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) century. Decorated throughout with hand-painted military, gunfighting, and hor...
Porcelain
1800 Porcelain Bonbonniere of a Painted Bird
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
A beautiful 1800 German Meissen Porcelain Bonbonniere snuff box of a painted bird, it has a brass-mounted lid of a detailed bird on a branch.
Porcelain
1800 Porcelain Bonbonniere of a Painted Bird
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
A beautiful 1800 German Meissen Porcelain Bonbonniere snuff box of a painted bird, it has a brass-mounted lid of a detailed bird on a branch.
Porcelain
1800 Porcelain Bonbonniere of a Painted Bird
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Windsor, Berkshire
A beautiful 1800 German Meissen Porcelain Bonbonniere snuff box of a painted bird, it has a brass-mounted lid of a detailed bird on a branch.
Porcelain
Rare Meissen Marcolini Porcelain Chinoiserie Incense Burner Vase and Cover
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
This chain of inspiration tracking backwards from the 19th century to antiquity provides a clear example of how ceramics, and indeed other mediums, are able to influence and motivate...
Porcelain
Pug Dog Tobacco Box by Bernhard Bloch, Meissen Germany, circa 1890s
By Bernhard Bloch
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for one of our rare Majolica items, an exceptional tobacco box by Bernhard Bloch, Meissen Germany, from the end of the 19th century or beginning of the 20th century. Th...
Ceramic
Gold-Mounted Circular Porcelain Snuff Box, Meissen, circa 1740
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Weinheim, DE
Kaendler, 1738 Profiled gold-mounting Rare snuff box model with form number 22 (after Beaucamp-Markowsky 1985, p. 595) The painting is of extraordinary quality.
Gold
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H 1.38 in W 2.76 in D 1.97 in
Rare Meissen Black-Ground Snuff-Box with a Painting after Nicolas Lancret
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Weinheim, DE
And this etching, in turn, served as template for the only known comparative piece of our black-ground snuff-box. The comparative snuff box is published in: Exhibition catalogue...
Sold
H 1.78 in W 3.75 in D 2.76 in
Meissen Snuff Box with Fishing Scenes, Interior with Lion & Children, circa 1755
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Meissen snuff box of rectangular form, finely painted with fishing scenes to all surfaces, set within flower moulded borders, the inside lid with a delightful scene of a lion and chi...
Porcelain
French porcelain pug dog perfume bottle, probably Samson, c. 1880
By Edmé Samson, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Paris porcelain perfume in the form of a pug dog, after a mid- 18th century Meissen original. Possibly Samson, c.1880
Porcelain
18th Century Sèvres Porcelain Box with Puiforcat Silver Mount
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A refined French oval box combining 18th-century Sèvres porcelain with an elaborate later silver mount attributed to the renowned Parisian silversmith Puiforcat. The porcelain body,...
Silver
Antique Capodimonte Porcelain Table Snuff or Dresser Box
By Capodimonte
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine, antique Capodimonte porcelain table snuff box in the Meissen style. With a polychrome enamel Bacchanalian scene on the lid, neoclassical devices on the side panels, and a ...
Porcelain
French Hand Painted Floral Porcelain Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Charming Porcelain Trinket Box painted in purples, gold, green and royal blue. Upon opening the box there is a cute flower design inside the lid. This piece would certainly be a fant...
Gold, Brass
Sèvres Porcelain Box, 19th Century, Napoleon III Period.
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Sèvres porcelain box, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Box, Sèvres porcelain box, gilt brass mount, 19th century, Napoleon III period. Dimensions : H: 7 cm, W: 15 cm, D: 10 cm Co...
Brass
Vintage Limoges Hand Painted Porcelain Trinket Box, Artisan Style
By Limoges 2
Located in Arnhem, NL
A vintage Limoges France handpainted rectangular porcelain trinket box. The box features multicolored floral ornaments on white and royal blue background. The box is braced with a gi...
