Continental Europe - Boxes

An elegant walnut writing slope from the English Navy, featuring brass decorations typical of this type of furniture. Beautiful brass ornamentation includes corner brackets and reinf...

Wilhelm Kåge (1889-1960) for Gustavsberg, Sweden. Square Art Deco lidded box in ceramic with classic green glaze. From the Argenta series. Mid-20th century. Marked. In perfect cond...

A charming 19th-century Austrian folk art marriage chest, crafted in spruce wood and richly decorated with hand-painted polychrome ornament. The ches...

This exquisite small, round alabaster pill box is a timeless piece of Italian craftsmanship. Designed by the renowned artist and stonecutter Oscar Vita from Genoa, it retains its ori...

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 ...

4 Panels of a Wooden Box with Mother of Pearl Inlay, Chinese Scenes, 19th Century. 4 panels of a wooden box with mother-of-pearl inlays depicting Chinese scenes, Asian Art, 19th cen...

Antique Chinese leather box - circa mid-19th century This antique Chinese box was handcrafted from leat Measures : 22x13cm H:8cm Materials...

Simple, yet sophisticated, Swedish Grace pewter box by Ingvar Bossler for Gamleby Tenn, Västervik, Sweden. The company Gamleby Tenn started in the...

Bar armoire with two doors and lid that can be fully opened. Contents: LIEBHERR wine cellar for 12 bottles, temperature ranging +5 to +20, set of 16 hand c...

Antique Lacquered Compartment Box with Gilt Decoration Exquisite antique lacquered box featuring an intricate multi-compartment interior. The piece...

Rare set of three Art Deco wooden boxes made of teak and rosewood. Measurements of the taller one : height 9,5 cm, width 12 cm, depth 10 cm, inside : W 8 x D 6,5 x H 6 cm. Measurem...

ALESSIO is a design laundry basket in leather from the LIMAC Design Home Collection. This very elegant laundry hamper is handcrafted in double-layer regenerated leather, that makes ...

Decorative silver 800 mushroom shape box. The body is embossed and cheased completely by hand.

Round porcelain box with gold finish, featuring a reflective glaze and refined decorative presence.

Sizeable rectangular, wooden coffer with its key. The blackened wood is inlaid with mother-of-pearl and brass. The lid and the main face of the box are r...

Foldable 19th Century French hand carved marquetry walnut liquor cellar. Overall good condition except the top of the box which was burned quite bed and no restorations have been ma...

Elegant French Napoleon III writing box dating from the late 19th century, circa 1880, featuring exquisite geometric wood marquetry, decorative gilt brass fittings, and two original ...

Beautiful tortoise shell effect jewelry box attributed to Dior Home and crafted in Italy during the 1970's. This unique object will add a touch of joy and elegance to your home. Your...

French hand made brass jewellery box made 100 years ago with extremely beautiful details and fine decoration especially on the top where a young woman with long hear is carved surrou...

Elegant WMF desk cigarette case, circa 1930, made of silver-plated metal, rectangular in shape with stepped lid decorated with delicate diamonds. The interior is lined with mahogany....

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...

Pastoral box. Carved antler, wood, metal. Spanish school, 1861. Submit registrations. Oval box made of antler carved in its color, with wood on the lid to reinforce it, decorated o...

Desktop cigar humidor in shiny ebony. Opening with keyless card with RFID technology. Inside 3 removable trays and an integrated drawer in premium quality cedar. Humidification unit...

An elegant antique box covered in polychrome leather, decorated with an attractive geometric design on the lid in warm tones—reds, ochres, and greens—and gilt details along the edges...

Sterling silver cabbage-box made entirely handcrafted by expert silversmiths, the Lisi Brothers, in Florence. Its dynamic and detailed quality make it i...

Round ceramic box by Bruno Gambone Deep orange, brown , green enamel Measures: H 8 cm x D 17 cm Signed Gambone Italy at base.

another very rare piece from the auböck workshop.

1950's Stitched leather boxe by Paul Dupré-Lafon for Hermès Good original vintage condition

Decorative box in enameled metal and wood produced by Siva from Poggibonsi, Italy. Good condition: a visible chip at the base.

Beautiful jewelry box designed in Italy in the 1970s. Silver plated box depicting a shell symbol of love and beauty since antiquity. Superb design object that will decorate your inte...

Decorative pineapple-shaped ice bucket, produced in Italy or France during the 1970s. Entirely crafted in metal, the piece features a richly textured body reproducing the characteri...

