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Jewelry Boxes For Sale
White Caviar Bead Box Purse w Tortoiseshell Celluloid Lid and Long Strap, 1950s
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This charming 1950s purse is a true vintage gem. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, it features a tortoiseshell celluloid lid and a stylish braid handle, adding a touch of ...
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Mid-20th Century Jewelry Boxes

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Tortoise Shell, Lucite

Tunbridge Ware Jewellery Box - Robert Vorley 2022
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Robert Vorley Tunbridge ware jewellery box Date : 2022 Period : Elizabeth II Origin : Essex Decoration : Central orange tip butterfly mosaic...
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2010s British Victorian Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

Austrian 18th or Early 19th Century Gilt Silver Box with Shell Motifs
Located in New York, NY
Austrian 18th or early 19th century gilt continental silver box, beautifully adorned with curvilinear and shell motifs, measuring 7'' in length by 5 1/3'' in depth by 3 2/3'' in heig...
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18th Century Austrian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Silver

Liberty and Co Pewter Inkwell with a Green Ruskin Jewel and original ink liner
Located in London, GB
Liberty & Co in the style of. An English Arts & Crafts hexagonal pewter Inkwell with a Green Ruskin ceramic jewel to the hinged lid. Retaining the original pewter removable inkwell. ...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Ceramic

Pill Box monochrome hand-painted miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal pillbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired asu guillochè enamel also on all sides and monochrome hand-painted miniature on the lid. Dimensions c...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Art Deco Italian Playing Card Box
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A box for playing cards made in maple with decor in chrome and enameled symbols for spades, hearts, cloves and diamonds. The box has a hinged lid and inside there are three compartme...
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20th Century Italian Art Deco Jewelry Boxes

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Enamel

Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Wooden Jewelry Box, Cosmetic Box
Located in Pomona, CA
This beautiful antique Jewelry box was made from solid wood with original mirror and antique hardware on it. The top of the jewelry box c...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

Wooden Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
A delicate Wooden Jewelry Box with multiple draws and wood handles gilded and lacquered.
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1990s American Organic Modern Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

Elie Bleu France Shagreen Eight Compartment Cufflink or Ring Box, ca 2000s
By Bergdorf Goodman, Elie Bleu
Located in Cathedral City, CA
This gorgeous cufflink or ring box has eight compartments, suitable for 8 rings or 8 pairs of cufflinks. It is made of shagreen with silver inlay and fine wood interior and suede lin...
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Early 2000s French Modern Jewelry Boxes

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Silver, Stainless Steel

Cuir d'Ocean France Bespoke Shagreen Watch and Cufflink Box w Bone Trim and Key
Located in Cathedral City, CA
This is an exquisite shagreen with bone trim watch and cufflink box of the finest quality and construction made by famed bespoke manufacturer of luxury objects, Cuir d'Ocean of Franc...
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Late 20th Century French Modern Jewelry Boxes

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Brass

Large Antique South Asian Colonial Carved Camphor Wood Table Box Jewelry Casket
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique circa 1900 South Asian hand carved wooden decorative table box / jewel casket. Hand-crafted in the early 20th century, likely British Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka)...
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Early 20th Century South Asian Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

19th Century French Napoleon III Floral Inlaid Rosewood Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a coffee table or a shelf with this elegant antique box. Created in France circa 1880, the rectangular cabinet is decorated with elegant floral inlaid work in each corner an...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Rosewood

A Boucheron Paris 18k Gold Silver & Ruby Vermeil Minaudiere Circa 1940
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Boucheron Paris 18k Gold, Silver & Ruby Vermeil Minaudiere Circa 1940, of rectangular form with a hinged cover the top of the cover with pierced vermeil scrolling foliage the flow...
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Mid-20th Century French Aesthetic Movement Jewelry Boxes

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Gold, Silver

Antique Jewelry Box, 1880s, France, Bronze Dorée, Gilt Brass, Parisian Society
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique jewelry box with fine application on the lid of three Parisian dancing. Padded with burgundy velvet. Gilded brass, Fran...
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Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Brass

JEWELLERY BOX shark leather black color modern design
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
La very special shark skin composed of a myriad of tiny grains that they look like dots and give the same feeling of the smooth skin covers the lid of the box ornamental of ...
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Early 2000s Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes

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Metal

Formula 1 Track Inspired Jewellery Box with Marquetry
Located in London, GB
Like F1 itself, our Silverstone watch box is quintessentially British. In striking red, black, green and blue its unique, geometric design lead is model on the historic Silverstone...
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2010s Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

