Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
1880s Swiss Black Forest Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
1870s German Black Forest Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Bronze
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Metal
1910s American Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Brass
1910s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Metal
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Bronze
1910s English Art Deco Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Copper
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Late 19th Century American Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Brass
Early 20th Century British Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Bronze
1920s French Napoleon III Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Brass
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Bronze, Sterling Silver
1880s French Napoleon III Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Brass
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Brass
19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Glass, Wood
1890s French Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Early 1900s French Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Gold, Silver
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Walnut
Early 20th Century American Industrial Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
1920s French Art Deco Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Chrome
19th Century English Victorian Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
1910s Italian Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Antler, Wood
Early 19th Century American Primitive Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood, Paint
Early 20th Century European Chinoiserie Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Soapstone
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century American High Victorian Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Late 19th Century Swiss Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
19th Century Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Early 20th Century British Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Tortoise Shell, Shagreen, Wood
1880s British Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Olive
1910s European Art Deco Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood, Olive
Early 20th Century German Bauhaus Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
1920s American Art Deco Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Silver Plate
1910s Czech Art Nouveau Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Bronze
1920s American Art Deco Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Silver Plate
1870s German Black Forest Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Other
Early 20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
1890s English Edwardian Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Amboyna
Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Glass, Nutwood
1920s English Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Late 19th Century French Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Brass
Early 20th Century French French Provincial Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Copper
19th Century German Industrial Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Metal
1890s English Victorian Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
19th Century Black Forest Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood, Walnut
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
Early 20th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Wood
1890s British Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
Silver
Early 20th Century Swedish Empire Revival Antique Wood Cigar Humidor
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Finding the Right Cigar-boxes for You
Cigars were not always packaged in what we now know as the antique cigar boxes and humidors that have over time become eye-catching decorative objects as well as collector’s items.
Outside the United States, cigar boxes are said to have originated in the 1840s when a German businessman, Hermann Dietrich Upmann of H. Upmann Cigars, bought a cigar factory and opened a bank in Havana, Cuba. Upmann reportedly handed out cedar cigar boxes branded with advertising for the bank as gifts to his banking clients. In the early 1860s, after years of cigars being shipped in big crates or barrels, cigar boxes became a requirement when the United States passed a law that mandated the use of boxes for tobacco producers, which was part of a broader effort to regulate the tobacco industry and generate revenue for the war effort. Humidors, which are moisture-controlled storage boxes that allow a cigar enthusiast to store, organize and preserve a larger collection of cigars, were very popular accessories during the early 1900s onward.
As the use of cigar boxes and humidors became widespread, all kinds of options materialized over the years, with particularly vibrant editions of these decorative objects emerging during the Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and other eras. Visionary designers like Isamu Noguchi popularized the idea of tobacco accessories as art with projects such as his decorative ashtrays.
Today, not unlike antique and vintage ashtrays, cigar boxes are more than practical objects. In fact, there are many uses for an old cigar box even after the cigars are gone. They can be used as planters, tissue boxes or can support your long-delayed effort to organize your sewing and craft supplies. During the Great Depression, an emptied cigar box — perhaps a walnut Art Deco-style cigar box with inlays in bronze and hand-carved decorative geometric patterns adorning its exterior — was occasionally repurposed as a jewelry box.
Antique and vintage cigar boxes — made of wood, metal or other materials — are valuable treasures in some corners of the collecting world, and in your home, they’re exquisite desk ornaments and colorful flourishes to add to your bookcase or mantel. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage cigar boxes and other decorative boxes today.
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