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Portrait Snuff Box

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
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Gold, Enamel

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

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Tortoise Shell, Glass

Erotic Snuff Box
Erotic Snuff Box
H 0.88 in Dm 3.63 in
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

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Antique Snuff Trinket Box Ebonized Wood Porcelain Miniature Portrait Estate Find
Located in Montreal, QC
Ebonized wood hinged snuff box embellished with miniature portrait of young lady hand-painted on
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Antique 1830s English Early Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Porcelain, Wood

Hand Painted Papier Mache Snuff Box
By Stobwasser
Located in East Geelong, VIC
This papier mache snuff box is decorated with a hand painted portrait of a well dressed lady of the
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Antique 1820s German Regency Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Paper

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

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Gold, Enamel

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
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Antique 1790s French Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Gold

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

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Brass

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
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Vintage 1970s Italian Napoleon III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Set of 24 Painted Papier Mache and Metal Snuff Boxes
Located in New York, NY
This diverse set of early 19th-century English painted snuff boxes, of various shapes and sizes
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Antique 1830s English George IV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Metal

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
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Antique 19th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Gold

Austria Mid-18th Century Lacquered Portrait Wood Box
Located in Brescia, IT
This antique and fine lacquered wood box, is painted on both the sides with an elegant portrait of
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Antique Mid-18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco B...

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Wood, Lacquer

Austria Mid-18th Century Lacquered Portrait Wood Box
Austria Mid-18th Century Lacquered Portrait Wood Box
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H 0.4 in W 2.76 in D 5.71 in
19th Century French Papier Mâché Box with Painted Portrait
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French papier mâché box with painted portrait.
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Mid-20th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Paper

England 1810 Georgian Battersea Enamel Neoclassical Decorated Box
Located in Miami, FL
table snuff box, created in the district of Battersea in London. It was crafted during the Georgian
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Antique 1810s English George IV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Bronze, Enamel

Papier-mâché Snuffbox, Painted with a Portrait of a Smoking Man
By Stobwasser
Located in Delft, NL
Papier-mâché Snuffbox, painted with a portrait of a smoking man A snuff box painted with a
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Antique 19th Century German Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Paper

Papier-mâché Snuffbox, Painted with a Portrait of a Bearded Man
By Stobwasser
Located in Delft, NL
Papier-Mâché snuffbox, A snuff box painted with a portrait of a bearded man with a turban
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Antique 19th Century German Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Paper

England 1780 Georgian Battersea Enamel Baroque Decorated Box in Gilded Bronze
Located in Miami, FL
table snuff box, created in the district of Battersea in London. It was crafted during the Georgian
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Antique 1780s English George III Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Bronze, Enamel

Antique Sterling Silver Vesta Case with Enamel Portrait of Dog, W J Myatt & Co
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique sterling silver vesta case with enamel portrait of dog Made in Birmingham 1913 Maker: W J
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Vintage 1910s British Edwardian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Pot à tabac Roger Capron décor "soleils" en céramique Française Vallauris 1950
By Roger Capron
Located in AIX-LES-BAINS, FR
de portraits royaux. Le pot de tabac était alors un objet de prestige et de raffinement. Celui ci
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Vintage 1950s European French Provincial Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Ceramic

Antique Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
By Steinhart & Co.
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
cards, a champagne bottle and a female portrait. The posterior surface of this antique vesta case is
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Antique Early 1900s British Edwardian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Austria Mid-18th Century Lacquered Wood Case
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine wood lacquered wood case is painted both on the sides: there is the elegant portrait of a
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Antique Mid-18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco B...

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Lacquer, Wood, Fabric

Austria Mid-18th Century Lacquered Wood Case
Austria Mid-18th Century Lacquered Wood Case
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H 0.4 in W 2.76 in D 5.71 in
England 1770 Georgian Battersea Enamel Decorated Box in Sterling Silver
By Battersea
Located in Miami, FL
Bilston table snuff box created in the district of Battersea in London England during the early Georgian
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Antique 1770s English Georgian Decorative Boxes

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Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

1813 Portrait of Charles Howard, Advocate of Arts & Commerce
Located in Langweer, NL
and the other holding what appears to be a snuff box, a common accessory of the period among the upper
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Antique 1820s Prints

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Paper

1813 Portrait of Charles Howard, Advocate of Arts & Commerce
1813 Portrait of Charles Howard, Advocate of Arts & Commerce
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H 13.47 in W 9.93 in D 0 in
Oil Painting of a Horse Standing Proud in Woodland, signed by the Royal Artist
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
helping his father painting clock faces and snuff boxes and became renowned in his own right for his
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Antique 18th Century English George III Paintings

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Paint

Sotheby's Catalog, An Important Russian Imperial Jewel. Geneva, 2005 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
precious stones as well as insignia and portraits of her Imperial majesty, snuff boxes, watches and chains
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21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Books

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Paper

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Located in New York, NY
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Louis XV French Gold Snuffbox by Germain Chayé
Located in New Orleans, LA
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Antique 18th Century French Louis XV Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Gold

Antique Indo Persian Mughal Miniature Painting Portrait of Prince Salim Jahangir
Located in Greenwich, CT
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Portrait of Lady Caroline Price
By George Romney
Located in Miami, FL
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Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
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By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
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Antique Meissen 68-Piece Floral Dinner Service
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Located in New Orleans, LA
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19th century portrait painted in St Petersburg in 1819
Located in London, GB
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Desk Clock by Cartier
By Cartier
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant desk clock by Cartier features a soft blue guilloché enamel and gold frame. With Roman numerals marking the hours, the dial's radiant guilloché pattern is well-complem...
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Enamel, Gold

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Located in Atlanta, GA
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Located in Acworth, GA
Marquis de Lafayette portrait inscription snuff box, circa 1830. Historical antique snuff box
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Antique 1830s French American Classical Historical Memorabilia

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Located in Woodbridge, CT
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Located in Doylestown, PA
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French Shoe Form Snuff Boxes, 19th Century
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Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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German 18-Karat Gold Snuff Box, Esais Fernau, Hanau, circa 1790
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Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-18th century German magnificent 18-karat gold snuff box, large and of oval form
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Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
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Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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By Louis Kuppenheim
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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By Louis Kuppenheim
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
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Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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Located in London, GB
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A Horn Snuff Box Inset with a Portrait Miniature Depicting a Lady
Located in Savannah, GA
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By Ferdinand Toussaint
Located in Wiscasset, ME
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Located in Miami, FL
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Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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By Horace Woodward & Co. Ltd.
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
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Located in Salt Lake City, UT
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Located in Salt Lake City, UT
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Located in Norwalk, CT
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Located in Geelong, Victoria
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Portrait Snuff Box For Sale on 1stDibs

With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the portrait snuff box you’re looking for. Each portrait snuff box for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, enamel and paper. Your living room may not be complete without a portrait snuff box — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A portrait snuff box made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one portrait snuff box that is appealing in its simplicity, but Jacques Joseph de Gault and Horace Woodward & Co. Ltd. produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Portrait Snuff Box?

Prices for a portrait snuff box can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $295 and can go as high as $14,500, while the average can fetch as much as $995.
Questions About Portrait 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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