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Decorative American Craftsman Studio Wood Lidded Box, 1980's
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Decorative American Craftsman Studio Wood Lidded Box, 1980's Two-piece, oval-shaped, worked, unknown hardwood box with doweled lid made by Jerry Starr, sculptor, NJ, USA. Produced i...
Category

1980s Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Solid Elm Jewelry Box with Carved Flowers
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful, solid elm wood jewelry box with carved flowers and three full length drawers. The box opens to support the mirror stand. There are two positions for the mirror to be hel...
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Carved Boxes

Materials

Brass

Spain 1960 Barcelona Mid Century Modernist Enameled Box In Wood And 915 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Enameled center piece made in Barcelona An extraordinary piece of Spanish silversmith, created in the city of Barcelona during the post war and the mid century periods, back in the ...
Category

1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Leaf

Tronador Medium Mini Box, Brown Onyx Stone and Silver Alpaca
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Carved Boxes

Materials

Stone, Onyx

Table Box Enamel on Guilloche and Hand Painted Miniature Sterling Silver Salimb
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular box with inward corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enameled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana depicting the painting "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola known as "il Parmigianino" (National Gallery of Parma). Dimensions cm. 8.5 x 11.5 x 3. Weight gr. 345. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1965 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various different subjects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enameled firings at about 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 ivory...
Category

1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

19th Century Swedish Wabi-Sabi Oak Lidded Box with Hand-Carved Patina
Located in Stockholm, SE
A soulful 19th-century lidded box handcrafted in Sweden from solid oak, showcasing the quiet beauty of the wabi-sabi aesthetic. This simple, round form reveals a deep, weathered pati...
Category

Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Oak

Round Favor Box with Lid in 925/1000 Sterling Silver Green Enamel Art Nouveau St
Located in Firenze, FI
Round favor box with lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of a bouquet of flowers in Art Nouveau style. B...
Category

1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Intricately Carved Kamakura Lacquer Box with Botanical Design by Tamerou Ono
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A vintage Japanese Tsuzuri bako, writing box. with an unusual, deeply carved relief of Japanese sarcandra glabra, a woody herbal sub-shrub native to Asia with deep green glossy leave...
Category

Mid-20th Century Japanese Carved Boxes

Materials

Wood

Salimbeni Table Box Art Nouveau Painting Pre-Raphaelite School Fired Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
This rectangular table box is a masterpiece of craftsmanship. Crafted from 925/1000 sterling silver and gold-plated, it features a hand-painted fire-enameled miniature by Beatrice Me...
Category

1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Chinese Brass and Carved Jade Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brass and carved jade box - etched leaves on a brass box with a hinged lid of carved Jade flowers - a lovely trinket or change box for the vanity or dr...
Category

20th Century Chinese Carved Boxes

Materials

Jade, Brass

Late Qing Dynasty Wedding Box with Carved Handle, Animals and Foliage Motifs
Located in Yonkers, NY
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...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Boxes

Materials

Wood

19th Century French Provençal Walnut Fariniere, or Flour Box
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century French Provençal fariniere, or decorative flour box made of walnut with simple linear decoration of wheat and a flower urn. Waxed patina. This beautifully craft...
Category

Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Tronador Square Bordeaux Onyx Stone Box
Located in Buenos Aires, AR
The shape of the inactive Tronador volcano reminded us of the pyramid shaped idea of our boxes that make up this collection. With a rectangular or square base, the box is a reflectio...
Category

2010s Argentine Modern Carved Boxes

Materials

Stone, Onyx

Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Simone Dainelli inspired by the paintings of Boris Vallejo, in fantastic contemporary style, with hand-engraved frame. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various subjects and different colors, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 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 ivory...
Category

1960s Italian Modern Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Art Deco sewing box with sculpted roses and red velvet top, France ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / sewing box / wood, fabric / Art Deco / Mid-century / Vintage Elegant wooden box with sculpted roses and red velvet top. Crafted around 1900 in France. This timeles...
Category

Early 1900s French Art Deco Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Snuffbox basket with flowers, in Florentine Renaissance style, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli of a basket with flowers, in ...
Category

1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box “The Great Odalisque” Fired Enamel on Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with edges with fire - enamelled stripes and upper frame with insertion of paillons in pure gold and beautRectangular iful fire-enam...
Category

