Neoclassical Boxes
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE
Neoclassical design emerged in Europe in the 1750s, as the Age of Enlightenment reached full flower. Neoclassical furniture took its cues from the styles of ancient Rome and Athens: symmetrical, ordered, dignified forms with such details as tapered and fluted chair and table legs, backrest finials and scrolled arms.
Over a period of some 20 years, first in France and later in Britain, neoclassical design — also known as Louis XVI, or Louis Seize — would supersede the lithe and curvaceous Rococo or Louis XV style.
The first half of the 18th century had seen a rebirth of interest in classical antiquity. The "Grand Tour" of Europe, codified as a part of the proper education of a patrician gentleman, included an extended visit to Rome. Some ventured further, to sketch the ruins of ancient Greece. These drawings and others — particularly those derived from the surprising and rich archaeological discoveries in the 1730s and ’40s at the sites of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum — caused great excitement among intellectuals and aesthetes alike.
Neoclassical furniture is meant to reflect both grace and power. The overall appearance of neoclassical chairs, tables and cabinetry is strong and rectilinear. These pieces are, in effect, classical architecture in miniature: chair and table legs are shaped like columns; cabinets are constructed with elements that mirror friezes and pediments.
Yet neoclassicism is enlivened by gilt and silver leaf, marquetry, and carved and applied ornamental motifs based on Greek and Roman sculpture: acanthus leaves, garlands, laurel wreaths, sheaves of arrow, medallions and chair splats are carved in the shapes of lyres and urns. Ormolu — or elaborate bronze gilding — was essential to French design in the 18th and 19th centuries as a cornerstone of the neoclassical and Empire styles.
As you can see from the furniture on these pages, there is a bit of whimsy in such stately pieces — a touch of lightness that will always keep neoclassicism fresh.
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Style: Neoclassical
Micromosaic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional micromosaic snuff box represents the heights of this ancient art form. Depicting four doves sitting atop a bronze dish, the inse...
Category
19th Century Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Swiss Gold and Enamel Musical Vinaigrette
Located in New Orleans, LA
A musical movement distinguishes this wonderful early 19th-century gold vinaigrette box. The vessel is covered in delicate engraving highlighted by bl...
Category
19th Century Swiss Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Metal
Miniature of a Jewelry Box in Gilt Bronze, Paris, France, circa 1800
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful and precious miniature of a bronze jewelry chair. The seat rises and inside we find some vintage burgundy red silk satin. The surface features sophisticated details. Miniat...
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19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Neoclassical Style Metal Tissue Box Cover
Located in Sheffield, MA
Add style and the finishing touch to your countertop or nightstand with this antiqued gold toned top and grey ribbed metal body tissue box cover to pr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Metal
Scatola Fiorentina Legno Inciso e Dorato Decorata con Uccellino 1780s Ottagonale
Located in Milano, MI
Originale scatola Italiana in legno laccato ed inciso a bulino di forma ottagonale di epoca Settecentesca, in discreto stato conservativo. Questo tipo di scatole solitamente apparten...
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Late 18th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Hermes Vanity Box
By Hermès
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Hermes Vanity Box
1970s, France
Dimensions: Height: 3.75 in Diameter: 3.5 in
Embody the French elegance and sophistication with this exquisite Hermes Va...
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1970s French Vintage Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Metal
Continental German Neo-Classic Silver Box
Located in New York, NY
Continental German (19/20th Century) rectangular sterling silver box with Neo-classic figures in relief (signed: S. SCHNAUFFEN, DRESDEN)
Category
19th Century German Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Exceptionally Detailed 19th Century Carved Bone Gunpowder Flask
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally detailed 19th century carved bone gunpowder flask
Italian, 19th Century
Height 36cm, diameter 11cm
This unconventional gunpowder flask, created in Italy in the 19th ce...
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19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Bone
Italian Neo-Classic Style Marble Box
Located in New York, NY
Italian Neo-classic-style (20th Century) black marble rectangular box with and inlaid circle of lapis, malachite, and pink marble
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble
Silver Swan Sugar Bowl
Located in New York, NY
Silver Swan Sugar Bowl. Italian neoclassical sterling silver lidded sugar bowl with swan/goose finial and lion head ring handles. Italian sterling ...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Italian Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Italian jewelry box. Neoclassical style miniature chest of drawers fit for jewels. A scaled replica of a Louis XVI boxwood, palissander, rosewood an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Carrara Marble
Victorian Period Neoclassical-Style Sterling Silver French Oval Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, Neoclassical Style, sterling silver, French, oval snuff box, Paris, Ca 1875. Beautifully decorated with Neoclassical motifs. Measures 2 1/2 inches wide (at widest p...
