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Italian Gold-Mounted Micromosaic Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Italian micro mosaic plaque mounted within snuff box, depicting white and brown hound seated on
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Glass

Italian Gold-Mounted Micromosaic Snuff Box
Italian Gold-Mounted Micromosaic Snuff Box
H 1.25 in W 3.25 in D 2.5 in
Micromosaic Gold Mounted Jasper Snuff Box Early 19th Century Italian Gioacchino
Located in Benington, Herts
An Exceptional and Highly Important Micromosaic Gold Mounted Jasper Snuff Box, most probably by
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold

Antique Chased Silver Snuff Box Set with Fine Italian Micromosaic Plaque
Located in London, GB
The small rectangular silver snuff box, chased with foliage decorations and featuring a hinged back
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Antique Late 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Stone, Silver

Micromosaic Snuff Box with View of St. Peter's
Located in New York, NY
Antique silver mounted hardstone snuff box with micromosaic view of St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome
Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Stone

Snuff Box Venetian landscape miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Snuff Box Venetian landscape is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24 carats.. Snuff
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Vintage 1960s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

Snuff Box Round Guilloche Enamel Box Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold “paillons” in the shape of stars to c...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Black enamel Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling. Snuff Box Silver has black fired enamels on guilloché
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Vintage 1970s Italian Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Perforated Lid, Embossed and Engraved Miniature Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated lid, embossed and engraved
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Vintage 1970s Italian Renaissance Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box portrait Tsarina Alexandra Fedorovna Romanova Sterling Silver Salimben
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling. Snuff Box Silver has fired enamelled handmade portrait of
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Vintage 1970s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Sterling Silver Green and Sky Stripes Guilloche Enamel Box Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enamelled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleo...
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Vintage 1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled stripes and fine oval
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Vintage 1970s Italian Napoleon III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

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
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Antique Mid-18th Century French Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Other, Brass

Snuff Box hand engraving, black “niello” type Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box rectangular in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand engraving, black fired enameled
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Vintage 1980s Italian Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides and erotic miniature Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Snuff Box Snuff
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Vintage 1970s Italian Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Gold Plate, Gold, Sterling Silver

Snuff Box Black enamel Baroque style engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque
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Vintage 1970s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table snuff box with 2 slightly rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated
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Vintage 1970s Italian Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with
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Vintage 1960s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box round in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè
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Vintage 1970s Italian Art Nouveau Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne
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Vintage 1980s Italian Queen Anne Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Fine Hand-Engraving Baroque Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-engraving Baroque style on the lid, with fired enamel black type “niello”. Measurements cm. 4,3 x 7 x 2. W...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box White Fire Enamel with Miniature of Bird Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guilloche
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Vintage 1970s Italian Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff box Enamel Double opening Sterling Silver flower bouquet Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with two slightly domed sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with
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Vintage 1970s Italian Art Nouveau Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse's Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below
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Vintage 1980s Italian Art Nouveau Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff box perforated, embossed and hand-engraved lid and miniature Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated, embossed and hand-engraved lid, with fine oval miniature cm. 3.2 x 4.5 hand painted in tempera on vegetable i...
Category

Vintage 1970s Italian Rococo Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box White with noble coat of arms Baroque style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box noble coat of arms is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Snuff Box noble coat of arms has White
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1990s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Light Blue Ornament in Relief, Empire Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular pocket snuff box with oval section in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with
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Vintage 1970s Italian Empire Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Parrotlets on Flowering Branches. Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver En
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box reproducing the painting of a Roman glimpse late 1800s Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuffbox Rectangular for table with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli repro...
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1990s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel

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
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Romantic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Other

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
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Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel

20th Century Italian Solid Silver Oval Tobacco Box
By Arval Argenti Valenza
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid silver box for tobacco. The box was made entirely by hand starting from a silver sheet and
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1990s Italian Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Round Tobacco Box Art Decò Italian Design 1930 Solid Brass
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Tobacco Box Art Deco Italian Design 1930 Solid Brass
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

