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Sale Items
Period: Early 20th Century
Antique German Chicken Wire Enamel Bread Box, Kitchen Utensil
Located in Nuernberg, DE
Beautiful antique early 20th century German bread box. Perfect for decoration in your old country kitchen. The piece is in used antique condition with patina and a view minor dents. ...
Category
Vintage 1910s German Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Antique Globe Wernicke Filing Box
By Globe Wernicke
Located in South Bend, IN
An antique wooden filing box
Recently procured from Frank Lloyd Wright's DeRhodes House.
By Globe Wernicke
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 10.38ʺW × 8.7...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Boxes
Materials
Oak
Chippewa Birch Bark, Quills & Sweetgrass Box with Tulip - Canada - Early 20th C.
By Native American Art
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Chippewa (also known as Ojibwe) birch bark lidded box with porcupine quill decoration and sweetgrass rims fastened with black thread - featuri...
Category
Early 20th Century Canadian Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Softwood
Small Swedish Folk Art Painted Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish allmoge folk art painted little box with a combination lock most probably from the region of Dalarna in central Sweden. Hand carved and origi...
Category
Vintage 1920s Swedish Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
Swedish Steelbox with Gilt and Blushed Engravings
By Emil Olsson
Located in Stockholm, SE
A steel cigar box made around 1920. The steel is gilt and bluished with the technique that often was used by specialized workshops in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The quality is very high as ...
Category
Vintage 1920s Swedish Decorative Boxes
Materials
Steel
Large French Art Deco Wooden Jewelry Box with Marquetry Inlay
Located in Miami, FL
A large and very good quality French Art Deco style jewelry box made of walnut with fruitwood inlay. Hand-crafted with an eye to details. Grea...
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood, Walnut
Antique, Chinese Hand Painted Meal Delivery and Lunch Box
Located in Pomona, CA
This Antique lacquered painted lunch box from China has about 100 years history and still maintained very good condition. There are some traditiona...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Italian Ruby Red Glass Jewelry Box With Sailboat Decoration
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Ruby Red Glass Jewelry Box With Cut Sailboat Decoration And Original Brass Hardware.
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box with Plum Blossom Design, Taisho Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
A high quality, antique, Japanese black lacquer document box. It has an external design of gold maki e plum blossoms. In Japanese culture plum blossom symbolises the beginning of Spring, having its own festival, the Ume Matsuri, alongside the more famous cherry blossom festival...
Category
Vintage 1920s Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Automobile Trunk by Innovation, France, circa 1920
By Innovation
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Original automobile trunk from the 1920s covered with black coated canvas.
Has a shelf inside.
Can be used as various storage furniture according ...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Industrial Blanket Chests
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Antique Scandinavian Pine Canister, Treen Ware, Early 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Antique lathe turned - treen ware - pine wood canister/covered box - lovely aged patina with beautiful grain - Scandinavia - early 20th century.
Excellen...
Category
Early 20th Century Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Decorative Boxes
Materials
Pine
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...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ebony, Fruitwood
Hallmarked Silver Plated Keepsake Box, Sheffield, UK, circa 1900
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Offered is a stunning silver plated keepsake box dating to 1900, with associated hallmark. This small box includes a wooden interior with two slots and a blank square on top where initials could have been engraved. A well maintained, elegant piece, this antique silver box is an excellent addition to any silver or home decor collection.
Trinket or keepsake boxes have taken on many forms since their first conception in ancient times. However their purpose remains the same; to store jewelry and other items precious to the owner. Originally, these boxes were used specifically for jewelry. These were in common use as early as 5000 BC in Ancient Egypt, when the majority of Egyptians, both male and female, wore jewelry. Boxes were used to keep these gemstone encrusted items safe. In Ancient Rome, jewelry was a status symbol. Rings and brooches were utilized to represent ones status in society. Again, boxes were needed for security and storage purposes. Finding early examples of these are quite rare.
