Antique Snuff Boxes

Presenting an astonishing Japanese Antique Carved Bone bamboo-form snuff bottle, museum quality. Dimension: 2.5" H x 1 " Dia. Condition: Excellent Condition

This exceptional cigarette-snuff box was carefully crafted with a wavy rectangular shape in solid .935/.999 standard silver with rich gilded interior finish.

A fine Austrian silver & enamel snuff or patch box. With a small enameled and gilt plaque set in the center of the top.

Similar to the ancient pomander, pounce box, or the snuff box, these beautiful little objects became part of everyday rituals to enhance the quality of life.

Similar to the ancient pomander, pounce box, or the snuff box, these beautiful little objects became part of everyday rituals to enhance the quality of life.

Russian Silver pill or snuff box with fine niello decorations on all sides with vacant square cartouche on the top of the lid, with handy nail - catcher attached.

Antique oil on canvas painting of a French gentleman sneezing after probably taking snuff from the snuff box he is holding. A naive portrait painting with plenty of charm and charact...

Similar to the ancient pomander, pounce box, or the snuff box, these beautiful little objects became part of everyday rituals to enhance the quality of life.

Similar to the ancient pomander, pounce box, or the snuff box, these beautiful little objects became part of everyday rituals to enhance the quality of life.

He registered his mark at the Birmingham Assay Office as a snuff-box maker in 1808 and continued to register marks until 1843.

The box is most probably a snuff box, designed in the style of Louis XVI, during the French neo-classical period.

Antique Vienna Silver box with floral decorations, both machine and hand - engraved elements. Internal gilding . Size: 75 mm x 41 mm at axes x 13,5 mm thick. Weight: 50 grams Used,...

Material: 14k Yellow Gold Weight: 19.1 grams Dimensions: 45.8 mm x 38.2 mm x 9.5 mm This is a unique pill/snuff box made of solid 14k yellow gold, which used to be a part of a chate...

Antique Japanese barrel shaped lidded tobacco, tea, snuff jar / box / caddy. Made of copper, hammered, dovetailed, studded, and etched with dragons.

The hinged cover lifts to reveal a red fabric-lined interior, suggesting the box’s use as a jewel or keepsake container, though its proportions also recall traditional snuff or pill ...

While possibly serving as a functional box for snuff or tobacco, it functioned primarily as an intimate object of private contemplation for an educated gentleman.

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...

Portrait Box / Snuff Box / Trinket Box (Boîte à portrait), 19th century, France.

The case is formed with softly rounded edges and a hinged construction that opens to a shallow interior, consistent with late 19th to early 20th century personal accessories such as ...

Summers acquired a strong reputation as a maker of good quality snuff boxes, wine labels and other small items. Some of his pieces are in the permanent collection of the prestigious ...

This type of plate would have been purchased by wealthy tourists during their “Grand Tour” of Europe and then later set on a snuff box. Measures: L 2 in (5 cm), W 1.2 in (3 cm) ...

Due to their weight and the time required to make them, small objects (jewelry, snuff boxes) were more common, while large pieces, such as tabletops, were rare and highly sought-after.

As a result, it has a slightly whiter and brighter lustre. 935 silver was very popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries for ornate, colourfully enamelled snuff boxes or powder co...

As a result, it has a slightly whiter and brighter lustre. 935 silver was very popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries for ornate, colourfully enamelled snuff boxes or powder co...

Bottle: 4” high x 1” wide Box: 7” high x 4” wide Very good condition. A true collectors item for perfume bottle and gold snuff box lovers!

Hall, for their able co-operation in the above services. And the five snuff- boxes have been given to Messrs. Morgan, Venning, Hill, Kindersely, and Clark, for their kind and prompt ...

As a result, it has a slightly whiter and brighter lustre. 935 silver was very popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries for ornate, colourfully enamelled snuff boxes or powder co...

Indeed, many Grand Tourists bought micromosaic plaques on their travels, only to send them home to France or England and have them mounted onto jewellery (brooches and pendants espec...

