French Art Nouveau Silver Box with Cranberry Glass, Late 19th Century
Located in Queens, NY
French Art Nouveau silver round shaped box with cranberry glass liner and floral design.
Silver
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
$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
Guilloche silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box, bands along the length and monogram plaque on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 51.55 gram...
Silver
Chiseled silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Chiseled silver snuff box with monogram card, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 42.33 grams. Dimensions: 6.2...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Guilloche silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card and bands throughout. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: ...
Silver
$1,624Sale 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
Charles Lindbergh box
Located in Branford, CT
Charles Lindbergh humidor or cigar box. Wood lined. Coated metal with period photo insert captioned: 'Capt. Chas. A. Lindbergh, non-stop flight, New York–Paris. New York, May 20, 192...
Metal
$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
Guilloche silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with a countryside panorama in an engraved frame and fluted bottom. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 111.10 ...
Silver
Rectangular silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with engraved houses in a perfect frame, plant motifs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 99.25 g...
Silver
Rectangular silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with a smooth lid and a fluted base. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 68.77 grams. Dimensions: 7cmx1.7cm. Cont...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Rectangular silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with fluting and wreaths engraved on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 59.01 grams. Dimensions:...
Silver
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
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Nickel plated silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Elliptical silver snuff box with asymmetrical branches and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 122.62 grams. Dimensions: 9.8c...
Silver
$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
Bauhaus Games Box, Chess, Nine Men's Morris, and Backgammon, Germany, circa 1920
Located in Regensburg, DE
Bauhaus Games Box, Chess, Nine Men's Morris, and Backgammon, Germany, ca. 1920 Beautiful square Bauhaus game box, Germany, ca. 1920.
Brass
$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
$525Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in guilloche silver
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with guilloche pattern and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 46.21 grams. Dimensions: 7.5cm x 1.3cm....
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in guilloche silver
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram plaque and fluted surround. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 67.14 grams. Dimensions: 6.9cmx1...
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in gilded silver
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in gilded silver with reliefs and friezes, hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Greek tragedy mask. Weight: 114.05 grams. Dimensions: 8.6cmx1.8cm....
Silver
Rectangular guilloche silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular guilloche silver snuff box with monogram plaque and caninha-style fluting. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 51.78 grams. Di...
Silver
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
Nickel plated silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular nickel-plated silver snuff box with an illustration of a Gothic cathedral on the lid and a gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve....
Silver
Nickel plated silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in nickeled silver with a panorama of cows grazing, decorated with garlands and a gilded interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 1...
Silver
Rectangular nickel silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular nickel-plated silver snuff box with engraving alluding to the Last Supper and gilded interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Cabeça de Mercury. Weigh...
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Silver cigarette box with reliefs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette box with reliefs and a gold coin in the center of the splendor. Metal: Gold and Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 135.96 grams. Dimens...
Silver
Snuff box in guilloche silver
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver and engravings surrounding a monogram card, surrounding friezes and in an elliptical shape. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar ...
Silver
$315Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in embossed silver
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in embossed silver. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 56.32 grams. Dimensions: 11.5x3cm. Content: 925/1000. Assay Mark: Yes, 1904 by D...
Silver
$1,575Sale Price|30% Off
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 lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 93.21 grams. Dime...
Silver
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
$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, 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
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
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
$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
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
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
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with beveled corners
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with beveled corners, gold interior and engraved floral motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 51.83 grams. Dimensi...
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with fluted reliefs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with fluted reliefs along the edge and floral motifs engraved on the lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 92.38 grams...
Silver
$1,750Sale Price|30% Off
Rectangular silver snuff box with reliefs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with reliefs of flowers, leaves and birds surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 14...
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
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with floral elements
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with prominent plant, floral and noble elements, with surrounding friezes and a gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 73...
Silver
$350Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with floral motifs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 80.11 grams. Dimensions: 8.5cm x 3c...
Silver
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
Silver snuff box with gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with gold interior, engraved lid and fluted bottom. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 75.24 grams. Dimensions: 8.1cm x 1.8cm. ...
Silver
Rectangular snuff box with scratched patterns
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular snuff box in guilloche silver with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card and reed-style friezes. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: Absent...
Silver
$640Sale Price|20% Off
Tramp Art Box from Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Trump Art style wood box ,hand crfted .
Wood
$1,333Sale Price|20% Off
Georgian Louis XVI 18th Century Dutch Silver Snuff Box Scent Box 1782
By Barbour Silver Co., Odiot, Durham Silver Co., 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
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
Maranao Brass Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Decorated in relief and cloaked in an antique patina, this curious brass case is an early 20th century betel nut box, attributed to the Maranao people of the island of Mindanao, Phil...
Brass
Brass cigar box vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, Au
Brass cigar box vienna around 1920s Polished and stove enameled Good quality Curved glass on top Original wood
Brass
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.