Category
1870s French Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Neoclassical Antique Sterling Silver Tea Caddy Set from 1797 by Robert Sharp
By Robert Sharp
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1797 by Robert Sharp, this rare and exceptional quality, George III, antique sterling silver tea caddy set, comprises two oval tea caddies and a sugar caddy...
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1790s English Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Wooden Casket Box with Mirror mid 19th century Flame Mahogany Biedermeier
Located in Sweden, SE
This exquisite flame mahogany veneered casket, originating from Central Europe mid 19th century, is a stunning example of Neoclassical applied arts. Its original shape and high quali...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Set of Seven Neoclassical Architettura Lacquer Eggshell Boxes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fascinating and rare set of seven boxes featuring a lacquered eggshell veneer attributed to French artist Thierry Voeltzel. Each box is designed with Greco-Roman neoclassical archite...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Eggshell, Lacquer
Faux Book / Tome Gilt Tooled Leather & Bronze Table Box 'Old English Homes'
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Faux Book / Tome Gilt Tooled Leather & Bronze Table Box 'Old English Homes'
This exquisite faux book or tome box is a remarkable piece of decorative art, blending meticulous crafts...
Category
Late 20th Century English Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Signed Val St Lambert Neoclassical Trinket Box Designed, c1910
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Signed Val St Lambert Neoclassical Trinket Box Designed, c1910
Additional information:
Date : Designed c1910
Origin : Belgium
Bowl Features : Cobalt blue glass with gilded classical...
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20th Century Belgian Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Glass
Vintage Burl Wood Small Rectangular Hinged Lidded Box
Located in Amityville, NY
A small vintage rectangular lidded box with multiple species of wood. Primarily in a darker wood with small burls, featuring inlaid triangle shaped corners in a lighter wood tone. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Brass
Gorham Sterling Silver Tea Caddy in Classical Medallion Pattern
Located in New York, NY
Medallion sterling silver tea caddy. Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1900. Ovoid bowl on stepped and raised foot; domed cover with beaded finial. Bowl has 2 Classical female profile...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Blue and White Ceramic Heart Shape Trinket Box with Lid by Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful ceramic heart shape trinket box by Wedgwood. This dish is in the Classic “Wedgwood blue” and features a Greek mythological scene on the top in white. A floral garland tri...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Case with Utensils, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Rectangular case with hinged lid made decorated with fine inlays of floral and floral elements on its faces, containing a set of toiletry set composed of various elements of grooming...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Metal, Other
Wedgwood Dark Blue Bell Shaped Jasperware Biscuit Barrel
By Wedgwood
Located in Stamford, CT
Wedgwood dark blue bell shaped jasperware biscuit barrel overall neoclassical motif with a silver plated lid and handle. Stamped Wedgwood on the und...
Category
1930s English Vintage Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Florentine Handpainted Giltwood Trinket Box With Paw Feet
Located in Bradenton, FL
20th century Florentine Hand-painted Trinket Box with Gilt Paw Feet. Box is made from gilded wood and is adorned with hand-painted floral and fauna that are meticulously painted with...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Giltwood
Fine French Empire Ormolu Mounted Baccarat Cut Crystal Bronze Casket Jewelry Box
By Baccarat
Located in Roslyn, NY
A Very Fine French Empire / Neoclassical Style Bronze Ormolu Mounted & Faceted Cut Crystal Jewelry Box / Casket In The Manner Of Baccarat.
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze, Ormolu
FABERGE 1915 Moscow Odessa St Petersburg Empty Box For a Letter Opener Object
By Fabergé
Located in Miami, FL
An empty box for a letter opener, created by Faberge.
This is an empty antique presentation box, created in Russia by the Luxury house of Faberge, circa 1915. The box is in pretty g...
Category
1910s Russian Vintage Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Silk, Wood
Stunning Blue Murano Glass Ormolu Mounted Round Table Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Stunning Blue Murano Glass Ormolu Mounted Round Table Box
Italy, mid-20th century
This beautiful Blue Murano Glass Ormolu Mounted Round Table Box, made in Italy during the mid-20t...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
Camille Le Tallec Porcelain Rectangular Dresser Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a gilded hand painted elongated hinged box. It is decorated with a garland of flowers & festoon of branches of parsley leaves. Inside the lid, there is a single rose hand painted. This is an excellent box to keep jewelry, pen or pencils. There is flower shaped lock. Under the base is the hallmark of Le Tallec. Camille Le Tallec...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Neoclassic Gilt Bronze Mounted Black Murano Glass Tall Cylinder Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian Neoclassic Gilt Bronze Mounted Black Murano Glass Tall Cylinder Box
Italy, 1960s
A sleek and unique piece from the 1960s, this Italian Neoclassic tall cylinder box is a stu...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Box in Burled Wood and Brass Brown Color France 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is in burl wood. It has been made in France in the 1870s. The color is brown, and it is in an good condition.
