Skip to main content

Painted Shadow Boxes

to
2
10
4
13
1
Height
to
Width
to
4
2
1
1
5
7
1
1
6
5
1
11
9
5
3
3
7
7
5
2
1
14
14
14
1
Technique: Painted
Mural Box or Wall Vide Poche, from Japan, 19th Century, Black Lacquered Painted
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This vide poche is a mural Vide poche or box, this is setting on the wall. Made in Japan in the 19th century, it has been made in black lacquered wood.  
Category

19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

American Three Masted Clipper Ship Diorama in Shadow Box Frame, Circa 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American three masted clipper ship diorama under glass in shadow box gilt frame. Mid-19th century.
Category

1850s American American Empire Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint

Sculptural Vintage Painted Metal Cut-Outs, Mounted and Framed
Located in North Miami, FL
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...
Category

1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

A 19th Century Hand Painted Porcelain Plate in Original Museum Frame
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A hand painted porcelain cabinet plate with elaborate hand decorated raised gilt border, the central figure of a bishop. The porcelain is 19th Century German or Austrian, with a bea...
Category

Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain, Glass, Giltwood

English 19th Century Brass Black Eagle Prancing Horse in Custom Shadowbox Frame
Located in Atlanta, GA
This English brass horse from the mid-19th century features black eagle, a horse belonging to circus proprietors John and George Sanger. The highly trained...
Category

Mid-19th Century English Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass

Mural Box or Wall Vide Poche, from France 19th Century, Brown Color Painted
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This vide poche is a mural Vide poche or box, this is setting on the wall. Made in France in the 19th century, it has been made in Brown Painted wood.
Category

19th Century French French Provincial Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

Illuminated Natural History Art Diorama Nature Scene with Purple Heron, In Stock
Located in Brooklyn, NY
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...
Category

2010s American Victorian Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass

One of a Kind Painted Mechanic's Tool Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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.
Category

1950s American Industrial Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Architectural Diorama of a French Street
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Rare and unusual antique diorama of a street in a neighborhood, in a city capturing a time and a place for centuries to come. Crafted with metal and pa...
Category

Early 20th Century French Archaistic Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

One-of-a-kind Painted Mechanic's Tool Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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.
Category

1950s American Industrial Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

One-of-a-kind Painted Mechanic's Tool Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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.
Category

1950s American Industrial Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

One of a Kind Painted Mechanic's Tool Cabinet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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.
Category

1950s American Industrial Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Italian Handmade 1960s Wall Backlit Artistic Window with Madonna Child & Angels
Located in Varese, Lombardia
This artistic window was handmade in Italy in the 1960s. It's made from a ivory painted metal box, with plexiglass and golden aluminum passepartout. The religious representation is a...
Category

1960s Italian Space Age Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Aluminum, Sheet Metal

Rare Anthropological Diorama of Carib Indigenous by Hendrik Schouten
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Hendrik Samuel Schouten (1785-1840) A unique diorama depicting Carib Indigenous at the river side Wood, paint on paper, twigs and dried moss Measures: H. 51 x W. 69.5 x D. 20 cm Note: This is the only known diorama by Hendrik Schouten. He became a planter and inherited the Jagtlust plantation from his grandfather Samuel Loske. His older brother Gerrit Schouten...
Category

Early 18th Century Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Twig, Wood, Giltwood, Paint, Paper

Related Items
An Unusual Pencil Drawing of “Canton”, a Three-Masted Whaling Ship-at This Point
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
An unusual pencil drawing of “Canton“ a three masted whaling ship by Harold Wyllie. New Bedford was a major whaling centre in the 19th century. Photograp...
Category

Early 1900s English Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Paper

The Order of Things by Fashion Photgrapher Schoerner
By Schoerner
Located in NYC, NY
A unique book first edition print set on a circular format retains its original case.
Category

Late 20th Century American Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Plastic, Paper

Vintage Nautical Signal Flag In Shadow Box Frame
Located in Norwell, MA
Maritime signal flag representing the letter “O”, oscar. The flag has red and yellow stitched panels with canvas hoist. Manila rope and wood toggle. Shadow...
Category

