Decorate your coffee table or home office with stylish boxes. Choose from <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/interiors/decorative-arts-&amp;-objects/decor/boxes?Period%20-%20Specific=Mid-Century%2520Modern&amp;Materials=Sterling%2520Silver" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mid-Century Modern silver boxes</a>, Chinese carved hardwood covered boxes and Japanese lacquered boxes. Chinese or American tea canisters add charm to bookcases and kitchen areas.

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A letter box retailed by Edwards &amp; Jones, London.<ul><li>Gilt-bronze letter box with malachite stone inset beneath a scalloped window.</li><li>Decorated with a fine applied rope design and retaining the original letter organization insert.</li><li>Blue velvet bottom.</li><li>Marked "Edwards &amp; Jones 161 Regent St."</li></ul>

English Victorian Gilt Bronze and Malachite Letter Box

A Chinese export silver cigar box.<ul><li>A large cigar box, sides and lid are embossed in high relief with dragons and applied with flowing whiskers on hand-hammered ground, with a vacant oval cartouche.</li><li>Inside wood lined.</li><li>Hallmarked 90 SILVER (900+ standard).</li></ul>

Chinese Export Silver Dragon Cigar Box

Japanese sterling silver cigar box from the Meiji period.<ul><li>Double-skinned body, sides and lid are embossed in high relief with water dragons and applied with flowing whiskers on hand-hammered ground.</li><li>Hallmarked sterling (925+).</li></ul>

Japanese Meiji Silver Dragon Cigar Box

A sterling silver box made by Tiffany &amp; Co.<ul><li>Stunning samorodok design on exterior with cedar lining.</li><li>Samorodok is a Russian word meaning that the metal is in its pure or natural state; the reticulation technique produces a textured nugget-like effect simulating a molten surface.</li><li>Hallmarked sterling (925 standard), Portugal (country of retail), Tiffany &amp; Co.</li></ul>

Silver Samorodok Cigar Box

Coromandel wood smokers compendium with sterling silver mounts.<ul><li>Two top drawers for cigarettes and cigars and two small compartments for matches, as the top lid is lifted the bottom draw automatically pulls out to reveal another two compartments, the lid fitted with two ashtrays.</li><li>Hallmarked English silver (925 standard), London, year 1900 (e), Maker M Chapman, Son &amp; Co Ltd (Middleton Chapman).</li></ul>

English Victorian Coromandel and Silver Smokers Compendium

A Chinese export silver box.<ul><li>With pierced lid and floral and bird motifs.</li><li>Unmarked.</li></ul>

Chinese Pierced Silver Box

Silver box with a filigree motif.<ul><li>Showcasing intricate floral and geometric designs.</li><li>Unmarked.</li></ul>

Filigree Silver Box

An American wooden tobacco container.<ul><li>Turned circular body.</li><li>Carved stepped lid with knob.</li></ul>

American Carved Tobacco Jar

Japanese lacquered fubako letter box from the Meiji period.<ul><li>Black lacquer with gold nashij-i interior.</li><li>Covered is decorated with a finely carved scene of a samurai on a pavilion surrounded by a traditional landscape.</li></ul>

Japanese Meiji Lacquered and Engraved Letter Box with Nashij-i 

Mid-Century Modern sterling silver box made by Tiffany &amp; Co. in New York.<ul><li>Rectangular with straight sides.</li><li>The cover has a flat top and molded rim with a cedar-lined and partitioned interior and gilt wash to the interior lid.</li><li>Fully marked including maker’s stamp and postwar pattern no. 24004.</li></ul>

American Mid-Century Silver Box

Modern sterling silver trompe-l’oeil box made by Tiffany &amp; Co. in New York.<ul><li>Book form with curved and raised spine.</li><li>Front board hinged and butler-finished edges with interior gilt.</li><li>Untitled with lots of room for engraving.</li><li>Marked on spine base “Tiffany &amp; Co. Makers Sterling 25190.”&nbsp;</li></ul>

 American Silver Trompe-l’Oeil Box

Modern classical sterling silver box.<ul><li>Made by Gorham in Providence, ca 1940.</li><li>Rectangular with straight sides and spread and stepped base.</li><li>Cover hinged with gently curved top and flat rim.</li><li>Box interior cedar lined and cover interior gilt washed.</li><li>Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 314.</li></ul>

American Art Deco Silver Box

Edwardian classical 14k gold jewelry box.<ul><li>Top curved and raised with engraved interlaced script monogram surrounded by dense leafing scrollwork and flowers.&nbsp;</li><li>Interior has velvet lining with fitted ring holder.</li><li>Marked “X-118 / 14 K” with worn stamp attributable to Newark maker John Chatellier.</li></ul>

American Edwardian Gold Jewelry Box

Hand-hammered sterling silver jewelry box made by Gorham.<ul><li>Crescent shape with removable maroon velvet lining which separates the case into six compartments.</li><li>&nbsp;Lid has been engraved with floral swag and scroll decoration.&nbsp;</li><li>Fully hallmarked.</li></ul>

