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18th Century Snuff Box With Secret Erotic Motive
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very funny little snuff box with a text about Etimologie; the true learning or real learning, on
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Empire Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Wood, Paper
German Mother of Pearl Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
miniature works of art during the 18th-century. Snuff boxes, also known as tabatiéres, have become some of
Category
Antique 18th Century German Other Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
18th Century Papier-mâché Small Snuff Box
Located in Delft, NL
18th century papier-mâché small snuff box
A black lacquered papier-mâché snuff box with a silver
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box
Located in Basildon, GB
An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box, painted with figures and a boat by a classical
Category
Antique 18th Century English Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$961 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century English Agate Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Trimmed in elegant yellow gold is this polished English agate snuff box. Distinguished by the
Category
Antique 18th Century English Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Agate, Gold
18th Century Chinese Beijing enamel snuff box
Located in Basildon, GB
An 18th Century Chinese Beijing enamel snuff box finely painted to the lid and sides with typical
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Qing Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$7,211 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box Top / Lid
By Staffordshire
Located in Basildon, GB
An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box Top / Lid, decorated with a Lady and Gentleman with a
Category
Antique 18th Century English Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Antique 18th Century Mennecy Figural Mouse Snuff or Patch Box
By Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare figural porcelain snuff box in the form of a mouse attributed to Mennecy porcelain
Category
Antique 18th Century French Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Dutch Brass Oval Etched Snuff Tobacco Trinket Box 5"
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Dutch 18th century oval shaped brass tobacco snuff box with hinged lid, engraved with a low
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Colonial Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
$164 Sale Price
30% Off
Unusual 18th Century French Boulle & Brass Inlaid Snuff Box w/ Candleholder
Located in Atlanta, GA
This diminutive yet opulent 18th or 19th-century French snuff box exemplifies the Boulle-style
Category
Antique 18th Century French Napoleon III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Two snuff boxes, Dutch, Late 18th Early 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
snuff boxes emerged in the mid-17th century in Europe alongside the rising popularity of snuff, serving
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Dutch Dutch Colonial Snuff Boxes and Tobacco B...
Materials
Wood, Antler
18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box - 'Musicians in parkland'
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Basildon, GB
An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box, decorated with a couple and two seated musicians in
Category
Antique 18th Century English Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$1,923 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch / Snuff Box - Double Hinged
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch / Snuff Box - Hinged on both base and lid, the base is decorated
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$1,442 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Table Snuff Box, 18th Century
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea enamel table snuff box.
With a pink
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel
18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1775
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1775, rare purple ground colour
Category
Antique 18th Century English Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$961 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Round 18th Century English Battersea Bilston Pink Enamel Table Snuff Box
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English Battersea Bilston table snuff box. A very rare round form!
With a pink
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel
18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780, of shallow form, white with
Category
Antique 18th Century English Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$769 Sale Price
30% Off
18th Century Bilston Enamel Oval Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Oval Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780, blue-ground, transfer printed and
Category
Antique 18th Century English Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Rectangular silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with engraved houses in a perfect frame, plant motifs and
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Rectangular silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with a smooth lid and a fluted base. Metal: Silver
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Rectangular silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with fluting and wreaths engraved on the hinged lid
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
18th Century Dutch Tobacco Box Engraved Brass Snuff Box Brass with Figures
Located in Milano, MI
18th century Dutch brass tobacco box with hinged lid engraved with five circular medallions
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Other, Brass
Georgian Louis XVI 18th Century Dutch Silver Snuff Box Scent Box 1782
By Durham Silver Co., Odiot, Edward & Sons, Sheffield 1, Barbour Silver Co.
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
18th century Dutch silver scent box
On top a Depiction of Vice Admiral Zoutman
The victor of the
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Georgian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff box in gilded silver
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in gilded silver with fluted reliefs at the top, monogram card and hinged
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,125 Sale Price
50% Off
Mid-18th Century Decorative Lacquered Wooden Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine wood lacquered wood case is painted both on the sides: there is the elegant portrait of a pretty woman on one side and on the other side, a natural landscape, a painting ...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer
$717 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Porcelain Snuff Box by Hochst, Germany circa 1740
By Höchst Porcelain
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An 18th century porcelain snuff or trinket posx, hand painted with a gilt bronze rim and hinge
Category
Antique 1740s German Louis XV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Decorative Lacquered Portrait Figures Wood Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
This antique and fine lacquered wood box, is painted on both the sides with an elegant portrait of
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco B...
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$575 Sale Price
20% Off
Louis XV Vari-Color Gold & Enamel Snuff Box - France - Late 18th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Exceptional Louis XV vari-color gold and black enamel snuff box - featuring a bouquet of flowers
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
English Gold And Hardstone Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This 18th-century English snuff box is composed of a beautiful dark hardstone body encased in gold
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century English Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
A Rare 18th Century Porphyry & Gilt Metal Snuff Box, Continental Circa 1770
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The base & hinged lid are fashioned from panels of porphyry, specifically that of ‘Rhomb’ Porphyry, which is a relatively rare volcanic rock with very distinctive phenocrysts (cr...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century George III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Ormolu
18th Century German 18K Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Freres Jordan, Hanau c.1790
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th Century German 18k gold & hand painted enamel snuff box. of rectangular shape with
Category
Antique 18th Century German Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
German Porcelain Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important German porcelain snuff box exhibits delightful artistry and craftsmanship. Hand
Category
Antique 18th Century German Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
$12,500
18th C Allegorical Gilt Enamel Snuff Box, Atrib Fromery Workshop
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th C Brass-Mounted Allegorical Motif Enamel Snuff Box, Attributed to the Fromery Workshop
The
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century European Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century French 18K Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Joseph-Etienne Blerzy c.1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th Century Exceptional French 18k gold & enamel snuff box, a circular snuffbox crafted in
Category
Antique 18th Century French Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Silver snuff box with engraving and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraving and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Austrian. Brand
Category
Antique 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
French Snuff Box, circa 1800
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Scarlet tole French snuff box, circa 1800, navette form - silver trimmed.