1940s North American Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Linen

Marble Flower Plate / Vide Poche from India, Mid-20th Century
Located in New York, NY
A hand carved marble plate from India, shaped as a Lotus flower, circa 1960. The natural inclusions in the stone confer this piece a singular iridescent shine. Ideal as an accent for...
Category

1960s Indian Anglo-Indian Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Marble

Pair of Framed Antique Intaglios
Located in East Hampton, NY
Pair of Antique intaglios newly framed on camouflage burlap.
Category

19th Century Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Burlap, Glass, Plaster, Wood

Pair of Framed Antique Intaglios
Pair of Framed Antique Intaglios
$2,900 / set
H 10.13 in W 10.13 in D 1.63 in
Vintage 1912 Arizona and New Mexico Statehood Flag
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
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 ...
Category

1910s American Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Silk

French Ceramic Vide Poche
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful French ceramic vide poche with glossy cream glaze and gold painted spiral detail. Perfect as a decorative piece or catch-all. Stamped on underside.
Category

20th Century French Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

French Ceramic Vide Poche
French Ceramic Vide Poche
$260
H 1.5 in Dm 5.5 in
Victorian Half Hull Model of the Three Masted Sailing Ship ‘Elizabeth’
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Victorian half hull model of the three masted sailing ship ‘Elizabeth’, shown facing right, the shaped soft wood hull with black painted top sides and applied shear line and gunwal...
Category

Late 19th Century English Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

Vintage 1912 Titanic Model Ship In Glass Shadow Box
Located in Long Island City, NY
A vintage 1912 Titanic model ship memorabilia. Presented in a wooden and glass shadow box. Materials: wood, metal, paper, glass, plastic. The background ...
Category

20th Century American Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Vintage 1912 Titanic Model Ship In Glass Shadow Box
Vintage 1912 Titanic Model Ship In Glass Shadow Box
$1,254 Sale Price
50% Off
H 13 in W 41.75 in D 5 in
Sea Life and Shell Diorama /Shadow Box
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-715 Beautiful sea life diorama including sea shells various crustaceans ,seahorse starfish encased in a walnut frame under glass. Brass hanging ring
Category

1950s Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Shell

Sea Life and Shell Diorama /Shadow Box
Sea Life and Shell Diorama /Shadow Box
$575 Sale Price
41% Off
H 28 in W 15 in D 2 in
Mid-19th Century Chinese Telescopic Fan of Gilt Decorated Black Lacquer Stays
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese telescopic fan of gilt decorated black lacquer stays with paper painted in gauche in the Mandarin palette. Archival mount in a shadow box frame. China, made for the Western ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Enamel

Hagenauer Austrian Brass & Black Enamel Horse Equestrian Vide Poche or Tray
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Here is a very sweet and unusual tray be Hagenauer of Austria from the mid-20th century. The tray is crafted of brass and then enameled in black. A charming foal is etching into the ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Brass, Enamel

Previously Available Items
Antique Maritime Diorama of a Four-Masted Clipper Ship c. 1880–1910
Located in Black Rock, CT
A commanding antique maritime shadow box diorama, featuring a four-masted clipper ship at full sail beneath a painted sky. Crafted with layered sails, hand-strung rigging, and three-...
Category

Late 19th Century Unknown Folk Art Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Vintage Japanese Hand Painted Cherry Blossom Fan In Gold Shadow Box Frame
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Gorgeous Japanese vintage fan . It features hand-painted Cherry Blossom details and inlaid mother of pearl elements. The fan is displayed within a shadow box frame, which seems to be...
Category

20th Century Unknown Hollywood Regency Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Berlin Iron

Nautical Shadowbox of the Ketch "Grace Darling" built by Capt George Bolt
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Nautical Shadowbox of the Ketch "Grace Darling" built by Capt George Bolt in 1961, having a beautifully and accurately carved half model of ...
Category

1960s American Folk Art Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

Vintage Midcentury Hand Painted Shiva Sculptures Framed in Shadow Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Vintage midcentury handmade and hand painted shiva third eye sculptures framed in a beautiful shadow box. This piece features seven handmade and hand painted Shiva faces with distinct third eyes. They are mounted in a shadow box with a linen fabric background and wooden frame. The shadow box has a universal mounting bracket on the back making it easy to hand on any wall. Shiva is the "destroyer of evil and the transformer" within the Trimurti, the Hindu trinity that includes Brahma and Vishnu. In Shaivism tradition, Shiva is the Supreme being...
Category

