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Item Ships From: Netherlands
Stunning 19th Century French Antique Napoleon III Jewelry Box in Burl Wood Chest
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Amazing French antique 19th century Napoleon III Jewelry box made from Burl Wood.
What an amazing look this polished burl wood made with high quality craftsmanship
This jewelry b...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Wood, Burl
A rare Indonesian tortoiseshell sirih casket with gold mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Batavia (Jakarta), 19th century, apparently unmarked
H. 5 x W. 18 x D. 13 cm
Before settling down to business in the former Dutch East Indies, sirih had to be offered in the most e...
Category
19th Century Indonesian Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Gold
Large Oak Sewing Box, 1950s, Holland
Located in Den Haag, NL
Large Solid Oak wood sewing box ,on wheels . opened with two hinged doors on the top, while the accordion style (with layered shelves that used external hinges to store more stuff in...
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1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Oak
Silver Black Enameled Box by Leo Wagner, 1921-1922
By Wagner
Located in Delft, NL
Silver black enameled box by Leo Wagner, 1921-1922
An octagonal Austrian (Vienna) silver black enameled with a gold-plated interior box made by Le...
Category
1920s Austrian Vintage Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver
19th Century Decorative Ebonised Box - Stones and Bronze Mounts - Napoleon III
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful antique decorative Napoleon III wooden box. Beautifully decorated with copper and bronze elements and round cut stones cut (tiger eye). The box is made of black lacquered...
Category
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Napoleon III Handcrafted Nutwood Cigar Humidor Box with Brass Edging and Inlay
Located in Lisse, NL
Good quality and excellent condition antique box.
This straight lined cigar box is another one of our timeless items that will also make a great gift for someone who has never owned...
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Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Brass
Silver Sugar Box Raised on Four Feet, Vienna Austria, 1853
Located in Delft, NL
Silver sugar box raised on four feet, Vienna Austria, 1853
A square silver Austrian box in round bomb form with hinged cover and floral knob, raise...
Category
19th Century Austrian Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Biscuit Box, by Armand Fresnais, Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Glass, France
By Armand Fresnais
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Antique Silver-plated Biscuit Box ,By Armand Fresnais, Art Nouveau Hand-Painted Glass , France 1877-1927
A gorgeous Art Nouveau cake container/ biscuit box. Thick, hand-painted glas...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
An Indo-Portuguese colonial tortoiseshell veneered wooden casket
Located in Amsterdam, NL
India, probably made in Gujarat for Portuguese Goa, late 17th/early 18th century
The tortoiseshell laid over gold foil, and the interior with red lacquer and possibly later added re...
Category
Late 17th Century Indian Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Wooden casket with polychrome and gilded "pastiglia" relief decor, Italy 15th c.
Located in Gorssel, GE
A wooden box with polychrome and gilded "pastiglia" relief decor.
Italy, XV century, decorated with scenes from the life of a martyr.
Length: 15.5 x 10.4 x 9 cm.
Provenance: Dutch private collection
Overall in good condition for its age, some small defects to the decor and possibly some retouching to the polychromy, ball feet presumably of later date.
Pastiglia [paˈstiʎʎa], an Italian term meaning "pastework", is low relief decoration, normally modelled in gesso or white lead, applied to build up a surface that may then be gilded or painted, or left plain. The technique was used in a variety of ways in Italy during the Renaissance.
White lead pastiglia was a north Italian speciality, produced between about 1450 and 1550. Six workshops were identified by Patrick M. De Winter, although their location remains uncertain; the Workshop of the Love and Moral Themes, whose products seem the most numerous, was possibly at Ferrara, where the painter Cosimo Tura began his career gilding caskets. Venice is also thought to have produced them. Other workshops identified by De Winter include the "Workshop of the main Berlin casket" and "Workshop of the Cleveland Casket".
The subjects were typically classical, drawn from both mythology and Ancient Roman history (especially the early period covered by Livy), but biblical ones are also found. Compositions can often be shown to be borrowed from another medium, such as prints or bronze plaquettes...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Gesso, Wood
19th Century Meriden Wilcox Gilt Silver Plate Humidor with Bronze Hunting Dogs
By Wilcox Silver Plate Co.
