Tole Games Box and Counters for Boston Russe
Located in London, by appointment only
An unusual and rare Charles X tole counter box containing gaming pieces and the rules for Boston Russe.
Early 19th Century American Antique Game Box
Tôle
Tole Games Box and Counters for Boston Russe
Located in London, by appointment only
An unusual and rare Charles X tole counter box containing gaming pieces and the rules for Boston Russe.
Tôle
Museal Tahan-Paris Perfume Box, Herringbone Pattern Veneer and Crystal Bottles
By Tahan Paris
Located in Bochum, NRW
Highly Collectible Perfume Casket, Napoleon III Period (pre-1882), with Expertise. A rectangular perfume box veneered in rare wood, featuring a finely executed herringbone pattern. T...
Brass
Italian Renaissance Lacquered Box, Black Wood & Bronze Trim, 19th C.
Located in Queens, NY
Italian Renaissance-style (19th Century) large black lacquered box with semi precious stones and bronze floral trim Antique condition.
Bronze
Bronze Box with a Map of Gronland ‘Greenland’ on the Lid
Located in NYC, NY
A bronze box with a map of Greenland (Cronland in Danish) incised into the top of the box lid, with a cerused oak interior on solid metal feet. Incised on the underside with makers m...
Bronze
$1,440Sale Price|20% Off
"Baby Satyrs, " Rare Bronze and Alabaster Art Deco Box from Denmark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very rare alabaster box features a bronze lid with four scenes showing baby satyrs. One scene shows a satyr with a rabbit, another shows a satyr lounging, and two others are sh...
Alabaster, Bronze
A Renaissance Revival , Copper & Brass Mounted with Malachite Top, Jewelry Box
Located in Sheffield, MA
A Rare & Important Renaissance Revival Copper & Brass Mounted with Malachite Top Jewelry Box on Stand Elkington & Co., England Dated 1856 Elkington & Co; Birmingha...
Louis XVI Gilt-Tooled Leather Box with Red Silk Lining, 18th Century
Located in Kittery Point, ME
With a domed cover, the interior with red silk lining, the whole with gilt iron mounts and lock box.
Leather
Outstanding Games Box in Burl Walnut, Brass and Malachite, c.1880
Located in Bath, GB
The box comes with a working (replacement) key which when unlocked reveals a fitted interior complete with a wooden cribbage board, whist markers, leather Bezique markers, gaming chi...
Malachite, Brass
Japanese Taishō Red Lacquered Hokai Box with Brass Accents and Original Rope
Located in Yonkers, NY
Originally used to store shells for the traditional Kai-awase game, this box retains its original rope, adding authenticity and decorative appeal.
Brass
$1,590Sale Price|20% Off
19th Century Hand Carved Prisoner of War 'POW' Domino Set
Located in London, GB
A simple yet highly decorative piece of POW gaming artifact. Size: Box – H 2.5” x W 5.5” x D 1.5” Origin: Europe Date: Mid-19th century Condition: Fair Item condition ...
Natural Fiber
$28,500
Micromosaic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional micromosaic snuff box represents the heights of this ancient art form. Depicting four doves sitting atop a bronze dish, the inset micromosaic captures one of the mos...
Bronze
Georgian Tobacco Honesty Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This rare brass box would have been a coveted contraption in the finest English pubs of the 18th and 19th centuries. Known as an “honesty” box, the rectangular brass box features a d...
Brass
Art Deco Marquetry Cigar Box, Decorative Wooden Jewelry Box, France 1930s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Art Deco Marquetry Cigar Box, Decorative Wooden Jewelry Box, France 1940s Elegant wooden cigar box with marquetry inlays of various wood species veneers. Beautifully crafted, it ca...
Wood, Fruitwood, Nutwood, Walnut
$12,500
German Porcelain Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important German porcelain snuff box exhibits delightful artistry and craftsmanship. Hand painted classical tableau celebrating the exalted disciplines of art, architecture, mus...
Porcelain
Shepherd's box or snuff box. Carved antler or horn. Spain, 1861.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pastoral box. Carved antler, wood, metal. Spanish school, 1861. Submit registrations. Oval box made of antler carved in its color, with wood on the lid to reinforce it, decorated o...
Other
Old African Hand Carved Wooden Box 19th Century Brown Color Powder Box
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Old African Hand Carved Wooden Box 19th Century Brown Color Powder Box Powder box- jelwery Box.
Metal
Dutch silver pill box, 1852
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver pill box, 1852 A Dutch silver small cartouche-shaped pill box with engraved symbol decor on the lid. The silver box has a hinged lid. The box is Dutch silver hallmarked...
Silver
Old African Hand Carved Wooden Box 19th Century Brown Color Powder Box
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Superb old African box with hand-carving & carrying chain on the top. Carved on all sides. Authentic ceremonial divided box with hand wrought iron hinges lid closure. Powder box- j...
