American Shadow Boxes

American three masted clipper ship diorama under glass in shadow box gilt frame. Mid-19th century.

Stunning framed taxidermy alligator with great coloring and very well preserved details. Hues of the scales range from a beige color on the outer edge...

In Wetland, 2022, a majestic purple heron explores a local estuary in an illuminated update on the traditional Victorian diorama. Original artwork by Christopher Tennant...

Vintage California Republic flag made in the 1960s. Made of thick cotton. Great coloring. Fun piece of California history. Newly mounted on a linen...

Unique mechanic's tool cabinet, closed with a glass door and hand painted tool shaped with hooks. Can be used as a display case for actual tools or just "as is" as Art.

This is a beautifully detailed diorama or shadow box of a late 19th century schooner and tug boat.

A vibrant 1969 lithograph by Ken Kusaka. Signed numbered and dated lower margin. In a period shadow box. Frame has some age wear and paint loss. Litho is in good condition.

Wonderful Round Diorama of American home hand painted with hand painted carved birds. The house looks like a beautiful hand painted watercolor. The birds are hand carved and painted....

Rare antique American Hand-Embroidered three dimensional paintings, Circa 1820. Paintings were mounted in shadowboxes to protect the embroid...

A figurine of a reclining nude, crumpled figure drawings, dried fruits and flowers, and blue wallpaper make up this shadowbox by F. Ronald Fowler (1948-...

A wonderful mid-century wood octagonal shadow box perfect for display on a coffee table, or for hanging on a wall. The inside features 9 shelves for storing collectibles. A glass lid...

This intricately cutout vintage painted Metal Art piece with original paint and patina, showing losses and age appropriate. Very much reminiscent of Calder or Noguchi era. Stunningly...

25th Design Patriotic American silk flag with 48 stars. Arizona Statehood Feb 14, 1912; New Mexico Statehood Jan 6, 1912 Period: 1912 Origin: United States Size: 12" x 17". Family ...

Cool vintage metal rusted letter F, new rewired lighted cord and bulbs switch off/on in perfect working condition nice rusted patina.

Stunning diorama by American artist Lloyd Brown. “View of Area Above San Rafael Reef, Utah” 1999. Signed and dated with gallery tags. I Lloyd Brown has been fascinated with the viewer’s experience of panorama, particularly as it seems to negate the role of the artist, throughout his career. Tradition has it that the artist, whether painter or photographer etc is singularly responsible for framing a scene. Mr. Brown takes this task off the plate of the artist and thusly provides the viewer with not only more visual information but also the agency to see and understand what they might see and understand within the composition with their own eyes. For example, Imagine if this composition did not include the information to your far right. The work would have been framed as a vista, a landscape painting, a scene of the horizon, the great American West. But by expanding (or in essence, breaking open) the frame, the viewer also sees the world of the artist, or the visual context as part of the vision. He or she stands on the same stained concrete as the artist , is able to see though their eyes but at the same time retain their autonomy by looking away from the vista. He or she does not have to see through the artists eyes and therefore understands the moment, experiences the moment, unencumbered by the task of looking. Viewer and artist are equal. So one might ask, Is the scene about the grand vista? Is it a scene of the great American West as we expect it to be? Or is it a scene that although grand serves to accentuate the viewer’s sense of alienation or even isolation and smallness in the moment, during the experience of the painting and ultimately throughout life’s path? The coupling of the mountains, garbage bins...

This intricately cutout vintage painted Metal Art piece with original paint and patina, showing losses and age appropriate. Very much reminiscent of Calder or Noguchi era. Stunningly...

Stunning and exotic, this pair of Art Deco masks, framed in deep shadow boxes, are beautifully sculpted and painted, each with gilded South Asian headdresses...