Antique Figural Bird Battersea or Staffordshire Enamel Bonbonniere / Snuff Box
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful, antique figural bird form Battersea or South Staffordshire enamel bonbonniere. The lid is decorated with a bird on a branch in a landscape scene. Measure: Length c...
Copper, Enamel
Exquisite Gold and Rock Crystal Snuff Box
Located in Miami, US
This stunning snuff box showcases exquisite craftsmanship, characterized by its elegant shell outline and intricately shaped panels. The panels are beautifully mounted in a cage, sup...
Rock Crystal, Gold
Antique French or German Porcelain Snuff Box with Hand-Painted Military Scenes
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French or German porcelain snuff box. Dating to the 18th (or possibly early 19th) century.
Porcelain
$4,200Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box with bone lid and gold-covered tortoiseshell, with floral ornaments
Located in Porto, PT
Additional information: Good condition - 18th century - George I.
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
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: Portuguese. Brand: Lisbon Crown. Weight: 84.7 grams. Dimensions: 9x2.4cm. Content: 8...
Silver
$1,575Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with embossed floral motifs surrounding a monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with embossed floral motifs surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 127.68 grams. Dimensions: 8.5cmx...
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with garlands around monogram card and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraved garlands surrounding a monogram card and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: Remarked old man's head. Weight: 119.75 g...
Silver
18th Century Georgian Hand-Carved Walnut Wood Tobacco Box
Located in North Miami, FL
18th century Georgian hand-carved walnut wood tobacco box on its original stand. This is an extremely fine and rare piece and one of its kind.
Wood, Walnut
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with borders on the edge and an engraved hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Additional information: Good condition - 18th century.
Silver
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Gold Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important Louis XV gold snuff box is from the prestigious collection of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. The engine-turned gold box originally sold at Sotheby’s historic sale Th...
Gold
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in fluted silver with landscape engraved on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Fluted silver snuff box with landscape engraved on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 76.88 grams. Dimensions: 8.5cmx3.5...
Silver
$630Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engraved flowers and branches and a hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraved flowers and branches with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 59.78 grams. Dimensions: 6.8x4cm...
Silver
Louis XV Gold-Mounted Lacquer Snuff Box
Located in Spencertown, NY
The cover and base inset with gouache miniatures of the front and back of a chateau, signed Andre inv. with tortoiseshell lined interior maker's mark JG cross between, Paris, 1762-1768.
Gold
Cinnamon silver snuff box w/ engraved wreaths & bows surrounding a monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Cinnamon silver snuff box with engraved wreaths and bows surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 95.15 grams. Dimensi...
Silver
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in embossed silver with a curved shape and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in embossed silver with a curved shape and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 80.64 grams. Dimensions: 8cmx5cm. Content...
Silver
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in guilloche silver with engraved garlands surrounding a monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with engraved garlands surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 96.55 grams. Dimensions:...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box w/ engraved wreaths & floral motifs surrounding a monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with wreaths and engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 75.05 grams. Dimensi...
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Cowrie shell snuff box with flaming-heart silver relief, George II period
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Cowrie shell snuff box with silver application in the shape of a flaming heart in relief, from the George II period. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: London. Weigh...
Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain Famille Rose Snuff Box- European subjects
Located in Downingtown, PA
East Meets West: Rare Chinese Export "European Subject" Porcelain Snuff Box Circa 1750–1760 A superb mid-18th century Chinese Export porcelain snuff box, finely painted in famille r...
Porcelain
Chantilly Kakiemon Circular Soft Paste Snuff Box, circa 1745
By Chantilly
Located in Spencertown, NY
Chantilly circular Kakiemon decorated snuff box with gilt metal mounts. Circa 1745
Metal
Carved Boxwood Tobacco Box – Louis XV Period, 18th Century, Architectural Scene
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Carved Boxwood Tobacco Box – Louis XV Period, 18th Century, Architectural Scene " 18th-Century French Carved Boxwood Tobacco Box – Louis XV Period, Religious Architectural Scene Ori...
Wood
18/19th cent. Snuff box in solid wood with crucifixion
Located in Zemst, BE
18/19 th century snuff box Probably France Folk art Handcarved in solid wood box On the top a crucifixion scene in openwork technique On the sides extremely fine handcarved architu...
Hardwood
Mid-Late 18th Century English Cast Brass Tobacco Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-late 18th century cast brass tobacco box, English. Eight sides with conforming cover with bell metal finial. 5 1/8" x 3 5/16" x 4.5" h. Whitehall Antiques is a family business t...
Brass
$1,750Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box w/ relief figures, guilloche bands at the top & gilded interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with relief figures, guilloche bands at the top and gilded interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 102.91 grams. Dimens...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engravings, fluted edges on the edge and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engravings, fluted friezes on the surround and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 72.38 grams. Dimensions: ...
