Continental Europe - Boxes

Description: Gold-plated silver toiletry box with engravings, suspension chain, mirror and utilities inside. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II Title. Weight: 133.17...

Description: Silver cigarette case with guilloche pattern on both sides, featuring a monogram card and a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 214.9 ...

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

Here is a rare and elegant case, typical of the period. This superb piece is made of vermeil (gilt silver) with a shagreen lining. It features a mechanical click closure that opens a...

Jewelry box with different compartments and old lock. Oak Painted white brown.

Superb alabaster box designed and produced by Romano Bianchi in Italy in the 1970s. Handcrafted ocher alabaster box and chrome metal structure. Decorative object that will bring a re...

Modernist lucite and silver-plate set of boxes Mellerio Paris, France 1970s silver-plated metal, lucite Marked underside: "Mellerio - A. Paris" H 19.5 cm - 15.5 cm diam H 10 cm ...

Description: Filigree silver card case with removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Cisne. Weight: 58.01 grams. Dimensions: 6.8x7cm. Content: 925/1000. Assay Mark: Yes, ...

Metal top chest with GRADE 2 safe. Shiny black steel. Contents 6 drawers lined to store all sorts of jewels and necklace bar. Brass plated 24-karat gold accessories. Unique featur...

Vintage cigarette case or jewelry box made of natural onyx stone, decorated with gold-colored (copper-plated) metal fittings, Italian in origin, marked G.S.E. Ottone Garantito, circa...

Elegant marble boxes made for Cartier with the silver engraved Logo in excellent condition.

Late 18th century northern Switzerland wooden box with hand painted vegetable motifs.

Sterling Silver box made with Samodorok technique in Russia 1960 Unknown maker The inside of the lid is gilded, 9.5 x 14.5 cm, height 4.5 cm. Total weight C. 330 g. Good condition.

Rosewood storage box with KFK logo (1922-1971). Interior compartmentalization – perfect for small items. Material: Rosewood Origin: Denmark Production: Approx. 1960s Condition: Appe...

another very rare piece from the auböck workshop.

Set of Elegant vintage Limoges box and two plates. Marked on base as “Jammet Seignolles Souvenir de mon voyage á Lourdes”. -Memories of my trip ...

Description: Silver-gilt pill box with surrounding strips, enamel applications with floral motifs and incorporated fleurs-de-lis, gold-colored interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French...

Description: Rectangular silver cigarette case with embossed floral motifs in the Art Nouveau style and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weig...

Large glass box by Michael Red for Vistosi. Two pieces that can also be used separately.

A set of three French cigar boxes from the 1960s, crafted from wood, illustrating the craftsmanship and understated aesthetic of mid-20th-century tableware and storage solutions. Eac...

Elegant Tobacco Box in Bakelite in very period Art Deco, from the 1920s. Wear consistent with age and use.

Box, Bulgari watch case, black leather with cardboard box, 1990. Case, Bulgari watch box, very good condition, black leather box with cardboard box,...

Description: Silver pill box with coin appliqués on both sides and removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 72.48 grams. Dimensions: 4x1.6...

Elegant vintage jewelry or cigar box, attributed to Erhard & Söhne, Germany, early to mid-20th century. This finely crafted box is made of gilt brass and richly decorated with intric...

Early 20th Century Thuya Burl Wooden Lidded Box A beautifully turned lidded box crafted from richly figured thuya burl, dating to the early 20th century. Celebrated for its extraord...

Small, oval Charles X box in mother-of-pearl and gilded bronze with a flower-shaped key. The lid has a white nacre plate and is decorated with a central medallion that displays color...

Description: Silver vinaigrette box with gilded interior and decorated with engravings from the George IV period. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 6.63 gram...

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...

Shiny white bird's-eye maple shiny jewel box with 24-karat pink gold hardware. Necklace on the top and removable tray.

Rectangular and flat lacquer Kobako (small box) representing a furoshiki knot seen from above. Fundame background, furoshiki in takamaki-e with floral pattern, inside the folds of the fabric with black and gold sayagata pattern with togidashi maki-e technique. The saya (or sayagata) pattern is composed of Chinese swastikas...

