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Item Ships From: Chicago
"Bird of Joy" Chinese Pottery Shard Box
Located in Chicago, IL
The lid of this petite trinket box is a shard of glazed porcelain, a remnant of the antique pottery destroyed during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960-70s. Likely dating to the lat...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Burmese Black Lacquer Hsun-ok Offering Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This sculptural, footed box is a type of traditional Burmese offering vessel known as a hsun-ok. Used primarily in Buddhist monasteries to present food offerings during prayer, the h...
Category
20th Century Burmese Minimalist Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Silver Plate Box in Faux Bamboo Motif Attributed to Maria Pergay
By Maria Pergay
Located in Chicago, IL
Faux Bamboo silver plate box attributed to Maria Pergay. Excellent condition. Heavy weight box.
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Pair of Rosewood Dresser Boxes w/Lids, 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of Rosewood Dresser Boxes w/ lids, 1960’s. Beautiful condition.
Large box measures 9.5” long 4” deep 2” tall. Small box measures 4” x 4” 2” tall.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Arthur Espenet Wooden Box 1961
By Arthur Espenet Carpenter
Located in Chicago, IL
Arthur Espenet Carpenter Exotic Walnut Box, 1961
A finely crafted wooden box by celebrated California studio furniture maker Arthur Espenet Carpenter, dated 1961. Made from richly fi...
Category
1960s American American Craftsman Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Quartz Stone Dresser Box w/Lid
Located in Chicago, IL
Quartz Stone Dresser Box w/Lid. Excellent condition, original.
Measures 7’ long 4” deep 2.25” tall
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Quartz
Petite Chinese Brass Opium Box with Dragon Etching
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite metal canister was once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Providing an airtight seal, the small box is formed of brass with an etched and stamped d...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Italian Villa La Rotonda Lidded Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A love letter in terracotta to one of the Renaissance’s most influential buildings, this vintage Italian lidded box takes the form of Andrea Palladio’s Villa La Rotonda. Every propor...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Checkered Papier-Mâché Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Formed around a simple wooden frame, this papier-mâché storage box is a charming example of Chinese folk art. Crafted with old newspapers and dyed rice paper, the box would have been...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Folk Art Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Paper
Fine Chinese Burlwood Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant lidded box from the mid-19th century is carved from a choice specimen of burlwood, also known as yingmu or huamu. Prized for its feathery, swirling wood grain, burl wood...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Burl
Chinese Baitong Stacking Incense Clock, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This three-tiered container is a 19th-century white brass incense clock, once used as a relatively accurate method to mark the passage of time. Incense c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Lattice Top Incense Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This slender metal container is a 19th-century white brass incense burner, used for storing and burning incense sticks. The small box has a rectangular form and a removable sliding t...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage Wood Dresser Box Gold Leaf Striping w/Lid, 1960
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Wood Dresser Box Gold Leaf Striping w/Lid, 1960’s. Beautiful excellent condition, lined in black velvet.
Means 11.5” long 8” deep 6” tall
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold Leaf
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Box, c. 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
This small treasure box from the late 19th century exemplifies the lavish splendor of the Qing-dynasty (1644-1911) decorative arts, finished with intricate surface embellishment and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Monique Gerber French Bronze Lidded Sculptural Top Black and Red Lacquer Box
By Monique Gerber
Located in Chicago, IL
Monique Gerber rare bronze sculptural topped decorative box with black and red lacquer base.
French designer Monique Gerber designer and owner of Art du Bronze.
Signed under the bo...
Category
1970s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Gucci Horse Bit Silver Plate Box Satinwood Lined Signed Gucci Made in Italy
By Gucci
Located in Chicago, IL
Gucci signed silver-plate box with immaculate satinwood lining.
The top has the iconic horse bit motif.
Extremely rare vintage 1970 Gucci Italy silver plated horse-bit decorated bo...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
17th Century Italian Leather Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A stunning 17th century Italian leather covered wood trunk covered in brass nail heads, some spelling out a word on top, and with iron strap hinges a...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Petite Burmese Yun Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
An exquisite example of Burmese artistry, this palm-sized container dates to the late 19th century and was likely originally used as a betel box (kun-it). A blend of betel leaves, ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Burmese Folk Art Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo
Chinese Hardwood Opium Bowl Stand, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed to resemble a scroll-form altar table, this narrow footed box has an elegant silhouette with waterfall sides and minimal ornamentation. Dated to the late 19th century, the b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
Petite Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box is formed of brass with a copper interior and...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
SilverCrest Decorated Bronze Cedar Lined Cigar Humidor
By Silver Crest Bronze
Located in Chicago, IL
SilverCrest decorated bronze cedar lined cigar humidor. Modern Red Enameled top.