Silver
Mennecy Porcelain Cat Snuff Box, Hand-Painted, Rococo Style, 1750
By Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory 1
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Mennecy Porcelain Cat Snuff Box, modelled as a cat with kittens and decorated in polychrome enamels, the hinged lid revealing a floral interior.
Porcelain
18th Century Dutch Pieter Holm Zee-Meeter Brass & Copper Navigator's Tobacco Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th-Century Dutch Pieter Holm Zee-Meeter Brass & Copper Navigator's Tobacco Box Large 18th-century Dutch brass and copper seaman’s tobacco box, also known as a “Dutchman’s Log” or ...
Brass, Copper
Mennecy Porcelain Swan Snuff Box, Rococo Style, Hand-Painted, c. 1750
By Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory 1
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Mennecy Porcelain Swan Snuff Box, modelled as a swan and decorated in polychrome enamels, the hinged lid revealing a floral interior.
Porcelain
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED SNUFF BOX Circa 1750, probably Mennecy
Located in Spencertown, NY
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED SNUFF BOX Circa 1750, probably Saint-Cloud Modelled as a reclining monk, one hand supporting his bald head, the other holding a rosary and with a crutch at his s...
Metal
18th Century Shagreen Tobacco Box, Hand-Crafted in Australia
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Shagreen Tobacco Box, 18th Century Provenance: Private Australian Collection. Dimensions: Height: 3cm. Width: 15.5cm. Depth: 6cm.
Brass
18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch Box / Bonbonniere Circa 1780
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch Box / Bonbonniere Circa 1780, white ground, hand-painted floral motifs around outside, base and lid, white interior. 60mm high x 55mm wide x 55mm ...
Bronze, Enamel
A Chantilly Silver Gilt Mounted Chinoiserie Snuff Box, French, circa 1740
Located in Spencertown, NY
The Chinoiserie themed snuffbox with figures on lid as well as interior lid, sides and underside. Comparable example in the Cleveland Museum of Art Provenance: Peter & Mary White
Silver
Saint-Cloud snuff box in the form of a shepherd, circa 1735
By Saint-Cloud Porcelain
Located in Spencertown, NY
The silver hinged snuff box with the resting shepherd and dog at his feet, above hand painted floral sprays. The silver hinged mount with loose closure. Interior cover shows crack La...
Silver
A Rare Louis XVI Gold and Enamel Rock Crystal Snuff Box, Rothschild Provenance
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
Boxes of this caliber were among the most coveted personal luxuries of the 18th century, often commissioned by aristocratic patrons and used as symbols of refinement, taste, and soci...
Rock Crystal, Gold, Enamel
18th Century Walnut Wooden Snuffbox
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century French walnut wooden snuffbox French walnut wooden snuffbox Beautiful detailed cut scenery, celebrating people The text will be probably "rejouissance mamand" (festiv...
Walnut
George III Gold Mounted Snuff Box for a Lady Made in London, circa 1790
Located in London, GB
A Fine George III Gold Mounted Snuff Box, Most Probably for a Lady. Made Almost Certainly in London circa 1790. The Snuff Box is of an unusual smaller size and was most probably for...
18-C English Bilston Battersea Enamel Memento Mori, Memory of a Friend Snuff Box
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An 18th century Georgian English Bilston Battersea enameled snuff or patch box, the motto reads, “In Memory of a Friend.”
Copper
$33,000Sale Price|50% Off
Solid 750 (18K) Gold Snuffbox - 18th Century
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Gold snuffbox with enamel depicting rural activity on a panel with engravings, hinged lid, floral motifs, garlands and richly defined engravings. Metal: Gold Origin: Fre...
Gold
An Ormolu Mounted Mennecy Double Snuff Box in the Form of a Barrel, Circa 1740
By Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory 1
Located in Spencertown, NY
The white ground floral decorated snuff box with openings at both ends, one opening revealing painted initials D.V. for Duc de Villroy.
Ormolu
18th Century French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox, "Le Patre"
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox, "Le Patre" French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox Titled "Le Patre" Walnut wooden box with a scene of a landscape Beautiful detailed cut scenery o...
Walnut
18th Century, English Georgian Lead Tobacco Keeper - Horse Finial
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, mid 18th century. A great neoclassical example of an English community tobacco keeper. These traditional boxes are made of lead and designed to hold a group of individua...
Lead
Late 18th Century Round Wooden Engraved Snuffbox Pillbox
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small round Danish late 18th Century snuffbox or pillbox featuring elaborate engravings. Very versatile piece that could also hold jewelry or small trinkets on a vanity. This piece m...