3.5" w, 1" h, 1.75" d
Category
Antique 18th Century French Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Tin
$100 Sale Price
55% Off
A Chantilly Silver Mounted Snuff Box of a Sleeping Monk, Mid 18th Century
By Chantilly
Located in Spencertown, NY
The soft paste porcelain reclining monk in blue robe and striped hood, the cover scene of kakiemon tree trunk and interior cover with two butterflies. A tight closure and French disc...
Category
Antique 18th Century French Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuff box in guilloche silver with hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Montesquieu Portrait Tortoiseshell Snuff Box
By Jacques Joseph de Gault
Located in New Orleans, LA
tortoiseshell-lined snuff box. The handsome portrait was fashioned by the renowned Jacques-Joseph de Gault of
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Silver snuff box with floral and feather motifs, hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with floral and feather motifs, hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin
Category
Antique 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver snuff box with floral embossing around monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with embossed floral motifs surrounding a monogram card and hinged
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,125 Sale Price
50% Off
Embossed silver snuff box with birds around monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with floral motifs surrounding a card with a pair of birds. Metal
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$750 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver snuff box with engraved houses in a frame
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraved houses in a frame with a hinged lid and gold interior
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique English Battersea South Staffordshire Enamel Table Snuff Box
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and rare antique 18th century South Staffordshire or Battersea enamel table snuff box
Category
Antique 18th Century English George III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Louis XV Gold & Lacquer Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV gold & lacquer snuff box
Circa Paris, France 1760/1761
With the Charge and Decharge
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Fluted silver snuff box with engraved monogram and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Fluted silver snuff box with engraving on the lid, surrounding a monogram card and
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver snuff box with border trim and floral-engraved lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surround, lid with engraved floral motifs and
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver snuff box with friezes and floral-engraved hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surround and floral motifs engraved on the hinged
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver snuff box with friezes and engraved country-scene lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surround and engraved with country motifs on the
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver snuff box with engraved wreaths and monument, hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraved wreaths and monument, hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$750 Sale Price
50% Off
Fluted silver snuff box with floral engraving and monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in fluted silver with a hinged lid and engraved floral motifs surrounding a
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver snuff box with friezes and engraved city-scene lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surround and engraved with city scenes on the
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$550 Sale Price
50% Off
Snuff box with bone lid and gold-covered tortoiseshell, with floral ornaments
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box with bone and tortoiseshell lid covered in gold, with floral ornaments
Category
Antique 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$3,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Exquisite Gold and Rock Crystal Snuff Box
Located in Miami, US
This stunning snuff box showcases exquisite craftsmanship, characterized by its elegant shell
Category
Antique Late 18th Century German Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Gold
Fine Antique Georgian Papier Mache Snuff Box
Located in Newark, England
from the Americas Snuff became extremely popular in 18th century Europe, it was seen as a status symbol
Category
Antique Late 18th Century British George III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Steel
A Shagreen Tobacco Box, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Shagreen Tobacco Box, 18th Century
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Dimensions
Category
Antique 18th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Silver snuff box with engraved wreaths on the lid and casing
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraved wreaths on the lid and casing. Metal: Silver. Origin
Category
Antique Early 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
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18th Century Snuff Box For Sale on 1stDibs
Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the 18th century snuff box you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, gold and enamel, every 18th century snuff box was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a 18th century snuff box — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A 18th century snuff box is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Georgian, Louis XVI and neoclassical styles are sought with frequency. You’ll likely find more than one 18th century snuff box that is appealing in its simplicity, but Bilston Battersea, Meissen Porcelain and Pierre-Francois Mathis de Beaulieu produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a 18th Century Snuff Box?
Prices for a 18th century snuff box can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $235 and can go as high as $137,931, while the average can fetch as much as $5,803.
Finding the Right Snuff-boxes for You
Today antique snuffboxes and tobacco boxes — as well as a lot of other vintage tobacco accessories — are collectibles and charming pieces of decor for any display case or to elevate your bookshelves.
Snuff, made of ground tobacco, was especially popular with Europeans in the 1600s. The ornate boxes to keep the powder dry became highly decorative by the 18th century. It was considered a must-have item, particularly for nobility.
The most important feature of a snuffbox was that it was airtight. The box protected the snuff from oxygen. Another crucial component was the flat lid.
Snuffboxes could be small enough to fit into a pocket or a larger container for communal use at the table. They also came in different shapes. Porcelain containers were prevalent and often designed to look like trunks. Others were oval or square. Boxes made with cowrie shells were rare and more expensive.
Snuffboxes were usually crafted from silver, gold, horn or tortoiseshell. Some of the most prestigious snuffboxes were French tabatières made of gold and sometimes glass. They could be adorned with amethysts, sapphires and diamonds and enameled, engraved or chased.
Sheffield, England, was known for its silver snuffboxes in the late 18th century as its silver-plating technologies perfected these containers. By the early 19th century, the silver industry in Birmingham, England, was producing elegant snuffboxes with images of abbeys and castles on the sides and top.
Another type of tobacco box was the snuff mull or mill. It was made out of horn or an entire ram’s head and topped with a metal lid, frequently featuring engravings and decorative hinges. These were fashionable in Scotland during the 19th century. The origin of its name is unclear.
On 1stDibs, find a plentiful range of antique snuffboxes and tobacco boxes to complement any home decor or furniture style. You can browse the collection by style, which includes Victorian, Georgian and Art Deco, or by material to find pieces in silver and gold.
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