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((Short description|Decorated package))
((More citations needed|date=October 2009))
[[File:Snuffbox (Metropolitan, 18th c).jpg|thumb|18th-century German gold and [[mother of pearl]] snuff box]]
[[File:MS-PerlmuttlackPäoniendose16Jh.JPG|thumb|Chinese mother of pearl lacquer box with [[peony]] decor [[Ming Dynasty]]]]
[[File:WLA lacma Elizabeth E Copeland Covered Box.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth E Copeland (1866–1957) covered box, circa 1915 metalwork, silver and [[cloisonné]], [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]]]

A '''decorative box''' is a form of packaging that is generally more than just functional, but also intended to be decorative and artistic. Many such [[box]]es are used for promotional [[packaging]], both commercially and privately. Historical objects are usually called [[Casket (decorative box)|casket]]s if larger than a few inches in more than one dimension, with only smaller ones called boxes.

==Gift box==
Traditionally gift boxes used for promotional and seasonal [[gifts]] are made from sturdy [[paperboard]] or [[corrugated fiberboard]]. These boxes normally consist of a base and detachable [[lid (container)|lid]] and are made by using a die cutting process to cut the board. The box is then covered with decorative [[paper]]. Gift boxes can be dressed with other gift [[packaging]] material, such as decorative [[ribbon]]s and gift [[tissue paper]].

==Work box==
The most common type of decorative box is the feminine work box. It is usually fitted with a tray divided into many small compartments for [[Sewing needle|needle]]s, reels of [[silk]] and [[cotton]], and other necessaries for [[Sewing|stitchery]]. The date of its origin is unclear, but 17th-century examples exist, covered with silk and adorned with beads and [[embroidery]].

No lady would have been without her work box in the 18th century. In the second half of that century, elaborate pains were taken to make these boxes dainty and elegant.

Work boxes are ordinarily portable, but at times they form the top of a stationary table.

==Jewelry box==
[[Image:Jewel box.JPG|thumb|A jewel box lined with red velvet]]
A jewelry box, also known as a [[Casket (decorative box)|casket]], is a receptacle for trinkets, not only [[Gemstone|jewel]]s. It may take a very modest form, covered in [[leather]] and lined with [[satin]], or it may reach the monumental proportions of the jewel cabinets which were made for [[Marie Antoinette]], one of which is at [[Windsor Castle]], and another at the [[Palace of Versailles]]; the work of Schwerdfeger as cabinetmaker, Degault as miniature-painter, and Thomire as [[Repoussé and chasing|chaser]].

==Snuff box==
((redirect|Snuff box))
[[File:Anonieme Meester, Zilveren snuifdoos met miniatuurportret van Leopold II (3).jpg|thumb|Snuff box with a miniature portrait of King [[Leopold II of Belgium|Léopold II]] from the collection of the [[King Baudouin Foundation]]]]
One of the more functional types of decorative boxes is the [[snuff (tobacco)|snuff]] box. While snuff does not enjoy the popularity it once did, it is gradually regaining popularity((citation needed |date=January 2023)) due to the declining popularity and increased restriction of smoking, and snuff boxes are still made in significant numbers.
Snuff boxes are made in two sizes – pocket boxes and communal boxes made for table use. Pocket boxes are usually made to hold a small amount of snuff for immediate consumption—typically a day or two's supply.<ref>((cite web |author=Phillips Griffiths |url=http://www.snuffbox.org.uk/hto.htm |title=snuff boxes and handkerchiefs |publisher=Snuffbox.org.uk |access-date=2013-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210127/http://www.snuffbox.org.uk/hto.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead ))</ref> Since prolonged exposure to air causes snuff to dry out and compromises its quality, snuff boxes have tightly sealed lids to ensure that air does not penetrate the box, although wholly air-tight boxes are a rarity. Table boxes can still be found in the mess of certain old regiments – often in the traditional 'ram's head' style – and a [[Parliamentary snuff box|communal snuff box]] is kept in the House of Commons in the UK parliament.
[[Image:Copper snuffbox.jpg|thumb|Coffin-shaped snuff box made from sheet copper, raised, tinned inside and engraved. 1792, [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]]]

People of all social classes used these boxes when snuff was at its peak of popularity and the wealthy carried a variety of fancy snuff-boxes created by craftsmen in metal-work, [[jeweller]]s and [[vitreous enamel|enameller]]s.  Some of these were elaborately made and decorated, rich in detail and made from precious or expensive materials such as gold, silver and ivory and were often adorned with artwork, gems and precious stones.<ref name="Silver standards">((cite web | url=https://www.antiquesinoxford.co.uk/silver-standards | title=French silver snuff box 1772 | publisher=Antiques in Oxford | access-date=2020-10-05))</ref> Boxes made for the poorer snuff taker were more ordinary; popular and cheap boxes were made in papier-mâché and even [[potato]]-pulp, which made durable boxes that kept the snuff in good condition. Alloys that resembled gold or silver were developed in the 18th and 19th centuries such as the ''ersatz'' gold [[Pinchbeck (alloy)|Pinchbeck]] and the silver look-alike, [[Sheffield Plate]].

Other popular materials used in making these boxes include:
* [[Tortoiseshell material|Tortoise-shell]], a favorite material owing to its satin lustre;
* [[Mother-of-pearl]], which was kept in its natural iridescent state, or gilded, or used together with [[silver]]; and
* Exotic materials such as cowrie shells, enriched with enamels or set with diamonds or other precious stones.