American Hammered Silver Jewelry Box

A rare Dutch sterling silver etrog.<ul><li>Fluted form standing on four ball feet.</li><li>Fully hallmarked.</li></ul>

Dutch Silver Etrog Box

Modern sterling silver box retailed by Tiffany &amp; Co.<ul><li>Rectangular with straight sides and flat and hinged cover.</li><li>Engraved with a world map with linear shading and cedar-lined interior.&nbsp;</li><li>Fully marked including retailer’s stamp, phrase “Made in Italy” and no. 7.</li></ul>

American Silver Engraved Box

American acid-etched sterling silver gilt box made by Ahrendt &amp; Kautzman and retailed by Theodore B. Starr.<ul><li>Rectangular with leafing scroll borders.</li><li>Cover hinged with tapering tab and gently curved top.</li><li>Velvet-lined interior.</li><li>Fully marked including maker’s mark, sterling, retailer’s stamps and number 671.</li></ul>

American Acid-Etched Silver-Gilt Box

American Art Nouveau engraved sterling silver jewelry box.<ul><li>Made by Woods &amp; Chatellier in New York.</li><li>Rectangular with straight sides, curved corners and hinged bracket end handles.</li><li>Cover hinged with gently raised top.</li><li>Dense leafing scrollwork and flowers engraved all over sides and cover.</li><li>Cover top has central oval frame (vacant).</li><li>Hasp with padlock and key.</li><li>Interior fitted with hinged and detachable parts for storing the precious heirloom bits.</li><li>Twelve slots for the rings.</li><li>Fully marked including maker’s stamp.&nbsp;</li></ul>

American Art Nouveau Engraved Silver Jewelry Box

English George V Art Deco sterling silver cigar box.<ul><li>Made by Edward Barnard &amp; Sons, Ltd in London in 1930. </li><li>Rectangular with straight sides. </li><li>Cover hinged and with tapering tab.</li><li>Top flap with engine-turned linear pattern bordered by wraparound lines between wavy lines. </li><li>Interior wood lined and partitioned. </li><li>Underside leather lined. </li><li>Fully marked.&nbsp;</li></ul>

English George V Art Deco Silver Cigar Box

German 800 silver fruits and foliage box.<ul><li>Oval and curvilinear frame alternating with plain lobes.</li><li>Cover hinged and raised with scroll tab.</li><li>Chased and engraved fruits and foliage on sides in stippled ground.</li><li>Cover top same with beaded frames.</li><li>Gilt-washed interior.</li><li>Marked.</li></ul>

German Silver Fruits and Foliage Keepsake Box

Austrian gilt-washed 800 silver medallion box with finial.<ul><li>Ovoid and bellied on plain inset foot. </li><li>Cover hinged and domed with cast figural finial: A little girl sits cross-legged and barefoot and rests her hand on the back of an animal while spooning sustenance into its mouth. </li><li>Engraved ornament: Leafing rondels inset with heads alternating with same shaped frames (vacant) on engine-turned border. </li><li>Shoulder has leaf-and-dart border and cover top leaf-and-patera border. </li><li>Fully marked including Diana head and maker’s stamp.</li></ul>

Austrian Silver Medallion Box with Finial

A Japanese letterbox from the Edo period.<ul><li>Used for the storage of letters and papers.</li><li>Floral designs in maki-e over black lacquered ground with nashiji interior.</li></ul>

Japanese Edo Lacquered Fubako Box with Maki-e and Nishiji

English Victorian sterling silver Modern smoking box.<ul><li>Rectangular with straight sides.</li><li>Scroll-bracket handle mounted to central panel between two hinged covers.</li><li>On one in blue enamel is "Cigars" and on the other is "Cigarettes."</li><li>Cedar-lined interior.</li><li>Felt-lined underside.</li><li>Fully marked including London assay stamp and maker’s initials “T.W.”</li></ul>

English Victorian Silver Modern Smoking Box

German large 800 silver Bonaparte box.<ul><li>Made by Georg Roth in Hanau, Germany.</li><li>Rectangular with cast corner-mounted eagle supports.</li><li>On box front is frieze of Napoleon being offered the key to a city; on back, he addresses the supplicating vanquished.</li><li>Both panels bordered by imbricated leaves and Greek key; applied eagles (of which one is a keyhole plate) and military trophies.</li><li>On box ends are the coat of arms.</li><li>Cover hinged and raised with cast finial in form of Napoleon on horseback, pointing the way.</li><li>On battleground are the strewn weapons and equipment of the defeated enemy.&nbsp;</li><li>Marks include Hanau maker’s stamp.</li></ul>

German Large Silver Bonaparte Box

Japanese Mid-Century Modern silver box on stand.<ul><li>Rectangular with curved corners.</li><li>Box has straight sides and cover top is gently raised.</li><li>Cover has applied gilt medallion with dramatic phoenix in low relief.</li><li>Box and cover interior lined with stained-wood.</li><li>Stand has wide and tapering shoulder and flat well border with open stained-wood bottom.</li><li>Marked in Kanji (Chinese character adapted by Japanese).</li></ul>

