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
Asian Chinese Snuff Bottle Fluorite Gemstone Oriental Tobacco Box Qing Carved
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Truly a unique oriental snuff tobacco box from the late Qing Dynasty. Gemstone snuff bottles are small, intricately carved, or polished containers historically used in China (prima...
Multi-gemstone
Small Porcelain Snuff Bottle with Presentation Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Presented in an ornate padded green silk-covered box with yellow satin-lined interior. Box has a working clasp and shows minor fraying to the fabric.
Porcelain
$6,174Sale Price|40% Off
18th Century Beijing Enamel Snuff Box with Gilt Bronze Mounts
Located in Basildon, GB
An 18th Century Chinese Beijing enamel snuff box finely painted to the lid and sides with typical Chinese scenes, the base painted with a leafy gourd.
Bronze, Enamel
Glass Chinese Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty Qianlong Famille Rose Imperial Yellow
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A very rare and exquisite asian glass Chinese snuff bottle from the late Qing Dynasty. This exceptional snuff bottle bears a later Qianlong mark and is designed in the iconic famille...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Milk Glass, Paint
Antique Chinese Snuff Bottle Lapis Lazuli Gemstone Carved Late Qing Dynasty Blue
Located in Palm Beach, FL
A rare carved antique Chinese lapis lazuli stone snuff bottle of the late Qing Dynasty. Finely carved from a solid piece of genuine lapis lazuli exhibiting rich and vibrant blue tone...
Lapis Lazuli
$306Sale Price|20% Off
Small Antique Snuff Pot Chinese Carved Marble, Lidded Jar Victorian, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a very small antique snuff pot. A Chinese, carved marble lidded jar, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Endearingly petite, with appealing carved appearance ...
Marble
Chinese Hand Carved Peking Glass Snuff Bottle Reverse Painted Dragon Pearl Gourd
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite Chinese Hand Carved Peking Glass Snuff Bottle. Hand painted on the reverse with a dragon chasing the pearl design. This beautiful Chinese snuff bottle is hand made of th...
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
$1,480Sale Price / set|20% Off
Qing Dynasty - 13 Antique Chinese Porcelain Enameled Salt Boxes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 19th century. A grouping or instant collection of antique porcelain enameled salt boxes. Each box is decorated with immortal being riding the fabl...
Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Brass Trinket Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Chinese cloisonné enamel brass trinket box.
Metal
Antique Chinese Silver Tobacco Box by Wang Hing & Co., Circa 1900
By Wang Hing & Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese silver tobacco box; an addition to our Chinese silverware collection. This exceptional antique Chinese silver tobacco box has a c...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|41% Off
19th Century Squared Spinach Jade Snuff Bottle with Unique Design
Located in Lomita, CA
This spinach jade snuff bottle has a geometric appearance with its squared silhouette and ledge that is ergonomically designed to accommodate a finger or a thumb while using the bott...
Jade
Antique Chinese Silver Vinaigrette by Kwong Man Shing, Circa 1900
By Kwong Man Shing
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese silver vinaigrette in the form of a purse; an addition to our silver boxes collection This exceptional antique Chinese silver v...
Silver
Antique Chinese Silver Cigarette Case by Zee Wo, Qing Dynasty, 1900
By Zee Wo
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver cigarette / card case; part of our diverse Asian silverware collection. This fine antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) cigarette/c...
Silver
Antique Chinese Rose Quartz Carved Snuff Box
Located in Toronto, ON
This exquisite large antique Chinese circa 1880 carved rose quartz snuff box is a rare Maison Nurita find.
Rose Quartz
Antique Asian Chinese Opium Box Cloisonné Enamel, Tobacco Snuff Box Floral Motif
Located in Leuven , BE
Old Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Vases and Flowers. French Private Collection
Metal
Antique Asian Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, Snuff Box Floral Motif
Located in Leuven , BE
Antique Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Floral Motifs and Interior Scenes French Private Collection
Metal
$247Sale Price|63% Off
Chinese Large Glass Snuff Bottle Inside Painted Spoon Top with Box, Mid 20th C
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good Chinese glass snuff bottle, which is beautifully inside hand painted and with a spoon top, all coming complete with a box and dating to the mid 20th Century, Circ...
Glass
$748Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Case
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver cigarette case, ca 1910. Curved and rectangular with push tab. On cover engraved tail-chasing dragon—all talons and horns and scaly serpentine body. Back plain....
Silver
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Chinese Export Silver Vinaigrette by Canton Retailer Cutshing
By Cutshing
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver vinaigrette. Rectangular with hinged cover. Scenes of indigenous life in low relief. Interior gilt with hinged grill; engraved presentation on cover: “E. E. W. ...
