Handcrafted by the same Sorrento family, for three generations
A piece of Sorrento, made by hand
Not a wooden box you’ll find just anywhere. Each piece is cut and inlaid by hand in our family workshop, the same tarsia lignea craft practiced on this coast for generations, something no machine could make and no other shop can sell.
Product photography: wood, hands, inlay detail
Photo of the three sisters in the workshop
Three generations, one family
The hands behind every piece
La Botteguccia has stayed in the same family from one generation to the next. Today it’s run by three sisters, Jasmine, Maria and Giuseppina, each carrying forward the craft their family has practiced in Sorrento for generations.
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Every panel is cut, dyed and fitted piece by piece, so no two boxes are perfectly identical.
A living craft
Tarsia lignea has been practiced on the Sorrentine coast for generations, and this is that same tradition.
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Pieces from Sorrento
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Musical Boxes · Sorrento
Sorrentine Coastline Musical Box
A hand-inlaid scene of the Sorrentine coast — sailboats, cliffside houses and citrus groves — set into a lacquered lid. Opens to a gentle wind-up melody. Every panel is cut and fitted by hand from natural wood veneers, so grain and tone vary slightly piece to piece.
€148.00
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Musical Boxes · Sorrento
Mandolin Serenade Musical Box
A mandolin and a sheet of music, inlaid in fine wood veneers across a walnut lid. A classic Sorrentine motif, paired with a wind-up musical movement inside.
€135.00
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Musical Boxes · Sorrento
Dancing Ballerinas Musical Box
Two ballerinas rendered in delicate marquetry on the lid of this small musical box. A gentle melody plays when it's opened — a keepsake as much as a jewellery box.
€120.00
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Olive Wood Boxes · Sorrento
Two Cats of the Marina Box
A pair of cats watch the sailboats from a garden wall above the marina — a lighthearted inlay scene on a small keepsake box, ideal for rings, cufflinks or trinkets.
€89.00
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“I passed this lovely shop on a walking tour and after the tour immediately went back…”
Adrienne C · October 2025
“My wife and I went into this shop while staying in Sorrento for our honeymoon…”
Getaway525537 · October 2023
“Lovely staff: three sisters together and purchased woodwork from them…”
Gemma · September 2022
“I’m not going to bore you with words—just shop there—you will NOT be disappointed!”
Lin R · December 2022