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Item Ships From: Benelux
Antique Tramp Art Box / Jewelry Box Carved Brass 1893 Chip Carved War Decoration
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous Tramp Art box / Jewelry box marked 1893 and decorated with brass.
The box contains multiple guns & pike helmets and a lions head holding a brass ring to open the chest.
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1890s American Folk Art Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
18th century Dutch-Colonial ‘Vizagapatam’ pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large Indian Colonial ‘Vizagapatam’ pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony box
Masulipatnam or Vizagapatam, 2nd half 18th century
H. 10.8 x W. 47 x D. 34 cm
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Late 18th Century Indian Dutch Colonial Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Mint C. and Large Antique Display Shell Box w. Beveled Glass Top & Silver Spoons
Located in Lisse, NL
Fine quality and condition, 1860s box with perfect working silver lock and key.
This handcrafted spoon box is another one of our recent great finds. It comes with beautifully shaped...
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Biedermeier Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Superb 18K gold "Sur plateau" musical snuff box purse form
Located in Zonhoven, BE
A superb gold music box, made by the craftsmen of Jean-George Remond & Co in Geneva between 1804 and 1811. The rectangular box is decorated with an exquisite, fine ornamental pattern...
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Early 18th Century Swiss Other Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Steel, Cut Steel, Iron, Gold
Antique Japanese Pencil Box Lacquer Ware Writing Meiji Period, 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese lacquer writing box 19th Century
Of rectangular shape, overall painted in famille rose colors with flowers, all on a yellow ground, the interior in red.
Additional inform...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
$453 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Student Pencil Box Japanese Lacquer Ware Writing Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese lacquer writing box 19th Century
Of rectangular shape, overall painted in famille rose colors with flowers, all on a yellow ground, the interior in red.
Additional inform...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
$398 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique French sculptured sewing box in oak, ca. 1900
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1900 / sewing box / oak / antique / rococo
A large French antique sewing box in oak hand crafted in France around 1900. This beautiful ...
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Early 1900s French Rococo Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Sterling Silver Box Flower Basket Cover Gold Gilt Vermeil interior
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Art Deco silver decorative box -Jewelry box - bonbon box
Style: Art deco, vintage, antique, Portugees, neoclassical, Mid Century
The body of the bo...
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20th Century Portuguese Art Deco Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Pastoe Sewing Box 1950s Holland
By Cees Braakman
Located in Den Haag, NL
So very rare this standing sewing box. Early design by Cees Braakman all Wood in primary colors. 4 boxes. Typical Holland 1950s This piece is still all original.
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Oak Sewing Box, 1950s, Holland
Located in Den Haag, NL
Large Solid Oak wood sewing box ,on wheels . opened with two hinged doors on the top, while the accordion style (with layered shelves that used external hinges to store more stuff in...
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Vintage tin Cote d’Or easter can with rabbit and ducks, Belgium 1930s
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Belgium / 1930 / tin can / tin / Art Deco / Mid-century / Vintage
An adorable egg shaped Easter tin can by Cote d'Or with a bunny walking with 2 chicks in the cart. Made in England ...
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1930s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Tin
Fine 17th Century Dutch Colonial Armorial Tortoiseshell & Silver Box, Dated 1691
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A dutch tortoiseshell box with two engraved silver plaques
Amsterdam, 1691, with maker's mark of Steven des Rousseaux (1654-1733)
H. 5 cm
Diam. 12.5 cm
Note:
Steven des ...
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17th Century Dutch Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Wooden Box Painted In Art Nouveau Style
Located in Bilzen, BE
An oil-painted wooden box in the Art Nouveau style, early 20th century.
Old patina.
The key is missing.
11.5 x 23.5 cm, height 5.5 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Jardinière Automaton singing bird by Bontems
By Bontems
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Very rare singing bird cage in the shape of a ‘jardinière’
A masterpiece by Bontems, manufactured in Paris around 1870.
