Micro Snuff Boxes
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
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
H 0.99 in W 3.35 in D 2.56 in
Moorish Style Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Art Deco Cigarette Box
Located in Miami, FL
very fine Moorish micro mosaic inlaid geometric marquetry artwork.
This box was traditionally used
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Walnut, Mother-of-Pearl, Birch, Rosewood
Micro Mosaic Gold Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Micro Mosaic Gold Snuff Box
An 18 karat gold snuff box accented with blue enamel set with a micro
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Antique 1850s Boxes and Cases
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
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
Russian Imperial Faberge Silver Pill Box Nutmeg Grater solid 84 Silver / 30.5gr
Located in SE
this box can be some sort of pill, spice, snuff, or nutmeg variety.
Two separate hinged compartments
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Antique Early 1900s Russian Aesthetic Movement Boxes and Cases
Materials
Silver
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W 1.19 in D 0.4 in L 2.45 in
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Archaeological Revival Gold Tiara
Located in London, GB
An Archaeological revival gold myrtle leaf tiara possibly by Castellani, the twenty-two realistically carved leaves embellished with thirty buds forming a wreath, with yellow gold fr...
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Antique 18th Century Italian Victorian More Jewelry
Materials
18k Gold, Gold
Pearl Royale 18K White Gold, Diamond, Sapphire and South Sea Pearl Chess Set
By Colin Burn Art
Located in Halls Head, Western Australia
The Pearl Royale chess set stands as one of the world’s finest jewelry artworks ever created. This masterpiece is hailed as the most valuable and opulent chess set in the world and l...
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21st Century and Contemporary Australian Victorian Games
Materials
Gold
H 5.52 in W 15.75 in D 15.75 in
Castellani Micromosaic Brooch
By Castellani
Located in Riverdale, NY
Castellani Micromosaic Brooch from the late 19th Century. Incredibly minute tesserae are hand placed to create the ornate pattern in this wonderful brooch. Patterns of dusty celadon ...
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Antique 1870s Italian Revival Brooches
Materials
18k Gold
Mid-Victorian Moorish Wrought & Cast Iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure
Located in London, GB
A monumental Moorish mid-Victorian wrought iron Pergola or Decorative Garden Structure, a masterpiece in High Victorian ironwork design. This Pergola was built around the same time a...
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Antique Late 19th Century European Moorish Architectural Elements
Materials
Wrought Iron
H 240 in W 552 in D 120 in
Italian 19th Century Canopy Bed with Silver Friezes and Upholstered Purple Silk
Located in Firenze, IT
One of a kind canopy bed or day bed made up of two scrolled silver columns and upholsterd with an Italian vintage pure silk brocade.
Sourced in a private residence in Venice this 19...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Revival Beds and Bed Frames
Materials
Silver
H 80.71 in W 78.75 in D 58.27 in
French Empire Tricolored Gold Etui Case
Located in Firenze, IT
French tri-colored, red, green and yellow 18Kt gold pencil case decorated with applied classical lobes, swags and festoons of flowers.
French rubbed mark, circa 1810
Width: 12 mm
H...
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Antique 1810s French Boxes and Cases
Materials
18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s English Victorian Tea Table
By Albert Hadley, Sister Parish
Located in St. Louis, MO
President John F. & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s
English Victorian tea table
Quite possibly the most important tea table in American History
The famed, English Victorian tea ta...
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Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Card Tables and Tea Tables
Materials
Lacquer
H 19 in W 33.5 in D 27.25 in
Pair of Grand-Scale Arched Glass-Paneled Double Doors
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of grand-scale arched glass paneled double doors. Contains (mostly) original glass plates (one missing, the second broken) Constructed, circa 1910 in Paris.
Note: Original/earl...
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Early 20th Century French Neoclassical Doors and Gates
Materials
Glass, Wood
Cartier Gemstone Set Cigarette and Lighter Evening Gold and Silver Purse
By Cartier
Located in New York, NY
A classic and rare multi-gem set cigarette case by Cartier; of rectangular outline with seven square-cut rubies and fourteen diamonds set weighing approximately 0.14 carats; pull pie...
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20th Century Unknown Art Deco Vanity Items
Materials
White Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Vermeil, Silver, Gilt Metal
Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
DESCRIPTION: Perhaps the best Romney in private hands. If Vogue Magazine existed in the late 18th century, this image of Lady Caroline Price would be on one of its covers. The e...
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1970s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates
Materials
Porcelain
Steinway & Sons Concert Grand Piano
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This extraordinary concert grand piano with 88 keys was made by the prestigious firm Steinway & Sons around 1894. The case's decoration was entrusted to the company Cuel & Cie and mo...