Wood
18th Century Round Lacquer Wood Erotic Tobacco Snuffbox
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small round 18th century tobacco snuffbox or pillbox with two painted separate scenes. Very versatile piece that could also hold jewelry or small trinkets. This piece makes a wonderf...
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
19th Century French Red Aventurine Top Silver Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French red aventurine top silver box.
Porphyry, Silver
$17,524Sale Price|24% Off
Gold box of Louis XVI period
Located in Paris, FR
Three-tones gold oval snuff box. The hinged lid is decorated with a country trophy medallion. The medallion is framed by a garland of green gold foliage and roses. The medallion is d...
Gold
Box Cannister Caddy Brass Tobacco Tea Dutch
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
A charming early tobacco box or tea cannister Unusual, large size Lovely soft contours which enhances the reflection of light in the interior Original condition including hinges ...
Brass
Georgian South Staffordshire Enamel Box Lid Fragment, Wild Boar Hunt, c. 1770
Located in London, GB
Why Georgian Enamels Were Popular In 18th-century England, Hand-painted enamel boxes were the height of luxury fashion, exchanged as romantic gifts or high-status tokens.
Copper
Louis XV Mother-of-pearl Snuffbox
By Louis Robin
Located in New Orleans, LA
Diminutive works of intricate artistry, snuff boxes were once considered the height of fashionable luxury in the 18th- and 19th centuries.
Gold
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox with reliefs on the lid for opening
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Smooth silver snuffbox with reliefs on the lid for opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Chester. Weight: 174.59 grams. Dimensions: 10.9x6.8cm. Content: 925/10...
Silver
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuffbox with idyllic scene in high relief
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox with idyllic scene in high relief. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 107.74 grams. Dimensions: 8x5cm. Content: 833/1000. Ass...
Silver
$4,098Sale Price|25% Off
English 18th Century Gold-Mounted Agate Snuff-Box
Located in Paris, FR
Agate box or snuff-box in of circular form with gently bombé sides, the gold mounted lid is chased with scrollwork.
Agate, Gold
Sterling Silver, Lidded Porcelain Trinket or Snuff Box
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A charming little sterling silver-lidded porcelain box, possibly used for snoring snuff, or for general trinkets. The silver top is decorated in Louis XVI style, and bears the Minerv...
Silver
Antique 18th Century Snuff Bottle Hunting Theme Musical Instruments Dogs
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This snuff bottle was carved out of walnut in the last quarter of the 18th century. One side of the object is decorated with two dogs and hunting regalia, the other with musical ins...
A Rare Louis XVI Gold and Enamel Rock Crystal Snuff Box, Rothschild Provenance
Located in Long Island City, NY
Boxes of this caliber were among the most coveted personal luxuries of the 18th century, often commissioned by aristocratic patrons and used as symbols of refinement, taste, and soci...
Rock Crystal, Gold, Enamel
Tobacco/Snuff Box In Carved Boxwood, 18th Century
Located in Bilzen, BE
Carved boxwood snuffbox Very beautiful old patina. Finely carved with religious scene Period 18th century. 5 x 9.3 cm, height 2.7 cm
Boxwood
$1,760Sale Price|44% Off
18th Century Porcelain Snuff Tobacco Box with Ormulu Gilt Decorations
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-18th Century porcelain snuff tobacco box with Ormulu gilt embossed relief and with empire classical motives.
Ormolu
Tobacco box or snuff box. Carved wood, metal. Northern European school, 18th cen
Located in Madrid, ES
Tobacco box or snuff box. Carved wood, metal. Northern European school, 18th century.
Metal
Antique Solid Silver Gilt Table Snuff Box, Rococo Motif and Meleager 18th c.
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this splendid antique solid silver gilt snuff box made in the 18th century, of continental origin and probably Dutch.
Sterling Silver
Saint-Cloud - Kakiemon Silver-Mounted Snuff Box in the Form of a Cat, ca 1740
By Saint Cloud
Located in DELFT, NL
A Saint-Cloud Kakiemon Silver-Mounted Snuff Box and Cover in the Form of a Cat, Circa 1740 modeled in recumbent pose, painted with a chinoiserie style blossoming branch and insects...
Silver
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.
The French sculptor shaped dense blocks into tactile forms meant to be used and held.
After synthetic dyes changed fashion, home goods and printed matter, it was only a matter of time till glass caught up.
The brilliantly simple design turns a modest bouquet into a major statement.
The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
Even for those who don’t indulge, elegant smoking accessories and audacious art portraying cigar enthusiasts hold a nostalgic allure.
It’s an excellent example of the sought-after ceramics coming out of South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province.
Thanks to its new leadership, the Spanish maker of figurines, busts and lighting is on a mission to update the art of porcelain for the 21st century.
The free-form stoneware piece is inspired by the magnolia tree and its associations with home.