Curiosity Box: a round, dark-textured African wood box with a lid topped by a small green sphere on a silver-toned base.
A Curiosity Box with spherical accents and other small decorative items sit on a table in low light.
A circular, textured dark brown restored antique Curiosity Box with a small green orb finial placed next to it.
Top-down view of a circular, textured African wood Curiosity Box with its lid removed, showing a small green knob on top of the lid.
The Curiosity Box is a circular African wood box featuring a textured rim, a smooth inner ring, and a pale green center button.

antje weber

Curiosity Box

$748

Carved from African wood in the 1950s or ’60s, this box was once given to Portuguese families living abroad, a sturdy keepsake of home. Artist Antje Weber has since found and restored it, and topped its smooth, ringed lid with a small sphere of pale green stone on a sterling silver collar. The real surprise is underneath: the low, wide drum of the body is carved all the way round with hundreds of tiny notches, a texture somewhere between woven basket and pinecone that begs to be run under a fingertip. One of a kind, and as satisfying to hold as it is to look at.

Dimensions: H: 4.5 in; D: 6.3in
Material: Box with carvings in African hard wood with sterling silver applications and aventurine ball

Color
Material
African Wood
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About the Brand

Antje Weber is a Lisbon-based artist and restorer known for giving storied objects new life. With a background in fine metalwork and a deep respect for provenance, repairs, refines, and reimagines domestic objects of historical meaning with sterling silver, stone, and subtle artistic interventions. Her work balances preservation with transformation, turning everyday heirlooms into small works of art.

Manufactured

Portugal

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