Japanese Mid-Century Modern Silver Box on Stand

American Mid-Century Modern sterling silver cigar box.<ul><li>Made by Tiffany &amp; Co. in New York.</li><li>Rectangular shape with straight sides.</li><li>Flat hinged cover with engraved JGG.</li><li>Interior lined with cedar.</li><li>Marked with maker's stamp, STERLING SILVER including number 22354 and letter M.</li></ul>

American Mid-Century Modern Silver Cigar Box

American sterling silver handmade box by Wolfgang Schroth in New Jersey.<ul><li>A rectangular box with straight sides.</li><li>Flat hinged cover top engraved JGG.</li><li>Interior lined with cedar.</li><li>A hand-hammered wavy band around the bottom of the box.</li><li>Fully marked, including maker's stamp, HAND MADE, STERLING and number 1.</li></ul>

American Silver Handmade Box

German sterling silver engraved locking jewelry box with key made by B. Neresheimer &amp; Söhne (Hanau) and imported to England in 1914 by Berthold Hermann Muller in London.<ul><li>Cover hinged with engraved Renaissance scene of hunter and hounds in pursuit of a stag.</li><li>Fully marked with maker’s marks, import stamps, sterling and date stamp letter t.</li></ul>

German Silver Engraved Box

American sterling silver Victorian jewelry box with velvet lining.<ul><li>Rectangular and concave with curved corners and hinged cover.</li><li>Chased ornament including garlands and scrollwork with inset green hard stone.</li><li>Rests on cast open scroll, leaf and flower supports.</li><li>Marked with Mauser Manufacturing Co. seahorse, sterling and pattern number 1854.</li></ul>

American Victorian Silver Jewelry Box

Peruvian Mid-Century Modern sterling silver box with wood lining.<ul><li>Rectangular body with concave sides and inset bottom.</li><li>Cover hinged and raised with scrolled tab and cabled rim.&nbsp;</li><li>Marked Camusso, 925, Made in Peru.</li></ul>

Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Silver Box

Japanese Meiji silver hinged box lined with stained wood.<ul><li>Chased and engraved iris flowers in eddying water on stippled ground.</li><li>Appears unmarked.</li></ul>

Japanese Meiji Silver Box

German Rococo-style repoussé 800 silver casket box.<ul><li>Rectilinear with tapering sides and chamfered corners with scroll supports.</li><li>Cover hinged, raised and inset.</li><li>Chased ornament with chubby, bare-bottomed cherubs with arranged drapery surrounded by garlands and classical architecture.</li><li>Gilt-washed interior.</li><li>Marks include Hanau maker’s stamp (Storck &amp; Sinsheimer).&nbsp;</li></ul>

German Repoussé Silver Box

English Edwardian sterling silver and enamel fox hunt match safe.<ul><li>Made by Robert Chandler in Birmingham in 1905.</li><li>Rectangular with hinged cover and curved corners. </li><li>Bottom inset with strike. </li><li>Loose-mounted ring. </li><li>On front is enameled fox hunt scene with two riders taking a fence and the hounds racing ahead. </li><li>Fully marked.</li></ul>

English Edwardian Silver and Enamel Fox Hunt Match Safe

English sterling silver cigar compendium.<ul><li>Made by John Henry Hill in London.</li><li>Plain rectangular shape and straight sides with squared hinged handles on each side.</li><li>Lined with mahogany, and partitions are adjustable and removable.</li><li>Two compartments in either side at the front for smaller cigars or cigarettes, and in the center contains three matching and numbered sterling silver ash trays, a double-ended sterling cigar cutter, a piercer and a striking plate for matches.</li><li>The interior of the lid and hinged front folding panel are lemon gilded which prevent tarnishing.</li><li>There are a series of hallmarks throughout the piece denoting the sterling silver content and maker's stamp.</li></ul>

English Silver Cigar Compendium

Tessellated inlaid coconut shell box with peg handles.<ul><li>The artistic backgrounds of the husband-wife duo Ria &amp; Yiouri Augousti brought them together as innovators in their field by reviving the artisanal techniques of shagreen and other exotic materials that were predominant in the Art Deco period of the 1930s.</li><li>Five interior compartments.</li></ul>

Tessellated Inlaid Box

A lacquered Burmese pagoda-form box.<ul><li>Used by monks and in temples for offerings of food.</li><li>Red lacquer decorated with the yun technique with various designs and elephants.</li></ul>

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Tiffany & Co.

M. Chapman, Son & Co Ltd.

Tiffany & Co.

Tiffany & Co.

Gorham Mfg. Co.

Gorham Mfg. Co.

Tiffany & Co.

Theodore B. Starr, Ahrendt & Kautzman

Woods & Chatellier

Edward Barnard & Sons

Georg Roth & Co.

Tiffany & Co.

Wolfang Schroth

B. Neresheimer & Söhne

Mauser Manufacturing Co.

Camusso

Storck & Sinsheimer

Robert Chandler

John Henry Hill

R & Y Augousti