Jewelry Trinket Boxes

Jewelry trinket boxes are the height, weight, size and storage area challenged members of the jewelry box family, but they are certainly not the plain side of the family in terms of appearance. These little dynamos are the flashiest members of the fashion accessory storage wing of bedroom accessories. By definition, a trinket is a knick-knack, a bauble, an ornament, a charm or in everyday language, a jewelry pipsqueak. Just like the famous bug of the auto world doesn't need a large garage, neither do baubles or knick-knacks need free standing armoires to be stored, so small jewelry boxes were made for the little guys. But these guys also have some of the biggest personalities around the dresser top. Whoever thought to make these munchkins first also decided that they ought to be extremely colorful, even to the point of being gaudy, and to come in as many shapes as the imagination would allow.

Here are the trinket storage unit shapes from just one website that sells these things. American flag, animals of all kinds, baby memorabilia, birds, insects, carousels of various kinds, a dozen Advent shapes, eggs, angels, flowers, fruits, vegetables, golf stuff, kitchen stuff, musical themes, holiday themed boxes, purse shaped, sea life shaped and shoe and boot shaped jewelry trinket boxes. That's just from a single site! These small jewelry boxes have been around for several hundred years and have been called fairings, patch boxes and pin boxes. Because of their small size, they are high on popular collectable object lists. They are very thoughtful gifts to give to a young girl who may have only a small amount of jewelry. She will appreciate an attractive storage place.

At antique shops and flea markets, it may be possible to find some European jewelry trinket boxes that will have originated in Europe. These little storage places were usually made out of porcelain and kept spots of black silk in them to hide facial blemishes or enhance a woman's beauty. These small jewelry boxes will have high value because of their rarity and their collectability. These little items may sell from sixty to several hundred dollars, depending on the demand for the design. While more commercial pieces will pop up on the Internet if just the words jewelry trinket boxes are used, the truly vintage pieces from centuries past will appear if the word Victorian is used in conjunction with those other search words. "Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." (2 Corinthians 7:1)

Many of these of these miniature pieces have hinged tops on them, particularly if the piece was made from some sort of metal, although the ones made of wood, and to a lesser degree porcelain may also be hinged. Every imaginable animal and sea creature is available in these little items, many whose bodies separate in the middle for opening, but many also with heads that pop open with a hinge. If a person desire a bejeweled octopus holding a scepter, one may have it in a jewelry trinket box, or if a person desires a frog prince sitting on a lily pad, that is also available, but the person better hurry because that particular design is almost sold out at a particular website, but never fear, because frogs are one the favorite subjects for the design of these little guys. Faberge style eggs are also very popular and a website suggested that this design might be perfect for a man to store cufflinks in, but frankly, the writer of this blog doesn't see the excitement in that.

One website offers Egyptian themed small jewelry boxes, with golden pyramids, the Sphinx, Nefertiti, Scarab and King Tut design pieces. Butterfly, ladybug, honey bee, dragonfly, farm, horse, and anyting to do with children's stories themed pieces are also from websites, with most of them under forty dollars. There are those, of course, that are available in Austrian crystal for a very elegant look, some gold and silver plated, and some very striking small pieces made in various forms of exotic woods such as teak, zebrawood, olive ash, wenge and other rare but very striking woods that are magnificent to behold. For the sports minded, there are hinged basketball storage pieces, hairspray bottle shaped trinket boxes, baptistery shaped pieces, and a favorite of this writer, the surfing alligator that is actually wearing swim trunks. It's among the few designs that hadn't been sold, and that is such a mystery!

Of course, these small items can be used to hold pills, paperclips, candy, matches, coins or nuts and bolts if one would so desire. A person could imagine that memories of grandchildren going to grandma's house and sneaking peppermint lozenges out of the surfing alligator trinket jewelry box might be those that would remain forever etched in young minds. And what grandchild would forget going into the grandparents bathroom and finding one of the little items sitting on the sink, made in dazzling Austrian porcelain and containing pappy's dentures? That very well could be a memory that would never be forgotten! For that matter, what grandchild could forget walking into his grandparent's house and finding twenty of these small jewelry boxes all over the house, filled with little epiphanies that might help while away a number of boring hours? Sometimes, the little things of life can contain the most discoveries!

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