Help identifying trinket box

Can anyone tell me anything about this box, I can’t find one exactly like it to figure out age, manufacture,or value. Thank you

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Box by Sugarpit posted Feb 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM

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Box by Sugarpit posted Feb 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM

 

The lid looks decoupage - what does the bottom and interior look like?

 

These were typically cedar. From the metal work, yours is Art Deco era. The heart-shaped lock may not be original. The scene is of a Norwegian fjord and a copy of a painting by, according to the internet, Johann Holmstedt (1851-1929.) A eBay search of both Completed and Active listings will give you an idea of where collector interest lies. But value is unlikely to be high as these were pretty little things young girls had on their dressers.

Debora

 

Thank you so much

 

@Sugarpit, please wait to see if anyone else has something to add.

Debora

 

I am thinking a bit later. 30s, on-into the 50s. Often came packed with dried fruit, bath products, or other goods for gift-giving. The box was a premium that could then be used for other things. See a lot of these out and about. I pick them up for a few dollars and generally sell them for under $15.00 in the shop.

 

I don't disagree re date.

Debora

 

I'd be thinking tobacco or chocolates, and maybe even earlier. These boxes are common; no one threw them out because they were pretty and useful. Sometimes you find them with mirrors fitted into the lid.

 

I tried finding some ads that feature these gift boxes with little success. I did find this one from 1933. FWIW, I think the OPs to be newer than this one.

 

So interesting that came from the Toilet Soap Department of Armour. Apparently, the company manufactured soap as a byproduct of its meat processing business.

Debora

 

These miniature cedar chests, intended for candy, etc. became extremely popular in the 1920s, so much so that candy manufacturers presented the First Lady a full-size cedar chest filled with candy in 1925, and there were trade issues relating to their contents not being the expected weight for the sizes of the boxes. Their popularity continued into the '50s, and I can even remember seeing some in roadside shops in the '60s - this one may be fairly early, but they're difficult to firmly date because the same forms and hardware, including the heart locks, were often used for many years (simple cedar boxes with similar hardware are still being produced)...


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~Cheryl

 

The median income in 1926 was just over $5,000. A loaf of bread cost around .12¢. These were expensive items in their day -- which probably explains why so many were passed down to us.

Debora