A box of jewelry is very much required to keep your precious pieces of jewelry safe. If you believe me then boxes of jewelry have a history dating back to centuries as boxes of jewelry have been crafted and designed by various skilled craftsmen since then but Industrial revolution saw box of jewelry being mass produced which brought down the prices of jewelry boxes.

The start of the twentieth century saw a number of mail order catalogs such as Wards, Sears and Marshall Field offers jewelry boxes which an average household could purchase. One could purchase various boxes of jewelry ranging from smallest ring sized boxes to even ones of the size of glove. If you have an eye for jewelry boxes then you will realize that antimonial lead is the most common base metal which is used for construction of jewelry boxes and then these boxes are electroplated with copper and a finishing is given with either silver or gold. Other types of finishing used for jewelry boxes include Roman Gold, French Brinze and Parisian Silver to name a few and it was only in 1911 that Ivory finish was introduced.

One of the most decorative styles of jewelry box was Art Nouveau which was a romantic design and was known for its asymmetrical and flowing lines along with motifs related to nature. It signified flower sentiments on jewelry boxes and with four leaf clover for good luck, love, beauty and innocence. 1904 to 1918 saw jewelry boxes being produced on a mass scale and the most common ones were silver and gold and even antique jewelry boxes which includes souvenir boxes having photo discs and commemorative ceramics. Then came ivory finished boxes which were not available easily and you will find various antique jewelry boxes with your granny too if she must have purchased them during her young age.