1960s Italian Empire Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Table Box Fired Enamel Guillochè and Hand Engravings Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine hand-engraving Baroque style on the lid, fire-enamelled in 2 colours. In the center an ancient oval plate...
Category

1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table snuff box with 2 slightly rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature; oute...
Category

1970s Italian Other Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Stunning Original Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Wood Cigar Box Humidor House
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this rather lovely antique original circa 1880 Black Forest Wood musical Cigar box Humidor with built in music box A very good looking and well ...
Category

1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Wood

Early 20th Century Large Antique Tibetan Ghau Prayer Box With Three Buddha
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a prayer box worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This large Ghau prayer box (travel Buddha...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Carved Boxes

Materials

Silver, Bronze

Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse's Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below and hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, English "Art Nouveau" style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 4.7 x 6.7 x 2. Weight gr. 96. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 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 ivory...
Category

1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Anglo Raj Hand-Carved Wooden Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Hand-carved large wooden Anglo-Raj jewelry box. Early 20th century wood box richly decorated overall with arabesques and floral carving. Hinged lid shallow relief carving with interi...
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Anglo Raj Carved Boxes

Materials

Sandalwood

Snuff Box reproducing the painting of a Roman glimpse late 1800s Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuffbox Rectangular for table with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli repro...
Category

1990s Italian Baroque Carved Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel

Antique Indian Carved Wooden Storage Box For Fans, 19th century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Richly carved hardwood Indian box for storage of fans in a fine quality Late 19th century length 38 cm, width 6.5 and 12.5 cm, height 7 cm Aged patina
Category

Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Hand Carved Black Forest Rustic Cottage Jewelry or Trinket Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique hand carved Black Forest jewelry or trinket box is unsigned but presumed to have been made in either Germany or Switzerland in circa 1920 in the signature Black Forest s...
Category

Early 20th Century German Black Forest Carved Boxes

Materials

Softwood

Wedding Favor Box fine engraving of flower shoots on lid 925 Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round wedding favor with lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine manual engraving of flower shoots, fire-enamelled with various colours, in early 1900s Art Nouveau styl...
Category

1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver

19th Century French Provencal Decorative Box or Fariniere
Located in Winter Park, FL
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...
Category

19th Century French French Provincial Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Walnut

French Modern Specimen Hardwood Carved Conch Shell Motif Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Modern Specimen Hardwood Carved Conch Shell Motif Box France, Later 20th Century Realistically carved and modeled of book-matched hardwood as...
Category

Late 20th Century French Modern Carved Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

Antique Kotak Taji cockfighting spur container
Located in Chonburi, TH
The wood antique Kotak Taji cockfighting spur container is a captivating relic that immerses us in the rich heritage of this ancient sport. Crafted ...
Category

Early 20th Century Balinese Carved Boxes

Materials

Steel

Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature pastoral image fired enamelled. 18th century French style. Diameter cm. 8 cm high. 1.8. Weight gr. 171. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by talented artisan artists with a thick plate suitable for supporting numerous glazing firings at high heat 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...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

19th Century Chinese Wooden Lunch Box with Gilt Carving
Located in North Salem, NY
19th Chinese Wooden Lunch Box with Hand Carved Gilt Decorated Front.
Category

19th Century Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Wood

Table Box Octagonal Light Blue Fired Enamel and Miniature Madame Drouais on Sali
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and beautiful hand-painted enamelled miniature by the painter Beatrice Mellana reproducing the portrait of Madame Drouais painted by her husband Francois Hubert in 1785 and conserved in the Louvre Museum. Fine hand-engravings on the sides. French Empire style. Measure cm. 8x8x3.7. Weight gr. 285. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1989 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous eamelled firings at high heat at about 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...
Category

1980s Italian Other Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

A Gold Mounted Moss Agate Snuff Box
Located in Spencertown, NY
The mottled brown agate with translucence when held to light. The cover with a gold rope twist edge above hinged clasp with wreath and berry design above a cushion base
Category

Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Agate, Gold

Victorian Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Northampton, GB
Featuring Inlaid Hearts and Diamonds From our Tea Caddy collection we a pleased to offer this unusual Victorian Marquetry Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of unusual form with two outer Tea...
Category