This type of bird automaton is extremely rare - few were made...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Gold Plate, Other
Ebony Veneered Captain's Chest or Strong Box 'Coffre Fort', 17th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A strongbox was a type of travelling chest and these types of boxes were more common in England than anywhere else where they were fabricated between 1660 and 1720. The earliest proo...
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Late 17th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
French 19th Century Bauche Safe
Located in MILL, NL
French Bauche Safe / Money box / Fire box.
Originates from the 19th century. Very solid and heavy. Original inside. Original Lock.
Dimensions: 39L x 22H x...
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19th Century Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Large Japanese Namban Lacquer Coffer Arqueta, 16th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large Japanese Namban lacquer arqueta coffer for the Portuguese market
Kyoto, Momoyama-period, late 16th century
In Hinoki cypress lacquered in ...
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16th Century Japanese Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
The sweeper of the Sacred Heart by Line Vautrin – Gilt bronze box
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
La balayeuse du Sacré-Coeur (The sweeper of the Sacred Heart) by Line Vautrin, gilt bronze box.
Generously sized gilt bronze box.
The lid chiselled with a decoration of a multitude o...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Wilhelm Kienzle Tool Box for Mewa, circa 1950, Switzerland
By Wilhelm Kienzle
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice Wilhelm Kienzle tool box for MEWA, circa 1950, Switzertland.
Yellow and grey lacquered metal. Black handle, black hammer and pliers patterns.
Original good condition.
Dimensi...
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1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
$431 Sale Price
70% Off
Polyphon 71G disc music box with bells
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Beautiful and Rare Polyphon Music Box with Bells – Type 71G
This lovely Polyphon music box, model 71G, plays music using 24.5 cm discs, which are g...
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Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Iron
French Art Deco Carved Love Doves Oak, Walnut and Rosewood Box Signed R.Vidal
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very pretty Art Deco love letter box in carved walnut wood, would also be great to keep jewellery in.
Two detailed carved doves lying in an amorous em...
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Early 19th Century French Art Deco Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak, Rosewood, Walnut
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Richly Decorated Marked Japanese Satsuma Box, Ca 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese Satsuma Round box with lid. Marked base.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19th century
Japanese Style: Satsuma
Japan ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$262 Sale Price
20% Off
Amour roi de ton coeur (Love King of Your Heart) by Line Vautrin
By Line Vautrin
Located in Uccle, BE
Amour roi de ton coeur (Love King of Your Heart) by Line Vautrin , Silver Bronze Box.
Silver-plated bronze box with a lid enhanced with a decoration representing a two-tone wheel, th...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Colonial box in ebony wood
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A Dutch colonial box from Batavia in the former Dutch East Indies.
Hand-carved with floral motives in ebony, used for jewelry or letters,
ca. 1800. Origi...
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1790s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Diamond Point Silver Plated Metal Box, Unique C. 1970s, France
By Françoise See
Located in Brussels, BE
Very beautiful one of a kind silver plated metal box with fine diamond point patterns.
Handcrafted and high quality metal work. The box is very heavy.
Made on a special request, circa 1970, by Maison...
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1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Odette Dijeux Mid-Century Signed Ceramic Box, circa 1950, Belgium
By Odette Dijeux
Located in Brussels, BE
Nice Odette Dijeux mid-century decorative box, circa 1950, Belgium.
White and brown enameled ceramic.
Signed underneath Odette Dijeux .
Each piece of this artist is unique and po...
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1950s Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Rare Antique French 19th Century Gothic Revival Neo-Gothic Jewelry Box Church
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exquisite & rare ! This French 19th century Gothic Revival Jewelry box in carved walnut.
Amazing craftsmanship and richly decorated with Gothic style carvings on all sides.
Each ...
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Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
Porcelain Lided Box by Gucci, Decorated with the Flora Motif, Richard Ginori
By Richard Ginori, Gucci
Located in Uccle, BE
Porcelain lided box decorated with the iconic Flora motif :
Pretty porcelain box whose lid is decorated with the morif "Flora".
