frencch Art Deco Jewelery or Cigar Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frenche At Deco jewelry box or cigar box .Walnut base and walnut veneer ,the top have a inlade wood work.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Mosaic Marquetry Moorish Octagonal Footed Music Box Granada Spain 1950
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Mosaic Marquetry Moorish Octagonal Footed Music Box Granada Spain 1950.
Exquisite handcrafted vintage Middle Eastern Islamic style mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood footed ...
Category
Spanish Moorish Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Rare Mid-Century Leather, Oak Wood and Aluminum Cigarette Box by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful vintage box, realized by renowned Austrian designer Carl Auböck, is a rare Mid-Century piece. The combination of the employed materials and techniques - oak wood, anod...
Category
Austrian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Mosaic Marquetry Box with Mother of Pearl Inlays, Middle East. c. 1960'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
West Asian Moorish Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Robert and Jean Cloutier Sculpture Horse, circa 1960, France
Located in Girona, Spain
Robert and Jean Cloutier sculpture horse.
Made with glazed ceramic.
Ceramic box.
A fine black enameled sculptural horse shaped box.
Signed
Circa 196...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Red Lacquered Box with Hand-Painted Golden Motifs and Bronze Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A vintage red lacquered box from the mid-20th century with golden motifs. Created during the midcentury period, this Chinese vintage red lacquered box captures attention with its vibrant color and intricate golden motifs. The distressed red lacquered ground is elegantly adorned with golden vases and scrolls on the front, adding a touch of opulence and refinement. The box opens with a bronze lock...
Category
Chinese Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Marquetry Box with Mosaic Mother of Pearl Inlays, Middle East. c. 1960'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
West Asian Moorish Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Richard Hudnut Art Deco 'Marvelous' Ladies Powder Compact
Located in Devon, England
Richard Hudnut Marvelous, you'll certainly want to add this TINY little silver tone metal rouge compact to your collection ! Features a stylised woman's outline centred in a square r...
Category
North American Art Deco Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Antique Asian Wood Opium Container with Lid and Brass Pull
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Decorative Antique Asian round wood box container with lid and brass pull.
Vintage collectible Asian wooden tobacco or opium round container.
Round shaped lidded opium container...
Category
Indian Tibetan Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
Art Deco Jewelry Trinket in Bronze and Ceramic, BL, 1930s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small unusual jewelry trinket with bronze lid set with a ceramic relief panel of a green parrot/parakeet in crystalline glazes. The bottom part of ja...
Category
Danish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
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
North American Brutalist Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Copper
Vintage Crystal Glass Hanger Ring Stand, Europe, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Beautiful vintage jewelry/ring stand. Made in Italy in 1960s. Only one unique piece.
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Hand painted ceramic box by Arte Casa Albisola, 1940s
Located in Varese, Lombardia
Delightful and rare painted ceramic box made in the 40s by the Arte Casa factory in Albisola. Fairly good condition, slight defects in the ceramic. Manufacturer's mark on the base.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Jewelry Box Silver Plated in the Shape of a Hippopotamus
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960 we offer this rare jewelry box made in bronze and Silver Plated in the shape of a hippopotamus with fantastic patina.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Tuareg Hand Tooled Box, African, Leather, Decorative Case, Mid Century
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a vintage Tuareg hand-tooled box. An African, leather decorative case, dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1960.
Appealing leather work with a tooled decorative lid
Displa...
Category
African Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Leather
A circular wooden box with a gouged pattern lid France 1950
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A circular wooden box with a gouged pattern lid. Very beautiful patina.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood
French Green Majolica Money Bank Typewriter Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
French Green Majolica Money Bank Typewriter Circa 1950.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 Japanese Inro Pill Boxes
Located in Munich, DE
These three antique handcrafted inro cases, are a wonderful collection of Japanese Sagemono (hanging object). These inro have several sections stacked ...
Category
Japanese Anglo-Japanese Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Bone, Bamboo, Wood
Harrods Porcelain Delivery Truck Lidded Tea Caddy Box London Pottery England
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Harrods ceramic delivery truck, lidded candy or trinket box, London, England.
Hand painted ceramic small tea caddy box, trinket truck box.
Vintage Har...