Guild of Handicraft. An Arts and Crafts enamel and patinated copper cigar box.
Located in London, GB
Guild of Handicraft attributed. An Arts and Crafts patinated copper cigar box. With an enamel of a lakeside scene to the centre and trees to the sides probably made by Charles Fleetw...
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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Copper

Victorian Inlaid Box with Mother of Pearl
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century walnut box with band inlay, band inlay and felt interior.
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

Deco Mirrored Elegant Bakelite Casket for Jewelry or Playing Cards
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Elegant wood casket, covered with mirrors, black bakelite cover : for Your jewels or cards or photos... France - Art Deco O/1607.
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Bakelite

Midcentury Green Onyx Marble Box, Italy
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
A handmade trinket or jewelry box, crafted with utmost care from exquisite onyx. Details in guilded metal such as the lion feet. This versatile box will work for your treasures, whil...
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20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes

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Onyx

Wedding Favor Box Art Noveau hand painted on lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver

Lady's or Gentlemans Asian Jewellery Trinket Casket Document Box by Eichholtz
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An outstanding Multi purpoise rectangular Ladys or Gentlemand Casket of rectangular outline and quite generous proportions, complete with its firm fitting lift off cover. Mid Twentieth Century, of Asian origin. This decorative example is entirely veneered with short lengths of reeded carved bone in various pastel creamy colours which is superbly done. Condition: Good condition with nice patination, possibly never used in its past. Width: (an impressive) 16" (41cm). Depth: 12” (30.5cm). Height: 4.25" (10.5cm). Location: Dublin City, Ireland. Affordable fixed price Worldwide Store to door Shipping offered by Seller. Please take time to scroll down below and click "View All From Seller" or favorite our Shop PATRICK HOWARD ANTIQUES...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes

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Beech

Vintage Wooden Decorative Box with lid, Brown Jewellery Box
Located in Hampshire, GB
A handmade wooden jewellery box with a lid and lock, it is perfectly designed and created in a suitable size for keeping valuables inside. The top of this box has leaf patterns and l...
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1980s Turkish Art Deco Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Driftwood, Boxwood, Papercord

Large Oval Jewelry Box, Color with with Internal Compartments France 19th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This is an Ovale large box. It has been decorated with a sivered color metal plate and lid. It has been made in France, during the 19th Century. In brown color. It is a jelwery box.
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19th Century French Chinese Export Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Metal

Decorative and Jewelry Box in Wood with Geometrical Inlays France 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is a jewelry box or a decorative box. It was made in the 1970s, in France. Its lid is made of a checkerboard rectangle in wood. It is brown in color.
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1970s French Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

SIMPSON HALL MILLER & CO - Arts & Crafts Silver Plate Jewelry Box - US - 19th C
Located in Chatham, ON
SIMPSON HALL MILLER & CO. - Arts & Crafts silver plate jewelry/cuff-links box - 'TPMJ' monogram - delicate tooling - cuff-link finial/handle - signed and marked on the base 'QUADRUPL...
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Late 19th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Silver Plate

Dior Style Jewel Box in Tortoiseshell Lucite and Chrome, API Italy, 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lovely Midcentury box in Christian Dior style produced by API in Italy in the 1970s. This charming box is made in a gorgeous tortiseshell effect lucite and chrome. A fantastic it...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Metal

Pill box light green hand-painted floral miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round domed pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamel fired on guilloche above and below, and hand-painted floral miniature. Viennese Art Nouveau style...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Midcentury Hinged Abalone Shell and Brass Box, Mosaic Pattern on Lid, Wood-lined
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful hinged brass box with abalone mosaic on lid, wood-lined. The pattern of the mosaic contrasts beautifully with the brass; the iridescence of ...
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1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Brass

Coromandel Jewellery Box with Perfume Bottles
Located in Northampton, GB
Rare Small Sized Jewellery Box From our Jewellery Box collection, we are delighted to offer this Rare example small sized Jewellery Box. The Jewellery Box of square shape constructe...
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Jewelry Boxes

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Silver, Sterling Silver

19th Century Victorian Mother Of Pearl Jewellery Box, c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A stunning late 19th Century Victorian mother of pearl applied jewellery box. Dating back to 1880, this box has a fully covered outer body including the escutcheon. The hinged lid fe...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Silver