Description: Silver cigarette case with bands on top, cigarette holder inside and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 101.79 grams. Dimensions: 8.5...

Description: Silver pill box with a couple engraved on ivory in an idyllic scene on the lid, enameled casing and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Austro/Hungarian - Remarked boa...

Wooden box with geometric decoration, a decorative piece from the 1980s with a warm, graphic design. Made of wood, this box is distinguished by its lid adorned with a repeating geom...

Natsume in dark red lacquer, decorated with autumn leaves and cherry blossoms in hiramaki-e and nashiji. Interior in black lacquer. Maple leaves (Momiji) are celebrated in literatur...

Rare marquetry cocktail bar with Charles X-inspired motifs or Victorian-style opening onto an interior with spaces for seven glasses, a shaker, two carafes, a mixing spoon holder, tw...

Smoking Set, ashtray, table lighter and cigars box Italy 1970 Lucite Ashtray: H 14.5 x 14.5 x 4 cm Table Lighter: H 6.5 x 8.5 x 7 cm Cigars box: H 7.5 x 18 x 10.5 cm Label on t...

small mother-of-pearl box

Safe with spy glass, options of different frames. This safe can be organized to display all types of collections and valuables. The mirror reflects when of...

Description: Circular silver pill box with raised plant motifs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: London. Weight: 12.79 grams. Dimensions: 3x1.5cm. Content:...

Beautiful brown faux alabaster box designed and produced by romano bianchi in Italy in the 1970s. Crafted brown resin box and gilted metalic structure. Decorative object that will br...

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 ...

Description: Silver box for rosaries with palm-shaped engravings. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 27.21 grams. Dimensions: 5.4x1.9cm. Content: 950/1000. A...

Description: Silver cigarette case with floral motifs engraved on both sides, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Chester. Weight: 115.99 grams. Dime...

Murano jewelry box by Giovanni Cenedese. Label is still on the box: Murano Cenedese Vetri. This absolutely gorgeous jewelry box showcases blue Mur...

Description: Snuff box in embossed silver with gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 45.28 grams. Dimensions: 5.8x1.5cm. ...

Description: Silver pill box with floral motifs revealed on the lid and application. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Absent. Weight: 14.74 grams. Dimensions: 2.5cmx2.5...

Midcentury decorative Box Italy, ca. 1960s Brass, glass, mother of pearl H 3 cm x 12 × 30 cm Conditions: very good, slight defects

Napoleon III box. Marquetry. France, 19th century. Rectangular wooden box with a flat top and supported on circular legs that presents a front opening with a key lock and a hinged ...

This unique and original work of art was sculpted by Michel Kiriliuk. Born in France and self-taught, this sculptor, interior designer, and painter describes himself as an ultra-baro...

Designed by Joe Colombo and produced by Arnolfo di Cambio in the early 1970s, the “Biglia” box is a refined example of material experimentation and functional design. The object refl...

Vintage storage box in rosewood with original inlay “Provinsbanken”, circa 1960s. Danish design with adjustable compartments. Material: Rosewood Origin: Denmark Production: Circa 19...

Description: Silver cigarette case, enameled on the lid and back with engraved scrolls and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Cabeça de Mercury. Weight: 98.94 grams. D...

Description: Silver vinaigrette box with reliefs on the lid and gold interior from the Victorian period. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 13.19 grams. Dimen...

Stunning yellow alabaster box designed and produced by romano bianchi in Italy in the 1970s. Handcrafted yellow alabaster box and chromed metal structure. Decorative object that will...

A refined and architecturally composed pewter lidded box designed by Ernst Svedbom for Svenskt Tenn, Sweden, dated 1932. This elegant piece embodies the restrained sophistication of ...

Jewel Case is an original decorative object realized in the mid-20th century. A terracotta case black colored with ochre decorations. Perfect to preserve your dearest things. G...

small school bag from the Swiss mountains

Description: Silver snuff box with embossed floral motifs surrounding a monogram card and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 51.04 grams. Dimensions: ...

Description: Silver tea box with engravings surrounding the monogram card and a knob on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: standing eagle. Weight: 358.92 grams....

Description: Guilloche silver cigarette case with gold surround and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: London. Weight: 177.45 grams. Dimensions: 2.7x1cm. Content: 925...