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Antique Late 19th Century French Louis XV Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
Tiffany Studios New York Graduate Bronze Box
By Tiffany Studios
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique bronze Graduate pattern desk box, jewelry box, or decorative box with verdigris green patina
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Decorative Boxes
Materials
Bronze
1930s Rockwell Kent Bacchus Copper Cigarette Box Chase Art Deco Relief Sculpture
By Chase Brass and Copper Company, Rockwell Kent
Located in Hyattsville, MD
"An incredibly rare piece of American Art Deco history. A "Bacchus" cigarette box designed by Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971) for the Chase Company. Only offered in 1935 and 1936...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Copper
H 1.63 in W 6.5 in D 5.38 in
Art Deco Box Carl Auböck, 1930s
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Deco Box made of wood, inside copper. By Carl Auböck, 1930s.
Listed in catalog "Die Kataloge der Werkstätte Carl Auböck 1925-1975" [The catalogs of the Carl Auböck workshop 19...
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Vintage 1930s Austrian Art Deco Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Copper
Claydon Pier Mirrors
By Luke Lightfoot
Located in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset
An exceptional pair of rectangular carved pier mirrors, inspired by the Chinese Room of Claydon. The elaborate carved decoration following the style of Luke Lightfoot in the chinoise...
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21st Century and Contemporary English Chinoiserie Pier Mirrors and Conso...
Materials
Paint, Wood, Gesso
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George III Silver Gilt Micro Mosaic Snuff Box By Joseph Ash I 1808
By Joseph Ash I
Located in Newark, England
Very fine George III silver gilt box with mounted micro-mosaic top panel. The box of rectangular
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Antique Early 1800s British George III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver
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H 0.79 in W 2.76 in D 2.17 in
Persian Micro Mosaic Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Handcrafted micro mosaic box inlaid in geometric design.
This Middle Eastern Persian inlay boxes
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Antique Late 19th Century Persian Islamic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Italian Hardstone and Micromosaic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Flawless and intricate, the highly detailed micro mosaic on this rare Italian snuff box is an
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Antique 19th Century Italian Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Stone, Gold
Russian Malachite Micro Mosaic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A Russian malachite snuff box with a Roman micro mosaic representing the Colosseum. In original
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Antique 19th Century European Boxes
Materials
Malachite
French Gold Mounted Micro Mosaic Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
14-karat gold mounted snuff box with a rare micro mosaic still life.
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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Gold Mounted Snuff Box with Micro Mosaic
Located in New Orleans, LA
14-karat gold mounted snuff box with micro mosaic of "Hercules and the Cretan Bull."
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Materials
Gold
Gold Mounted Hardstone Snuff Box with Micro Mosaic
Located in New Orleans, LA
Italian hardstone snuff box with rare micro mosaic of a rabbit.
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Antique Early 19th Century Italian Decorative Boxes
Silver-Gilt Mounted Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A French silver-gilt mounted snuff box with a micro mosaic of the Pantheon.
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Antique Early 19th Century French Decorative Boxes
Materials
Glass, Porcelain
Antique Russian Silver Snuff Box, by D.P. Nikitin, Circa.1908-1917
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Russian Silver Snuff Box
Maker : by D.P. Nikitin
Russia Circa.1908-1917
Fully hallmarked
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Antique Early 1900s Russian Sterling Silver
Materials
Silver
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H 0.87 in W 2.8 in D 1.3 in
Antique Persian Micro Mosaic Box
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fine Antique handcrafted box micro mosaic inlaid in geometric design and with a scene of 3 Iranian
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Antique Late 19th Century Persian Islamic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Cartier, Vintage Sterling Silver Match Box, Jacques Cartier, London, 1959
By Jacques Cartier
Located in Braintree, GB
1959.
Approximate dimensions:
Size: 5.8 x 4 x 2.2 cm
Weight: 56 grams
Condition: Match box has
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Vintage 1950s British Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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H 0.87 in W 2.29 in D 1.58 in
Micro Mosaic Gold Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Antique Micro Mosaic Gold Snuff Box
An 18k gold beautifully engraved snuff box, with a
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Antique 1850s Boxes and Cases
Materials
18k Gold
Rare and Large Decorative Green Jasper Bowl Centrepiece
Located in New York, NY
highly polished, like this bowl, and is used for items such as vases, seals, and snuff boxes.
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20th Century Indonesian Decorative Bowls
Rare and Large Decorative Green Jasper Bowl Centerpiece
Located in New York, NY
for items such as vases, seals, and snuff boxes.
Like-new condition. Ready to place.
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20th Century Indonesian Decorative Bowls
Materials
Stone
Antique French Large Kingwood Beveled Glass Table Box Vitrine
Located in San Marcos, CA
, displayed in the foreground, or the same with military medals and collected smalls; snuff boxes and the like
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Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Jewelry & Watches
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Questions About Micro Snuff Boxes
- 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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