Brown color.
Category
19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Silk, Wood
Italian Midcentury Brown Leather Neoclassical Humidor with Gilt Tooling
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Italian midcentury Brown Leather Neoclassical Humidor with Gilt Tooling
Italy, circa 1960s
This Italian midcentury brown leather humidor is a sophisticated and functional piece cra...
Category
20th Century Italian Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Leather
Antique Dark Blue Jasperware Wedgwood Round Covered Box
By Wedgewood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Jasper ware round covered box.
By Wedgwood.
In dark blue dip.
Fully marked to the base.
Simply a wonderful box by Wedgwood.
Da...
Category
20th Century British Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Grouping of 3 French and English Porcelain boxes
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a charming grouping of three early 20th century dressing table boxes or table decorations. Two of the boxes are hand painted, Fren...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Silver Box, 19th-20th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
With hallmarks.
Three-lobed flat-top box made of silver in its color decorated on the edge and lid with elements on chopped luster. The upper part presents a scene framed by scallop...
Category
Early 20th Century European Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Silver
Italian Tortoiseshell & Enamel Dresser Box
Located in Bradenton, FL
Late 19th / early 20th Century Italian trinket/dresser box. Box features embossed brass frame with tortoiseshell panels. Hinged lid with inset outdoor...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
19th Century Continental Tortoise Shell Silver Mounted 2 Compartmented Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th-century Continental Tortoise Shell Silver-Mounted 2-Compartmented Box, European, possibly Dutch. Unmarked
A unique and whimsical 19th-century continental tortoise shell silver-...
Category
Mid-19th Century Dutch Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Seal, a hen with her chicks. Gouyn (St James) C1755
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A marvellous little piece of porcelain from this little-known maker. A seal, or fob, only an inch high. It is in the form of a hen with her chicks, and is inscribed with the motto No...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Light Blue Wedgwood Heart Shaped Trinket Box
By Wedgwood
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a light blue Wedgwood heart shaped small lidded box. The top of its lid is decorated with a Greek or Roman relief scene of a woman with a cape co...
Category
20th Century English Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Marquetry Box, lemon tree wood, palo santo, rosewood, mahogany. 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Box with marquetry decorations. Lemongrass, rosewood, palorosa, mahogany wood. XIX century.
Rectangular box with a flat top made of wood and decorated with a delicate marquetry with ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Wood
Early Blue Toleware Chicago Globe Soap Tin Bin Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Rectangular Hand Painted Tin Bin Box by Chicago Globe Soap Company. The box is decorated with dancing Nymphs Fairies Nudes holding musically instruments.
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Sheet Metal
Antique C.F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Company Exposition Brand Green Tin Coffee Bin
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique C.F. Blanke Tea and Coffee Company Exposition Brand Green Tin Coffee Bin
This antique forest green coffee bin with a slanted lid opening has an exterior reading: "Blankes Ex...
Category
Early 20th Century American Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique French Neoclassical 18K Gold Snuffbox
Located in New York, NY
French Neoclassical 18k gold snuffbox, ca 1800. Oval with straight sides; cover hinged. On cover top is garden with lush vegetation and flower baskets inhabited by an alert dog eyeing up the birds; on underside is vase. Both have leafing scroll surround. On sides same alternating with cornucopias...
Category
Early 19th Century French Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique Brandt Furniture Co. Inlaid Mahogany 4 Bottle Decanter Spirit Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Brandt Furniture Co. Inlaid Mahogany 4 Bottle Decanter Spirit Box
This Brandt Furniture Co. decanter box has a beautiful four bottle ...
Category
1930s American Vintage Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany
Silver Oval Box, 19th Century, with Hallmarks
Located in Madrid, ES
Oval box. Silver, 19th centu.
With contrast marks.
Oval box with flat lid made of silver, partially gilded, decorated on the outside with figurative scenes ...
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19th Century European Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver Heart-Shaped Spice Box, Lopez Portero, Manuel, Spain, Granada, 1870
Located in Madrid, ES
Heart-shaped spice. Silver. LOPEZ PORTER, Manuel. Spain, Granada, 1870.
With contrasting and burilada marks.
Silver spice rack in its color with a heart shaped shape and curved spout to one side that has two hinged lids and three spaces inside (partition above and not below); It is supported by three legs decorated with classicist elements and has, towards the side, a series of fine smooth moldings. The hallmarks are those corresponding to Granada, to date, and to the silversmith Manuel López Portero, who also worked as hallmarks in the city. The shape of the piece does not follow the usual prototypes of the time or of the school to which it corresponds (a heart shaped silver box...