Jean-Michel Franck Straw Marquetry Box, 1930
Located in Paris, IDF
Beautiful Jean-Michel Frank straw marquetry decorative box from the 1930s. Carved from beech wood fully covered by straw marquetry with radiating patterns. It has been fully restored, with slight traces on the marquetry remaining, and the yellow velvet fabric inside that was pretty damaged has been replaced by a black velvet fabric. The box is unsigned, but really similar in size and pattern to Jean-Michel Frank boxes...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Straw, Beech, Velvet

Yellow alabaster box by Romano Bianchi, Italy, 1970
Located in BARCELONA, ES
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...
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1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Alabaster

French 19th Century Empire Porcelain and Gilt Bronze Decorative Jewelry Box
Located in Firenze, IT
This French Empire 19th century rectangular porcelain dresser box or jewlery decorative casket has a wonderfully patinated powder blue/cerulean light blue background color and features grotesque masks, architectural vase, fruit, flowers and leafy scrolled design throughout painted as a trompe l’oeil in the round. Ormolu mounts enrich the whole box. The paintings on this casket are striking as is the color palette used, a wonderful mix of light purple, cream, blue and soft brown. The lid is centered by a grotesque mask inspired by antiquity. The front, back and sides are profusely decorated with architectural elements, cartouches and volutes. The design is centered by a vase with a fruit arrangement that appear to be plums. The decoration could refer to the allegory of autumn and the mask painted on the lid could refer to Bacchus. Both the color of the porcelain and the paintings are very unusual and a sign of high quality and uniqueness.The box was most probably given to a high-ranking lady as a gift on the occasion of her marriage, or perhaps after the birth of a child. The lidded box is fitted with ormolu mounts, hinges and clasp. A gilt bronze band finelly chiseled in the form of a rope adorns the upper part. The trinket box rests on four gilt bronze lion paw feet. This striking French porcelain box...
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19th Century French Empire Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Bronze, Ormolu

Antique Travelling Vanity Case, English, Coromandel, Jewellery Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique travelling vanity case. An English, coromandel jewellery box, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850. Striking...
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1850s British Early Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Glass, Wood

20th Century Leather Jewellery Box, c.1920
By Joseph Bramah
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th Century leather bound jewellery box. This charming box features a brass plaque and a round escutcheon plate. The interior includes two removable velvet lined trays...
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20th Century British Jewelry Boxes

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Brass

Midcentury Hand Carved Solid Ebony Wood Box France, 1950s
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
French handcrafted solid ebony wood box made in the 1950s. Can be used as a jewellery box or as a decorative object. Good condition.
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Wood, Ebony

Victorian Rosewood Travelling Vanity/Jewellery Box
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Victorian rosewood travelling vanity box / jewellery case. The top has an inlaid mother of pearl floral motif and mother of pearl surrounding the lock. Super example with a suite of wonderful storage and complete vanity items. Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order throughout. The fitted interior reveals a lift-out compartment tray, dressed with dark navy velvet. A mirror is set within the lid, removable by activating a brass push button which gives access to leather folio sleeve. There is also small push button within the rear edge which activates the lower jewellery drawer, with individual jewellery compartments and velvet earring...
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1850s British Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Rosewood

Edwardian leather covered jewellery case
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This attractive Edwardian ladies leather covered jewellery case is covered in black leather which is enhanced with gold tooling, a gilt escutcheon and a g...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Leather

19th Century Victorian Mother Of Pearl Jewellery Box, c.1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A stunning late 19th Century Victorian mother of pearl applied jewellery box. Dating back to 1880, this box has a fully covered outer body. The inside of the jewellery box features a...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Silver

Green Cloisonné Enamel and Brass Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
An enamel cloisonné and brass jewelry box with cherry blossom design, circa late-20th century. Box is great for jewelry or small items on a vanity, desk, nightstand table, etc. Colors include green, light green, gold, brass yellow, pink, red burgundy, and black. Very Good condition as shown in images. Box measures: 2" Height x 3" Depth x 4.75" Width. Also available: Black acrylic table...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Jewelry Boxes

