Continental Europe Decorative Boxes

Rectangular table box in gold-plated 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-engraved ornaments in late Napoleon III Empire style and transparent brown fired enamel over hand-engrave...

Domed round 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated pillbox with fire enamels above and below, and hand-painted miniature of a lady with small dog, in Viennese Art Nouveau style second ...

Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand painted miniature with fire enamelling in Louis XVI style, second half of the 19th century, and fine hand engravings...

Rectangular table box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine hand-engraving Baroque style on the lid, fire-enamelled in 2 colours. In the center an ancient oval plate...

Domed oval pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè, top and bottom, with fine hand-engravings. Viennese Art Nouveau style second h...

Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne style and sides with translucent fired enamels on ...

1970s Czech Republic handcut crystal box.

Bible box hand-crafted in Italy in the mid 1600s using walnut. The box is still in fantastic shape and has a gorgeous patina. On three sides it is decorated with beautiful hand-carve...

This antique French tin box from circa 1890 captures the elegance of 19th-century craftsmanship with its unique design and charming details. Shaped like a wooden chest, the box has a...

Pair of decorative box crafted from natural agate stone. Each box features unique layers, colours, and textures, offering an organic and elegant aesthetic. This decorative box is de...

Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enameled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleon...

Vintage Chinese box in wood and Mother-of-Pearl, China mid-20th century. Measures: 5x12x8 cm. Good conditions.

Joseph Talbot - La Borne 20th century art deco black and brown decorative or jewelry ceramic box original perfect condition signed Circa 1940 Height 16 cm Large 13 cm

A wonderful lidded box featuring a depiction of a faun and a nymph beneath the planetary system, crafted in Italy in the 1930s (Art Deco). This ceramic box is handmade, featuring ex...

Rutebo Leksand, Sweden. Large money box in shape of a camel in glazed stoneware/ ceramics. 1970s. In very good condition. Stamped. Measuring: 30 x 20 cm.

This incredibly rare box is made in the famous tramp art around 1890 to 1900, its a richly decorated example of these boxes. The object is rectangular in shape and has a lid on top....

Antique ceramic tobacco tin, glazed in shades of green and black. Lid with a half-spherical cork knob. In good vintage condition. This box will ship from France and can be returned t...

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...

ROBY is a cylindrical laundry basket in leather from the LIMAC Design Casa Collection. It’s a precious design item ideal for the bathroom, created to contain linen, sheets, blankets,...

Austrian oak box with brass ornamental elements, second half of the 19th century. Original used condition.

The Turtle brass box is a best seller at Ginger Brown. This piece is made in lost wax cast brass with a bronze patina. The brass lid is covered with shagreen. That box has been real...

Vintage box or handcrafted table decoration—folk art inspired—depicting a seashell. Beautiful wood carving; patina consistent with use; a small chip in the wood. - Dimensions: L 26 ...

Office box - 19th century. English; 19th century; veneered in mahogany; gilded metal inlays and writing top lined with green-toned sheepskin. Interior with seven compartments. Flaws....

Box - 19th Century. Chinese, 19th century (second half); black lacquered wood. Gold decoration with oriental landscape; metal handles. Dimensions: 13x31x24 cm.

Coal box - 19th century. English; Victorian (1837-1901); made of mahogany wood with bronze fittings. Interior with pewter container. With shovel. Dimensions: 44x35x55 cm.

Rectangular box in Noble Wood. Portuguese; in jacaranda wood; decorated with inlays. Dimensions: 11x28x20 cm.

Sewing box. English; made of mahogany wood. Two feet are missing. Dimensions: 14x33x22 cm.

Toilet box - 19th century. English; Victorian style; made entirely of Noble Wood veneer; with mother-of-pearl inlay. Glass and lacquer fittings. Dimensions: 12x28x22 cm

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

Toiletry case - 19th century. French; composed of 8 pieces in various materials; the lids are metal. Box covered with bird's eye motifs and gilded metal applications. Dimensions: (bo...

Rare hunting box - 16th century. 16th-century work; made of horn, wood, and brass. One side of the lids is decorated with a hunting scene, and the other side with a fish. Dated 1554....

The oval basket in woven leather is designed for those who seek a product that combines style and functionality, enriching the environment with its elegance without overlooking practicality. Made in Italy, this elegant basket is part of the Ezago collection. Characterised by its exclusive double-layered regenerated leather weave design, INANIS guarantees durability and a positive impact on the environment. Each INANIS basket is crafted with skill, making it a unique piece of Italian craftsmanship. Perfect for those looking for a modern, elegant and hard-wearing basket, it is the ideal accessory to organise your belongings discreetly and stylishly. The INANIS oval woven leather storage basket...