Located in Haarlem, NL
Highly detailed quadruple plated silver cigar humidor, with repoussé floral motif.
Rectangular heavy box with two figural hunting dogs in bronze on the hinged lid.
Inside two comp...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Metal, Bronze
Pastoe Sewing Box 1950s Holland
By Cees Braakman
Located in Den Haag, NL
So very rare this standing sewing box. Early design by Cees Braakman all Wood in primary colors. 4 boxes. Typical Holland 1950s This piece is still all original.
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Wood
Lovely Antique Meiji Period Japanese Lacquer Box, 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely 19th c Antique Meiji Period Japanese Lacquer box.
Additional information:
Material: Lacquer
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19th century, 20th century
Japan Dynasty Period: M...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Richly Decorated Marked Japanese Satsuma Box, Ca 1900
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese Satsuma Round box with lid. Marked base.
Additional information:
Material: Porcelain & Pottery
Region of Origin: Japan
Period: 19th century
Japanese Style: Satsuma
Japan ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Napoleon III Game Box
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique wooden game box from the French Napoleon III period. The wood is inlaid with a brass emblem and brass piping, this gold color contr...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Brass
Silver Box with Guilloche, Industria Argentina
Located in Delft, NL
A silver box with Guilloche, Industria Argentina
A silver box with wooden interior. The box is decorated with guilloche pattern. Silver 925 (purity 925/1000) and marked with Indus...
Category
Early 20th Century Argentine Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Italian Mid Century Modern Jatoba and Silver Plated Cigarette Box
By Ottaviani
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing the epitome of sophistication: the Italian Mid Century Modern Jatoba Wood and Floral Decorated Silver Plated Cigarette Box by Ottaviani. Crafted with utmost precision and...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Austrian silver with Agate box, 1921-1922
Located in Delft, NL
Austrian silver with Agate box, 1921-1922
A silver with Agate lidded box
Austrian silver hall marks 1921-1922,
Marked in both parts with the Austrian silver hall mark, the numbers o...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Agate, Silver
Late 19th Century Black Forest Bronze Decorative Box by Leopold Oudry & Cie.
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A refined French lidded box, embelished all around with floral motifs in Black Forest style. Made of casted bronze with the original brown patina finish. The box is marked, L. Oudry & Cie. With key, lock is not working.
Léopold Oudry...
Category
1860s French Black Forest Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Copper
Mid-Century Modern Storage Box by Metalux the Netherlands
By Metalux, Joost Teders 1
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Stylish and decorative sewing box / storage box designed by Joost Teders for Metalux Netherlands in 1955. The original lacquered wooden boxes colo...
Category
1950s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Steel
19th Century French Silver Snuff Box
Located in Delft, NL
19th century French silver snuff box
Late 19th century silver snuffbox with engraved centre and gilt interior
Hall marked by the Silversmith, Dubois Leon & Bauve Henri
The Dutch...
Category
19th Century French Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique French liquer cellar, cabinet “Cave a liqueur”
Located in Delft, NL
Antique French liquer cellar, cabinet “Cave a liqueur”
An antique French book-shaped lidded liquer cellar cabinet, also called “Cave a liqueur”. A liqueur cellar hidden in 18th cent...
Category
19th Century French Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Leather, Wood
Small Dutch 19th Century Silver Lodderein or Snuff Box by Dirk de Gilde Koppenol
Located in Delft, NL
Small Dutch 19th Century Silver Lodderein or Snuff Box by Dirk de Gilde Koppenol
A Lodderein box or a snuff box in rectangular shape with filigree motif
The Silversmith is Dirk de ...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Small Dutch Silver Box with a Scene after a Painting by Jan Steen, dated 1928
Located in Delft, NL
A small Dutch silver box with a 17th century scene after a painting by Jan Steen.