This box is made of black shagreen. It can contain 5 watches. The box is hinged with a black microsuede interior and it has a small nickel knob. This box is perfect for keeping your...

This elegant rectangular box is made of shagreen with a beautiful circular decor with brass trims on the front. The box is hinged with a black microsuede interior. Perfect to tidy u...

Elegant clear acrylic cube with a polished hemispherical cavity, reminiscent of the refined geometric accessories designed by Alessandro Albrizzi during the 1970s. This piece perfect...

Varnished, burl wood sewing box, decorated with Greek frieze and brass inlays. The box contains a mirror and sewing utensils made of bone and brass, as...

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...

An exceptional gaming box containing four smaller boxes, crafted in Germany’s famous Black Forest region during the 1880s. The entire box is masterfully hand-carved; the exterior fe...

Two lidded boxes - 19th century. Japanese; 19th century wooden box with lacquer coating and mother-of-pearl inlay. Minor flaws. Dimensions: (larger) 7x22 cm.

This striking vintage hexagonal box is crafted from ceramic, featuring a vibrant yellow top that transitions into a textured black and green base with a unique abstract pattern and a...

A charming and finely detailed 19th-century Black Forest–style hand-carved tobacco jar. Entirely carved from wood and executed with remarkable depth and texture. A rare large size to...

A beautiful and rare mid-century modern cigarette box designed by the renowned Italian artist, Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988), in the 1960s. This piece is part of the iconic "Le Porte ...

Pineapple Decorative Pots, Lusitanus Home Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Lusitanus Home. This beautiful set includes two wa...

The small leather basket ARAMIS is a 2022 novelty of the House Collection by LIMAC Design. It is an original and precious miniature of our beloved CADIN HABITA, and is intended to ...

Beautiful modernist jewelry box designed and produced by J. Capo Esmaltes in Spain during the 1970's. This handcrafted woodbox with pink, blue and brown enamel details is a true work...

Wir bieten eine wunderschöne kleine Briefmarkenbox zum Verkauf an. Das kleine Holzkästchen ist mit drei kleinen Fächern ausgestattet und lässt sich ideal als Schmuckkästchen oder zur...

Art Deco Precious Stone Jewelry Box - Pewter, Amethyst & Brass - France 1940s Elegant French jewelry box, made of pewter with a brass and amethyst decor on top. Finely engraved...

Two jewelry boxes. European; from the beginning of the 20th century; in glass and gilded metal; padded interior. Decorated with plant motifs. One is missing the padding. Dimensions: ...

Italian Squirrel-shaped box in gilded metal signed on the inside. TTauy raviga.

Piero Fornasetti, mandolins cigars Box Milan Italy, ca. 1960s Wood and hand refined lacquered aluminium H 4 cm x 8 × 20 cm Label not present Conditions: good consistent with age...

Silver compact, Corti Sirio, Italy, Florence, 1950s Additional Information: Materials: Silver, mirror, silver 925* Vintage from the 1950s Artist/Maker: Corti Sirio Place of Or...

This stunning humidor, a masterpiece of design and craftsmanship, is a captivating addition that transcends mere functionality. Enveloped in the deepest shade of black, its high-glos...

DALIA is a leather Valet Tray Storage design from the LIMAC Design® Class line, made in prestigious cuoietto. Made with the collaboration of Italian...

"Quadra" is a square leather box, designed and manufactured by Oscar Maschera. Genuine Italian leather vegetable tanned. Colors combination to be chosen from the available range: tan...

Square box of Bresse-blue enamel with gilt bronze mounts. The five sides are composed of convex plates that are decorated with intricate golden arabesques and flower seeds. Enameled ...

Marquetry make up box / jewellery box. With wedges on the inside. 19th century. Inlaid with various types of wood. Presumably original of Belgian origin. Dimensions: 33L x 26D x 14,5H

Box. Hard stones, metal, textile. Possibly Italy, 19th century. A square box or casket with a flat lid and supported by four circular legs, decorated on the lid and sides with marque...

Vintage Pewter and wooden round box realized in the early 20th century. Very good condition.

A charming and rare French jewelry box dating from the late 19th-century, entirely covered on the exterior in rich royal blue velvet. The rectangular form is beautifully enhanced wit...

The refined leather storage baskets MARTINA is a set of round leather containers from the LIMAC Design Casa Collection, completed with a remova...

Beautiful modernist jewelry box designed and produced by J. Capo Esmaltes in Spain during the 1970's. This handcrafted box with red, blue and white enamel details is a true work of a...