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Brass, Enamel

Powder Case Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Powder case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black and red fired enamel. Opening with spring button. Ground mirror and retina inside. Measure cm. 7.3 x 7.3 x 1.5. Weight gr.250. Created in the Art Deco style for Cartier USA in the 1980s, inspired by designs by Louis Cartier from the early 1900s. Manufactured in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous high-fire enamelled firings at about 750°<800° C. About cooperation Salimbeni and Cartier. Our first meetings with the Cartier USA Company took place through the Giorgini Company, the first "Buying Office" set up in Florence immediately after the Second World War, which had the purpose of bringing together Florentine, and also Italian, producers with American buyers, who especially appreciated the artistic objects still manufactured by artisans who still took inspiration from the Italian Renaissance, using techniques handed down from generation to generation. Mrs. Gina Pestelli, wife of a Florentine retail jeweller, was in charge of contacts with Cartier USA, above all an employee, while her daughter, also for Giorgini, took care of the fashion that in those years was affirmed in Florence with the events of "Pitti ". With their help, we began to supply frames and boxes in sterling silver gold plated with malachite and other semi-precious stones. At the same time, the official buyer of Cartier, Mr. William Smith, began to appreciate and commission the first objects with fired enamels, a process of which we have always been specialists. In 1975 we began exhibiting at the prestigious New York Jewellery Association Show, which we participated in both the February and July editions, for a good 26 years until 2001. In New York in those years the "Art deco style" was still very much appreciated, still mindful of the beautiful early 20th century architecture of the great buildings such as the "Crysler" or the "Empire State". We then began to produce frames, boxes, evening bags, "objets de vertu" and other objects in "art deco style" which were very popular with Mr. Smith who gave us some photocopies of Louis Francois Cartier drawings to reproduce them. Thus, numerous cigarette cases, powder compacts, evening bags, frames and table boxes were created exclusively for Cartier USA which, at the time, had the prestigious "Silver Department" on the first floor of the Cartier store on Fifth Avenue. An evening bag, with matching cigarette case and powder compact, were redone on the design created for a gift given to Mary Pickford at the time. In a 1986 Cartier...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Art Deco 1930's German Flapper Girl Powder Box, 1926
Located in Lisbon, PT
A 1930's Art Deco German ceramic powder box / Jewelry Box in the form of an Art Deco hat box with a flapper girl sitting on the lid holding a mirror. Beautiful colouring and deta...
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20th Century German Art Deco Jewelry Boxes

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Porcelain

French Art Nouveau bombé jewelry box
Located in Benalmadena, ES
Exceptional jewelry box created in France from the late 19th century, it is a true work of art from the Art Nouveau era. Its bombé design, with flower-shaped legs, features a stunnin...
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Late 19th Century Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Bronze

Italian Burl Jewelry Box
Located in New York, NY
An Italian jewelry box in the modern style, circa late-20th century, Italy. Box is wood with a burl veneer and velvet lining. Box has two compartments,...
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Late 20th Century Italian Modern Jewelry Boxes

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Velvet, Wood, Burl

Box in Burled Wood, Brown Color, France, 20th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is in burl wood. It has been made in France in the 1970s. The color is brown, and it is in an good condition.
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1970s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

Gondolier's Money Box
Located in Greenwich, CT
A Venetian gondolier's coin-encrusted money box consisting of a leather clad wooden case profusely decorated with brass studding, applique period coins, busts and masks, carved wooden corbels...
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19th Century Italian Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Wood

Leather Jewelry Case by John Pound and Company, circa 1920
By John Pound & Co.
Located in London, GB
A beautiful leather travel jewelry case with original interior. Made by John Pound & Co. circa 1920. Dimensions: 25.5 cm/10 inches x 16 cm/6¼ inches x 10 cm/4 inches. Bentleys are ...
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1920s British Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Brass

huge wooden jewelry or make-up box with oval mirror for the dressing table
Located in Weiningen, CH
huge wooden jewelry or make-up box with oval mirror for the dressing table with drawer and 2 locks Dressing or make-up chest
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1910s German Arts and Crafts Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Oak, Zebra Wood

Silver Bronze And Gilt Bronze Jewelry Box Prosper Lecourtier
Located in CHALON-SUR-SAÔNE, FR
Prosper Lecourtier, chiseled and gilded bronze jewelry box representing a small chiseled and silvered bronze dog on a cushion garnished with trimmings on a red marble base. Interior padded in blue satin. Signed P Lecourtier...
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Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Bronze

Ruby Red and Gilt Silver Faceted Murano Glass Jewelry Box, Italy 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Stunning jewelry box in faceted ruby red Murano glass and gilt silver. This incredibly rare piece was produced in Italy in the 1920s. The box feature an exquisite 12 sided faceted ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Jewelry Boxes

