Moorish Boxes

A beautifully crafted hexagonal jewelry box inlaid with luminous mother‑of‑pearl and abalone seashell, executed in the Moorish design style, circa mid‑20th century. The lid centers a...

Large decorative wooden box dating from the 1970s, distinguished by its elaborate geometric marquetry decoration. The rectangular form is entirely embellished with intricate patterns...

This is a Moorish-style jewelry box adorned with inlaid marquetry work, featuring a mosaic of geometric and floral patterns. The design is highly detailed, with small pieces of wood ...

Middle Eastern Syrian style wooden jewelry box intricately inlaid with geometric patterns and accented with pieces of mother of pearl, with patinated brass hardware and a hinged lid ...

Spanish Moorish Marquetry Walnut Trinket Box, Granada, circa 1940 An exquisite and highly decorative Spanish marquetry footed box, handcrafted in Gr...

Moorish Spain Arch Top Intricate detailed wood inlaid Marquetry Jewelry box. An Hispano Moresque Arch Top Wood Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Box Casket. Moori...

Large decorative wooden box dating from the 1970s, crafted in the Middle Eastern style and richly adorned with intricate marquetry featuring geometric star and floral motifs. The octagonal form and finely detailed inlaid decoration showcase exceptional craftsmanship inspired by traditional Syrian, Persian, and Moroccan woodworking. Originally intended for storing jewelry, letters, or precious keepsakes, this elegant box also serves as a striking decorative accent, bringing warmth and exotic character to a coffee table, desk, or cabinet. Style : Moorish Islamic Middle Eastern Bohemian Hollywood Regency Key Features : Large decorative wooden box France, 1970s Middle Eastern style Intricate marquetry decoration Geometric inlaid motifs Octagonal shape Hinged lid with brass knob Ideal for jewelry or keepsakes Keywords : marquetry box, Middle Eastern box, Moorish decor, Islamic marquetry...

1920s Antique Moroccan Silver Plated Footed Tea Caddy with hinged lid. This authentic Moroccan brass silver plated box has a beautiful etched geometri...

Beautiful 19th Century Eastern Tortoiseshell and Bone Trinket Box, Lined with Blue Velvet on Paw Feet. Ideal for jewellery or keepsakes or just as a ...

Stunning mosaic, geometric design, and gorgeous craftsmanship. This work is made of beautiful dark wood and shell and/or bone inlay. The iron handles are also a nice touch. A genuine...

Stunning mosaic design, this intricate wood box is made from multiple micro pieces of wood with some possible bone inlays. Gorgeous craftsmanship. A true work of art. Would be a g...

Micro Mosaic Persian Islamic Moorish Inlaid Jewelry Pen Box. 1950s Middle Eastern Moorish Inlaid Jewelry Trinket Mosaic Box. Handcrafted mar...

Artisan made hand-engraved metal trinket for jewelry or personal smalls. Moorish/Islamic ornamentation and techniques high-lighted by panels of white camel bone and red 'jewels' of n...

Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box. Small box intricately decorated with Moorish motif designs which h...

A Vintage Moroccan Jewelry Box, Mid 20th Century Description: Typically handcrafted from metal, featuring bone inlays. Decorated with Moorish-style...

A fine example of a diminutive burled walnut vargueno, collector or valuables cabinet, with molded cornice and drop front, opening to a multi-drawer ...

Silvered metal lidded box of a circular form for powder kohl eye liner. Designed into two detached sections, finely handcrafted and decorated with scrollwork designs with a yellow amber stone on the top lid and lots of great detail. Berber Kabyle box container to hold loose powder kohl eye liner. Made of silver tone metal with filigree scales with a coral stone. A beautiful antique example of a traditional box handcrafted by Berber Women in Kabylie, Algeria. The circular container is richly decorated with detailed raised filigree silver work. Decorated with an amber color cabochon on the cover top. An amazing collector’s piece due to its rarity and the beauty of its intricate workmanship. Collector collyrium kohl pot...

Antique Kabyle Berber Silver & Enamel Kohl / Jewelry Box, Algeria, circa 1920s A rare and finely crafted antique Kabyle box from the Berber region of Haute Kabylie, Algeria, trad...

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...

Stunning mosaic design, this intricate wood box is made from multiple micro pieces of wood with some possible bone inlays. Gorgeous craftsmanship. A true work of art. Would be a ...

Antique handcrafted Moroccan jewelry wooden box with camel bone inlay trunk. A large early 20th century decorative Moroccan camel bone casket with bra...

Exquisite Middle Eastern Islamic inlay jewelry box intricately inlaid with Moorish motif designs which have been painstakingly inlaid micro mosaic marquetry. The interior is lined wi...