Category
British Victorian Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
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
Mexican Organic Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Jean-Michel Frank 'Straw Marquetry Box'
Located in Sharon, CT
Geometric angular design. Cork interior. Three bronze four sided pyramids attached. Unsigned and 'attributed to'. Provenance: Liz O'Brien NYC c.2000.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Straw
Mid-20th Century Japanese Yamanaka Lacquerware Sweets Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-20th century Yamanaka lacquerware sweets box for tea ceremony, Japanese. Formed as a deep black apple with gold & colored enamel decoration. Post WWII. Provenance: Sherman E. Lee...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Mid Century White Murano Glass Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Exceptional Mid Century White Murano Glass Box in very good condition.
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Murano Glass
Fornasetti Enamel Metal Matchbox
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage decorative matchbox with an interior comprised of a metal sliding tray, the exterior enameled with classical gates of Rome / designed by Piero Fornasetti, made in Italy in th...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal
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
American Art Deco Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Chrome
Swedish Art Deco Pewter Tea Caddy with Polar Bear Finial, 1930's
Located in Stockholm, SE
This square container features a domed lid adorned with a finely modeled polar bear figurine as the finial — a distinctive detail that brings character and whimsy to the design. The ...
Category
Swedish Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Pewter
1930 Art Deco Walter Dorwin Teague Kodak 1A Gift Camera in Original Box and Case
Located in Red Lion, PA
1930 Art Deco Walter Dorwin Teague Kodak 1A Gift Camera – Original Box & Case Museum-Worthy
This rare and highly collectible 1930 Kodak 1A Gift Camera, designed by Walter Dorwin T...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
Danish Mid-Century Jatoba and Silver Cigarette Box by Hans Hansen
By Hans Hansen
Located in Weesp, NL
Elevate Your Collection with a Rare Mid-Century Hans Hansen Cigarette Box
Step into the elegance of mid-century Danish design with this exquisite Hans Hansen cigarette box. Handcraf...
Category
Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Silver
Coco de Mer Box
Located in Greensboro, NC
Antique or Vintage Coco de Mer hinged box.
Very good condition with light wear to surface as shown in photos.
Category
Seychellois Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Coconut
Empire Revival Leather and Brass Decorative Box, Italy 1950s
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stylish 1950s Italian decorative lidded box has an Empire-revival flair. The tall rectangular shape boasts a classic modernist design, with gilded brass metal framing over a woo...
Category
Italian Empire Revival Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Amour roi de ton coeur (Love King of Your Heart) by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
Amour roi de ton coeur (Love King of Your Heart) by Line Vautrin , Silver Bronze Box.
Silver-plated bronze box with a lid enhanced with a decoration representing a two-tone wheel, th...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Large Set of 13 Antique Tin Boxes, Tobacco Boxes from France, 1930s, Art Deco
Located in Greven, DE
Large set of 13 Tobacco boxes and utensiles.
Circa 1930s from France.
By Zippo, Burley and Bright, Van der Elst Tabac etc.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Tin
Vintage Le Tallec Enamel Decorated & Gilt Porcelain Box Circa 1966
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exquisite vintage Le Tallec porcelain box, dating to circa 1966, features intricate hand-painted enamel decoration and lavish gilt accents. Crafted in the French Limoges traditi...
Category
French Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Snuff Box Round Guilloche Enamel Box Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold “paillons” in the shape of stars to create a starry sky effect. With turquoise enamel circle with hand-engraved motif. Late 1600s Baroque style. Diameter cm. 7.7 cm high. 2.3. Weight gr. 226. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in several specimens in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 800° C -
The Paillons processing, now almost disappeared, and a rare technique recognized as a craft. Several layers of enamel are applied to the object, baked one by one in the oven.
Afterwards, the designs cut out of thin gold leaves, the paillons foils, are applied one by one by hand to form the desired figure. These sheets are then in turn coated...
Category
Italian Baroque Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
1970s Italian Gilt Brass Bronze Fireplace Wood Log Holder Rack
Located in Carimate, Como
Vintage 1970s Italian stylish brass bronze wood log holder rack, with great design to elegantly display and carry your wood from the outside in with its handle. A great piece that pe...