Victorian and Edwardian examples of trinket boxes are far more common. This is because owning jewellery was a luxury until the Victorian era- let alone possessing so much a box was needed to store it all. Fine jewelry and other items became available to the masses after the industrial revolution due to the reduction in production costs. This led to a demand for trinket boxes, which were much smaller than jewelry boxes and therefore better suited to the needs of the middle class who did not yet possess an abundance of jewelry.
In Victorian households, collectables and other items of interested were also stashed inside these boxes. This is why they are known as trinket or keepsake boxes, rather than just jewelry boxes, although of course jewelry was also stored in them. Trinket boxes were produced in large numbers around this time. Many were lined with colored plush or velvet or rich wood. More elaborate designs had interior divisions and trays for rings and other pieces of jewellery. It was also common to see trinket boxes so small that they could only contain one item, such as a single ring. Ornate exteriors were created to reflect the value of the trinket boxes contents.
The Edwardian era saw the introduction of new styles of trinket box. These included small circular or oblong boxes...
Category
Antique Early 1900s English Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Capo DiMonte Hand Painted Ceramic Box circa 1920's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-646 Antique Capo DiMonte hand painted ceramic box.
Category
Vintage 1920s Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Mother of Pearl and Lace Fan Gilt Wood Display
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a delicate mother of pearl sticks and Lace fan enclosed in a fan shaped gilt wood & glass display. The border of the box is adorned by golden beading....
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Lovely Lidded Brass Box by Eisenacher Motorenwerk WTF 1910-1920, Germany
Located in Stockholm, SE
Rectangular and practical brass casket or box made by Eisenacher Motorenwerk in Geislingen an der Steige, 1910-1920, Germany. Perfect for small items like...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
1924 René Lalique, Box Vaucluse Frosted Glass with Pink Patina
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Box "Vaucluse" made in frosted glass with pink patina by René Lalique in 1924.
Molded signature into the design.
Perfect condition
height: 3.5 cm
diameter: 7.5 cm
Félix Ma...
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Blown Glass
A. J. SEWARD - Arts & Crafts Brass Box - Cedar Lined - U.K. - Early 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
ARTHUR JOHN SEWARD (Attributed) - Antique Arts & Crafts brass box with riveted construction and hinged lid - the lid extends beyond the edges of the box (typical of Seward's work) - ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Vintage German Crystal & Bronze Jewelry Casket Carriage
Located in Elkhart, IN
A very rare vintage cut crystal jewelry casket/carriage with bronze mounts. The domed crystal casket sits on a bronze carriage stand with turnin...
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Arts & Crafts Small Copper Box, Circa 1900
Located in Norwich, GB
An Arts & Crafts small hand made copper box with rivet strapped legs. Circa 1900.
The interior is lined with baize. This does show signs of use, and may have been added at a later...
Category
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Decorative Boxes
Materials
Copper
Sevres Porcelain Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres porcelain box
octagonal format
Hand painted and signed on its base
perfect condition
Origin France Circa 1900
its mount is gilded bronze.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Deco Jade Box, France. 1920s
Located in Miami, FL
A French Art Deco rectangular green nephrite jade trinket, jewelry, desk or vanity box. The green color of the jade creates a nice contrast with the jeweled hardware.
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade
Fratelli Toso, Murano Glass Millefiori Lidded Box, Italy, Early 20th Century
By Fratelli Toso
Located in Chatham, ON
FRATELLI TOSO - Rare antique Murano art glass Millefiori lidded box - striking red, white and blue color combination - frosted / satin finish ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Glass
Materials
Murano Glass
Levi & Salaman, Antique Nephrite & Essex Crystal Pill Box, U.K., circa 1911
By Levi & Salaman
Located in Chatham, ON
Levi & Salaman - Antique nephrite pill box with floral Essex crystal (rock crystal - reverse carved intaglio) - hand painted and carved daisy in full ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Late Victorian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Jade, Rock Crystal, Gold
Solid Tiger Oak Card Catalog Box with Brass Handle Dovetail Art Deco
Located in San Diego, CA
A handsome antique solid tiger oak catalog drawer, This solid oak cabinet is constructed with gorgeous dovetail joints and a solid brass handle.
