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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
Category
Antique 18th Century French Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Tin
French 1819-1838 Neoclassical Louis XVI Rectangular Snuff Box Labrated 18kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
French snuff box in solid gold.
Exceptional rectangular snuff box, crafted in Paris France
Category
Antique 1830s French Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
H 0.79 in W 3.5 in D 2.13 in
Duke and Duchess of Windsor Gold Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
illustrious couple.
This important French snuff box from their historic collection is pictured on page 90
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
French 1905 Edwardian Hexagonal Snuff Box Sterling Silver with Guilloche Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
A French snuff box from the Edwardian Period.
Very beautiful hexagonal box, created in Paris
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Edwardian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
H 0.59 in W 2.63 in D 2.36 in
French Chinoiserie Hardstone Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
tabatière or snuff box. The charming scene is intricately crafted in the form of a boating figure who holds
Category
Antique 19th Century French Chinoiserie Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Stone, Gold
19th Century French Silver Snuff Box
Located in Delft, NL
19th century French silver snuff box
Late 19th century silver snuffbox with engraved centre and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
French 19th century Guilloché Silver Snuff-box
Located in St. Catharines, ON
An elegant French silver tabatière or snuff box, overall decorated with guilloché or engine-turned
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
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
Category
Antique 19th Century European Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Glass
Antique French Brass Napoleonic "Le Grand" Snuff Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique French Brass Napoleonic "Le Grand" Snuff Box
Step back into the glorious era of the French
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Pair of French Sterling Silver Snuff Pill Boxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
His and hers sterling silver "Basket Weave" pill boxes, Marked 925 and, if nothing else, adorable
Category
20th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Montesquieu Portrait Tortoiseshell Snuff Box
By Jacques Joseph de Gault
Located in New Orleans, LA
tortoiseshell-lined snuff box. The handsome portrait was fashioned by the renowned Jacques-Joseph de Gault of
Category
Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold
French early 19th Century lacquered papier mâché snuff box
By Stobwasser
Located in Delft, NL
French early 19th Century lacquered papier mâché snuff box
Lacquered Papier Mâché Snuff Box
Category
Antique 19th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
Swiss Multicolored Gold Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
the functional purpose of holding snuff, or powdered tobacco. Such a box would have been a prized
Category
Antique 19th Century Swiss Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Empire French Pressed Wood Snuff Box, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The circular lidded box depicting a woman reclining on a Recamier playing the harp. The underside
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
19th Century Snuff Box with Intarsia
Located in Delft, NL
A 19th century snuff box with intarsia
A horn snuff box with a diamond-shaped embedded smaller
Category
Antique 19th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Horn
French Silver Niello Snuff Box, Hunting Scene, early 19th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A rare French silver nielloed snuff box featuring a mythological hunting scene on the cover within
Category
Antique 1830s French Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Louis XV Gold & Lacquer Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV gold & lacquer snuff box
Circa Paris, France 1760/1761
With the Charge and Decharge
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
19th Century French 18K Gold Royal Presentation Snuff Box, c.1850
By Louis-François Tronquoy 1
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique mid 19th century French 18k gold snuff box, of lobed design with chased scroll and foliate
Category
Antique 19th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
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H 0.91 in W 3.35 in D 2.64 in
Mother-Of-Pearl And Gold Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This charming snuff box is crafted of beautifully lustrous mother-of-pearl inlay and gold
Category
Antique 19th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Louis XVI Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1778
Located in Paris, FR
Oval snuff box in three tones of gold. The hinged lid is decorated with an intricate scale pattern
Category
Antique 1770s French Louis XVI Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Pressed Wood Snuff Box of Place Vendome, French, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The circular box depicting Place Vendome with quote on bottom 'COLON DE LA PLACE VENDOME.' The
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
A Gold Mounted Moss Agate Snuff Box
Located in Spencertown, NY
The mottled brown agate with translucence when held to light. The cover with a gold rope twist edge above hinged clasp with wreath and berry design above a cushion base
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Agate, Gold
Louis XV Vari-Color Gold & Enamel Snuff Box - France - Late 18th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Exceptional Louis XV vari-color gold and black enamel snuff box - featuring a bouquet of flowers
Category
Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
H 1.25 in W 2.5 in D 1.88 in
19th Century French Papier Maché Snuff Box with Landscape and Figures Painting
Located in Milan, IT
French Painted Papier Maché Snuffbox 1800s. Snuff box of circular shape with fine painting on the
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Other
Louis XV Gold-Mounted Lacquer Snuff Box
Located in Spencertown, NY
The cover and base inset with gouache miniatures of the front and back of a chateau, signed Andre inv. with tortoiseshell lined interior
maker's mark JG cross between, Paris, 1762-1768.
