Arts and Crafts Boxes
ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE
Emerging in reaction to industrialization and mass production, the Arts and Crafts movement celebrated handcrafted design as a part of daily life. The history of Arts and Crafts furniture has roots in 1860s England with an emphasis on natural motifs and simple flourishes like mosaics and carvings. This work is characterized by plain construction that showcases the hand of the artisan.
The earliest American Arts and Crafts furniture dates back to the start of the 20th century. Designers working in this style in the United States initially looked to ideas put forth by The Craftsman, a magazine published by Wisconsin native Gustav Stickley, a furniture maker and founder of the Craftsman style. Stickley’s furniture was practical and largely free of ornament. His Craftsman style drew on French Art Nouveau as well as the work he encountered on his travels in England. There, the leading designers of the Arts and Crafts movement included William Morris, who revived historical techniques such as embroidery and printed fabrics in his furnishings, and Charles Voysey, whose minimal approach was in contrast to the ornamentation favored in the Victorian era.
American Arts and Crafts work would come to involve a range of influences unified by an elevation of traditional craftsmanship. The furniture was often built from sturdy woods like oak and mahogany while featuring details such as inlaid metal, tooled leather and ceramic tiles. The style in the United States was led by Stickley, whose clean-lined chairs and benches showcased the grain of the wood, and furniture maker Charles Rohlfs, who was informed by international influences like East Asian and French Art Nouveau design.
Hubs in America included several utopian communities such as Rose Valley in Pennsylvania and the Byrdcliffe Arts and Crafts Colony in New York, where craftspeople made furniture that prioritized function over any decoration. Their work would influence designers and architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, who built some of the most elegant and iconic structures in the United States and likewise embraced a thoughtful use of materials in his furniture.
Find antique Arts and Crafts chairs, tables, cabinets and other authentic period furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Arts and Crafts
Brass Box Goliath Scarab with Shagreen Lid by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
The Goliath 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 with shagreen.
That box has been realized from a real scarab. The famous Megasoma actaeon from the family of the rhinoceros beetle...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Arts & Crafts Jewelry Box with Applied Decoration - Unsigned - U K - Circa 1880
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique Arts & Crafts metal clad jewelry box with applied decoration - remnants of velvet trim - silk lining - unsigned - United Kingdom (likely) - circa 1880.
Poor antique conditio...
Category
Late 19th Century British Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Metal
Small Collection of Rare Antique & Enamel Inlaid Wooden Boxes for Playing Cards
Located in Lisse, NL
A set of three beautifully hand-crafted and enameled antique boxes. Two are in mint condition.
Although all three boxes are very different in design and color, all three are beautif...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
A. J. SEWARD - Arts & Crafts Brass Box - Cedar Lined - U.K. - Early 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
ARTHUR JOHN SEWARD (Attributed) - Antique Arts & Crafts brass box with riveted construction and hinged lid - the lid extends beyond the edges of the box (typical of Seward's work) - ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique French Jewelry Box with Inlaid Brass 1900 Arts & Crafts Period
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Superb jewelry box from France early 1900s made from solid wood with amazing inlaid brass decorations.
The jewelry box is richly decorated with brass inlay
Comes with original lo...
Category
Early 1900s French Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
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 Boxes
Materials
Brass
Southeast Asian Silver Repousse Pumpkin Shaped Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Southeast Asian silver metal pumpkin shaped box. The ribbed areas of the silver pumpkin box is decorated with the relief of scrolls of aca...
Category
20th Century Cambodian Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Silver
Vintage Arts and Crafts Sterling Silver Biscuit Box
By Central School of Arts & Crafts
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage George VI English sterling silver biscuit box in the Arts and Crafts style; an addition to our silver teaware collection
This exceptional vintage George VI sterling silver biscuit box has an oval form, in the iconic Arts and Crafts style.
The surface of this vintage silver biscuit box has a subtle planished finish and is encircled with shallow concave fluted designs.
The upper rim of the box features aprotruding paralleling incurved rim, reflecting the aforementioned fluted decoration.