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Islamic Silver Calligraphy Damascened Copper Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
Antique Islamic silver calligraphy damascened copper jewelry box with hinged lid. Copper is finely hand hammered into a wonderful texture. Interior fully...
Category
Early 20th Century Egyptian Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver, Copper
Prewar Crystal Bonbonniere Decorated with Floral Motifs
Located in Opole, PL
Prewar Crystal Bonbonniere Decorated with Floral Motifs
We present you this prewar crystal bonbonniere, decorated with floral motifs.
It is in incredibly good condition and undamage...
Category
Early 20th Century European Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Box of Sevres
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
sevres box
circa 1900
perfect state
cobalt blue with gold hand painted
origin france.
The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the most important and w...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Ceramic Green Glazed 'Shiwan' Opium Pillow, Early 20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This Shiwan ceramic pillow (headrest) of earthenware features a green & blue glaze. Pillows in this shape were not only used by opium smokers but most typi...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Other Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Italian Jewelry or Decorative Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Early 20th Century Italian jewelry box. This sweet petite box is a perfect piece to hold jewelry or any small collectibles. Sitting atop a vanity, dresser or a desk, the hand painted...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Folk Art Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique English Regency Style Lion Motif Oval Tole Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique English Regency Style Lion Motif Oval Tole Box
England, circa 1900s
A beautiful colorful example, of oval from with swing handle, on a tapering box decorated with tassels, lion medallions and trellis work. Fitted with a latch handle, possibly a commercial tea box, can be used a fireplace kindling...
Category
Early 20th Century English Regency Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Whiting & Davis Dresden Enamel Mesh Evening Purse Shadow Box/Display
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is an Art Deco Whiting & Davis Dresden mesh evening purse. It is enamel hand painted with royal blue, yellow, orange and green colors featuring an “i...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Antique Chinese Headrest 'Pillow' Box
Located in Pasadena, CA
This beautiful Chinese pillow box was hand-crafted by artisans to be used as headrest and to store valuables and important documents.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Collector's Item Art Nouveau Lidded Tin, 1920s
Located in Hamburg, DE
The unusual thing about this Art Nouveau tin lid box made of sheet metal is, on the one hand, its shape and, on the other, the elaborately different design of each side of the box. T...
Category
Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
Austrian Gilt Metal and Enamel Dutch Windmill Jewelry Music Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This windmill music box depicts different hand painted enamel panels of romantic courting couples in a medieval pastoral landscape. The windmill blades...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Renaissance Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
XXth Century Antique Italian Porcelain Box Capodimonte Richly Decorated
Located in Sofia, BG
Antique porcelain box Capodimonte richly decorated with colourfully painted raised figures all around the piece and with small floral paintings i...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
French Limoges Hand Painted Gold Trim Trinket Jewelry Box or Candy Dish
By Limoges
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful Limoges handcrafted and hand painted gold trimmed trinket, jewelry box or candy dish, circa 1930.
Signed, Jammet Seignolles Limoges (history of this maker below).
Glazed.
Measures: 4 3/8" Diameter x 2 1/4" high.
Very good antique condition, no cracks or chips.
In 1825, François BAIGNOL moved to LA FABRIQUE, on the edge of the Brigueuil forest and founded...
Category
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Serving Pieces
Materials
Porcelain
Japanese Black Lacquer Document Box with Gold Maki e Design, Meiji Period
Located in Prahran, Victoria
An antique black lacquer document box with an exquisitely detailed, finely wrought design from The Tale of the Genji depicted in gold maki e across the lid. Internally, the box is de...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique 1920s Sculptural Bronze Box with Finial Lid
Located in San Diego, CA
This fine antique of Austrian or possibly German bronze, stands raised on four feet with a finial cover that opens to a generous storage space. This box brings elements of the changi...
Category
Vintage 1920s Austrian Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Oval Wood and Brass Jewelry Box
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Vintage wood and brass trimmed box with lock and original hardware and key.
The curving corners, trimmed in aged brass patina, add to the character of thi...