The scene of "The Saint Nicholas Feast" by Jan Steen, painted in 1665-1668...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver Box by Simon Rosenau with a Scene of 5 Men Drinking in the 17th Century
By Simon Rosenau
Located in Delft, NL
Silver Box by Simon Rosenau with a scene of 5 men drinking in the 17th Century
Richly decorated silver box, interior covered with a yellow fabric, raised...
Category
19th Century German Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Unique 17th Century Miniature Japanese Namban Lacquer Miniature Dollhouse Chest
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A unique and exceptional Japanese miniature or dollhouse export lacquered chest
Kyoto, circa 1620-1640
The chest of rectangular shape with a domed lid, decorated in Transition-style, in gold hiramaki-e on a black background within reserved lobed cartouches decorated with landscapes animated with birds and rabbits, on a shagreen or samegawa background. The borders are decorated with geometric friezes, the box with gilt-copper mounts, the interior decorated in red lacquer.
Measures: H 9.2 x W 14.5 x D 7.2 cm
This miniature is of exceptional quality and a perfect copy of the famous large size Transition-style coffers. It was most likely ordered by a Dutch lady for her dollhouse (poppenhuis), like the famous Petronella Oortman (1656-1716) doll-house, which is now one of the highlights in the collection of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, or Petronella Oortmans-de la Court’s (1624-1707) dollhouse in the collection of the Centraal Museum Utrecht. Sara Rothé of Amsterdam in 1743 ordered a miniature black lacquered ivory tripod table with gold chinoiserie decoration by Jurriaan Buttner (Monika Kopplin, European Lacquer, 2010, p. 56).
Other Japanned dollhouse...
Category
17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Shagreen, Cypress
Tea Caddy - Elie Bleu Paris
By Elie Bleu
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A beautiful vintage tea caddy, made by the French brand Elie Bleu Paris.
The box is made of beautifully veneered / greened wood with black piping. Th...
Category
Early 2000s French Modern Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Dutch Silver Box with "De Nachtwacht" Rembrandt by H. Hinne, 1924
Located in Delft, NL
A Dutch silver box with "De Nachtwacht" Rembrandt by H. Hinne, 1924.
A silver box in relief with a scene on the lid of the painting by Rembrandt "...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
A Herend Hungary porcelain lidded Oblong or Trinket box, 1950-1970
By Herend
Located in Delft, NL
A Herend Hungary porcelain lidded Trinket box, 1950-1970
A Herend porcelain lidded trinket box, painted by Eva Bakos, during 1950-1970 in Hungary. A light blue porcelain box with a ...
Category
20th Century Hungarian Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Signed Gabriella Crespi Gold Cigarette / Pill Box Desk, 1970s, Italy
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in Vis, NL
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 ...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Brass
Black Leather with Indonesian Silver 1920s Box
Located in Delft, NL
Black leather with Indonesian silver 1920s box
A rectangular box in black leather with Indonesian silver on top of the lid
The interior is with wood
The silver handmade thin pl...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Hand Forged Organic Design Arts & Crafts Multi Purpose Box, circa 1920
By Hugo Berger
Located in Lisse, NL
Unique and all handcrafted, wrought iron box attr. to Hugo Berger Goberg.
It is always refreshing to find an antique object probably by a famous maker, that you have never seen befo...
Category
Early 20th Century German Arts and Crafts Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Wrought Iron, Metal
European Chinese Export "Canton enamel" Oval Box, 18th Century
Located in Delft, NL
An European Chinese export "Canton enamel" oval box, 18th century
Qianlong, (1736-1795)
An enamel box with floral decor made for the export for Euro...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Copper
Jack Ink Art Glass Box, 1980s
By Jack Ink Studios
Located in Delft, NL
Jack Ink Art glass box, 1980s
A rectangular Art Glass box, with the main color of blue and consisting of 2 parts with brass. Light makes the art iridescent...