Italian 1920 Renaissance Revival Enameled Octagonal Box in .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian enamelled snuff box. Colorful box, created in Italy, back in the 1920. It was crafted
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Vintage 1920s Italian Renaissance Revival Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Aldo Tura, Pipe Shaped Parchment Tobacco Box, Macabo Italy 1950s
By Aldo Tura, Macabo
Located in Firenze, IT
Pipe shaped parchment and brass tobacco box designed by Aldo Tura Macabo Italy 1950s The box
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

Vintage Conus Seashell Box, Sterling Mounts, Hallmarked, Italy, 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage Conus seashell box with sterling silver mounts - side hinge - unidentified hallmarks to the
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Mid-20th Century Italian Georgian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Tobacco Box from the 1970s Italian Design Solid Brass
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Tobacco box from the 1970s, Italian design. Measures: Height 7 cm, diameter 15 cm in golden brass.
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Vintage 1970s European Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

Mid-century Raymor Glazed Ceramic Smoking Set Italy, Box, Lighter and Ashtray
By Raymor
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century Raymor Glazed Ceramic Smoking Set Italy, Box, Lighter and Ashtray Offered for sale is
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Futurist Tobacco Ceramic Box 1930 Matt Enamel Cima Perugia with Dog
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian Futurist Tobacco ceramic box 1930 Art Deco in Matt enamel and decorations with dog Cima
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Ceramic

Italian Cigarettes Tobacco Box Art Deco 1930 with Inlays of Fine Sorrento Woods
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian cigarettes tobacco box Art Deco 1930 with inlays of fine Sorrento woods . With the flap
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Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Wood

Brown Leather Tissue Box
By Pinetti
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished for its elegance and exceptional craftsmanship, this tissue box strikes a balance
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2010s Italian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Leather

Brown Leather Tissue Box
Brown Leather Tissue Box
H 2.37 in W 10.24 in D 5.52 in
Sterling Silver Victor Emanuel Pill Box
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver Victor Emanuel pill box. Antique blue enameled silver pill box with the crowned
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Early 20th Century Italian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Gabriella Crespi Tortoise and Sterling Silver Box
By Gabriella Crespi
Located in New York, NY
Gabriella Crespi tortoise and sterling silver box. Vintage Crespi cylindrical cigarette case with
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver

Gucci Vintage Tobacco Container Glass Box 1960s
By Gucci
Located in Munich, DE
Gucci Vintage tobacco container or candy box made in glass and stitched leather and the typical
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Leather, Fabric, Glass

Mahogany Wood Tobacco Box with Golden and Blue Brass Lid, 1970
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Mahogany wood tobacco box with golden and blue brass lid, 1970.
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Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

1950s Aldo Tura Mid-Century Modern Goatskin and Brass Pipe Shaped Tobacco Box
By Aldo Tura
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Goatskin and Brass tobacco box designed by Aldo Tura and manufactured by Macabo in the Fifties
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

Mid Century Modern Cobalt Murano Glass & Brass Table Lighter W/ Copper Striker
Located in Van Nuys, CA
in Italy 4 1/2" tall and 3" wide
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Vintage 1960s Italian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Murano Glass

Posacenere in stile Italiano anni 60/70
Located in Roma, IT
Posacenere con portariviste anni 60/70 costruito in ferro e portariviste cromato.
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Late 20th Century Italian Industrial Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Iron

Posacenere in stile Italiano anni 60/70
Posacenere in stile Italiano anni 60/70
H 24.81 in W 13 in D 13 in
Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in gilded 925/1000 silver with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with
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Vintage 1980s Italian Queen Anne Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Piero Fornasetti, Set di due scatole da fumo
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Firenze, IT
Piero Fornasetti, Set di due scatole da fumo Scatole in metallo smaltato e legno disegnate da Piero Fornasetti Anni 50 Il set è composto da una scatola porta sigari e una scatola ...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Metal

Snuffbox two-tones enamel stripes Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
underside of this fine box include: manufacturer's mark: 391FI metal mark fineness:925
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Vintage 1980s Italian Napoleon III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox basket with flowers, in Florentine Renaissance style, Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
struck to the underside of this fine box include: manufacturer's mark: 391FI metal mark fineness:925
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Vintage 1960s Italian Napoleon III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

