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What is a tobacco basket?
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After the large wooden barrels that were once used to export tobacco to auction houses fell out of favor, a smaller, streamlined tobacco basket took their place — the design of these baskets, which were pivotal to getting tobacco leaves to market and keeping the leaves clean in auction houses, is frequently credited to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Nowadays, tobacco baskets are decorative items.
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Swiss Black Forest Novelty Anvil Tobacco Jar Smokers Compendium
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
are delighted to offer this very rare and unusual Swiss Black Forest carving of a tobacco jar shaped
Category
Antique Early 1900s Swiss Jugendstil Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Eichwald Majolica Tobacco Jar with Roosters Pecking the Ground, circa 1870
Located in Atlanta, GA
An Austrian Eichwald majolica humidor tobacco jar from the late 19th century, with petite roosters
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Majolica, Pottery
Basket Weave Design 18k Gold Cigarette Box
Located in London, GB
Basket weave design 18k gold cigarette box
Continental, Early 20th century
Height 1.5cm, width
Category
Early 20th Century European Belle Époque Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Gold
Snuffbox basket with flowers, in Florentine Renaissance style, Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli of a basket with flowers, in Florentine Renaissance
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Napoleon III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Tobacco Leaf Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Bread Plate
Located in Norton, MA
Pseudo-Tobacco leaf pattern with rich foliate and floral designs.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Famille Rose Tobacco Leaf Tea Bawl Cup & Saucer Porcelain
Located in Norton, MA
Fine quality Chinese antique tobacco leaves, double-handled Cup & Saucer Porcelain, one of the most
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Decorative Bowls
Materials
Porcelain