Category
20th Century European Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Art Glass
Dutch Silver box by Zaanse Zilversmederij, 1916
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch Silver box by Zaanse Zilversmederij, 1916
A Dutch silver box 835/1000 purity of silver, completely Dutch silver hallmarked. With lion, master's...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
3 Dutch Silver Peppermint Boxes
Located in Delft, NL
3 Dutch silver peppermint boxes
2 boxes from the 19th century, around 1860-1870 and the 3rd box was made by J. Niekerk around 1998.
All are 835/1000 purity of silver ( marked w...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Stunning Little Antique Box with Decorated and Gilt Perfume Bottles Napoleon III
Located in Lisse, NL
If you are looking for the perfect gift for a lady. . .look no further.
This magnificent, 19th century box is made of beautiful and mint condition boxwood and it comes with the original, gilt perfume...
Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Large Japanese Namban Lacquer Coffer Arqueta, 16th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large Japanese Namban lacquer arqueta coffer for the Portuguese market
Kyoto, Momoyama-period, late 16th century
In Hinoki cypress lacquered in ...
Category
16th Century Japanese Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Korean jewelry box with folding mirror
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
Korean jewelry box in exotic persimmon or kaki wood and brass.
The box has 2 drawers and on top a flap that serves as a folding mirror.
Category
1880s Korean Other Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Pencil Box Lacquer Ware Writing Meiji Period, 19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A Japanese lacquer writing box 19th Century
Of rectangular shape, overall painted in famille rose colors with flowers, all on a yellow ground, the interior in red.
Additional inform...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Dutch silver lidded box with 17th century scenes by Jan Steen
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver lidded box with 17th century scenes by Jan Steen
A large Dutch silver box with a high round lid, raised on four legs of dolphins. The box decorated in high relief with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Rare Antique French 19th Century Gothic Revival Neo-Gothic Jewelry Box Church
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Exquisite & rare ! This French 19th century Gothic Revival Jewelry box in carved walnut.
Amazing craftsmanship and richly decorated with Gothic style carvings on all sides.
Each ...
Category
Late 19th Century French Gothic Revival Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
English silver horse racing snuff box, Birmingham 1829
Located in Delft, NL
English silver horse racing snuff box, Birmingham 1829
A silver snuff box with a scene from horse racing on top of the hinged lidded box. On the sides a guilocche pattern and inside...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Small Dutch 19th Century Silver Lodderein or Snuff Box by Reitsma Sr., Sneek
Located in Delft, NL
Small Dutch 19th century silver Lodderein or scent box by Reitsma Sr. S.T., Sneek
A Lodderein box or a snuff box in the shape of a bucket with floral motif ...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
19th Century Dutch Silver Box by Willem van Baren, Schoonhoven, 1886
Located in Delft, NL
19th century Dutch silver box by Willem van Baren, Schoonhoven, 1886
A silver box with a hinged lid. The handle of the lid are 2 dolphins. The reli...
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Collectable Vintage Bags, Box Bag with Bamboo Handle on Top, 1947 and 1957
Located in Delft, NL
Collectable vintage bags, Box bag with bamboo handle on top, 1947 and 1957
2 leather bags 1947 and 1957, 2 leather bags brown and black leather.
The ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Leather
Dutch Walnut Writing Box with Brass Mounts, Early 18th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Dutch walnut writing box with brass mounts
Early 18th century
Measures: H. 20 x W. 47 x D. 28 cm
The interior is divided in various compa...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Brass
Silver plated crab caviar box
Located in MILL, NL
Extraordinary silver-plated crab in the style of Franco Lapini. Originating from Spain, circa 1960.
Originally these crabs were meant to serve caviar. Now ideal to use as a jewelry ...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Danish Mid-Century Jatoba and Silver Cigarette Box by Hans Hansen
By Hans Hansen
Located in Weesp, NL
Elevate Your Collection with a Rare Mid-Century Hans Hansen Cigarette Box
Step into the elegance of mid-century Danish design with this exquisite Hans Hansen cigarette box. Handcraf...