Yves Marian 6/6 Realised circa 1970 Signed at the base original perfect condition 20th century design light grey egg ceramic decorative or jewelry box Height 19 cm Large 12 cm

Yves Marian 5/6 Realised circa 1970 Signed at the base original perfect condition 20th century design light grey egg ceramic decorative or jewelry box Height 18 cm Large 10 cm

Yves Marian. 2/6 Realised circa 1970 Signed at the base original perfect condition 20th century design light grey egg ceramic decorative or jewelry box Height 18 cm Large 11 cm

Table Box Green in French Empire Louis XVI style Sterling Silver Salimbeni. Table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel inserted in a very fine ha...

The body of this elegant box is entirely hand-crafted in a blue colored crystal while its lid is hand-manufactured in yellow colored crystal with a blue knob on its top adding an acc...

Round wedding favor with lid in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine manual engraving of flower shoots, fire-enamelled with various colours, in early 1900s Art Nouveau styl...

Light-blue and green crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated silver finish. Each object is handcrafted a...

Rare set of eight ceramic centerpieces by Angelo Spagnolo for Sicart. Different sizes and mirrored azure, red, yellow, violet and gray glaze with original paper labels/marks to base....

Sterlling silver table box with stripes Elegant sterling silver table box completely handmade. The box's slightly curved structure features a hinged lid, hand-engraved with a striped...

We present you a big coffret in the shape of a book. It is from before the year 1939. This item is made of exotic wood, and the outer surface is covered with relief decoration. Its i...

Square table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on sunburst guillochè and Louis XVI French Empire style ornaments. External measurements cm. 12 x 12 x 2.5. Weight gr. 636- Fine oval miniature cm. 3.2 x 4.2 hand painted in tempera on a vegetable ivory plate by the painter Anna Maria Manfriani reproducing a portrait of a Flemish lady...

Pink and light blue crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated silver finish. Each object is handcrafted an...

Amber and green crystal box with cut engravings embellished with brass detail made with the artisan lost wax technique with patinated silver finish. Each object is handcrafted and th...

Elegant vintage box covered in burgundy leather with delicate gold piping and an embossed decorative crest on the front. The interior features curved compartments originally designed to organize playing cards or small accessories, evoking the refinement of private clubs and classic European writing desks...

19th century English Oak Liquor Bottle Case with brass Chubb lock and brass handle engraved with Capt. E.J. Ward R. A. relative to Captain Edward Jo...

A wonderful heartshaped wooden box with fine intarsia inlay of different wood species and monograms. Probably Italy, 19th century. Life is like a box of chocolates.

Box butterfly in glazed ceramic in black finish. With white glazed ceramic at the bottom with gilded trim. Box with lid with polished brass butterfly on lid's top.

Good original condition There are no keys The name of the soldier is Doctor Jaroslav Turek circa 1950 Beautiful patina

Ebony neoclassic box is an original biscuit object realized in Rome during the second half of 1700 and the beginning of 1800. Very good conditions. This refined box represents...

Very interesting set of shells collected by an amateur between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. The shells are classified by size and age either in ...

Octagonal wedge box in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and white colors fire enameled in Art Deco style. Measures 7.8 x 7.8 x 6 cm. Weight gr. 281. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni ...

Rectangular box with inward corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with beautiful miniature fire enameled and hand painted by the painter Beatrice Mellana depicting the painting "The Turkish slave" by Francesco Mazzola known as "il Parmigianino" (National Gallery of Parma). Dimensions cm. 8.5 x 11.5 x 3. Weight gr. 345. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1965 and manufactured in Florence in numerous specimens with various different subjects, in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enameled firings at about 800° C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color. It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times. Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene. Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...

This metal & plastic box was produced in the 1960s. It is made from nickel plated brass frame and plastic faces. The box shows the engraved logo of a well-known Italian company...

Round box in 800 silver. The sweets box is round and rounded. The body has been worked with a diamond or rhombus pattern. This type of workmanship makes the object very bright and sh...

Box with lid - 19th century. 19th-century Islamic; made of lacquered wood with bone inlays. Dimensions: 18x22 cm.

Napoleon III writing box - 19th century. French, 19th century; made of tortoiseshell inlaid wood; brass and bronze; interior and inclined top for writing (foldable) lined with carved...

Square snuff box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand painted miniature parrotlets on flowering branches. Ar...

Step back in time with this exquisite find: the lid of a rare hatbox dating back to the early 18th century, circa 1740. Crafted from solid wood and ado...