Metal
$34,500
Swiss Gold Musical Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This special and important Swiss gold music box is chased and engraved with a set of musical instruments surrounded by elaborate swirls of ornate foliage. Embossed with a delightful ...
Gold
Dutch silver pill box, 1863
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver pill box, 1863 A Dutch silver small cartouche-shaped pill box with engraved floral decor on the lid. The silver box has a hinged lid. The box is Dutch silver hallmarked...
Silver
Dutch silver pill box, 1869
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver pill box, 1869 A Dutch silver small cartouche-shaped pill box with engraved floral decor on the lid. The silver box has a hinged lid. The box is Dutch silver hallmarked...
Silver
$100Sale Price|55% 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 Whitehall Antiques is a family business that has been a major source for the selectiv...
Tin
French Chinoiserie Hardstone Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A marvelously carved chinoiserie motif adorns the lid of this incredible 19th-century French tabatière or snuff box. The charming scene is intricately crafted in the form of a boatin...
Stone, Gold
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 containing the busts of male noblemen figures with inscriptions and dates, the most recent...
Other, Brass
18th Century Georgian Brass Tobacco Box
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An 18th-century Georgian brass tobacco jar features a classic neoclassical design. The piece is composed of a smooth, cylindrical main body that rests upon a heavy square plinth base...
Brass
Tobacco Boxes and Ashtray, Set of Three Danish Pewter Humidor Box, Art Deco
By Just Andersen
Located in Bochum, NRW
Smoking 3 pieces set made of Danish pewter from the 1920s, with hammered surface, in the style of Just Andersen. Comprising: - a Lidded Pewter Tobacco box with wooden inner, with fl...
Pewter
$640Sale Price|20% Off
Tramp Art Box from Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Trump Art style wood box ,hand crfted .
Wood
$1,272Sale Price|20% Off
Georgian Louis XVI 18th Century Dutch Silver Snuff Box Scent Box 1782
By Barbour Silver Co., Durham Silver Co., Odiot, Edward & Sons, Sheffield
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
18th century Dutch silver scent box On top a Depiction of Vice Admiral Zoutman The victor of the Dogger Bank Battle Made by Dirk Hoep 1782 H1.3 in. x W1.1 in. x D1.1 in. ilv...
Sterling Silver
Tobacco box with forest animals, 1910s.
Located in Lisboa, PT
Covered porcelain jar, covered pot, with canted sides, glazed with a relief decoration of brown foliage on a white background, revealing a dog, a cat, a donkey, and a smoking monkey ...
Porcelain
$1,800 / set
3 Piece French Victorian Gambling Set
Located in Queens, NY
French Victorian 3-piece gambling set with roulette wheel, roulette board, and game box with bone & wood chips, and Jeu de main Jaune et BOG cards and board.
Bone
Swedish Empire Stone Box, ca 1870
Located in Farsta, SE
Swedish Empire Stone Box, ca 1870 Beautiful shape and size. Made of Swedish Kolmårds marble. Height: 8.5 cm/3.3 inch Diameter: 10.5cm /4.1 inch
Marble
19th Century George Jones Majolica Match Box
By George Jones
Located in Austin, TX
19th Century George Jones Majolica Match Box. With oak leaves and acorns. Rare color.
Ceramic, Majolica
Stunning Swedish Butter Box, ca 1700–1830
Located in Farsta, SE
Stunning Swedish Butter Box, ca 1700–1830 Beautifully carved, with a later date on the lid, 1810 or 1870. The knob is not original. Made of swedish limestone. Height: 11 cm/4.3 inc...
Limestone, Brass
$204Sale Price|20% Off
Snuff Box/Snuff Box Amboyna Burl Mother of Pearl and Ebony Inlay-Period 19th
Located in CRÉTEIL, FR
Elegant little snuff box or pocket snuffbox, made of Ambony burl with mother of pearl and ebony inlay. Period : 19th century Dimensions : Height : 5cm x Length : 11cm x Width : ...
Ebony, Burl
19th Century Treenware Mahogany Lidded Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century turned treen lidded box made from mahogany. This piece was expertly hand turned in England and has a lovely finial over a domed top, which rests on a shapely hand turne...
Mahogany
Antique Georgian sterling silver snuff box
Located in NEWARK, GB
An attractive antique Georgian era sterling silver snuff box. It has an ergonomic design which easily slips into the pocket it is a bowed shape and has a squeeze / push action closu...
Sterling Silver
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 casework mounts. The box opens with a hinged lid, allowing snuff stored inside to b...
Gold
19th Century Snuff Box with Intarsia
Located in Delft, NL
A 19th century snuff box with intarsia A horn snuff box with a diamond-shaped embedded smaller diamond-shaped surfaces on the box in relief. The box has been a utensil and is in goo...
Horn
Shepherd's box. Antler, wood, metal. Spain, 1788.
Located in Madrid, ES
Shepherd's box. Antler, wood, metal. Spain, 1788. It has faults. A flat-lidded box with a circular base, made of carved horn and decorated on the exterior with reliefs. The sides f...