Brass
$295
H 1.5 in W 2.75 in D 3.75 in
Vintage Meissen Porcelain Covered Dresser Box with Deutsche Blumen Decoration
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine German porcelain small box. By Meissen. Decorated with Deutsche Blumen floral sprays throughout both lid and body and with a gilt rim. Fully marked to the base. Simply wo...
Porcelain
$3,195Sale Price|54% Off
H 2.5 in W 4.25 in D 3 in
18th Century, Lowestoft English Porcelain Trinket Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
18th century, English porcelain trinket box hand decorated in polychrome glazes and inscribed: "A Trifle from Lowestoft 1795".
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Porcelain Box
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New Orleans, LA
Incredible hand-painted scenes inspired by Rococo master Antoine Watteau cover this magnificent Meissen porcelain box. Displaying romantic courtship scenes on each side, the casket i...
Porcelain
$2,950
H 1.75 in W 3.13 in D 2.38 in
Antique South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Table Snuff Box, 18th Century
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea enamel table snuff box. With a pink ground and white enamel latticework decoration throughout. Each side has a cartouche w...
Enamel
Limoges Porcelain Trinket box
By Limoges
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a Limoges France Porcelain Trinket Box. Its background is white. It is hand painted and adorned with a bouquet of flowers in the center and blue and gilt scrolls around it. I...
Porcelain
$2,408
H 2.76 in W 4.73 in D 3.15 in
Porcelain Box, Potschappel-Dresden, Germany, 19th Century, with Brand Mark
By German Manufactory
Located in Madrid, ES
Potschappel-Dresden, Germany, 19th century. With brand on the base. Rectangular box with a slightly curved lid made of enamelled porcelain with golden metal finishes and hinges that ...
Other
$1,708
H 6.7 in W 9.85 in D 5.52 in
Antique Italian Large Capodimonte Porcelain Table Casket 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique large Italian Capodimonte porcelain table casket, 1880 in date. It features a gladiatorial scene with the Emperor and Empress on the lid, the sides are l...
Porcelain
$1,100
H 3.25 in W 5 in D 3.5 in
Antique German Dresden Porcelain Box with Delicate Painting, Circa 1860-1870.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique German Dresden Porcelain Box with Delicate Painting, Circa 1860-1870.
Porcelain
$186Sale Price|35% Off
H 0.99 in W 1.58 in D 1.19 in
Antique Limoge Hand Painted Box enamel & brass with Hunting Horse Scene
By Castel Limoges
Located in Neguri, Vizcaya
Antique Limoge 19th Jewellery hand painted porcelain & brass box with hunting horse scene. aprox 1880 hand painted in yellow porcelaine Perfect gift for decoration or keeping persona...
Brass
$1,760Sale Price|44% Off
H 1.5 in W 2.67 in D 2.13 in
18th Century Porcelain Snuff Tobacco Box with Ormulu Gilt Decorations
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Mid-18th Century porcelain snuff tobacco box with Ormulu gilt embossed relief and with empire classical motives. The inside of the lid is decorated with colorful flowers. Wonderful a...
Ormolu
$2,850
H 1.63 in W 3.13 in D 2.38 in
Antique English Battersea South Staffordshire Enamel Table Snuff Box
By Bilston Battersea
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and rare antique 18th century South Staffordshire or Battersea enamel table snuff box. The lid has a scene of two noble, young couples in a formal garden. The sides and bas...
Enamel
Émile Gallé Miniature Cameo Vase, Art Nouveau, Ca 1900
By Émile Gallé
Located in Delft, NL
Émile Gallé miniature Cameo vase, Art Nouveau, ca 1900 Émile Gallé (Nancy, 1846 –1904) was a French glassmaker and furniture designer Émile Gallé 7 cm high Cameo vase made in gla...
Glass
small Folk art chest, circa 1930
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
This folk art box from the 1930s is a particularly decorative object with an authentic, hand-painted appearance. The wooden box is richly decorated with colorful floral motifs in red...