The edge of the lid and t...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Napoleon III Wood Marquetry Teacaddy
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined antique French tea caddy from the end of Napoleon III. The box is beautifully inlaid with different types of wood and brass, outside around ...
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1880s French Napoleon III Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Singing bird box by Bruguier in guilded case with enameled lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
Rectangular silver guilded case with rounded corners.
The oval lid has an enamel painting on the exterior of a mountain view and on the interior brightly enamelled with flower bouqu...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Late Victorian Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel, Other
Austrian Tortoise Shell Silver Box
Located in Delft, NL
Austrian Tortoise shell Silver box
Austrian Tortoise shell Silver box in the shape of an envelope with a flap.
The flap is with a spring.
The box is marked with the Austrian Silve...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Chinese or Japanese Ink Stone for Calligraphy in Mother of Pearl box
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Interesting and have piece. Must be an inkstone. The cover is with mother of pearl with a box where flowers are growing from. Very happy piece.
Additional information:
Material: Por...
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Early 1900s Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$669 Sale Price
20% Off
1927 Gelas Double-Table Mandolin, Numbered (5947) and Stamped
Located in Ixelles, BE
1927 Gelas Double-Table Mandolin, Numbered (5947) and Stamped: An Exceptional Collector's Piece.
- Visual Characteristics:
• Soundboard View:
o Shape: The mandolin exhibits a ch...
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1920s French Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Other
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Gold Cigarette / Pill Box Desk, 1970s, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Vis, NL
Rare signed Gabriella Crespi gold brass cigarette, pill box for a stylish desk.
1970s, made in Italy.
This piece is new, unused, in excellent, nearly new condition.
Comes ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Neo Gothic Style Bronze Box, circa 1900
Located in Mouscron, WHT
Neo gothic style bronze box circa 1900.
Category
Early 20th Century French Gothic Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
18th Century Dutch Oak Cartouche Shaped Box with Key
Located in Haarlem, NL
Very nice cartouche shaped 18th century oak plateau box with working lock and key.
Placed on 5 wooden feet.
Six compartments inside to keep little treasures safe.
Category
18th Century Dutch Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
$2,396 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century French Treen Pot with Lid
Located in Vosselaar, BE
This elm pot was probably used to store Tabaco. It is finely turned and has an attractive patina.
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Elm
Brutalist unique safe in cast aluminium Netherlands 1960
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This is a truly unique and robust custom-made rectangular safe, possibly crafted by an artist and assembled by a local metalworker in the Netherlands in the 1960s. It features a stri...
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1960s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Aluminum
Perfect Antique Chinese Dragon Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Perfect Antique Chinese Dragon Cloissone Box Qing Period Bronze, 19th Century.
Great piece of cloisonne.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$446 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Chinese Armorial Box Porcelain Qianlong/Jiaqing Period
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Nicely shaped and sized Armorial box. Family unknown.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Type: Tea/Coffee Drinking: Bowls, Cups & Teapots
Region of Origin: China
...
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18th Century Chinese Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$558 Sale Price
20% Off
A highly refined Dutch-colonial Sri Lankan inlaid box with silver mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Galle district, 18th century
The box is made of amboyna burr with inlays of ebony, bone and burr wood and has several interior compartments, all made with the utmost attention to de...
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18th Century Sri Lankan Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Amboyna
Small Dutch 19th Century Silver Lodderein or Snuff Box by Reitsma Sr., Sneek
Located in Delft, NL
Small Dutch 19th century silver Lodderein or scent box by Reitsma Sr. S.T., Sneek
A Lodderein box or a snuff box in the shape of a bucket with floral motif ...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Meiji Period Japanese Lacquer Inro Box, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely Antique Meiji Period Japanese Lacquer Inro, 19th Century
Additional information:
Period: 19th century, 20th century
Region of Origin: Japan
Japan Dynasty Period: Meiji Period...
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19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Marius-Ernest Sabino Three Swimming Mermaids Decorative Box
By Marius-Ernest Sabino
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Marius-Ernest Sabino, the sculptor who became a master glassmaker of Art Deco
The year is 1878, Marius-Ernest Sabino was born in Sicily, in the town of Acierale (Italy). In 1882, his...