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Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass

Arts & Crafts Jewelry Box Casket by Erhard & Sohne, Vienna Secession w. Dome Top
Located in Lisse, NL
Stunning and great condition, brass Secessionist box with amazing inlay and the original key. There are -for good reasons- collectors of the Vienne...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Vienna Secession Jewelry Boxes

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Brass

Antique Gilt Bronze Decorative Jewelry Box or Casket with Floral Decoration
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique gilt bronze decorative or jewelry box is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from France and dates to approximately 1900 and done in a Renaissance Revival style. T...
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Early 20th Century French Renaissance Revival Jewelry Boxes

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Bronze

Antique Italian Capo di Monte Porcelain Hand-Painted Jewel Box, Circa 1900's
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique Italian Capo di Monte hand-painted porcelain jewel box, circa 1900's.
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Early 20th Century Italian Jewelry Boxes

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Porcelain

French 19th Century Silver Plated Casket
Located in London, GB
The whole casket is richly decorated. Standing on lions paw feet adorned with baroque motifs the scene on top depicts cupid stood beside two lovers (possibly) Daphne and Apollo. The ...
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19th Century French Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Silver Plate

19th Century French Burl Elm Inlaid Jewelry Box with Drawer & Inside Mirror
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a coffee table or a shelf with this elegant antique box. Created in France circa 1880, the rectangular cabinet is decorated with an elegant floral inlaid star motif on the t...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Jewelry Boxes

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Mercury Glass, Burl, Elm

20th Century British Made Crocodile Travel Overnight Vanity Case, c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century crocodile leather overnight vanity travel case. This case features a leather carrying strap on the lid along with a locking mechanism on the front. The inside is...
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20th Century British Jewelry Boxes

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Leather, Mirror

Italian Art Deco Jewelry box, 1930s
Located in Meda, MB
This Art Deco jewelry box is really a gem and was produced in Italy in the 1930s. It is completely made of myrtle wood, with a brass handle. It has b...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Jewelry Boxes

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Brass

Antique and Vintage Jewelry Boxes for Sale: Shop Chanel Jewelry Boxes, Mid-Century Jewelry Boxes and Other Jewelry Boxes on 1stDibs

If you have jewelry, chances are you have an antique or vintage jewelry box. This simple item was born from a simple need. It offers jewelry lovers a place to store their most cherished treasures. The idea behind a good jewelry box is that precious items deserve a place of honor.

It’s no surprise, then, that jewelry boxes (also called jewelry caskets or trinket boxes) have existed for as long as we’ve worn jewelry. It’s among the most popular decorative boxes we have in our homes, and we can find early versions that date at least as far back as Ancient Egypt. All Egyptians adorned themselves with necklaces, rings, earrings and other accessories, and the era’s jewelry boxes resembled small treasure chests. Later, fine jewelry became cost prohibitive and the only people with jewelry boxes were those who could afford jewelry.

Following the Industrial Revolution, jewelry was no longer made by hand. Mass production and the demand of the growing middle class rendered jewelry more accessible. Jewelry of the Romantic period, which refers to early Victorian jewelry, is reflective of these economic shifts. Jewelry from this time tends to be feminine and ornate, and embellished with seed pearls, coral and turquoise. Naturally, it was stored in elaborate, decorative Victorian-era jewelry boxes that were sometimes crafted from hand-painted porcelain or sterling silver.

Nowadays, jewelry boxes do more than keep jewelry safe and organized. They’re popular collector’s items that have become as treasured as the contents themselves.

Designer jewelry boxesChanel jewelry boxes, Hermès jewelry boxes and others created by celebrated fashion labels — are widely sought by jewelry lovers who covet a chic case for their jewelry essentials. An eye-catching vintage jewelry box, which is at least 20 but less than 100 years old, is a valuable decorative object, a sign of luxury and elegance that adds character and texture to any bedroom. Some jewelry boxes are even embellished with a few jewels of their own.

If you’re not tucking your jewelry into a drawer or shallow tray atop your vanity, perhaps an Art Deco trinket box with charming brass hardware or a sculptural, hand-carved rosewood mid-century modern jewelry box lined with linen and velvet will do?

Today’s jewelry boxes come in a variety of styles and sizes and are made of metal, wood, plastic and other materials. Give your cherished jewelry the good home it deserves — find an extensive collection of antique and vintage jewelry boxes today on 1stDibs.

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