The box is fitted with a hallmarked push fit cover surmounted with the original, impressive iconic Arts and Crafts style carved wood and silver finial...
Category
20th Century English Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Brass and Shagreen Box Elphas Scarab by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
The Elphas 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 shagreen...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
4 Tolewear Kitchen Food Canisters
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
4 Tolewear Kitchen Food Canisters
This is a good well used set of 19th Century Storage Tins
The tins are cylindrical and have tight fitting hinged lids, they are in slightly shabby ...
Category
19th Century Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Tin
Arts & Crafts Small Copper Box, Circa 1900
Located in Norwich, GB
An Arts & Crafts small hand made copper box with rivet strapped legs. Circa 1900.
The interior is lined with baize. This does show signs of use, and may have been added at a later...
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Copper
Studio Crafted Teak and Walnut Burl Lidded Oval Box
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Vintage hand made lidded oval box crafted in teak and walnut burl wood with copper nail detail. Signed.
Dimensions: 7.5" wide x 5" deep x 3" tall.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Teak, Walnut
19th Century Toleware Grocer’s Shop Tea Tin
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th century toleware grocer’s shop tea tin,
A beautiful decorative Grocers Tea Canister, it would have been filled with Tea for sale, it has a very attractive style. The lid is...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Tin
Brass 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 Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Treen String Barrel, Yew Banded with Brass
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
19th century treen string barrel, yew banded with brass
A fine 19th century treen string barrel, in treen with brass bands set on rectangular base, the string box is in good condi...
Category
19th Century Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Yew
Antique and Handcrafted Austrian Bronze and Onyx Jewelry Box Probably Viennese
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning Arts & Crafts box in the shape of a book or bible.
For the collectors of rare and possibly unique antique boxes we also have this striking Austrian specimen. All handcrafted out of polished onyx, cast bronze and with a wooden interior this object of virtue...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Bronze
W A Perry an Arts & Crafts Hand Hammered Pewter Box with an Oval Turquoise Jewel
Located in London, GB
W A Perry. Birmingham.
A rare English Arts & Crafts hand-hammered octagonal pewter box with ribbed decoration to the top and the base centered with an oval Je...
Category
1910s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Pewter
SilverCrest Decorated Bronze Cedar Lined Cigar Humidor
Located in Chicago, IL
SilverCrest decorated bronze cedar lined cigar humidor. Modern Red Enameled top.
Silver Crest was the trademark used by the Smith Metal Arts Company of Buffalo. Expert craftsman from the Heintz Art Metal Shop formed the new company in 1919, utilizing much of what they had learned, manufacturing incredible bronze items. Heintz Art Metal Shop was founded in 1906, in New York by Otto Heintz...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Brass Box Mandibularis Scarab with Shagreen Top by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
The Mandibularis 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 s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Sterling Biscuit Barrel by Liberty & Co Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V sterling silver Arts and Crafts style biscuit barrel made by Liberty & Co Ltd; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V sterling silver biscuit barrel has a circular rounded form onto a plain circular spreading foot.
The body of the antique silver biscuit box has a subtly planished finish and is encompassed with two applied Arts and Crafts style borders.
The ornamentation to the barrel incorporates four applied circular designs, featuring further interlacing and bead designs, in addition to a central quatrefoil motif.
This antique box retains the original hallmarked push fit cover surmounted with a button style finial.
This exceptional antique silver biscuit barrel...
Category
20th Century English Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Hand Forged Organic Design Arts & Crafts Multi Purpose Box, circa 1920
By Hugo Berger
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and all handcrafted, wrought iron box attr. to Hugo Berger Goberg.
It is always refreshing to find an antique object probably by a famous maker, that you have never seen befo...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Metal, Wrought Iron
Vintage Korean Lacquer Box with Inner Tray and MOP inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely vintage Korean lacquer box in bright red and decorated with mother-of-pearl inlays circa 1970-80s. The square form box features an auspicio...
Category
Late 20th Century Korean Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Decoupage-Decorated Painted Casket w/ Monkeys & Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Decoupage-decorated painted casket, rectangular, the top with images of monkeys, the sides with pinks and carnations, applied over a mustard-painted ground, the interior lid decorate...