Category
Early 20th Century French Colonial Revival Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Brass
White Round Sèvres Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
White round Sèvres box
rococo style perfect condition
origin France, circa 1900.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Rococo Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Rococo Ceramic Sevres Chest
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rococo ceramic sevres chest
hand painted signed Rochette
perfect condition 19th century
circa 1870.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Rococo Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Green Glass Box and Perfume Vanity Bottle
Located in New York, NY
A green glass and gold gilt round jewelry box and perfume vanity bottle, circa early to mid-20th century. This is a unique piece; a box and perfume bottle in one. A great piece for a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Bohemian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Crystal
Sevres Porcelain Chest Romantic Scene 'Lux'
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sevres porcelain chest romantic scene (Lux)
signed Lux
19th century crica 1900.
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Napoleon III Decorative Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Wooden German Folk Art Coffin - Box, circa 1900
Located in Esbjerg, DK
German Volk art box. Scaled down coffin. Hand carved with characteristic primitive detailing. Measurements: H 5 inches, W 10.25 inches, D 6.2 inches.
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Large Early 20th Century Gilt Decorated Glass Dresser Jar or Box, Circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine and very elegant early 20th century French glass dresser box, showing a rectangular shaped & eight sided base fitted with a conforming lid, bo...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass
Indian Carved Wood Humidor Box
Located in New York, NY
Indian antique carved wood humidor box with ornamental metal inlay.
Category
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
Antique Scandinavian Trinket in Bronze, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small unusual jewelry trinket in light bronze set floral perforations. Its interior is linned with blue velvet. It was made in the late 10s or early 20...
Category
Vintage 1920s Scandinavian Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Fine Early 20th Century Gilt Decorated Glass Dresser Jar or Box, Circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very elegant early 20th century French glass dresser box or jar, showing a rectangular shaped & eight sided base fitted with a conforming lid, both...
Category
Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Revival Jars
Materials
Glass
Gaedke Cookie Tin, Germany Around 1900, Lithographed
Located in Hamburg, DE
Cookie tin from the german company Gaedke around 1900. Gaedke was a cocoa chocolate jam and cookie factory located in Hamburg in the early 20th century.
Th...
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Art Deco Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sheet Metal
Vintage Dutch Wooden Ebonized Violin Case, circa 1910
Located in Markington, GB
Vintage ebonized violin case, circa 1910.
Category
Vintage 1910s Dutch Arts and Crafts Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Silver Card Case, Birmingham 1910, Adie and Lovekin
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique silver card case, Birmingham 1910, Adie and Lovekin. The card case in the form of a purse with chain attached and ring finger loop. Ri...
Category
Vintage 1910s English Decorative Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Neoclassical Round Box in the Style of the Wedgwood
By Wedgwood
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful and rare early to mid-20th century matte white and light periwinkle blue round metal box in the Neoclassical style. The Neoclassical raised relief design around box's ext...
Category
Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Decorative Boxes
Materials
Metal
WMF Art Nouveau Germany Silver Plate Jewelery Box, 1900s
By WMF Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Jewelery box, WMF - Germany, early 20th century
Rectangular shape with scroll decorations, surmounted by a crown, internal fabric compartments, four curled feet, brand under the bas...
Category
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Sevres Style Porcelain Footed Dresser Box, circa 1920
Located in High Point, NC
Sevres style hand painted porcelain dresser box with hand applied ormolu mounts and feet. Wonderful condition.
Category
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Decorative Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
20th Century Carved Indonesian Coffret
Located in Opole, PL
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. Its outer surface is covered with relief.
Presented coffr...
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Lacquer Casket in the Manner of Akatsuka Jitoku
Located in London, by appointment only
Mount Fuji decorates the cupboard door taking centre stage on a background of gold
On this casket, a village can be seen in the valley which is most likely the Oshino Village
T...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Wood Glass Display Case
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a rectangular wood display box featuring a tulip shaped stained glass in the front lid. Below the lid there is a small storage drawer. The open space behind the lid serve to display an sculpture, a vase or a religious saint...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
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