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Item Ships From: Illinois
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...
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Late 19th Century British Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer, Paper

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A fascinating and truly unique early 20th century American Folk Art box with the most wonderful Greek temple design with eight blue painted Doric columns around the perimeter and wit...
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood

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...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Burmese Yun Lacquer Container, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In many southeast Asian cultures, offering guests a betel quid to chew was the fundamental symbol of hospitality. A blend of leaves, nuts, seasonings, and sometimes tobacco, betel was kept in finely worked and decorated boxes. This round container was originally the lid to a Burmese betel box...
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Early 20th Century Burmese Folk Art Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Bamboo

Wrought Iron Lock Box
Located in Chicago, IL
Very nice wrought iron lock box with lock and key. Great quality.  
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1920s Italian Vintage Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wrought Iron

Emerald Green Goat Skin Covered Wooden Cylinder Box in the Style of Aldo Tura
By Aldo Tura
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a beautiful emerald green goat skin cylinder box with a brass pineapple finial on lid and wooden interior in the style of Aldo Tura.
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1950s European Vintage Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Brass

Tibetan Painted Longevity Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful late 19th-century Tibetan box has an unusual trapezoidal form and is highly decorated in the Sino-Tibetan style in a palette of red, orange,...
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Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Italian Marble Footed Box
Located in Chicago, IL
A gorgeous antique Italian box hand carved from a cream marble with textured claw feet and geometric details. This box has a lid with an inlaid mar...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Marble

Japanese Lyre Base Sewing Box on Stand with Mother-Of Pearl Inlays, c. 1880
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Black lacquered wood sewing box on lyre base stand. Both the work box and stand are decorated with abalone and Mother-of-Pearl inlays in a floral compo...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer

Benton Box, Large Hand-Cast Bronze Decorative Box
By Line Vautrin
Located in Chicago, IL
The BENTON BOX is more than just a container - it's a visual narrative infused with the gravitas of ceremonial boxes from eras past. Its form is articulate and sculptural, each curve...
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2010s American Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Bronze

French Crystal casket box
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a lovely oval French crystal casket box with brass ormolou and locking key
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1960s French Vintage Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Crystal, Brass

Vintage Mahogany Humidor Lockbox
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Mahogany Humidor lockbox storage box Beautiful Hand Crafted Vintage Cigar Counter Display Case. Mahogany with Fine Brass Hardware Glass Shelf, Sides, and Locking Glass Fro...
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1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Brass

Large Italian Silver Plated Metal Pear Ice Cube Bucket Container
Located in Chicago, IL
Large Metal Pear Ice Cube Bucket Container. No makers mark. Most likely made in Italy 1960s. Hammered brass stem mounted to the top. Nicely crafted artistic & functional object. Plenty of patina to the metal which give the pear a nice character. Being sold unpolished with patina. Possibly Silver Plated. I believe there was probably a lining glass bucket inside at one time. unmarked. Uncertain to the designer...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Metal

Malachite Octagonal Box
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a vintage malachite and brass inlay octagonal box in good condition, no chips or cracks.
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1980s Brazilian Vintage Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Malachite, Brass

1960s Murano Bronze-Mounted Glass Casket Attributed to Sommerso
By Murano Glass Sommerso
Located in Chicago, IL
A striking vintage bronze-mounted clear thick Murano glass casket attributed to Sommerso having a smoked glass interior.
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Glass

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...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - 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...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Ebony, Fruitwood

Provincial Chinese Rice Measure, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, an ancient Chinese measurement. The rice measure has a square f...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Iron

Provincial Chinese Rice Measure, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, an ancient Chinese measurement. The rice measure has a square f...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Iron

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 ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Hide, Fabric, Wood

Provincial Chinese Rice Measure, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, an ancient Chinese measurement. The rice measure has a square f...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Iron

Japanese Tokyo Shop Tabako-Bon
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the traditional ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Brass, Sheet Metal

Japanese Gilt Tabako-Bon with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in Chicago, IL
This handled box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the traditional...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Wood

Provincial Chinese Rice Measure, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container was made over a hundred years ago to measure and hold a dou of rice, an ancient Chinese measurement. The rice measure has a squ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Iron

Late 19th Century English Mother of Pearl Business Card Case
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Carved mother of pearl carte de visite (business card) case. England, circa 1870.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl

Late 19th Century Engraved Chinese Brass Box with Carved Nephrite White Jade Lid
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Antique carved nephrite white jade from a ruyi, mounted to the hinged lid of a conforming brass box. The inside of the lid and outer surfaces are engraved with propitious symbols. C...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Jade, Brass

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...
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1980s Italian Vintage Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Stainless Steel

Couroc Game Box
By The Couroc Company
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a great Couroc game box with dominoes and poker chip storage These boxes are made out of phenolic satin black and infused with brass and wood This...
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1960s American Vintage Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood

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...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Leather, Wood

English Carte Du Visite / Business Card Case of Mother of Pearl and Abalone
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Carte du Visite (business card) case of Mother of Pearl laid in diagonal squares with a floral engraving centering on an abalone square and banded in abalone with ivory inner lip. The interior consists of a gilt edge cobalt blue accordion file...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Silver

Japanese Keyaki Elm Tabako-Bon, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This box with many drawers is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the t...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Brass

Tea Pot Columbina Superba by Matteo Thun for Memphis, Rare Artist Proof Numbered
By Matteo Thun, Alessio Sarri Ceramiche, Alessio Sarri
Located in Chicago, IL
The Columbina Superba tea pot was designed by Matteo Thun for Memphis in 1982 (now out of production). This is a rare Artist proof: the iridescent blue color on the spout and the fee...
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1980s Italian Post-Modern Vintage Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery

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...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Japanese Gilt Takamaki-E Tabako-Bon, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This box with many drawers is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the t...
Category

Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antique Chinese Red Lacquer Box
Located in Countryside, IL
Antique Chinese red lacquer box This box measures: 14.5 wide x 14.5 deep x 8 inches high About Photos: We take our photos in a co...
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Early 20th Century American Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Malachite

English Diamond Jubilee Patent Dispatch Box by Allibhoy Vallijee & Sons, 1897
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Black painted and gilt banded steel dispatch box with interior fitted for writing. The case has a lock, brass reinforced corners, and the sides are mounte...
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo Raj Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Steel, Iron

Japanese Gilt Tabako-Bon with Mountain Landscape, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the tradition...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Copper

19th Century Wabi-Sabi Caddy
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderfully charming 19th century American caddy or tool box with the best whimsical wabi-sabi inspired natural bentwood hickory handle. Perfect for holding napkins, flatware, or o...
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19th Century American Rustic Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood

Antique Italian Oval Jewelry Cask in Cast Bronze and Pietra Dura with Hinged Lid
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Italian jewelry cask in cast bronze with a beaded edge, oval framed, and set with pietra dura (cut & fitted) ovals of flowers & butterflies in oval beaded frames backed with black si...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Round Grain Container with Offering Fruits, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This hand-crafted wood container dates to the early 20th century and was used to store rice and other grains. The lidded container has a rounded body with a short footed base, constr...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Iron

Chinese Black Lacquer Vanity Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant table chest was once used in the intimate quarters of a Qing-dynasty woman to store her cosmetics, jewelry, and other personal treasures. The wooden box is cloaked in la...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Brass

Antiqued Red Lacquer Trinket Box
Located in Countryside, IL
Antiqued red lacquer trinket box This trinket box measures: 14 wide x 14 deep x 7.5 inches high This box is in Excellent Vintage Condition with minor marks, dents, and wear. ...
Category

2010s American Modern Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Provincial Footed Tray, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic container has an unusual hourglass shape, with a square base and a tapered upper half divided into three compartments. The exterior is co...
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Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Rustic Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood

Murano Glass Cylinder Box
By Vintage Murano Gallery
Located in Chicago, IL
No description provided.
Category

Late 20th Century Italian Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Art Glass

Chinese Gilt Black Lacquer Carrying Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th century painted box was originally used as a portable traveling container, especially used for meals, snacks, and food offerings. The wooden box is crafted with eight sides, a lucky number believed to bring prosperity. Brushed atop layers of red and black lacquer, gilt linework decorates the sides with scrollwork, ruyi, and chrysanthemums, symbols of autumn and longevity. The lid is painted with a young boy carrying a lantern, conveying a blessing of abundance. Dense with symbolism, this painted carrying box...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood

Chinese Studded Nanmu Lock Box, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
A special place for storing jewelry and other treasures, this early 19th-century lock box was created by a skilled artisan in China's Jiangsu province. The box is minimally decorated to showcase the rich, swirling grain of the nanmu wood, an esteemed softwood found throughout China. The interior contains a small lidded compartment and a removable dividing tray...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Brass

Pair of Petite Chinese Red Lacquer Butterfly Chests, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
These late 19th century miniature tapered cabinets would have been kept in a woman's quarters, likely used as a jewelry box or cosmetics case. The carved door fronts are decorated wi...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Elm

Late Victorian English Table Casket with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Chicago, IL
This precious 19th century English table casket features mother of pearl inlay and carved shell drawer pulls. The top of the piece is decorated with a pai...
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Mid-19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Paper

Set of Nanni Valentini Ceramic Sphere Boxes for Ceramica Arcore
By Ceramica Arcore, Nanni Valentini
Located in Chicago, IL
Set of two incredible Nanni Valenti ceramic sphere shaped boxes for Ceramica Arcore, Italy circa 1960s. These two ceramic lidded boxes pair extremely w...
Category

1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

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 Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Lucite

Chinese Crackled Lacquer Autumn Altar Box, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite 19th century chest of drawers is a fantastic example of the multifunctional boxes used tabletop in lieu of a larger cabinets. Such boxes were used to store cosmetics, jew...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Brass

Carved Wood Villagers Trinket Box
Located in Countryside, IL
Carved wood villagers trinket box This box measures: 21 wide x 11 deep x 10 inches high This box is in good vintage condition with one hinge in need of repair, key is attached...
Category

2010s American Modern Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood

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...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Brass

Chinese Tea Tray with Ridged Sides, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this elegant tea tray charms with clean lines, fine materials, and balanced proportions. Used as a surface for preparing and serving tea, the tray has...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Hardwood

Red Lacquer Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In many southeast Asian cultures, offering guests a betel quid to chew was the fundamental symbol of hospitality. A blend of leaves, nuts, seasonings, and sometimes tobacco, betel was kept in finely worked and decorated boxes. This round betel box...
Category

Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood

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 Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Abalone

Southeast Asian Red Lacquer Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In many southeast Asian cultures, offering guests a betel quid to chew was the fundamental symbol of hospitality. A blend of leaves, nuts, seasonings, and sometimes tobacco, betel was kept in finely worked and decorated boxes. This round betel box...
Category

Early 20th Century Southeast Asian Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood

Japanese Gilt Black Lacquer Tea Chest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With intricate construction and exquisite decoration, this fine tabletop tea chest is a true masterpiece of Japanese cabinetry and lacquerware. Decorated in ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Meiji Antique Illinois - Boxes

Materials

Wood

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