Box Wood Europe XX Century - Europe Early 1900s

Italy Early 1900s

Box in various types of wood. On the lid inlay with mythological figures inside reserve with leafy scrolls and plant motifs.

China Canton Qing Period 1890 ca.

Rectangular polylobed wooden box, lacquered in cinnabar red and black painted in gold. Central decoration on the lid of various characters and buildings on a stilt house surrounded by water and rich vegetation. China Canton Qing period c.1890.

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Neo Renaissance revival silver fir and pastille box.

Japan, Showca Era (1926-1989)

Suzuribako writing box in carved wood and varnished in cinnabar color. In the center of the lid, inside a polylobed frame, a beautiful and detailed representation of a temple topped by a pine. The outline and sides of the lid, richly decorated with a chrysanthemum flower motif.

Italy Early 17th Century

Late Renaissance Alto-Veneto box made of stone pine and maple, Italy early 17th century. Top with sheet metal handle, front with indented perimeter frame and carvings with phytomorphic and floral motifs, central herringbone fret pattern, all on an engraved background. Top, back and bottom in stone pine, fronts in maple. Replaced lock.

Europe, Late 800s

Jewelery box in pierced and chiseled bronze with gilt interior. Contemporary key and working lock.

England First Half of the 20th century

Liquor box in oak wood with bronze studded applications. Inside compartments for bottles and glasses; on the front of the extractable drawer. Set of five glasses and three bottles in cut crystal with silver plates, Cesa Alessandria manufacture.

Italy 19th century

Box of eclectic taste in wood and tablet with leaf gilding. Relief decorations with leafy scrolls, vegetable and Greek motifs. Inside fabric upholstery with coeval mirror under the lid.

Scultura/centrotavola in metallo.

An elegant porcelein centerpiece manufactured by Nanni Valentini in the late 1960s, with dark green decorations. Under the basement the manufacturer's trademark and a paper label are present. 'Arcore Ceramica' was founded in 1967 by Marco and Tina Terenzi, wife of the sculptor and ceramist Nanni Valentini. The object is coming from an important private collection in Milan.