Mid-19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Brass

Snuffbox Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dimensions cm. 5.5 x 7 x 1.8. Weight gr. 105. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1975 in Art Deco style and executed in numerous specimens, at the specific request of the firm Tiffany & Co., in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for sustaining numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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

1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

OTTAVIANI 1960 Modernist Cedar Box With Enameled Designs .925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Modernist box designed by Giovanni Ottaviani. Fabulous modernist rectangular box decorated with "smalto". It was designed by Giovanni Ottaviani during the post-war period in the cit...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Chinese Cinabar Lacquer Hand Carved Box, China, Qing Dynasty 19th c.
Located in PARIS, FR
A fine antique Chinese red cinnabar lacquer lidded round box carved with a scene with a man working and a mother holding a child within a rocky landscape with trees. The "dragon's...
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Hill Tribe Betel Nut Box
Located in New York, NY
A betel nut box. Hill Tribe Betel Nut Box, from the Hill Tribes that live amongst Thailand and Loa borders in the mountain hills. Hand made of hard wood ...
Category

20th Century Tribal Carved Boxes

Materials

Wood

Salimbeni Box with Swiss Musical Mechanism by Maison Reuge Art Deco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round box with Swiss musical mechanism (music box) by Maison Reuge. In 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white fired enamels in Art Deco style. Diameter cm. 7.4 total height cm...
Category

1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Round Leaf Design Box, Black Lacquer by Robert Kuo, Limited Edition, in Stock
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Round leaf design box Black lacquer Hand-carved Wood base Limited edition In stock. Lacquer is a technique that dates back to the Shang dynasty, circa 1600-1100 B.C. These pieces ar...
Category

2010s Carved Boxes

Materials

Lacquer

Table Box Octagonal Black Enamel with light Blue Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire-enamelled Art Deco design. Dimensions diameter cm. 15.8 high cm . 8.2. Weight gr. 974. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by objects designed by Louis Cartier around 1920 and manufactured in Florence in various specimens, also in parure with other objects and in different colors, in the headquarters by the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750°<800° C. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Carved Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

French Carved Snuff Box, Mid-19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The elaborately carved snuff box with a scene of two mermaids on the cover and deeply carved shell on the reverse.
Category

Mid-19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Boxwood

Chinese Red Brown Lacquer Jewelry Box with Iron Hardware, Early 20th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
An early 20th century Chinese jewelry box made with red brown lacquered wood and iron hardware. This small rectangular box features a large bottom drawer, two smaller ones and a hing...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Carved Boxes

Materials

Metal

Swedish Limestone Butter Box ca 1850
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Butter Box ca 1850 The base part is made of grey Öland limestone and the lid is made of red Öland limestone. Heigth: 10 cm/3.9 inch Depth: 11.5 cm/4.5 inch Widht: 15 cm/5.9...
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Mid-19th Century European Scandinavian Modern Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Limestone

Chinese Round Grain Container with Offering Fruits, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Carved Boxes

Materials

Iron

Antique Georgian Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box
Located in Northampton, GB
With a Fitted Sewing Box Interior From our Tunbridge Ware collection, we are delighted to offer this Tunbridge Ware Sewing Box. The Rosewood box of rectangular form extensively inla...
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Mid-19th Century English William IV Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Wood

Small Handcarved Chinese Chest
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A hand carved Chinese large table box with hinged lid. Intricately carved all-over with Asian carvings resting of four paw feet. Bronze lock plate on front.
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Carved Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

19th Century Italian Carved Walnut Coffer
Located in Dallas, TX
Add a touch of elegance to your home decor with this beautiful Italian carved walnut coffer. The modern style of this box makes it a perfect addition to any room in your home. The wa...
Category

19th Century Italian Antique Carved Boxes

Materials

Walnut

Betel Nut Box from Java with Polychromed Finish, Indonesia, c. 1900
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Betel Nut is consumed on a daily basis in a large portion of the Indonesian Archipelago. In Java, betel nut was offered as a sign of respect and hospitality when people would visit o...
Category

Early 20th Century Indonesian Tribal Carved Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

French School 1790 Louis XVI Oval Snuff Box in 18kt Gold with Miniature Portrait
Located in Miami, FL
Presentation Snuff box from the 18th century French School. A very important and rare Neoclassical oval box, made in Paris, France circa 1790. It was crafted with translucent natu...
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1790s French Neoclassical Antique Carved Boxes