Elegant large footed wooden music box with top finely hand painted and inlaid with foliages floral decor.A Sorrento Italy Romance Inlayed Wood Music Box Handcrafted in Italy, upon opening, the music box begins to play a theme. Elegant large footed wooden music box with top finely hand painted with foliages. The box is made in Italy stamped in the bottom. The musical movement...

Handcrafted marquetry Moorish wood inlay micro mosaic with miniature hand painted scene. Handcrafted khatam wooden box with very delicate micro mosaic marquetry from the ancient Pers...

1940s Marquetry Mosaic Wood Box Moorish Islamic Art Granada Spain Khatam Decor. Moorish Inlaid Marquetry Jewelry Box Spain. Dimensions Height: 2.5 in. ...

Vintage rectangular Moroccan inlaid decorative box. This unusual Moroccan or Middle Eastern Arabesque box of mixed inlaid woods in a mosaic pattern is th...

Vintage Middle Eastern Moorish wooden jewelry box inlaid with marquetry. Middle Eastern box handcrafted in very fine Moorish micro mosaic diamonds, ...

Middle Eastern Sadeli micro mosaic inlaid jewelry footed box with lid. Intricate inlaid box with floral and geometric Moorish design. Sadeli micro mosaic designs in mosaic marquetry, very fine artwork. Lined with red velvet and glass, top final and feet are brass. A highly collectible example in superb condition complete Circa 1900. Museum piece like the ones in Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum. Middle Eastern Arabian Micro Mosaic Moorish...

A skillfully Kilim Upholstered Stained Pine Middle Eastern Table Chest with nail head decorated trims. Measures 20.5" in width, 10.5" in depth and...

Large vintage Moorish wedding jewelry box inlaid with semi-precious agate stones and covered with brass and silvered metal filigree. Large circular Moorish Middle East jewelry...

Elegant octagonal wooden music box in thuya wood. Thuya tree is famous for rich gold and brown shades of its grain and unique exotic fragrance, simila...

Tchibo coffee tin box red and gold coffee box vintage 1960 Germany. Circa 1960's Tchibo round coffee tin box in gold and red enamel. Very decorative storage tin with a Moorish Arabes...

Decorative keepsake/jewelry box clad in natural and dyed bone tiles. Top is in a Moorish motif of inlaid Turquoise bone elements. Handcrafted.

A 19th Century Moorish Zanzibar Brass & Hardwood Decorative Box on Matching Folding Brass Studded Stand Extra dimensions without stand Height: 21cm Width: 48.5cm Depth: 24.5cm ...

Persian hand painted lacquer pen box in rectangular shape. Decorated with floral designs on gold background, black interior. Moorish Mughal pen box papier maché with miniature floral painting in the Persian style. Great Islamic Art collector museum quality piece on this miniature painting on box. Nice Mughal Indo Persian pen Box...

Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish green painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over glass. The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay. This has a long metal top spout that unscrews so the bottle can be filled to pour the perfume or rose water into this little luxe bottle. This is a recycled vintage French perfume bottle...

Moorish incense burner from Spain, dated to 10th-12th century Spanish, 10th-12th century Measures: Burner height 20cm, width 12cm, depth 12cm Box height 23cm, width 21cm, depth 18...

Mamluk Revival Casket Box with Silver, Brass and Copper Inlay Circa 1900's Engraved brass with silver and copper inlay Wood-lined interior with hinged lid and clasp i believe Thulut...

Hand painted Rajasthani lacquer box in rectangular shape with lid decorated with floral designs. Great decorative box. Size is 9" x 5.5" x 2" height. Overall good condition. Great Is...

Large Middle Eastern Indo-Persian Micro Mosaic Khatam Inlaid Wooden Jewelry Box. Middle Eastern Persian Sadeli micro mosaic marquetry inlaid box with geometric Moorish design. Handcrafted Khatam wooden box with very delicate micro mosaic marquetry from the ancient Middle Eastern technique of inlaying from arrangements of so many delicate pieces of precious hand painted wood, with bone around the edges. This beautiful Middle Eastern Persian, Indian Wooden box is covered with fine Moorish micro mosaic marquetry and is used as a jewelry, trinket box. Lined in deep red velvet. Dimensions: 6.5in.D x 3in.H x 10 wide. Nice Indian Mughal, Indo Persian Box...

Antique Moroccan wood box painted on all six sides with symbolic floral designs over an architecturally intriguing form and a removable pitched lid.

Vintage Handmade Alhambra Palace Moorish Jewelry Box – 1950s Granada, Spain Bring the grandeur of Islamic architecture into your home with this stunning vintage jewelry box, handcraf...

Bring a sense of majesty into your living space with this magnificent Moroccan white bone chest handcrafted from beach wood and inlaid with additional red stones. Boasting a sumptuou...

An exceptionally finely worked Persian Khatam-kari micro-mosaic jewelry box, handcrafted with thousands of minute inlaid elements arranged into intricate geometric star and rosette p...

Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood box. vintage small trinket box intricately decorated with Moorish motif des...

A beautiful blue Moser crystal and enameled box made for the Islamic or Moorish market. This box is made with beautifully handcut blue crystal and overlayed with gorgeous 24-karat gold, white, yellow, green, orange, red, and blue raised enamel decoration. The enamel decoration includes flowers, vines, rabbits, birds, and Islamic style decoration. The enamel work is further adorned with 24-karat gilt decoration, emphasizing the superb craftsmanship and artistic work. The box sits on four bronze doré...

Handcrafted micro mosaic box inlaid in geometric design. This Middle Eastern Persian inlay boxes were used to store cigarettes, or playing cards. Mu...

Mid-20th century Moorish Spain Inlaid Marquetry Mosaic Box. Handcrafted great geometric one of a kind Moorish design. Middle Eastern Syrian style, Moor...

Hand made early 20th century Moroccan antique Berber case flask, carved wood covered with brass and silvered metal filigree, delicately hand-hammered metal with animals decor for pow...

Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over amber glass. The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay. This has a long metal top spout that unscrews so the bottle can be filled to pour the perfume or rose water into this little luxe bottle. This is a recycled vintage French perfume bottle Reve D'Or and mark in the bottom by "L T Piver Paris". Handcrafted in Marrakech, Morocco by skilled artisans that used recycle perfume bottle and add the metal overlay...

Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish red painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over red g...

Stunning mosaic design, this intricate quite large wood jewelry box is made from multiple micro pieces of wood, mother of pearl with some possib...

Asian antique Beaten Brass Betel Nut Pandan Box, Northern India. Beautiful antique hand hammered Asian round brass betel with a lid and delicate engravings with floral design handle hand crafted by skilled artisans from Northern India. Indian Beaten Copper Betel Nut Pandan Box with hand hammered beaten floral and incised decoration used to store betel leaf, lime, tobacco and the nut from the areca palm. This mixture of ingredients when prepared and placed in the mouth for long periods gives the user a mild aphrodisiac effect. The preparation of the betel nut with lime stored in ornate boxes with several smaller internal containers was popular all over Asia and is still a common practice in Myanmar and India and among the hill tribes of many S. E. Asian countries. Engraved with intricate designs on the lid which has a carved floral design handle and a latch in front for opening or closing the box and for safekeeping. Nicely hand-hammered with intricate details. Please check photo #5, there is about 1 inch damage area on the side of the box. Museum quality Asian Hand-hammered decorative Islamic brass folk art metalwork collector treasure box. Measures: Diameter 7 in. x Height 4 in. The box has a rich, deep brown patina. Quality of Mughal style. A pandan was used to store the pan, or betel quid after it had been stuffed and rolled ready to eat, rather than for the individual ingredients. The chewing of betel is an ancient Asian tradition comparable to tobacco in the western world. Betel consists of three main ingredients: the areca nut, betel leaf and lime paste. Betel was, and still is enormously popular throughout Asia and plays a major role in the entertaining of guests, in courtship and marriage, and in the traditional etiquette of the royal courts, where it often forms part of the state regalia.[1] Research on several pandan boxes has been published by Zebrowski.[2] Brownrigg, H. Betel Cutters...

Vintage Mosaic Marquetry Moorish Octagonal Footed Music Box Granada Spain 1950. Exquisite handcrafted vintage Middle Eastern Islamic style mosaic marquetry inlaid walnut wood footed ...

Anglo Indian Moorish style micro mosaic inlaid jewelry box with lid. Intricate inlaid Anglo Indian box with floral and geometric Moorish Sadeli design in an octagonal shape form with micro mosaic marquetry, very fine artwork. Museum collector piece like the one in Doris Duke Islamic Art Museum. The repeating geometric patterns of Sadeli Mosaic...

Exquisite handcrafted Middle Eastern Lebanese mosaic marquetry wood box. Small octagonal walnut Syrian style box intricately decorated with Moorish...

Moroccan Amber Glass Perfume Bottle with Silvered Metal Overlay, Rose Water Sprinkler Elegant vintage Moroccan perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler, handcrafted in amber glass and...

Impressive antique Moroccan lidded sewing box handcrafted in walnut featuring a bone top with ebony and marquetry inlays on an inlaid box with a remarkably complete interior, retaini...

Double inkwell with brass latched cover with hinged open mechanism. Colorful and intricate patterns abundant in Islamic arts were hand painted on front, s...

Handcrafted Moroccan Moorish amber painted glass perfume bottle or rose water sprinkler with raised embossed silvered metal floral design over amber glass. The pressed glass bottle in Art Deco, Art Nouveau style is oval shape with curved sides and hand decorated with embossed metal silvered overlay. This has a long metal top spout that unscrews. This is a recycled vintage French perfume...