Pine
The Art of Fine Gardening: Craig Bergmann Landscape Design
Located in New York, NY
The long-awaited debut book on Craig Bergmann, pre-eminent designer of traditional gardens along the North Shore of Chicago For more than four decades, Craig Bergmann has been recog...
Paper
Fabergé Silver Service
By Fabergé
Located in New Orleans, LA
This extraordinary 128-piece service by Fabergé is a rare treasure in more ways than one. Enclosed in its original oak chest, the exquisite service remains complete and in pristine c...
Silver
$3,210
H 8.27 in Dm 2.37 in
Emile Gallé Cameo Glass Vase with Orchid Oncidium Motif Nancy France 1894-1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Bochum, NRW
Rare Emile Gallé Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Vase with Orchid Oncidium Motif — Nancy, France, Circa 1894–1904 Baluster-shaped vase, multilayer cased glass, green, colorless, and violet h...
Art Glass
$1,662
H 3.15 in Dm 2.56 in
Emile Galle Art Nouveau Cameo Vase With Silver Mounting, Nancy, France 1904
By Émile Gallé
Located in Vienna, AT
Bulbous shoulder vase on a flush stand, short neck piece of colourless glass with white powder meltings, overlay in blue-violet and green, meadow flower decoration etched in various ...
Glass
Émile Gallé long neck Cameo vase, Art Nouveau, 1904-1906
By Émile Gallé
Located in Delft, NL
Émile Gallé long neck Cameo vase, Art Nouveau, 1904-1906 Émile Gallé (Nancy, 1846 –1904) was a French glassmaker and furniture designer Émile Gallé 30 cm high long neck Cameo vase m...
Glass
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.
Bronze
$350
H 3 in W 2 in D 0.75 in
Limoges France Hand Painted Porcelain Victorian Style Boot Shoe Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Tustin, CA
Very pretty Limoges porcelain old fashion Victorian style lace up boot shoe shaped trinket box is handmade in France and features a white background with skillfully hand painted clus...
Porcelain
French 18th Century Sevres Porcelain Covered, Handled Oval Dish
Located in New Orleans, LA
French 18th century Sevres porcelain covered, handled oval dish, decorated in blue with classic hand-painted picnic scene on either side, framed in gold. Floriate decoration framed ...
Porcelain
1930s Wooden Box with Iron Corners
Located in Marbella, ES
1930s wooden box with iron corners.
Iron
$2,826
H 11.03 in Dm 7.09 in
White 'Surrea' Vase by Wilhelm Kage for Gustavsberg Studio, Sweden, 1940s
By Gustavsberg, Wilhelm Kage
Located in Malmö, SE
A beautiful stoneware vase with 'Carrara' glaze. The fascinating design is a combination of two of Kåge’s best known lines of stoneware, “Surrea” from 1940 and “Våga” from 1949. Exc...
Ceramic, Stoneware
Murano Latticino Venetian Glass Heart Shaped Trinket Box
By Compagnia Di Venezia E Murano (C.V.M.)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A metal braced heart shaped Venetian glass trinket box, Murano, Italy, circa 1970s. A swirled cobalt blue and white glass box hand made in the process known as Latticino. The metal...
Metal
Unique Limoges France Hand Painted Bellows Porcelain Trinket Box
By Limoges
Located in Tustin, CA
Collectible and very unique, Limoges porcelain miniature trinket box is handmade and hand painted in France and features a very detailed bellows with a hand-painted burning logs scen...
Porcelain
$6,421
H 7.88 in Dm 5.12 in
Gorgeous Muller Frères Vase in Cameo Glass with a Rare Polichrome Anemone Decor
By Muller Frères
Located in Bochum, NRW
Gorgeous Muller Frères Vase, Art Nouveau Cameo Glass with a Rare Anemone Decor, circa 1920. Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Anemone Vase by Muller Frères, circa 1920. Oval vase in multi-laye...
Art Glass
19th Century French Sèvres Porcelain Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful 19th-century French Sèvres porcelain box, showcasing the elegance and artistry for which Sèvres is renowned. This finely crafted box features hand-painted couple, floral ...
Porcelain
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.
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