Category
Mid-20th Century Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique and Unique Arts & Crafts Oak Jewelry Box with Hand Carved Flower Decor
Located in Lisse, NL
Great craftsmanship and pure elegance from the early 1900s.
This wonderful and practical size, antique Arts & Crafts box is perfectly decorated on all sides with stylized flowers. ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Brass Box Mandibularis Scarab with Shagreen Top by Ginger Brown
By Ginger Brown
Located in Bourguebus, FR
The Mandibularis 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 sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Hand Beaten Brass Fireside Slipper Box
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Hand beaten brass fireside slipper box
A super little piece and so useful, this box would have been kept by the fireside not only does it keep you...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Rare Pair of Arts & Crafts Glass and Brass Boxes with Hand Engraved Flowers
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique set of Arts & Crafts boxes with a great look and feel.
If you have an eye for rare, decorative and artistically fine antiques then these Arts & Crafts boxes could be yours to...
Category
Early 20th Century European Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century Arts & Crafts Pewter Copper Glas Wood Decorative Box
Located in Munich, DE
It was a great pleasure to find this rare Arts & Crafts pewter and copper box.
The copper applications are decorated with green and blue glas cabochons.
The ...
Category
1880s English Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Copper, Pewter
Rare Labyrinth Cigarette Box by Lalaounis, Brass and Silver, 1970s
Located in Firenze, IT
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Ilias Lalaounis 925 silver Medalli...
Category
1970s Greek Vintage Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Moser Lidded "Ruby Cabochon" Pattern Gilt Glass Box
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A circular faceted box with hinged lid, circa late 19th century. Overall gilt patterned decoration with raised ruby tone glass panels. The domed lid with f...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Dutch Wooden Ebonized Violin Case, circa 1910
Located in Markington, GB
Vintage ebonized violin case, circa 1910.
Category
1910s Dutch Vintage Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Wood
Arts & Crafts-Style Sterling Silver Table Box with Hinged Lid by Adie Bros
Located in New York, NY
Arts & Crafts-style, George VI period, sterling silver table box with hinged lid, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1949, Adie Bros. - makers. Lovely Celtic design on border o...
Category
1940s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
English Arts & Crafts Pewter Box with Dog Figure
Located in New York, NY
English Arts & Crafts pewter box with a floral & bird design and figure of a dog on top.
Category
20th Century British Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Pewter
Antique and Museum Quality Hand-Hammered and Embossed Copper Arts & Crafts Box
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning little Arts & Crafts box.
This undoubtedly is one of the best handcrafted Arts & Crafts boxes we ever had the pleasure of offering. The design is to die for and the artist ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Copper
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft, attributed, An Art & Crafts, Brass Coal Bucket.
Located in London, GB
Birmingham Guild of Handicraft attributed, Arts & Crafts brass coal bucket with stylized hand-formed pomegranates.
Retaining the original liner.
The Birmingham Guild of Handicraft ...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Burled Birch Wood and Mahogany Tobacco Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
Smoking may be passé but collecting antique tobacco pieces is never bad for your health. This unique tobacco box in the shape of a barrel is made of highly figured burled birch wood ...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Mahogany, Wood, Birch
Vintage Stained Pine Miniature Chest, circa 1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage stained pine miniature chest, circa 1930
Measures: 13.5" wide x 10" deep x 9.5" high.
Great for jewelry, letters, etc.
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Pine
Asian Cane Midcentury Box in Solid Wood, Medium Size with Carved Animals
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is from the Asian continent, made in the period, 1950-1960. We can see cane on the border, that gives an handmade authenticity and image to the item. It is in good condition...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Boxwood, Cane
Photo Frames’ box Gold Silver and Lapislazzuli
Located in Sarezzo, IT
One of a kind Memories box to save your most loved and precious life's photos. A precious gift, the casket is in silver 925 gold-plated with Lapislazzuli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Arts and Crafts Style Copper Box with Acid Etched Leaf Motifs on Brass Claw Feet
Located in Lisse, NL
Aesthetically beautiful and highly practical copper metal box.