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Snuff Box Venetian landscape miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
landscape has design engraved by hand.
Snuff Box Snuff Box Venetian landscape is in French Baroque style
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
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H 0.71 in W 3.55 in D 2.37 in
Antique French or German Porcelain Snuff Box with Hand-Painted Military Scenes
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique French or German porcelain snuff box.
Dating to the 18th (or possibly early 19th
Category
Antique 18th Century German George III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
H 1.5 in W 2.63 in D 2.25 in
French 1790 Antique Snuff Box in 19kt Gold Sterling and Translucent Gray Agate
Located in Miami, FL
) and height of 17 mm (0.67 Inch).
Snuffbox, small, usually ornamented box for holding snuff (a
Category
Antique 1790s French Louis XVI Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Agate, Gold, Silver
French School 1790 Louis XVI Oval Snuff Box in 18kt Gold with Miniature Portrait
Located in Miami, FL
Presentation Snuff box from the 18th century French School.
A very important and rare
Category
Antique 1790s French Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
H 1.5 in W 3.75 in D 3 in
18th Century Dutch Tobacco Box Engraved Brass Snuff Box Brass with Figures
Located in Milan, IT
18th century Dutch brass tobacco box with hinged lid engraved with five circular medallions
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Other, Brass
H 1.58 in W 7.88 in D 1.97 in
St. Cloud Style Hen and Chicken Snuff Box by Samson
By Saint Cloud, Samson & Cie
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
St. Cloud style hen and chicken snuff box, by Samson. Large size, beautifully decorated.
Category
Early 20th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Art Nouveau Silverplated Pill Snuff Box Floral ECHINACEA Pattern Jugendstil
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Art Nouveau Silverplated Pill Box Floral ECHINACEA Pattern Jugendstil
Origin: probably France
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate
Antique 18th Century Mennecy Figural Mouse Snuff or Patch Box
By Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare figural porcelain snuff box in the form of a mouse attributed to Mennecy porcelain
Category
Antique 18th Century French Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Louis XVI Neoclassical Sterling Silver Snuff or Patch Box
Located in Pasadena, CA
This a beautifully designed and finely crafted Neoclassical Louis XVI patch box. The finely cast
Category
Antique Late 18th Century European Louis XVI Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box Sterling Silver Green and Sky Stripes Guilloche Enamel Box Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
fired enamelled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleon III style
Category
Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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H 1.19 in W 2.84 in D 2.37 in
Rare Antique Silver Niello Scottish Bagpipe Player Snuff Box, Circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
Fine silver, niello and vermeil silver antique snuff box depicting a handsome Scottish bagpipe
Category
Antique 19th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
H 1.03 in W 3.82 in D 1.7 in
Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled stripes and fine oval
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Napoleon III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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H 0.79 in W 3.04 in D 2.25 in
18th C Allegorical Gilt Enamel Snuff Box, Atrib Fromery Workshop
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th C Brass-Mounted Allegorical Motif Enamel Snuff Box, Attributed to the Fromery Workshop
The
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century European Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Continental Niello and Silver Gilt Snuff Box, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
No apparent hallmarks. The diaper pattern filled with small crosses throughout and the opening with a slight lip.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco B...