Category
1870s Spanish Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Silver
Tiffany & Co. Porcelain Lidded Trinket Box Designed for Tauck World France
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Tiffany & Co. porcelain round trinket box.
Tiffany & Co. porcelain round map box designed for Tauck World, Made In France.
The porcelain lid cover is dec...
Category
Late 20th Century French Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. French Charming Bronze Jewelry Box with Limoges enamel
By Limoges
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
19th C. French Charming Bronze Jewelry Box with Limoges enamel
Made in france
This Beautiful bronze jewelry box with delicately carved frames, and in the center with a wonderful por...
Category
1920s French Vintage Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Marquetry Straw Veneer Box England
Located in Antwerpen, BE
This 19th-century Napoleonic prisoner-of-war marquetry straw veneer box is a remarkable example of the artistry and craftsmanship that emerged from a difficult period in history. Lik...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Straw, Softwood
English Wedgwood Jasperware Box Neoclassical Style
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
An English Wedgwood Jasperware teal green and white jewelry or decorative box with Neoclassical design, circa late-20th century, England. B...
Category
Late 20th Century English Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Stoneware
Hollywood Regency Style Square Tissue Box
Located in Sheffield, MA
Add a touch of glamour to your countertop, nightstand, bath or powder room with a gold gilt edge, Swedish grey finish square tissue box cover for added protection for your facial ti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Metal
Large French Cut Crystal Rectangular Table Box, Attributed to Baccarat
By Baccarat
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Large French Cut Crystal Rectangular Table Box, Attributed to Baccarat
France, 1900s
A magnificent large French-cut crystal rectangular table box, attributed to Baccarat, France, c...
Category
20th Century French Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Brass
Circa 1780 Continental Porcelain Tea Caddy
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Continental tea caddy, c.1780, molded soft paste porcelain. Neoclassical swag decoration, gilt monogram. No cover. Harvey Gunter collection.
3 1/4"w., 1 1/4"d., 5"h.
Whitehall Antiq...
Category
1780s European Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Italian Embossed Leather Box With Paw Feet
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage Italian Embossed Leather Box With Paw Feet.
Handsome large Italian green leather box with hand tooled gilt embossing and bronze paw feet.
Gre...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Snuff Box in the form of Columbine, with diamond eyes. Gouyn C1754.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A marvellous little piece of porcelain from this little-known maker. A snuff box, modelled as Colombine from the Commedia Dell'Arte. The face would seem to be that of a particular ac...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Gold
Late 18th Century Neoclassical George III Penwork Sarcophagus Jewellery Box
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A George III penwork sarcophagus work box with hinged lid decorated with a chariot, the side with Neo-Classical devices.
Age related abrasions and knocks later replacement ebonised ...
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Late 18th Century European Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Sycamore
18th Century French Straw Marquetry, 'Marqueterie de Paille' Work Box
Located in Stamford, CT
A beautiful 'as is' late 18th or early 19th century example of 'Marqueterie de Paille', or straw marquetry, work box. The top inlaid with a wonderful cityscape, with early architectu...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Straw
Column Pedestal Box Neoclassical Style
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful column pedestal box in the neoclassical style, circa mid-20th century, USA. Piece is a rich dark brown wood with an octagonal base and fluted pillar. Box opens to an insi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Wood
Round Sea Shell Encrusted Pink Flower Motif Decorative Box with Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A pretty coastal-inspired round decorative box encrusted with a sea shell motif. This box is round and features an attached lid. The lid is decorated with an array of seashells and t...
Category
20th Century American Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Shell
19th Century Italian Voting Box Tuscan Confraternity Carved Barrel Ballot Box
Located in Milano, MI
19th century Italian Confraternity Voting Urn of Tuscan origin realized with turned and carved poplar wood. The barrel-shaped central body, in which hands were inserted to insert the ballot ball into one of the two holes connected to the small drawer below, where on the front we find the inscription YES and NO related to voting, SI and NO, in order to distinguish for and against votes on paper, then collected in two separate small drawers, just below. Standing on four curly feet, it has a beautiful curved handle and carved parts at both ends, highlighted by ebonized details.
In a fraternity, this ballot box was used to collegially adjudicate community choices. In good age related condition, with sogns of wear and use. This antique Italian ballot wooden box, carved and painted, coming from Tuscany, in Central Italy. This ballot urn is an excellent example of a 19th century wooden voting box...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Neoclassical Boxes
Materials
Poplar
Neoclassical boxes for sale on 1stDibs.
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