Category
Italian Hollywood Regency Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Hawkes Sterling Silver and Crystal Rectangular Box, 1950's
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
T.G. Hawkes & Co. was founded in 1880 by Thomas Gibbons Hawkes in Tiffin Ohio. This impressive cut crystal and sterling silver box by Hawkes features a classic sterling lid. The inte...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
1950s Aldo Tura Mid-Century Modern Goatskin and Brass Pipe Shaped Tobacco Box
By Aldo Tura
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Goatskin and Brass tobacco box designed by Aldo Tura and manufactured by Macabo in the Fifties, it's in lovely vintage condition with brass in original patina. This exquisite tobac...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Potpourri Box in Rosewood Filigree, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A beautifully crafted rosewood box with filigree lid with pin-inlays. Suitable for pens, pencils, jewelry or potpourri. It was made in Scandinavia durin...
Category
Scandinavian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Grey and White Stoneware Ceramic Covered Pot or Box by Anne Kjaersgaard La Borne
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Anne Kjaersgaard
Realised in la Borne circa 1960
Original stoneware ceramic covered pot or box
Signed under the base with black pigment
Original perfect condition
Heig...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Borghese Italian Ceramic Box
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-252 Hand decorated ceramic Italian box with pale blue interior.
Gilt trim on edge.
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
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-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Fornasetti "Trofeo Selvaggina" Enameled Box, ca. 1950's
Located in New York, NY
This small painted wooden box is an iconic piece by the renowned Italian artist and designer Piero Fornasetti. Created in the 1950s, it reflects Fornasetti's unique style, blending t...
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal
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
German Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Murano Green White Ribbons Gold Top Italian Art Glass Vanity Powder Jewelry Box
Located in Kissimmee, FL
Beautiful vintage Murano hand blown Zanfirico ribbons and green canes Italian art glass vanity powder jar or jewelry box. Attributed to designer Alfredo Barbini. The jar has emerald ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Pill Box Fired Enamel with Hand Painted Horse Head Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded square pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with white fired enamel, above and below, with hand painted horse head. Dimensions cm. 5.2 x 5.2 x 2.3. Weight gr. 117. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1966 on the inspiration of previous artefacts made in the English Art Nouveau style of the early 1900s and manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters in Florence in numerous specimens also with different subjects, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with a slab of high thickness suitable for supporting numerous enamelled firings at around 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...
Category
Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Balsa Wood and Tin Lined Tea Box Workshop Prop Decor Storage
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Vintage balsa wood, and tin lined lidded tea box, retaining partial labels.
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
1940's New Old Stock Pharmacy Canister - Large Quantity Available
Located in Hook, Hampshire
1940's New Old Stock Pharmacy Canister - Large Quantity Available.
Original new old stock French packaging, never used. Listing is for a single canister and lid.
Workshop Report:
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Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Metal
Piero Fornasetti, lid jar "Cotton" mid-1900s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Porcelain jar from the bathroom series by Piero Fornasetti, mid-1900s.
With decor of flowers and "Cotton". Signed Fornasetti.
In good condition, smaller signs of age and wear.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Moorish Spain Arch Top Wood Inaid Marquetry Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Moorish Spain Arch Top Intricate detailed wood inlaid Marquetry Jewelry box.
An Hispano Moresque Arch Top Wood Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Box Casket.
Moori...
Category
Spanish Moorish Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Pocket Pill Box like Egg sea color Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Pocket pill box shaped like a small egg.
Pocket pill box like egg hinged opening.
Pocket pill box like egg in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24ca...
Category
Italian Empire Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Midcentury Leather Box - Gilded Details - Wood Lined - Italy - circa 1950s
Located in Chatham, ON
Mid Century kid leather box with gilt details - wood lined - moire fabric to the base - unsigned - very faint 'Made in Italy' blind stamp to the...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Wood
"Leaping Deer in Snow, " Striking Art Deco Lidded Box by Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in tones of gold and warm, dark gray, this lidded ceramic box depicts a leaping deer on its cover, the spots on its fur echoed b...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Alvino Bagni Box for Raymor
By Raymor, Alvino Bagni
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful example of mid century Italian pottery. Alvino Bagli for Raymor lidded box in a great period orange with yellow, brown and black accent.
It is a beautiful box and hard to...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Pottery
Large Red Majolica Money Bank Squirrel Circa 1950
Located in Austin, TX
Large Red Majolica Money Bank Squirrel Circa 1950.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