Materials
Silver
Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides and erotic miniature Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Snuff Box Snuff
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold Plate, Gold, Sterling Silver
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H 0.87 in W 2.52 in D 2.21 in
Saint-Cloud snuff box in the form of a shepherd, circa 1735
By Saint-Cloud Porcelain
Located in Spencertown, NY
The silver hinged snuff box with the resting shepherd and dog at his feet, above hand painted
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Gold Snuff Box with Portrait of Napoleon by Jean-Baptiste Isabey '1767–1855'
Located in New York, US
Our gold snuff box is distinguished by its exceptional portrait of Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
H 0.63 in W 3.5 in D 2.5 in
CARL HIESS, Antique Silver & Gold Snuff Box with Blue Spinel, Austria, C.1880
Located in Chatham, ON
CARL HEISS - Antique - finest quality - silver and rose gold hinged snuff box with delicate diamond
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Sterling Silver
H 1.25 in W 3.75 in D 2.75 in
An Ormolu Mounted Mennecy Double Snuff Box in the Form of a Barrel, Circa 1740
By Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory 1
Located in Spencertown, NY
The white ground floral decorated snuff box with openings at both ends, one opening revealing
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century French Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ormolu
French 1750 Antique Double Compartment Pocket Snuff Flask Carved In Coquille Nut
Located in Miami, FL
, order Arecales, family Arecacae (Palmae).
Snuff bottles
Snuff boxes or snuff bottles were used for
Category
Antique 1750s French Louis XV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Chestnut, Fruitwood
Antique French 18kt Yellow Gold Box
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique French 18kt yellow gold box.
Hallmarked with owl, French hallmark for imported 18kt gold
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique Gutta-Percha Jewelry Box, France, Circa 1880
Located in Greven, DE
Beautiful antique box made of gutta-percha, France, around 1880.
Former used as a pyrogene and to
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Late Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco ...
Materials
Resin
French Art Nouveau Period Sterling Silver Pill Box
Located in New York, NY
A small French sterling silver pill box, Art Nouveau period, decorated with flowers and a gold gilt
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Red Aventurine Top Silver Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French red aventurine top silver box.
Category
Antique 18th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porphyry, Silver
19th Century French Papier Mâché Box with Painted Portrait
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French papier mâché box with painted portrait.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
French Art Deco Cigarette Box, Walnut Wood and Leather
Located in Miami, FL
A fine French Art Deco cigarette box, France, late 1930s.
Very good quality, constructed of walnut
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Leather Covered Tobacco Box, or Box, in Ceramic and Wood Brown, France 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This snuffbox, or tobacco box, covered with leather, brown in color. The underside of the lid is
Category
Vintage 1940s Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Leather, Wood
Cigar Humidor, Ebony Macassar Cigar Box, France 1960, Brown Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very nice humidor cigar box, in Macassar ebony. This box is large, was made in France in the 1960s
Category
Vintage 1960s French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ebony
19th Century French Papier Mâché Hand Painted Round Trinket Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French papier mâché hand painted round trinket box.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
Cigar Humidor Burl Wood Cigar Box France 1970 Brown Black Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very nice humidor cigar box, in Burl Wood. This box is large, was made in France in the 1960s. It
Category
Vintage 1970s French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Burl
Smoking Set, parchment ashtray, table lighter and cigars box, France 1950s
Located in Firenze, IT
Smoking Set, parchment, wood and brass ashtray, table lighter and cigars box
France 1950
leather
Category
Vintage 1950s French Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
H 2.96 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
19th Century French Papier Mâché Trinket Box with Hand Painted Love Vignette
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French papier mâché trinket box with hand painted romantic vignette.
Category
Mid-20th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
Pot or Box 19th Century Majolica France Ceramic Green with an Circular Handle
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Kitchen box, Pot in Majolica. Vegetal Decor pattern. Green color.
It has been made in France circa
Category
Antique 19th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
French Art Deco Cigarette Box or Makeup Pencil Holder by Marius Agogue Loiret
Located in Miami, FL
French Art Deco cigarette box, France, late 1930s. Constructed with fine mahogany and birch woods
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Birch, Mahogany
H 3.38 in W 6.88 in D 4.785 in
Alligator Green Cigar Box
Located in Paris, FR
Cigar Box Alligator Green with all structure in solid
cedar wood, box covered with alligator skin
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
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Choose from an assortment of styles, material and more with respect to the French snuff box you’re looking for at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, gold and wood, every French snuff box was constructed with great care. There are 381 variations of the antique or vintage French snuff box you’re looking for, while we also have 2 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a French snuff box — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. When you’re browsing for the right French snuff box, those designed in folk art, Louis XVI and Empire styles are of considerable interest. Limoges, Louis-François Tronquoy and Cartier each produced at least one beautiful French snuff box that is worth considering.
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A French snuff box can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,918, while the lowest priced sells for $35 and the highest can go for as much as $137,241.
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- 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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