Silver Crest was the trademark used by the Smith Metal Arts Company of Buffalo. Expert craftsman from the Heintz Art Metal Shop formed the new company in 1919, utilizing much of what they had learned, manufacturing incredible bronze items. Heintz Art Metal Shop was founded in 1906, in New York by Otto Heintz...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Painted Scholar's Presentation Box, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This painted wooden box is a 19th-century Chinese snack box, once presented as a gift for a holiday or special occasion. To the delight of the recipi...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
English Petite Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century English trinket box has an elegant design of lacquered papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlay. The inlaid decoration depicts a spray of various flowers which ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Antique French Sèvres Style Painted Porcelain and Gilt Brass Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique French Sèvres Style Painted Porcelain and Gilt Brass Box
Antique Jewelry box crafted in the style of Sevres, France circa 1870s. Porcelain bombe casket with cobalt blue and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Olive Burlwood Cigarette or Dresser Box by Argenteria Alignani
By Midcentury Italian school
Located in Chicago, IL
A nice olive burl wood Italian cigarette or dresser box with original label by Argenteria Alignani. The top of the box is silver-plate and the sides have copper edging.
Beautifully ...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate, Copper
Arnoldo Pomodoro Cast Sculptural Bronze Box Sculpture
By Arnaldo Pomodoro
Located in Chicago, IL
Arnoldo Pomodoro cast bronze box abstract sculptural box with lid decorated organic abstract motifs, c1960-1970
The box is part of a series of four boxes made by the two brothers Gio...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$2,920 Sale Price
27% Off
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Hardwood Jewelry Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Long ago, this elegant rosewood box was used by a Qing-dynasty lady to store her favorite pieces of jewelry, each drawer filled with jades, pearls, coral necklaces, and hair pins. Th...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Petite Chinese Rice Measure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic, wooden container is an early 20th century rice measure, used to portion out servings of dry rice and other grains. In keeping with the larger rice measures used at marke...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Folk Art Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Chinese Gilt Lacquer Hat Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
No self-respecting man in Qing-dynasty China would leave the house without some kind of hat. In fact, headgear was so central to social status that even the containers used to store ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hide, Fabric, Wood
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying ceramic ex...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest the it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying cerami...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Silver Fan-Form Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This lovely silver box exemplifies Japanese refinement in all crafts. Precious in the hand, the petite bonbonnière is formed of high quality silver in the shape of a paper folding fa...
Category
20th Century Japanese Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Petite Ming Shipwreck Box, c. 1500
Located in Chicago, IL
The soft, matte texture and eroded wear of this petite porcelain box suggest the it spent many years submerged in saltwater, likely excavated from a sunken trade ship carrying cerami...
Category
16th Century Chinese Ming Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
English Papier-mâché Spectacle Case with Mother-of-pearl Inlay, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century spectacle case has an elegant design of lacquered papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlay. The inlaid decoration depicts a spray of various flowers and is bord...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer, Paper
Chinese Painted Snack Box with Deer & Lingzhi, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden Chinese box is a 19th-century snack box, once presented as a gift for a holiday or special occasion. To the delight of the recipients, the box would have been filled with...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Arthur Espenet Carpenter Rosewood Tissue Box 1965c.
By Arthur Espenet Carpenter
Located in Chicago, IL
Arthur Espenet Carpenter Rosewood Tissue Box (circa 1965)
This elegant rectangular tissue box exemplifies Arthur Espenet Carpenter’s mid-century modern vision. Carpenter was a self-t...
Category
1960s American American Craftsman Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
$3,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Southeast Asian Painted Offering Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This footed offering box from southeast Asia brings vibrant color and folk charm to modern interiors as a vide-poche or catch-all dish. The vintage box is shaped of hand-turned wood ...