Category
20th Century French Art Nouveau Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Set of 3 Vintage woven wicker picking basket
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Set of 3 Vintage woven wicker picking basket
Wear consistent with age and use
Wabi Sabi - Vintage - Decoration
Measures : 96cmx40cm H27cm
Materials : Woven wicker - wood
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1970s Campaign Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bentwood
A wooden lockbox, 19th century.
Located in Antwerpen, BE
Swedish wooden lockbox, 19th century.
Category
19th Century Swedish Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Carved ebony Box, Anglo-indian Box From Vizagapatam
Located in Bilzen, BE
An extraordinary Anglo-Indian box from Vizagapatam in fully carved solid ebony, late 19th century.
Filigree ornate and sculpted floral decoration...
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony
Top Quality 19th Century Jewelry, Treasure Box, Cabinet w Drawers & Mirror Doors
Located in Lisse, NL
A beautiful antique and all handcrafted jewelry box with a striking velvet lining.
This rare and larger size jewelry box or casket makes a beautiful accessory for a lady with an eye for fine arts. It is a very well made gem and highly practical with seven drawers and a good working lock and key in the right door and two sliding brass 'locks' in the inside of the left door. This box opens and closes perfectly and its striking presence will grace your vanity or dresser in a way that no modern piece ever could. The drawers come with a stunning blue lining and the three 'tiers' each have their own kind of interior. The top tier may have been made for pocket watches or circular brooches. The one below could have been made for necklaces and/or bracelets and the two bottom tiers, consisting of four drawers would have been used for all other types of jewelry. Have you also noticed the striking bronze handles? They too add to the grandeur of this striking antique gems box...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Decorative Art Deco Style Lidded Box in Wood and Silver 1970s
Located in Tilburg, NL
Decorative Art Deco Style Lidded Box in Wood and Silver 1970s.
A very interesting and beautiful lidded box with an art deco inspired lid in silver. Great abstract and timeless desig...
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Late 20th Century European Art Deco Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Two Palembang Peranakan Lacquerware Bridal Boxes and a Tray
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Two Palembang Peranakan lacquerware bridal boxes and a tray
South Sumatra, Palembang, lacquer work by Chinese Peranakan artisans, mid 20th century
Woo...
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1950s Indonesian Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
17th Century Cutlery Box
Located in Vosselaar, BE
A 17th century cutlery box with the original leather, metal hardware and interior.
Category
17th Century French Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Softwood
$1,437
Swiss Silver card case by A.D.A.R., 1920s
Located in Delft, NL
Swiss Silver card case by A.D.A.R., 1920s
A silver card case by A.D.A.R. (Ateliers d'Art decoratif Réunies SA) Switzerland. A rectangular case with a motif of ribbon on each corner ...
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Early 20th Century Swiss Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dutch Walnut Writing Box with Brass Mounts, Early 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Dutch walnut writing box with brass mounts
Early 18th century
Measures: H. 20 x W. 47 x D. 28 cm
The interior is divided in various compa...
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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Copper and Brass Box
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Beautifully made and decorated box in brass and copper. Key is present.
Category
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Silver Sugar Box Raised on Four Feet, Vienna Austria, 1853
Located in Delft, NL
Silver sugar box raised on four feet, Vienna Austria, 1853
A square silver Austrian box in round bomb form with hinged cover and floral knob, raise...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Beautiful heavy red copper Frisian plow or harrow from the early 19th century
Located in Harderwijk, NL
This stunning antique Frisian nailed red copper bucket dates back to the early 19th century. It is full of original and unique details, making it a true eye-catcher. You can place it...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Japanese Nagasaki Export Lacquer Box with Depiction of the 'Trippenhuis'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Japanese Nagasaki export lacquer box with mother-of-pearl depiction of the Amsterdam ‘Trippenhuis’
Edo-period, circa 1830
H. 12.5 x W. 24...
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer
Boiled Leather Trunk, Spanish, 17th Century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Leather trunk
Spanish, 17th century
Boiled Leather, wood and iron
Measures: 22 x 53 x 32 cm.
