Erotic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A scintillating Sapphic scene adorns the cover of this rare erotic snuff box. Set into the top of
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Antique 19th Century European Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Glass
Erotic Snuff Box
Burlwood Erotic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
striking burlwood, this unassuming box features a lining of precious tortoiseshell and a false bottom
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Antique 19th Century English Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Burl
Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides and erotic miniature Salimbeni
$3,429
H 0.87 in W 2.52 in D 2.21 in
Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides and erotic miniature Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Dainelli with an external blue line reproducing an erotic scene. Snuff Box Snuff Box with 2 slightly
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Vintage 1970s Italian Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
18th Century Round Lacquer Wood Erotic Tobacco Snuffbox
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
collector of these charming boxes.
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Folk Art Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
French Empire Boxwood Tabatière with Erotic Enamel Plaque and Gilded Bronze Acce
$1,652
H 1.19 in Dm 3.15 in
French Empire Boxwood Tabatière with Erotic Enamel Plaque and Gilded Bronze Acce
Located in Kastrup, DK
A French Empire tabatière, exquisitely crafted from boxwood. The lid is adorned with an erotic
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
18th Century Snuff Box With Secret Erotic Motive
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very funny little snuff box with a text about Etimologie; the true learning or real learning, on
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Empire Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Wood, Paper
Rare Chinese Tonkin Ware Shakudo Sawasa Erotic Tobacco Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A ruyi-shaped Shakudo-style erotic tobacco or snuff box, relief-decorated with silvered applied
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Metalwork
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze
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Polychromatic Snuff Box Lion, 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Erotic boxwood snuff box With mercurysed eyes in shape of lion, France.
Category
Antique 18th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
German Erotic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
snuff box. Crafted of papier maché, the piece was made by the popular Stobwasser Factory in Braunschweig
Category
Antique 19th Century German Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Chrome
19th Century Erotic Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
19th century erotic snuff box We are proud to offer a rare example of a mid-19th century erotic
Category
Antique 1880s Italian Early Victorian Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
French 18th Century Fruitwood Lion Snuff Box
Located in Newark, England
back. To the underside an erotic base carved onto the snuff box hatch which opens on a hinge. The lion
Category
Antique 18th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
Lacquer Box with Erotic Enamel Medallion, Late 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Round box in red-orange lacquer and gold mounting embellished with delicate beading. The removable
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Lacquer Box with Erotic Enamel Medallion, Late 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Round box in red-orange lacquer and gold mounting embellished with delicate beading. The removable
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Antique Austrian Silver & Enamel Erotic Cigarette Case, circa 1900
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Antique Silver Cigarette Case featuring a detailed enamel scene on the front cover rendered in rich colour and vivid detail. The scene shows two nude women lounging on ...
Category
Early 20th Century Austrian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Silver and Enamel Erotic Cigarette Case 1910 Luis Usabal
By Louis Kuppenheim
Located in London, GB
A magnificent Antique solid Silver Cigarette Case with a beautiful Enamelled cover signed by Luis Usabal. The image on the cover of the Case shows a couple in an embrace wearing even...
Category
20th Century German Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Erotic Snuff Tobacco Box with Highly Explicit Erotic Scenes Behind Secret Lid
Sold
H 1.58 in W 3.15 in D 2.37 in
Erotic Snuff Tobacco Box with Highly Explicit Erotic Scenes Behind Secret Lid
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
French late 18th century enamel snuff box with explicit and highly erotic scenes behind the secret
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Rare Important Chinese Erotic Nude Porcelain Snuff Bottle from NYC Collection!!
Located in New York, NY
Handpainted Painted Porcelain Chinese Erotic Snuff Bottle. Taken out of an Private Sutton Place Collection in
Category
20th Century Asian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain, Paint
Polychromatic Snuff Box Lion, 18th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Erotic boxwood snuff box With mercurysed eyes in shape of lion, France.