The lids were often adorned with a [[portrait]], a classical [[vignette (graphic design)|vignette]], [[portrait miniature]], [[hardstone]] [[inlay]]s, or [[micromosaic]] panel. Some of the most expensive just used subtly different colours of gold. Perhaps the most widely used semi-precious metal was silver and snuffs of all shapes and sizes were made in that metal during snuff's great popularity.

Even after snuff-taking ceased to be a general habit, the practice lingered among [[diplomat]]s, doctors, lawyers and other professionals as well as members of professions where smoking was not possible, such as miners and print workers and snuff still has a considerable following, particularly amongst ex-smokers. Monarchs retained the habit of bestowing snuff-boxes upon [[ambassador]]s and other intermediaries as a form of honor. As [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand]] explained, the diplomatic corps found a ceremonious pinch to be a useful aid to reflection in a business interview. At the coronation of [[George IV]] of the United Kingdom, Messrs. [[Rundell and Bridge]], the court jewellers, were paid £8,205 for snuff-boxes for gifts to foreign representatives.

Today snuff boxes are collected at many levels – the high-end of the market being reserved for gold boxes that have been jewelled or have original art work on them, or boxes with provenance linking them to world figures, such as Napoleon or Lord Nelson. Some of the most expensive are French and German 18th century examples, and the record auction price for a German box is £789,250 (about US$1.3 million), bid in 2003 at [[Christie's]] in London.

Modern snuff boxes are made from a variety of woods, pewter and even plastic and are manufactured in surprising numbers due, largely, to snuff's resurgence amongst tobacco connoisseurs and ex-smokers.

==Strong box==

A strong box is a receptacle for [[money]], [[deed]]s and [[security (finance)|securities]]. Its place has been taken in modern life by the [[safe]]. Some have extremely elaborate locks, such as [[Thomas Bodley|Sir Thomas Bodley]]'s strong box in the [[Bodleian library]], which has a locking mechanism in the under-side of the lid.

==Knife box==
In the Middle Ages, people usually brought their own cutlery with them when eating away from home, and the more expensive types came with their own custom-made leather cases, stamped and embossed in various designs.  Later, as cutlery became provided by the host, decorative cases, especially for the knives, were often left on display in the dining-room. Some of the most elegant and often ornate were in the styles of [[Robert Adam]], [[George Hepplewhite]] and [[Thomas Sheraton]]. Occasionally flat-topped containers, they were most frequently either rod-shaped, or tall and narrow with a sloping top necessitated by a series of raised veins for exhibiting the handles of knives and the bowls of spoons. [[Mahogany]] and [[satinwood]]s were most common, occasionally inlaid with [[marquetry]], or edged with [[buxus|boxwood]] which was resistant to chipping. These receptacles, often made in pairs, still exist in large numbers; they are often converted into stationery cabinets. Another version is an open tray or rack, usually with a handle, also for the storage of table cutlery.

==Bible box==
A Bible box is a box made to hold a [[Bible]]. These boxes started being manufactured in the 17th century.((Citation needed|date=June 2011))

==''Étui''==
((further|Toilet service))
An ''((Interlanguage link|étui|fr|3=Étui (protection)))''<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/gucoimg/guco1486etui.html |title=Etui case |publisher=Cr.nps.gov |access-date=2013-06-07 |archive-date=2012-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020031302/http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/revwar/image_gal/gucoimg/guco1486etui.html |url-status=dead ))</ref>  (from the French, for keeper or holder)<ref>((cite web| url= http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/etui |title=Etui|publisher=Merriam-Webster|access-date=2012-05-25))</ref> is a woman's ornamental case, usually carried in a pocket or purse. It holds small tools for daily use such as folding scissors, [[bodkin (needle)|bodkin]]s, [[sewing needle]]s (a [[needlecase]]), hairpins, tweezers, makeup pencils, etc.<ref>((cite web| url= http://www.collectorsweekly.com/sewing/needle-cases |title= Antique Sewing Needle Cases|publisher= Collectors Weekly |access-date=2012-05-25))</ref> Some ''étuis'' were also used to carry doctors' [[lancet (surgery)|lancets]].<ref>((cite web| url= http://www.phisick.com/a3emop1.htm|title= Mother-of-Pearl Etui with 4 lancetsother-of-Pearl Etui with 4 lancets|publisher= Phisick |access-date=2012-05-25))</ref> These boxes were made of different materials such as wood, leather, ivory, [[silver]],  [[gold]], [[Tortoiseshell material|tortoise shell]], [[mother of pearl]], and [[shagreen]]. [[Fabergé]] created the [[Necessaire Egg]] as an ''étui''.

==Wooden wine box==
Wooden wine boxes, also known as wooden wine crates, are used to ship and store expensive wines in transit and cellarage. Most wineries that use wooden boxes burn their logo and designs onto the front panel. Originally intended as purely practical items, these panels or the whole box are often used by bars or wine collectors as decorative pieces for their bars or wine cellars. A typical wooden wine box holds either six or twelve ((cvt|750|ml)) bottles.

==See also==
*[[Biscuit tin]]
*[[Can collecting]]
*[[Tin box]]
*[[Wooden box]]
*[[Cigar box]]

==References==
<references/>
* Yam, K. L., "Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology", John Wiley & Sons, 2009, ((ISBN|978-0-470-08704-6))
* ((cite book|date=1951|first=Hugh|last=McCausland|title=Snuff and Snuff Boxes|publisher= Batchworth Press|asin=B0000CHZOF))
* ((cite book|date=1935|first=Matoon Monroe|last=Curtis|title=The Book of Snuff and Snuff Boxes|publisher=Bramhall House|asin=B00086A96G))
* [[Kenneth Snowman|Snowman, A. Kenneth]] (1966). ''Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe'', Faber & Faber.

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