This 1930s thick copper box clearly is the work of a true artisan of that era. To us, it came to no surprise that it i...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Arts & Crafts Coffer /Jewelry Box
Located in NYC, NY
A beautifully crafted coffer / jewelry box with metal strapwork set with Jade cabochons on top of leather, velvet lined.
Inside dimensions: 6.5" x 11.5" x 2.5" tall
Ex: Bonhams...
Category
19th Century English Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Metal
Russian Silver Cloisonné Enamel Card Case
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Early 20th century Russian solid silver cloisonné enamel purse or card case
This beautiful piece is lavishly decorated on both sides with a Crimson satin lined interior.
The hing...
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Silver
Folk Art Box by Bergsma with Baroque Angels & Arts & Crafts Style Owls & More
Located in Lisse, NL
One of a kind antique box by master carver and sculptor S.A. Bergsma from Friesland, Netherlands.
Earlier this year we purchased a number of items from a local museum in the Norther...
Category
Mid-20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Arts & Crafts Studded Brass Box
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Arts & Crafts era studded brass box.
Category
1910s Vintage Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Brass
Leather-Covered Indian Basket with Lid
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage leather-covered Indian basket with lid: for everything you never know where to put ! It's perfectly clean, otherwise I wouldn't have bought.
D...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Leather, Straw
English Arts & Crafts Copper and Enamel Box
Located in New York, NY
English Arts and Crafts large copper table chest box with green enamel medallion on top and front
Category
19th Century English Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Liberty & Co Ltd Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver and Enamel Arts & Crafts Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver and enamel box made by Liberty & Co Ltd in the Arts & Crafts style; an addition to our diverse range of antique silver boxes and cases.
This exceptional Edwardian sterling silver and enamel box has a plain rectangular form.
The body of this antique enameled box is plain and unembellished.
This antique silver box is fitted with the original domed hinged hallmarked cover ornamented with an exceptional and impressive hand painted enamel panel depicting a river bank scene incorporating a plain beam bridge with a simple handrail.
The enamel panel is encompassed with a paralleling scalloped border accented with rope twist ornamentation.
The chamfered portion of the cover is further ornamented with an iconic Arts & Crafts style applied lobed border.
The interior of the box retains the original gilding; this box can be refitted with a bespoke velvet jewelry box fitment upon request.
This impressive antique silver box was crafted by the collectable silversmith Liberty & Co Ltd.
Large Arts & Crafts style boxes with an enamel panel are uncommon and becoming increasingly rare to the market.
Note: The majority of such boxes have a wood lining to the interior; it is a sign of quality when boxes have gilded, unlined interiors in addition to a solid silver cover.
Condition
This antique silver and enamel box...
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
19th Century Arts & Crafts Movement Copper Table Chest Box
Located in New York, NY
Large copper table chest or box from the English Arts & Crafts Movement that features curvilinear protrusions on each side, as well as a decorative ...
Category
19th Century English Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Continental Carved Wood Tramp Art Mirrored & Velvet Lined Box, 1stq 20th century
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rectangular with raised panels of geometric carvings, mirrored surfaces, metal escutcheon and carrying handle, working lock, the interior opening to reveal a mirror with a velvet lin...
Category
1920s European Vintage Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th C American Walnut Box With Geometric And Starburst Fruitwood Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
A very handsome hand crafted walnut box with wonderful geometric inlay of various fruit woods. The top and front with inlaid geometric starbursts. The rectangular desk top box restin...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Omar Ramsden Arts & Crafts Silver and Enamel Box, 1926
By Omar Ramsden
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A rare and stunning Arts & Crafts Omar Ramsden silver and enamel cigarette box and cover. Rectangular in shape with a hinged cover featuring wire-work man-of-war sailing ship in roug...
Category
1920s English Vintage Arts and Crafts Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Arts And Crafts boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Arts and Crafts boxes for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Early 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage boxes created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with bronze, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Arts and Crafts boxes made in a specific country, there are Austria, Europe, and North America pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original boxes, popular names associated with this style include and Silvercrest Bronze Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for boxes differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $95 and tops out at $13,750 while the average work can sell for $890.
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