Mid-18th Century porcelain snuff tobacco box with Ormulu gilt embossed relief and with empire classical motives.

Charles Duke is depicted in a relaxed pose, sitting with one arm resting on the arm of the chair and the other holding what appears to be a snuff box, a common accessory of the perio...

An extraordinary, one-of-a-kind IGI-certified antique hand-carved natural emerald snuff bottle or perfume bottle with a matching hand-carved emerald lid, circa early 20th century, ac...

They were developed from musical snuff boxes of the 18th century and called carillons à musique.

Where in 1860 he is listed as a manufacturing silversmith and manufacturer of every description of dressing case and travelling bag fittings, card cases, snuff and fuzee boxes, vinai...

Antique English Snuff & Pill Box All original with very minor dents or scratches, weighting 31.9 grams Vintage English Snuff or Pill Box, in excellent condition considering 100 y...

18th century treen snuff ladle - very rare. Used by tobacconists to sell snuff to fill client's boxes. 7" w., 1.5" d., 1.5" h We are a family business that has been a major source f...

The painting has been very well executed. Box Size: 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.13 all inches This is a very decorative snuff bottle.

A cane rests between his knees, while in his left hand he clutches an open snuff box, and with his right hand he lifts a pinch of snuff toward his nose, his expression calm and compo...

Salvage resumed in 1840, when significant quantities of timber were recovered and subsequently sold; the Mary Rose Museum specifically records that salvaged wood was transformed into...

The Johann Heinrich Stobwasser Manufactory (Stobwasser’sche Fabrik, established in Braunschweig in 1763 and expanded to Berlin in 1772) is famous for its finely painted lacquered pap...

Notably, this central reservoir section was originally created for a different purpose, possibly as a small decorative box or snuff box, and was later ingeniously adapted into a Hanu...

Antique Chinese Hand Carved Myanmar Natural Jadeite Snuff Bottle in a fitted box depicting Chilin, Phoenix and pine trees with deep carving through out.

The thumbpiece is applied cast silver, which has then been meticulously hand-chased with floral and foliate motifs, similar to what one would find on a snuff box, but contouring to t...

Antique Chinese Hand Carved Myanmar Natural Jadeite Snuff Bottle in a fitted box depicting floral and flower patterns with fitted wood stand and box. .

Henry Harland (1861-1905) was an American novelist and editor, whose works include 'The Cardinal's Snuff-Box', 'My Friend Prospero', and 'Grandison Mather'.

By the end of the nineteenth century the business had built a strong reputation in Imperial Russian circles trading in antique jewelry, snuff boxes, silver, and Russian and European ...

The companion piece, titled 'Preneur à priser', depicts an agricultural labourer seated upon bound sheaves of wheat, pausing in his work to inhale a pinch of snuff from an open box h...

Because of the labour required, cinnabar items are usually small, such as vases, boxes, trays and snuff bottles. However buyers should be aware that the cinnabar technique has been ...

Modern sterling silver cigar box. Made by Reed & Barton in Taunton, Massachusetts, ca 1920. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged with molded rim; on top, cast figural finial...

Art Deco silver cigarette case, ca 1925. Rectangular; cover flat and hinged with tab and thumb rest. Sides and underside engine-turned; cover top central same band between lobing. Gi...

Swiss silver cigarette case, 1920. Hinged and rectangular with curved corners and push tab. On cover, oval enamel scene of bicycle race with two men hunched low over the handlebars, ...

Russian silver and niello box depicting long-lost Moscow landmark, ca 1879. Rectangular with curved corners; right-hinged with push tab. On cover is the Sukharev Tower, a ceremonial ...

Edwardian sterling silver cigarette case, ca 1910. Hinged and rectangular. On front, horizontal enamel fox hunting scene with two hounds running ahead of whip-bearing man on gallopin...

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. ...

English Georgian gilt sterling silver snuffbox, 1812. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and tabbed; on top, chased pastoral scene: A shepherd sits under a tree with a lam...