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Gold

Japanese Tokyo Shop Tabako-Bon
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the traditional ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Carved Boxes

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Brass, Sheet Metal

Rustic Continental Mahogany Box
Located in Queens, NY
Rustic Continental mahogany rectangular box with a carved border and trim with 5 circle design top.     
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20th Century Rustic Carved Boxes

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Mahogany

19th Century French Armoire Fariniere
Located in Winter Park, FL
Early 19th century French fariniere, or flour box in the rare form of an armoire. Made of walnut and finely crafted with dovetail construction and curved legs. 16" H x 10" ...
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Early 19th Century French Antique Carved Boxes

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Walnut

Carved Art Deco decorative box
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Carved Art Deco Decorative Box This Art Deco decorative box features a cylindrical shape with a silver-plated metal base and a Bakelite or resin lid in shades of cream and brown. The...
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20th Century French Art Deco Carved Boxes

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Metal

19th Century Tramp Art Box with Chip-Carved Decoration, Date and Velvet Inside
Located in Atlanta, GA
A 19th century Tramp Art rectangular wooden box featuring elaborate chip-carved decoration. Each side of this box is adorned with hand-carved tiered frames of four-layered notches, characteristic of the traditional chip-carving technique of Tramp Art, a 19th century form Folk Art that transforms salvaged materials into furniture and art. The lid, attached to the base with hinges, is covered with a burgundy velvet pad bordered by a chip-carved trim centered around a carved lion head. The lid, which lifts by a ring pull, opens to reveal a velvety green storage...
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Carved Boxes

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Wood

Wedding Favor Box Art Noveau hand painted on lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round wedding favor with lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine manual engraving of flower shoots, fire-enamelled with various colours, in early 1900s Art Nouveau styl...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Carved Boxes

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Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver

1940s Square Green Marble Box With Sculpted Lid
Located in Tarrytown, NY
1940s Square Green Marble Box With Sculpted Lid Small knick on top (as shown in pictures)
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1940s Vintage Carved Boxes

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Marble

Vintage Handcrafted and Carved Wood Box House Motif, Trinket Box, Keepsake Box
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage handmade beautifully carved wooden trinket box, jewelry box or keepsake box. Depicting a village scene with Houses & Palm Trees. Folk Art ...
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Mid-20th Century Peruvian Folk Art Carved Boxes

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Wood, Walnut

Scottish Mauchline Ware Tea Caddy attributed to Smiths
Located in Northampton, GB
Scottish Mauchline Ware From our Tea Caddy collection, we are delighted to offer this rare Mauchline Ware Tea Caddy. The Tea Caddy of rectangular form extensively decorated with a repeating pinstripe pattern throughout the entire exterior of the Tea Caddy upon a Sycamore carcass. The decoration features a striped effect with alternating classical scrollwork, linked chain and pin striped vertical line transfers in shades of gold, green and red. A shield-shaped escutcheon finishes the exterior of the Caddy. When opened the Tea Caddy reveals a single Caddy compartment with traces of the original foil lining and the Caddy the original full length wooden Cumnock Hinge. The Tea Caddy dates to the late Georgian Period during the reign of George IV Circa 1830. The Tea Caddy is a rare example of early Mauchline Ware especially because of the Type of decoration used and extremely good condition, a superb addition to any collection. We firmly attribute the Tea Caddy to renowned Scottish Mauchline Ware makers Smiths from the extremely close similarities between this Caddy and a previous one in our archives signed by Smiths. The Tea Caddy comes complete with working lock and tasselled key. Mauchline Ware was the production of Scottish white-wood products, it was mainly manufactured from the 1820s until 1939. The production of souvenir woodware for the tourist market began in the 1790s with the snuff box industry in Ayrshire. By 1820, Mauchline ware was well established, supplying souvenirs from wood grown ‘on the Field of Bannockburn’, ‘on the Abbey Craig’, ‘on the slopes of Stirling Castle’ and made into sewing requisites, egg cups, trinket boxes and many other kinds of souvenirs, transfer printed with a line drawing of the place. The firm Smith’s who regarded as the the leading and most renowned manufacturer of Mauchline War among a few lesser known and shorter lived companies. They ranged from the basic transfer as on small vases to boxes and smaller household accessories...
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Early 19th Century Scottish William IV Antique Carved Boxes

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Sycamore

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