Metal
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 dynamic patterning of the agate, the exquisite vessel is the finely chiseled 10-Karat go...
Agate, Gold
1890s Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tobacco Box
By Hilliard & Thomason
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection. This exceptional antique Victo...
Sterling Silver, Silver
Sterling Silver Victor Emanuel Pill Box
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver Victor Emanuel pill box. Antique blue enameled silver pill box with the crowned initials of King Victor Emanuel and House of Savoy rope emblem, stamped Masenza Rome. ...
Sterling Silver
Heintz Arts & Crafts Bronze Cigar Box
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze desk box or cigar box By Heintz Art Metal Shop USA, Early 20th Century Measures: 10"W x 6"D x 3"H Good vintage conditio...
Bronze
A Primitive Snuff Box, Scandinavia 1847
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A Primitive Snuff Box dated 1847 and signed T.O. from Norway, Scandinaiva. Wear due to age and use showing wonderful patina. Ø: 5 cm H: 9 cm
Wood
$2,912Sale Price|30% Off
French Art Deco Silver Snuff Box, Circa 1922
Located in Lisbon, PT
Elegant French Art Deco silver snuff box dating to circa 1922, crafted in a compact rectangular form characteristic of refined personal accessories from the early 20th century. Made...
Silver
Art Deco porcelain monkey tabacco box
By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Art Deco porcelain monkey tabacco box Hand-glazed and hand-painted, created by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz and manufactured by Theodore Haviland By: Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, Theodore Havila...
Enamel
Louis Kuppenheim 1900 Germany Neo Classic Vesta Oval Box In .900 Silver Pill Box
By Louis Kuppenheim
Located in Miami, FL
Neo classic vesta box by Louis Kuppenheim. A beautiful vesta box, created in Germany in the turn of the 20th century, back in the 1900. This superb pocket oval box was carefully cra...
Silver, Sterling Silver
$343Sale Price|30% Off
18 th c French Sèvres Porcelain Snuff Box
Located in Boca Raton, FL
18 th c Antque French Sèvres porcelain snuff box Handpainted gold. Collectible
Porcelain
Italian Gold-Mounted Micromosaic Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Italian micro mosaic plaque mounted within snuff box, depicting white and brown hound seated on grass. Circle of Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1836). Rome, Italy, circa 1800s. Mosaic ...
Glass
$28,423
Gold box of Louis XVI period
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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
19th Century French Silver Snuff Box
Located in Delft, NL
19th century French silver snuff box Late 19th century silver snuffbox with engraved centre and gilt interior Hall marked by the Silversmith, Dubois Leon & Bauve Henri The Dutch...
Silver
Tunbridge Wells Snuff Box With Cricket Scene
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Novelty Cricket Snuff Box. A 19th century sycamore snuff box with a cricket monochrome transfer image on the lid. The image is of a cricket match with the players all wearing top hat...
Sycamore
Antique Edwardian 1901 Sterling Silver Pig Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a pig; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection This exc...
Sterling Silver
Swiss Enamel and Gold Musical Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional 19th-century gold box appears at first glance be an exquisite snuff box adorned with a charming Swiss enamel vista encircled by a multitude of natural pearls. A quic...
Gold, Enamel
Early 20th Century Figural Automobile Wooden Tobacco Box
Located in Dekalb, IL
Figural tobacco box carved in the form of an early open-top automobile, closely resembling a 1920s touring car or roadster with a long hood, open cabin, and rounded fenders. The body...
Metal, Copper
19th Century Victorian Sterling Silver Boar Vesta Box
By James Barclay Hennell
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a boar; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection Th...
Sterling Silver
Antique Russian Silver-Gilt Niello Snuff Box, Moscow 1871
Located in Nottingham, GB
A fine antique Russian snuff box crafted in solid silver with a rich gilt finish and intricate niello decoration, dating precisely to 1871 and originating from Moscow during the Impe...
Silver
Bauhaus Cigar Box , Marianne Brandt by Ruppelwerke Gotha 1920s
By Marianne Brandt, Ruppelwerk
Located in Osnabrück, NDS
A very rare Cigar or maybe Letter Box , designed by Marianne Brandt , manufactured by Ruppelwerke Gotha in 1920s. Made of Walnut wood and patinated Brass this fine Box represents ...
Brass
Antique Repoussé Silver Tabletop Cigarette Box with Cedar Lining
Located in Nottingham, GB
A dense pattern of scrolling foliage and relief blossoms covers the top panel of this rectangular tabletop box. The repoussé decoration is worked against a finely stippled background...
Silver
Inaba Japanese Cloisonne And Jade Box Yamanaka And Co
Located in Long Island City, NY
A Japanese cloisonne enamel box. The ware features a vibrant turquoise ground decorated with intricate scrolling wirework. The hinged lid is centered with an inset circular carved ja...
Enamel
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.
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.