Bay Area Decorative Boxes

A vintage wood box in the shape of a duck. An intricately carved design of a village decorates the exterior of the box. Measures 9"W x 4.5"D x 6.5"H

A vintage 1989 reproduction by the Museum of Modern Art of an Asante gold dust box. Made of gold toned metal with a beautiful design of birds perched along the edges of the lid. Some...

An early to mid 19th century Swedish wedding or bride's box. The detail to this early period box is quite exquisite. The oval base is beautifully decorated depicting love birds hand painted in earthy shades of cream and cinnamon with black detailing. Sweden 1820-1850. A Swedish wedding box (historically known in Swedish as a brudkista or bridal chest) is a traditional, hand-painted wooden vessel historically gifted to a bride by her parents or groom to commemorate her marriage. Serving as a cultural equivalent to the Western "hope chest" or dowry coffer, these beautiful pieces of Scandinavian folk art were used to store a young woman’s bridal trousseau, including hand-woven household linens, textiles, family heirlooms, and personal valuables. Today, genuine 18th- and 19th-century antique Swedish wedding boxes...

Charming folk art 19th-century country English pine blanket chest or box featuring a Georgian manor house facade on the outside. The storage box has a hinged top and handles on each ...

ABOUT Small Walnut trinket box lined with felt. Original felt on the bottom. Shown with life size hand model for scale. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940-1970. ...

A vintage "SRW Minidex/78" acrylic organizer. Features a tinted hinged lid and black base with colorful divided compartments inside. Originally designed to hold floppy disks but coul...

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...

Asian influenced art moderne cigarette or trinket box. This box black lacquered wood with a brass handle. The box was made by Martin of California...

On offer is an original 1920s Watkins "Egyptian Bouquet" Talcum Powder tin manufactured by The J.R. Watkins Company based in Winona, Minnesota. This specific tin was introduced aroun...

Charming folk art 19th-century country English pine blanket chest or box featuring a Georgian manor house facade on the outside. The storage box has a hinged top and handles on each ...

French Circular Box With Inlaid Silver Filagree Top Depicting Fox & Stork FOR USA DELIVERY ONLY

There are small, decorative wood boxes from many cultures. Some are ideal for holding hand sewing tools. Others, equipped with a lock, like this example, might hold those bulky bangl...

ABOUT Mid-century surveyors transit level scope. Gray crinkle finish paint over brass. Original carrying case with dovetail joints. Brass company name plate on front. Decorative onl...

Simply put this is one of the most beautiful boxes I have owned in my over 40 years of antique dealing, and I buy boxes. The factory applied warm rich brown patina is a good place t...

ABOUT A solid Oak machinist's factory tool box used to store cutting tools for a lathe. Dovetail joints. Shown with life size hand model. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFAC...

Anglo Indian hardwood campaign or dowry chest. This has brass straps, handles and large hinges on the interior. The lock has the original key. The chest is in good condition. It show...

On offer is an antique French silver-plated jewelry or trinket box featuring a heavily detailed, low-relief engraved scene on the lid. The lid depicts a popular, romanticized 18th-c...

ABOUT An Art Deco wooden document box constructed with dovetail joints and lined with felt. Original owners has hand written notes on the inside top with several dates including 193...

A rosewood tea caddy with Bombay shape and canted top. Having a pair of lion mask brass handles on each end and sitting on claw and ball feet. The interior fitted with two lidded tea...

this large ribbed and cylindrical Japanese shell-game box with domed lid decorated overall with Maki-e (gold lacquered) foliate wreaths and stylized flower heads and incised brass mounts; raised on four splayed supports. Hokai boxes...

Mid-19th century Gutta Percha Box with photo's and contemporary notes on Genealogy Fantastic mid-19th century gutta percha box with standing figures and a horse. Gutta Percha b...

Shopkeeper’s Money Box with Blessings Southern China Late 19th/early 20th century Wood, bamboo H: 7 in x W: 14.75 in x D: 11.75 in Two dragons sit surrounding a pearl of wisdom on t...

Rustic early 19th century English regency oval hat box with a carry handle. The box is crafted from leather and features European and Asian port of call stickers. Beautifully worn pa...

Early 19th century Russian stained and hand-carved Bone Table Casket Kholmogory Box, veneered with panels of foliate engraved stained bone alternating with geometric and foliate fret...

A fine quality brass inlaid Campaign style traveling desk with a recessed brass handle engraved with the name of its owner, Anne Orten. The piece opens to reveal a velvet lined writi...

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On offer is a vintage Chinese hand-carved camphor wood box with detailed courtyard, pavilion, willow, and pine scenes. Likely mid-20th century, with a simplified front shield that ma...