Silver
Unavailable
H 1 in W 3 in D 1.75 in
Silver Trinket Box with Chinese Scene, Late 19th-Early 20th Century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A heavy silver box with canted corners, the hinged cover in the style of an ancient traditional woodcut featuring a Chinese traveling figure or salesman with a walking stick in one h...
Silver
19th Century Green Polychrome Sculptural Snuff Bottle
Located in Richmond, VA
Listed is a fabulous, 19th century green polychromatic snuff bottle. The piece has an ornate sculptural scene all around. Missing top.
Pottery
Paper Mâché Red Pillbox with Bird Motif
Located in Cookeville, TN
Offering this gorgeous red lacquer paper mâché pillbox. Hand painted in red lacquer with black and gold foliate and bird motif. Opened on the inside is black lacquer, and the bottom ...
Paper
18-Karat Gold and White Gold Asian Cigarette Case
Located in Cookeville, TN
This is an elegant black finish over metal cigarette case and is adorned with an Asian mountain scene. The stunning case features the accents made of inlaid 18-karat gold and white g...
Metal, Gold
Unavailable
H 0.48 in W 1.07 in L 1.89 in
Chinese Antique Snuff Bottle 18k Gold, Labradorite & Turquoise
Located in Montreal, QC
Chinese Antique 18k gold, Labradorite and turquoise stone snuff bottle, about 4.8cm x 2.7 cm, missing a turquoise stone, and missing spoon.
Labradorite, Turquoise, 18k Gold
Unavailable
H 0.99 in Dm 3.94 in
A Exceptional Canton carved faux tortoiseshell snuff box. Qing Dynasty
Located in London, GB
A Exceptional Canton carved faux tortoiseshell snuff box. Qing Dynasty. A Canton carved tortoiseshell snuff box 19th Century Of circular shape and carved in high relief to the cover...
Tortoise Shell
Sold
H 1.97 in W 2.76 in D 2.76 in
Small Antique Lidded Pot, Chinese, Carved, Soapstone, Snuff Jar, Victorian, 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
Our Stock # 18.8982 This is a small antique lidded pot. A Chinese, carved soapstone snuff jar, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Charming pot with Oriental anima...
Soapstone
Chinese Openwork Brass Dross Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
By the 18th century, opium use had become as central to Chinese social life as taking tea or smoking tobacco, fostering a subculture rich with its own customs, traditions, and exquis...
Brass
Sold
H 2.25 in W 10.25 in D 6.5 in
1920s Antique Chinese Decorative Smoking Box Wood and Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Antique Asian Chinese Oriental Vintage Smoke Tobacco Box Interior Compartments Intricate decorative Inlay 6.5 d x 10.25 w x 2.25 tall Personal inscription Original unrestored vintage...
Wood
19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Silver Trinket Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Chinese cloisonné enamel silver trinket box.
Silver
Sterling Silver Chinese Export Dragon Cigarette Case
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
Sterling Silver Chinese Export Dragon Cigarette Case, Double dragons on the front, intialed in the center, the back is a scene of the Great Wall of China with a camel caravan leaving...
Silver
Early 20th century Chinese Canton Porcelain Pair of Tobacco Boxe, 1900s
By Qianlong Huang Huali
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful pair of Chinese Qianlong Canton porcelain Tobacco Boxe made in the early 20th century. Opening top. Stamp of Qianlong underneath. Exceptional hand-painted work of Chine...
Porcelain
Sold
H 0.99 in W 3.25 in D 1.74 in
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Export Silver Gilt Dragon Snuff Box Wang Hing 1900
By Luen Hing, Wang Hing & Co.
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Chinese Qing dynasty silver dragon snuff box by Luen Hing (Shanghai) and retailed by Wang Hing & Co, Canton, circa 1900, the box most likely made for the Japanese mark...
Silver, Sterling Silver
18th Century Snuff Bottle Chinese Agate Coral
Located in London, GB
A very fine 18th century Zhiting school, Chinese carved carved agate snuff box decorated with Taotie masks, coral stopper with original spoon still attached and a gilt bronze collar....
Agate, Coral
Chinese Silver Dragon Snuff Box Hung Chong
By Hung Chong & Co.
Located in Newark, England
Circa 1910 From our Chinese collection, we are pleased to offer this Chinese Silver Dragon Snuff Box.
Silver
Antique Chinese Jade Snuff Bottle
Located in Long Island City, NY
Antique Chinese Jade snuff bottle. Measures: 4.6cm x 7.6cm, weight 133g In good condition.
