Antique Snuff

Turquoise snuff bottle. China. 19th century. Tibetan turquoise in hematite matrix.

A fine and beautiful Carved Agate Snuff Bottle, with well hollowed interior with a coral cap.

Chinese Black-and-White Jade Pebble Snuff Bottle, nephrite carved in the overall shape of a white peach of longevity with a black bat of happiness resting with wings partially open i...

Width Inkwell - 23.3cm Approx. Height Snuff Mull - 17.2cm Approx. Width Snuff Mull - 23.3cm This Inkwell & Snuff Mull Desk Set has full English Hallmarks on the Neck, Cartouches and...

19th Century English brass snuff box with copper top and bottom, remnants of old decoration throughout, circa 1850.

Victorian Period, silver plate-mounted, very large, ram's horn, table snuff mull, England (possibly made for the Scottish market), Ca. 1850's.

A fine and beautiful carved peking glass snuff bottle, a deep carving interior with block glass inlay objects.  

Antique Chinese Canton Enamelled Copper Snuff Bottle with Qianlong Mark depicting Cranes and Flowers hand painting.

Produced following the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, lids of this design formed the decorative tops of portable pocket snuff and tobacco boxes, popularised during the Re...

This is a very good Chinese cameo or overlay glass snuff bottle, which we date to circa 1925. These overlay glass cameo snuff bottles are very decorative and sought after, particula...

Antique A Chinese Enamelled Copper Snuff Bottle Qianlong Mark, depicting a famous Chinese story of "The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", H 8 cm( 3 in.)

Beautiful antique carved Agate snuff bottle. Hand crafted Figural designs, depicting male figures in a boat.

Chinese Interior-Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, signed with calligraphy, 19th Century, very well painted inside of glass depicting figures and landscaping on both sides in colors.

This beautiful snuff box is made from sterling silver. Its inside is gold plated.

A Cinnabar-red Overlay White Glass Snuff Bottle, 19th century. The flat oval white glass bottle has a thinn overlay of opaque dense red glass resembling cinnabar lacquer and deeply c...

Fine antique Chinese agate snuff bottle of unusually thin, flattened rectangular form, carved from translucent golden-yellow to honey-colored agate with naturally occurring dark mine...

A very fine antique double color overlay glass snuff bottle, finely carved with a qilin gazing at books and a playful foo dog with a ball, among flowing pink ribbons and clouds, rais...

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

Celadon hardstone stopper, Ovoid form. Black hare's-fur decoration suggesting a landscape.

Fine antique Chinese smoky agate snuff bottle of compressed rectangular form, finely carved in low relief on both principal faces with figural scenes of immortals.

17th Century Dutch Delft Snuff / Patch Box, decorated scrolls flowers and a possible scene of the Nativity.

19th century sword cane from England with a metal top, which opens to reveal a snuff compartment. The can itself is made from bamboo.

19th century Chinese Chickenbone, Horn, and Turquoise Snuff Bottles. The use of chicken bone on snuff bottles is quite rare and unique.

Silver snuff box adorned with intricate enamel work. The lid features a pastoral scene with figures in period attire, set against a lush landscape.

A fine antique Chinese fossil stone snuff bottle dating to the Qing dynasty, circa mid 19th century.

We are delighted to offer this beautiful antique solid silver French snuff box made c.1880. The box presents a stunning niello design with its table snuff box proportions allowing f...

Antique 18kt yellow gold snuff box, featuring a carnelian stone set within an ornate, scrollwork border.

Clear glass snuff bottle with blue overlay, China 19th century Wear consistent with age and use Qing dynasty - Asian Art - Tabatière Measures : Ø 7cm H:12cm

A charming antique Chinese porcelain snuff vase dating to the second half of the 19th century, during the Qing dynasty.

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

A finely carved antique Chinese turquoise snuff bottle dating to the Republic period, early 20c.

An exceptional French 18-karat gold-mounted opal matrix snuff box, circa 1800, formerly in the distinguished Hartman Collection.

Fine antique Chinese agate snuff bottle of rounded rectangular form, carved from richly figured natural agate with complex brown, amber, cream and smoky-grey inclusions and fortifica...

Antique Chinese spinach-green nephrite jade snuff bottle dating to approximately 1900, late Qing dynasty to the early Republic period.

A Chinese rock crystal "Ladies" Snuff Bottle Qing Dynasty, 19th Century of rounded rectangular form, carved in relief with calligraphy to one side, the other delicately carved, sto...

A fine and beautiful carved dark rock crystal snuff bottle, a deep carving interior with a carol cap and brass spoon.  

Rare, finely crafted, chased snuff box in the shape of a shoe France/Paris, 19th century

Overall, an exemplary table snuff box with each element finished to the highest degree.

This is a most unusual small 19th century piece, finely decorated and quite different to other snuff bottles we have seen previously. Notes: There is a possibility that this piec...

Overall, an exemplary table snuff box with each element finished to the highest degree.

This snuff box presents majestic and spectacular traits on all fronts and is an exemplary piece.

This snuff bottle was carved out of walnut in the last quarter of the 18th century.

The elaborately carved snuff box with a scene of two mermaids on the cover and deeply carved shell on the reverse.

Sterling silver box by Edward Smith of Birmingham, England, circa 1828. No monogram. Beautiful small rectangular box featuring an etched design on the hinged lid. A less ornate etc...

THIS IS AN ANTIQUE ART DECO SILVER FILIGREE CHINESE EXPORT CORAL AND TURQUOISE PERFUME BOTTLE, SNUFF BOTTLE. THE SILVER FILIGREE IS OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY - THIS IS AN ANTIQUE PIE...

Art Deco octagonal French blue opaline glass snuff bottle, circa 1920s. With spoon tipped silver plated ball stopper. 2 1/8" w., 1 3/8" d., 4 3/8" h.

This snuff box presents majestic and spectacular traits on all fronts and is an exemplary piece.

Overall, an exemplary table snuff box with each element finished to the highest degree.

The cover in hinged – please note this snuff box opens flat rather than the lid sitting open upright.

The majority of these snuff boxes date to circa 1710, with another example being held in the British Museum and another having passed through Christie's.

Germany, circa 1740 Of rectangular shape, the hinged cover and the base with finely-chased Renaissance taste decorations and scenes of dancers with putti, trophies and fantastic anim...

An Enameled Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottle depicting 4 ladies and 18 children playing in the courtyard.

An exquisite and rare French First Empire circular snuff box masterfully crafted from dark green moss agate, showcasing the natural stone's characteristic dendritic mineral inclusions.

A snuff box designed by Robert Mitchell. This is a fabulous antique pocket snuff-box created in Birmingham England by Robert Mitchell, back in the 1824.

Antique Chinese Russet Jade Snuff Bottle, Masters of the Rock School. A nephrite pebble having a brown skin over a celadon colour stone, on the front side delicate and detailed rel...

Antique Chinese Moulded Tangerine Skin and Wood Snuff Bottle. A pear shaped hexagonal form with relief character design on each side possibly translating to “good” - “fragrance”.

An antique Chinese snuff bottle, late Qing to Republic period, circa 1900, carved from olive-gray serpentine with an understated rectangular form, rounded shoulders, short outward ta...

A fine antique Chinese jade snuff bottle dating to the late Qing dynasty, late 19th century.

Louis XVI Snuff Box, Second half of the 18th Century (circa 1770–1789) France.

A Chinese gilt-copper cloisonné enamel snuff bottle dating to the late Qing dynasty, circa 1880–1900.