Category
Antique 18th Century European Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
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$117,104
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
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Located in London, GB
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Letto a baldacchino. Italia, inizi del XIX sec
By Non-Standard Furniture and Lighting
Located in Milano, IT
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Antique Chinese Hand Painted Lacquer Scene Gilt Fan with Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
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Category
Antique 1830s Chinese Qing Lacquer
Materials
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Purple / Blue Fluorite Mineral Specimen – Xiayang Town, China
Located in Edison, NJ
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Large Russian Silver Jewish Megillah Case and Scroll
Located in London, GB
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Materials
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Located in London, GB
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16th-Century Indo-Portuguese Colonial Mother-of-pearl Gujarat Casket
$275,383
H 6.3 in W 9.69 in D 6.34 in
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Located in Amsterdam, NL
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Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
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Fine Italian Porcelain Dinner Service, Verbano Laveno, 20th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
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Warren Platner Walnut and Leather Floating Case Sofa for Lehigh Leopold, c. 1970
$34,000
H 26.5 in W 92.75 in D 32 in
Warren Platner Walnut and Leather Floating Case Sofa for Lehigh Leopold, c. 1970
By Lehigh Leopold, Warren Platner
Located in Los Angeles, CA
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By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
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By Tiffany Studios
Located in Dallas, TX
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Miniature illuminated manuscript on vellum with 12 full-page miniatures
$77,825
H 2.1 in W 1.5 in D 1 in
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By Francois-Jacques Boeri
Located in ZWIJNDRECHT, NL
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A fully restored and working late 19 Century Swiss cylinder music box
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
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Brass
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$165,324
H 90.95 in W 61.03 in D 77.56 in
IMPORTANT BISHOP JAMES STANLEY 1508 KING HENRY VII ENGLiSH OAK TUDOR TESTER BED
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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Important Renaissance Cabinet from Lyon 'France' with a Decor of Perspectives
$179,598
H 87.41 in W 74.81 in D 27.17 in
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Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
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Erotic Snuff Box For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic erotic snuff box available at 1stDibs. An erotic snuff box — often made from metal, enamel and wood — can elevate any home. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer erotic snuff box, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century. Each erotic snuff box bearing Louis XVI, Empire or Rococo hallmarks is very popular. A well-made erotic snuff box has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Louis Kuppenheim are consistently popular.
How Much is a Erotic Snuff Box?
Prices for an erotic snuff box can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,450 and can go as high as $10,900, while the average can fetch as much as $6,734.
Finding the Right Snuff-boxes for You
Today antique snuffboxes and tobacco boxes — as well as a lot of other vintage tobacco accessories — are collectibles and charming pieces of decor for any display case or to elevate your bookshelves.
Snuff, made of ground tobacco, was especially popular with Europeans in the 1600s. The ornate boxes to keep the powder dry became highly decorative by the 18th century. It was considered a must-have item, particularly for nobility.
The most important feature of a snuffbox was that it was airtight. The box protected the snuff from oxygen. Another crucial component was the flat lid.
Snuffboxes could be small enough to fit into a pocket or a larger container for communal use at the table. They also came in different shapes. Porcelain containers were prevalent and often designed to look like trunks. Others were oval or square. Boxes made with cowrie shells were rare and more expensive.
Snuffboxes were usually crafted from silver, gold, horn or tortoiseshell. Some of the most prestigious snuffboxes were French tabatières made of gold and sometimes glass. They could be adorned with amethysts, sapphires and diamonds and enameled, engraved or chased.
Sheffield, England, was known for its silver snuffboxes in the late 18th century as its silver-plating technologies perfected these containers. By the early 19th century, the silver industry in Birmingham, England, was producing elegant snuffboxes with images of abbeys and castles on the sides and top.
Another type of tobacco box was the snuff mull or mill. It was made out of horn or an entire ram’s head and topped with a metal lid, frequently featuring engravings and decorative hinges. These were fashionable in Scotland during the 19th century. The origin of its name is unclear.
On 1stDibs, find a plentiful range of antique snuffboxes and tobacco boxes to complement any home decor or furniture style. You can browse the collection by style, which includes Victorian, Georgian and Art Deco, or by material to find pieces in silver and gold.
Questions About Erotic Snuff Box
- What is a snuff box used for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021A snuff box is a small, decorated box used to store snuff ( scented, powdered tobacco). Snuff boxes come in two sizes: small pocket boxes and larger communal boxes for use at the table. Pocket boxes are often designed to retain a little amount of snuff for immediate use and are designed to hold a day or two's worth of snuff. On 1stDibs, shop a range of antique and vintage snuff boxes.
- When were snuff boxes invented?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Snuff boxes first appeared in England during the 17th century and became widespread in the 18th century. Snuff boxes range from simple designs to elaborately decorations. On 1stDibs, you’ll find a collection of antique snuff boxes from some of the world’s top sellers.
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