Jade
19th Century Bronze Small Tobacco Snuff Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An Antique Chinese Gilt and patinated bronze tobacco box, late 19th Century. The high relief gilt bronze work at the top with a patinated bronze outline. The interior is gilt lined...
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Tibetan Pewter Porcelain Snuff Bottle
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous little Tibetan pewter/brass mix and blue and white porcelain snuff bottle from circa 1870-1890, late Qing Dynasty. The quality of the silver casting is superb. The bot...
Pewter
Sold
H 3.25 in W 3 in D 0.5 in
Antique Chinese Export Silver Cigarette Case, TC for Tuck Chang, circa 1900
By Tuck Chang & Co.
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Antique Chinese export silver cigarette case, TC for Tuck Chang, circa 1900. The box of concave form one side with reliefs of dragons, the other side plain, gilded interior. Hallmark...
Silver
19th Century Qing Tibetan Jadeite Silver and Jade Perfume Pendant
Located in Dallas, TX
Gorgeous 19th century tibetan, late Qing Dynasty and made of silver, jade and jadeite pendant with silver chain. The Jadeite pendant is for holding perfume or scent and to be worn...
Jade, Silver
Antique Chinese Chicken-Bone Jade Snuff Bottle
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese chicken-bone Jade Snuff bottle, tapered and high shouldered vase form, somewhat flattened with a rounded shoulder, short neck and wider mouth, carved thinly providing...
Jade
19th Century Snuff Bottle
Located in London, GB
A snuff bottle with overlay decoration
Glass
19th Century Snuff Bottle
Located in London, GB
A nineteenth century agate snuff bottle with cover
Agate
A 19th Century Snuff Bottle
Located in London, GB
A porcelain snuff bottle with a dragon motif
Porcelain
Chinese Enamel Snuff Box in Shell Form, Qianlong Period, circa 1770
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Rare Chinese export snuff box, enamel on copper, of scallop shell form, the one half naturalistically modelled and painted, the other similarly decorated with the addition of several...
Enamel
Antique Chinese Agate Sleeve Snuff Bottle
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Agate sleeve snuff bottle, of a tapered and flattened shield form with a slightly flared lip on the short neck, flat mouth rim, narrow aperture, very well hollowed, c...
Agate
Cloisonné Dragon Cigarette Box
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pocket cigarette box from China. Reign and date mark on underside of lid interior. From the Estate of Mark Lee Kirk, Art Director at 20th Century Fox in the mid to early 1900s.
Enamel
Sold
H 0.88 in W 3.63 in D 1 in
Mother of Pearl Flowers and Dragonfly on Asian Black Lacquer Snuff Box
Located in Cookeville, TN
A dragonfly is flying amongst the inlaid mother of pearl flowers on this Asian black lacquer snuff box. It has angled lines to add to its character. The inside is lined in zinc.
Zinc
From mere trinkets to useful receptacles that serve a distinct purpose, antique boxes as decorative objects have come in many forms over the years. No matter what they’re made of or where they end up in your home, decorative boxes add both style and storage to your space.
The decorative box that is likely most common is the jewelry box. These boxes were originally known as jewel caskets and were in common use in Ancient Egypt, as most Egyptians wore some sort of jewelry. A portable jewelry box, in its original intended use, was integral to keeping your jewelry safe and secure. This accessory has transformed in size, shape and appearance over the years. Initially it was common for a jewelry box to bear intricate ornamentation. Whether they’re mid-century modern works of marble and brass or feature playful Art Deco–style geometric decor, jewelry boxes boast real staying power.
Snuff boxes began to soar in popularity during the 17th century (and were commonplace in European homes by the mid-19th century). The boxes, some hand-painted with landscape scenes, some made from gold, porcelain or stone, contained a small amount of tobacco, which users would sniff, or “snuff,” throughout the day. Some particularly ornamental snuff boxes featured enameled designs or were set with precious gems and were given as gifts or party favors, particularly at the coronation of royalty or other lavish events.
Whether you’re organizing important mail in the foyer or tucking away medications in your bathroom, antique boxes — be they metal tea caddies, sterling-silver decorative boxes or Victorian cigar boxes made of oak (even if you don’t smoke) — are a sophisticated solution to help keep the surfaces in your home clutter-free. And no matter if you’re seeking a decorative box to beautify a desktop or bestow upon a loved one, you are sure to find something you love in the collection of antique and vintage boxes on 1stDibs.
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.
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The Greek tragedian is said to have been handsome in his day.
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