Provenance :
- collection Metz-Noblat, Château de Clevant, France
Rectangular trunk of the form and size of a small suitcase with wrought iron hinges and lock-plate.
Wood, covered with leather, cut and embossed with every surface of the thick cow hide covered in interlace, zoomorphic features.
The construction method is boiled leather, often referred to by its French translation cuir-bouilli: a process used to change flexible, vegetable-tanned leather into rigid, moulded objects. For shaping of the vegetable-tanned leather, heat and moisture were used, as indicated by the term boiled leather. No written medieval sources describing the production of decorated cuir bouilli objects survive, so knowledge of the process relies on the important studies of the Scottish leather historian John William Waterer. A large range of methods, materials and techniques could be used in various combinations. The vegetable-tanned leather, made supple with moisture and heat, was stuffed, shaped and nailed to the rigid wooden coffer support. The stuffing material was probably modeled beeswax or stearin wax. To shape the leather, to create its topography, « Cushions » were made by lacing a thread through an awl hole and attaching the flexible leather and stuffing to the rigid wooden support on the bottom. Then the decoration was done: lines were incised through the upper layer of the leather (epidermis) with different thicknesses of knives or needles. Contours were created with deep v-shaped cuts, decoration with thin incision and final details with a needle point. For the incision and pouncing stage, the leather was probably kept heated and moistened for suppleness.
Once dry, the leather would be hard and rigid.
the saturated leather is worked over a form, possibly even damp sand, with the pattern shaped using bone or wooden tools. Compare to metal, leather was lighter and it offered protection from cuts and punctures. Cuir bouilli objects were produced by specialist leather workers and needed skillful craftsmanship.
The surface is filled with roundels shaped foliages enclosing animals, lions and peacocks. The foliate arabesques creating a vegetal connection tweet the animals create the impression of a lush verdant space . The vegetal pattern here employed in combination with geometrical pattern came from the pre-islamic artistic traditions of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires. An aspect of Islamic geometry Is the basic symmetrical repetition and mirroring of the shapes that create a sense of harmony.
The decoration of this truck is inspired by the islamic « arabesque » a form of vegetal ornament composed of spirals, intertwining plants and abstract curvilinear motifs. An arabesque character is given to the birds of the decorations through extreme stylisation. This arabesque maintained the classical tradition of median symmetry, freedom in Detail and heterogeneity of ornament.
The presence of the peacocks is a paradisiacal allusion: in popular Islamic literature they were among the original inhabitants of the garden of Paradise expelled with Adam and Eve. Peacock as a decorative motif may have originated in the West, despite their eastern provenance. There was an ancient belief that the flesh and feathers of peacock do not decay. This led to the peacock becoming a christian symbol for Christ’s resurrection.
Renowned for their decorative wall hangings, seventeenth-century Spanish leatherworkers also produced utilitarian objects, such as this trunk. A similar trunk is on display at the Metropolitan museum of art ( 09.158.1).
Related literature :
Davies L. 2006. Cuir bouilli. Conservation of leather and related materials, 94-102, Oxford: elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann
Grabar, Oleg. The Mediation of Ornament. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992
Gabriela Germana Roquez, "El mueble en el Peru en el siglo XVIII...
Category
17th Century Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
$12,939 Sale Price
40% Off
Vintage Porcelain Casket by Weimar, Germany
By Weimar Porcelain
Located in Bastogne, BE
Porcelain casket on legs from Weimar Manufactory. 1970s. Germany.
The box is almost like a woman's handbag – you open it and you can get lost in e...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Swedish Wooden butter st1orage box 1800's Handmade Folk Craft
Located in Forest, BE
Swedish antique pine and birch wooden butter storage box . Fine quality of bentwood. It is a true piece from the early 19 century. Hand graved 1882 inside the lid. Nice addition in...
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Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Benelux Decorative Boxes
Materials
Birch, Pine