1960s Nepalese Tribal Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Clay, Pottery

American Folk Art Colonial Diorama
Located in New York, NY
American Folk Art Colonial Diorama. Picturesque Folk Art Diorama depicting early American Settlers of Colonial America. This particular piece was collected in Connecticut, believed to be representing early colonial home of Watertown (Wethersfield) CT. Possibly this Diorama was made for an historic house museum or display. The attention to detail and period are remarkable true representation of construction, items, colors, and cloths. Extremely well detailed exhibiting modeling craftsman's skills. The box interior is constructed with 3d angled interior walls, floor, and ceiling. Each item is handmade and painted. The floor and walls are mixture sawdust with wooden pieces, doors, windows are wooden pieces, fireside bench of wood, timber beamed ceiling, carved wooden Blunderbuss rifle with hammer over the mantel, a metal crane that swings out of the fireplace, large kettle...
Category

1920s American American Colonial Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood

American Folk Art Colonial Diorama
American Folk Art Colonial Diorama
H 9.25 in W 15.5 in D 6.5 in
Vintage Cubist Style Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Intriguing painting in cubist style probably by European Artist signed by the artist.
Category

1960s Unknown Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood

Set of 4 Antique 19th Century Japanese Hand-Painted Fans in Shadowboxes.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Set of 4 antique 19th century Japanese hand-painted fans in shadowboxes.
Category

19th Century Japanese Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

English 19th Century Framed Nautical Diorama
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A brilliant English 19th century nautically themed diorama featuring a schooner. These three dimensional works of art were typically made by sailors in the 19th century. Encased behi...
Category

19th Century English Other Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Wire

English 19th Century Framed Nautical Diorama
English 19th Century Framed Nautical Diorama
H 14.13 in W 16.75 in D 2.5 in
Wall Decoration Art Silhouette Framed Black & White Antique Los Angeles Gallery
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This Silhouette portrays the 19th century gentleman With his pointy cane. This item has been well taken care of and has minor wear consistent with its age. Wall art silhouette of an older Gentleman framed in a Thuya Burl or possible bird's-eye maple. Charming elegant profile depicts an older high status man at ease with himself ensured his place in hierarchy looking sharp. The subject is a dapperly dressed gentleman with his top hat, trimmed haircut, leather boots and cane. An original continental French or British silhouette in a period Maplewood or Thuya rare burl frame and is beveled with an inner frame What appears in a pale gold Color creating depth effect. Antique dealer Los Angeles West Hollywood La Cienega Melrose Ave. The watercolor and paper silhouettes were largely painted by aristocratic families during the English Regency and Georgian periods The black watercolor outline shows highlighted details of his gray hair, shoulder cape, coat buttons, and the flair of his trousers and cane in gold color ink. Multiple hue and tone silhouette popular in the 18th and 19th century cut of a painted profile portrait done in black white Silhouette outline sharp shadow of the subject. This beautiful wall mount Art on top of a console will add instant elegance. In a modern interior design or an old world charm traditional, decorative object for interior decoration design, A perfect gift during the holiday season, or special house warming present. It will be a great addition to your special collection in a library as part of the bibelot. in a bathroom, library, entryway, living room, bedroom. We have more more silhouettes 19th...
Category

19th Century European Antique Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Metal

Mid-Century Modern Framed Diorama of Swedish Ship Condor
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
The Diorama is hand carved and painted by a sailor, circa 1950's. A Diorama can either refer to a 19th-century mobile theatre device, or, in modern usage, a three-dimensional full-si...
Category

1950s Swedish Folk Art Vintage Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Glass, Wood, Masonite

Antique Handpainted Osborne China Plate Mounted in Gold Gilt Carved Wood Frame
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning antique handprinted Osborne China 24K gold plate, mounted in a custom framed shadowbox lined with silk.
Category

Early 20th Century Dutch Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Antique Handpainted Osborne China Plate Mounted in Gold Gilt Carved Wood Frame
Located in Toronto, ON
A stunning antique handprinted Osborne China 24K gold plate, mounted in a custom framed shadowbox lined with silk.
Category

Early 20th Century Dutch Painted Shadow Boxes

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Recently Viewed

View All