Category
1960s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Dutch-Colonial Satin and Rosewood, Ebony and Teak Collectors’ Table-Cabinet
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A charming satin and rosewood, ebony and teak collectors’ table-cabinet
Sri Lanka, second half of the 18th century
Measures: H. 86.5 x W. 62.5 x D. 34.7 cm
In the top of the shaped cornice, there is a carving of a butterfly or moth. Under the cornice two panelled doors with scorched chequered motif, and under the doors one long drawer. When the doors are locked, so is the drawer. Behind the two doors, there are eight drawers, suitable to store small collectors’ items, such as a coin collection, or mineral specimens, small shells, collections of animal teeth, etc. The 17th and 18th centuries saw a wide-spread interest in exotic cultures and collecting of botanical, zoological and geological specimens...
Category
18th Century Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Satinwood, Ebony, Teak
17th century colonial Sinhalese ebony two-door cabinet with silver mounts
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A splendid Dutch-colonial Sinhalese ebony two-door cabinet with silver mounts
Sri Lanka, Kandy, 2nd half 17th century, the mounts later
The cabinet with a central drawer with hidde...
Category
17th Century Sri Lankan Dutch Colonial Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Silver
Superb Late 16th Century Signed Colonial Japanese Namban Export Lacquer Coffer
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Superb late 16th century signed colonial Japanese Namban export lacquer coffer
Momoyama period, late 16th/early 17th century, inscribed 'Arisato' on the bottom
H. 30.5 x W. 43...
Category
16th Century Japanese Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Cedar, Lacquer
Antique Mailbox, 19th Century
Located in Udenhout, NL
A very nice antique mailbox from the 19th century.
Mentioned that is made in Liege, Belgium.
Category
1840s Belgian Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Iron
Stunning Late 1800s Gothic Revival Walnut & Brass Tea Caddy Box W. Great Patina
Located in Lisse, NL
A very pleasing, late 19th century, double compartment tea caddy.
This marvellous and rare tea caddy is in very good condition and the burl walnut has a truly warm, deep and rich pa...
Category
Late 19th Century English Gothic Revival Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Brass
Oriental Lacker Boxes on a Tray, Japan, 1930s
Located in Den Haag, NL
4 Small Lacker boxes on a tray. Mother of Pearl inlay. Inside the boxes.
Lots off Bone fiches. I think a game. Very good condition.
Category
1930s Japanese Japonisme Vintage Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Rare Chinese Tonkin Ware Shakudo Sawasa Erotic Tobacco Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A ruyi-shaped Shakudo-style erotic tobacco or snuff box, relief-decorated with silvered applied figures
Possibly Jakarta (Batavia), first half 18th century
Measures: H. 2.2 x L. 12.1 x W. 8 cm
This box is very much in the Dutch taste, for the illustration is after a print with a legend reading “L’oiseau sans cage. Prenez, belle, mon oiseau. C’est le plus doux présent que je puisse vous faire. Pour les autres oiseaux, la cage d’ordinaire est une espèce de tombeau. Mais le mien semble prendre une nouvelle vie, Lorsqu’il sera dans la cage de mon aimable Silvie.” The erotic message is as clear as can be.
In Dutch culture the verb ‘vogelen’ (catching a bird) is another word for having sex and a bird escaping from his cage indicates loss of chastity. The lady with the bare breasts, while making the sign of sealed lips to the lady behind her, who is pointing towards heaven, seems to be caressing the bird held in the sleeping man’s groin. 17th century Dutch pictures...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze
18th century Dutch-Colonial ‘Vizagapatam’ pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A large Indian Colonial ‘Vizagapatam’ pen-engraved bone inlaid ebony box
Masulipatnam or Vizagapatam, 2nd half 18th century
H. 10.8 x W. 47 x D. 34 cm
...
Category
Late 18th Century Indian Dutch Colonial Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Colonial box in ebony wood
Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL
A Dutch colonial box from Batavia in the former Dutch East Indies.
Hand-carved with floral motives in ebony, used for jewelry or letters,
ca. 1800. Origi...
Category
1790s Indonesian Dutch Colonial Antique Netherlands - Boxes
Materials
Ebony