A very fine quality English mahogany letter box made and signed by F. Waller and so labeled. This finely crafted letter box has 2 drawers one on each side fitted with campaign style ...

Vintage stained pine miniature chest, circa 1930 Measures: 13.5" wide x 10" deep x 9.5" high. Great for jewelry, letters, etc.

How can this not make you smile? This well-carved antique Black Forest box of an expressive shaggy dog with glass eyes, forward gaze, open m...

Late 19th to early 20th century sedan chair miniature table top display cabinet Charming custom made and hand painted miniature table top ...

17th century leather knife box converted to a letter box with original brass hardware, sitting on brass ball feet. Fitted interior lined with 18th century silk fabric. In very good...

Early 18th century Italian carved and dovetailed walnut alms box, circa 1725 Large dovetails and old handwrought nails give this small scale box a hea...

19th Century Gothic Style Bronze Reliquary Box With Repousse Figures 8.5" x 4.75 x 3.5"H

On offer is a unique vintage Taj Mahal music and cigarette/jewelry box created by the renowned American maker Fred Zimbalist (1909–2003). Known for his highly collectible, ornate met...

On offer are a rare pair of antique Chinese export or Chinoiserie silk-embroidered canisters. Their delicate silk exteriors over gilt wood indicate they were meant for clean, luxury ...

Jens Quistgaard design teak table top card or accessories box for Dansk, Denmark. Simple yet sophisticated design by Quistgaard an early example with the three duck stamp, Denmark. I...

ABOUT A mid-century metal first aid box featuring a vibrant, eye-catching bright yellow enamel finish with the classic bold red cross and "FIRST AID" block lettering. This heavy-dut...

ABOUT An original vintage Italian trinket box, crafted from high-quality molded red calfskin leather. It features a distinct elegant "humpback" si...

An unusual burnished steel and brass box on custom made steel and brass stand. England, 19th century.  

Two-tiered Hat Box China Qing dynasty (ca. 1870) Wood, bamboo H: 20 in x D: 14.75 in :: 50.8 cm x 37.5 cm The box holds two Mandarin’s cone shaped hats: the summer hat in the top ti...

Weathered late 19th century country English hat box featuring an oval form. Crafted from metal with a golden painted finish having an aged patina. The victorian era box is topped wit...

A vintage handmade studio pottery lidded container. Nice round shape with a speckled gray base glaze. Bands of blue wrap around the sides with a lovely hand painted floral design to ...

This is a late 18th-century George III mahogany knife box, typically dating to circa 1790. The piece displays the definitive characteristics of the late Georgian period: The Shape: I...

A very pretty French Napoleon III period brass inlaid rosewood and kingwood lap desk of fine quality. This portable writing desk is centered by a beautifully painted landscape scene....

19th Century Circular Hand-Painted Ebonized Box Depicting an Aristocrat Man 4" x .75"

Mid century modern organizing cylinder storage bin with lid, circa 1970's. This unique caddy is wrapped in black leather displaying wonderfully aged patina and vintage charm. The int...

1920's Art Glass Dresser Box Hand-Painted With Heart Design on Brass Holder 5.5"D x 5H

19th century crossbanded mahogany box with brass inlay Beautiful old box with fitted interior. We don't know what this box originally held, but it would be a great jewelry box. ...

C. 20th Century Hand carved Folk Art box w/the name Sohpie. Velvet lined.

This 19th-century English patch box dates to the early–mid 1800s and is carved and polished from cow horn. It consists of two carved sections and measures approximately 2 inches in d...

ABOUT A mid-century ceramic glazed jewelry or trinket box. Marked "Italy" underneath. CREATOR Attributed to Raymor, Italy. DATE OF MANUFACTURE 1960. MATERIALS AND TECHN...

About A rustic wooden dairy farm box used to sell cheese at farmers markets from O'Allen & Son Green Valley Dairy in Sonoma. Creator O'Allen & Son Green Valley Dairy. ...

Leather four volume faux book box on painted pine stand with turned legs. Interior of the box lined with Italian marbleized paper and having a small lidded compartment within. Englan...

Lovely old papier mâché tea caddy with inlaid mother-of-pearl and hand-painted decoration, England, 19th century.

Bitossi decorative ceramic lidded box, Italy. Sophisticated table top box for jewelry, cards or hide the T.V. remote. In very good original condition.

An unusual antique gilded and silver gilt bronze box in the form of a drum. Beautiful quality, detail and having good solid weight. We cannot find any markings possibly English or...

Late 18th century, English George III mahogany knife box fitted out for letters / ballots. The interior voided of the old knife compartments. One small remov...

Early 20th century Chinese Red Lacquer decorated box. Relief carved top panel of an attendant and scholar. Fine finger joints on the box and lid. Inside top of the lid having Chinese...