Ashtray by Gino Colombini for Kartell, 1960s
By Gino Colombini, Kartell
Located in Lasne, BE
Black plastic and chromed metal ashtray. Stamped on the bottom. Wear due to time and age of the ashtray.
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Metal

Snuffbox Pocket Sterling Silver Gold Paillons Lilies of France Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular oval shape pocket snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold "paillons" in the s...
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Vintage 1960s Italian Louis XIV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire en...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Baroque Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company
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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox Fired Enamel Miniature on Lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature on the lid. Early 1900s English Art Nouveau style. Measurements cm. 5....
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Vintage 1960s Italian Art Nouveau Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dimensions cm. 5.5 x...
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Vintage 1970s Italian Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Markowitsch & Scheid 1875 Mechanical Vesta Case In .900 Sterling With Niello
By Georg Adam Scheid
Located in Miami, FL
well as jewelry boxes, which were also sold in large quantities in Germany, France, Italy, Great
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Antique 1870s Austrian High Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Greyhound Micro Mosaic Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Greyhound Micro Mosaic Snuff Box A variegated hardstone snuffbox with a silver gilt framed micro
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Boxes and Cases

Materials

Silver

Greyhound Micro Mosaic Snuff Box
Greyhound Micro Mosaic Snuff Box
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H 1 in W 2.25 in L 2.88 in
Musical Snuff Box Playing 2 Tunes with historical decor to the lid
Located in Zonhoven, BE
. this is typical of early boxes. It is only later, after 1840, that one can make a comb in 1 piece. on
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Antique 1840s Swiss Early Victorian Decorative Boxes

Materials

Silver, Iron, Cut Steel, Steel, Bronze

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Italy Snuff Box For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic Italy snuff box available at 1stDibs. A Italy snuff box — often made from metal, silver and sterling silver — can elevate any home. There are 93 variations of the antique or vintage Italy snuff box you’re looking for, while we also have 12 modern editions of this piece to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect Italy snuff box — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. Each Italy snuff box bearing mid-century modern, Art Nouveau or Art Deco hallmarks is very popular. Many designers have produced at least one well-made Italy snuff box over the years, but those crafted by Franco Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni and Fornasetti are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Italy Snuff Box?

Prices for a Italy snuff box can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $136 and can go as high as $34,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,500.

Finding the Right boxes for You

From mere trinkets to useful receptacles that serve a distinct purpose, antique boxes as decorative objects have come in many forms over the years. No matter what they’re made of or where they end up in your home, decorative boxes add both style and storage to your space.

The decorative box that is likely most common is the jewelry box. These boxes were originally known as jewel caskets and were in common use in Ancient Egypt, as most Egyptians wore some sort of jewelry. A portable jewelry box, in its original intended use, was integral to keeping your jewelry safe and secure. This accessory has transformed in size, shape and appearance over the years. Initially it was common for a jewelry box to bear intricate ornamentation. Whether they’re mid-century modern works of marble and brass or feature playful Art Deco–style geometric decor, jewelry boxes boast real staying power.

Snuff boxes began to soar in popularity during the 17th century (and were commonplace in European homes by the mid-19th century). The boxes, some hand-painted with landscape scenes, some made from gold, porcelain or stone, contained a small amount of tobacco, which users would sniff, or “snuff,” throughout the day. Some particularly ornamental snuff boxes featured enameled designs or were set with precious gems and were given as gifts or party favors, particularly at the coronation of royalty or other lavish events.

Whether you’re organizing important mail in the foyer or tucking away medications in your bathroom, antique boxes — be they metal tea caddies, sterling-silver decorative boxes or Victorian cigar boxes made of oak (even if you don’t smoke) — are a sophisticated solution to help keep the surfaces in your home clutter-free. And no matter if you’re seeking a decorative box to beautify a desktop or bestow upon a loved one, you are sure to find something you love in the collection of antique and vintage boxes on 1stDibs.

Questions About Italy Snuff Box
  • 1stDibs ExpertOctober 12, 2021
    A 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.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    Snuff 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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