Category
20th Century Southeast Asian Folk Art Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Altar Opium Stand with Dali Marble, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the mid-19th century, this petite hardwood box captures in miniature the elaborate form of a traditional Chinese altar table. Crafted of a dense hardwood, the narrow box is ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Marble
Chinese Picnic Box, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
The basic form of this two-tiered box with handle has remained unchanged for 1,000 years. Stacked boxes were commonly used as portable containers for food or ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Hardwood
$57,280
Chinese Reverse Glass Treasure Chest. c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
As much an artwork as a piece of furniture, this 19th-century treasure chest from northern China is richly decorated with relief carvings and delicate gilt paintings. The doors bear ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Elm
Burmese Yun Lacquer Betel Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Intricately decorated with red and black lacquer, this petite Burmese betel box (kun-it) is a lovely example of a traditional craft. A blend of betel leaves, areca nuts, slaked lime,...
Category
20th Century Burmese Folk Art Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bamboo
Chinese Eternal Love Offering Box, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This ornately carved 19th-century offering box would have been presented as a gift filled with popular Chinese snacks, including roasted melon seeds, dried fruit, and soybeans toaste...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Karl Springer Hinged Lid Kyoto Box / Side Table
By Karl Springer
Located in Chicago, IL
Outstanding hinged and lidded Kyoto box by Karl Springer. Fair amount of storage with suede panel lining on bottom and top. Brown and ivory lacquer is hand applied. Sits in a parsons...
Category
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
$3,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Nathalie Du Pasquier Gravieux Accueil Box from Objects for the Electronic Age
By Nathalie du Pasquier
Located in Chicago, IL
Memphis Milano designer, Nathalie du Pasquier, Gravieux Accueil Box for Arc 74, 1983. Signed with decal studio label to lid: [Objects for the Electonic Age Mi...
Category
1980s Italian Vintage Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Stainless Steel
Large Vintage Lucite Gem Ice Bucket by Allesandro Albrizzi
By Alessandro Albrizzi
Located in Chicago, IL
A large vintage Lucite gem ice bucket by Allesandro Albrizzi. 1970s
Lucite shows nice age with some craqueling. some the tiny pl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lucite
Chinese Lacquered Snack Box, c. 1820
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered container was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the r...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Petite Oval Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Perfecting line and form, the small box has a balanced, oval form shaped of white brass (...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Chinese White Brass Happiness Brazier, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Filled with burning coals, this petite 19th-century brass brazier once warmed the hands of a well-to-do person on a cold winter's night in northern China. The brazier is crafted of white brass in a rectangular form, complete with a hinged handle and an intricately pierced lid with a chrysanthemum pattern. The exterior is etched with a pattern of golden coins...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Double Handled Brass Brazier, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
On a cold winter’s night in China’s Northern provinces, the well-to-do held their hands over this coal-filled brazier to ward off the chill. Handmade of brass, the exquisitely crafte...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Chinese Black Lacquer Snack Box, c. 1820
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple lacquered box was once used as a 19th-century snack box, presented as a gift during holidays and special occasions. To the delight of the recipients, the unassuming box w...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinese Gourd-Form Presentation Box, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This finely lacquered box was once presented as a gift, filled with popular snacks like roasted melon seeds, dried fruit, and cinnamon-toasted soy beans. The lightweight box is formed in the shape of a melon, a traditional symbol of perpetuity. Cloaked in layer upon layer of rich red lacquer, the box is intricately decorated with paintings of ruyi-framed lotus...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Chinese Five Blessings Brass Brazier, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Filled with burning coals, this exquisitely crafted 19th-century brazier once warmed the cold hands of a wealthy woman on a winter night in northern China. The brazier is hand-wrough...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pair of Vintage Crackled Abalone Jewelry Boxes
By Maitland Smith
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of vintage crackled abalone jewelry boxes. Unmarked. Attributed to Maitland Smith.
Measures:
Larger box dimension:
7 7/8".
4 7/8".
3 3/8".
...
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Abalone
$1,250 / set
Antique Metal Large Tea Tin for General and County Stores
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Metal Large Tea Tin for General and County Stores
This tin would have been found on the counter or shelves of general and country stores. This food can will be a standout in...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Petite Indonesian Brass Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite brass box was originally part of an early 20th century betel box set from Indonesia, one of several small containers that held the individual ingredients of a betel quid....
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Folk Art Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Early 20th Century Austrian Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking early 20th century Austrian box with ebony veneer over birch and with a thin fruitwood inlaid stripe around the lid. A simple brass handle allows the lid to be opened. Per...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Chicago Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Fruitwood
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