$559Sale Price|20% Off
18th Century Decorative Lacquered Portrait Figures Wood Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
This antique and fine lacquered wood box, is painted on both the sides with an elegant portrait of a woman and on the other side a dancer. The piece will be delivered with its certi...
Wood, Lacquer
Antique Gutta Percha Snuff Box with Portrait of a Lady, Late 19th Century
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is an antique gutta percha snuff box, with a small colored portrait of a lady on the lid.
Organic Material
$9,375Sale Price|25% Off
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.
Gold
19th Century French Papier Mâché Box with Painted Portrait
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French papier mâché box with painted portrait.
Paper
19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Guilloché Enamel Portrait Box
Located in Dublin, IE
A superbly crafted circular gilt bronze box of exceptional quality, featuring a rich turquoise-blue guilloché enamel top centered with an oval medallion bearing a finely hand-painted...
Enamel, Ormolu
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 portrait of a smoking man with a glass of wine on the background, possibly after a paint...
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, possibly after a painting by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712-1774) Germany Made...
Paper
Sotheby's Catalog, An Important Russian Imperial Jewel. Geneva, 2005 1st Ed
By Sotheby's
Located in valatie, NY
The regalia is laid out on a table under a great crystal globe through which everything can be examined in detail … the walls of the room are lined with glass cabinets containing num...
Paper
Antique Snuff Box General Lafayette Landing, Historical
Located in Acworth, GA
Marquis de Lafayette portrait inscription snuff box, circa 1830. Historical antique snuff box made of choice quality papier mâché.
Paper
Montesquieu Portrait Tortoiseshell Snuff Box
By Jacques Joseph de Gault
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exquisite miniature of French philosopher Charles Montesquieu graces the lid of this tortoiseshell-lined snuff box. The handsome portrait was fashioned by the renowned Jacques-Jos...
Gold, Enamel
French Shoe Form Snuff Boxes, 19th Century
Located in Doylestown, PA
Two similar carved and inlaid motto shoe form snuff boxes with portrait medallions, European, mid-19th century, each with 2-tone natural wood and stained color with pique work and li...
Wood
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H 0.5 in W 2.25 in D 3.1 in
A rare Queen Anne silver & tortoiseshell Snuff Box. Made by John Obrisset
Located in London, GB
He worked in silver, horn and tortoiseshell and specialised in Snuff Boxes with portraits in relief. Examples of this specific box are contained within the Royal Collection and the V...
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H 0.75 in W 3.38 in D 3.38 in
Circa 1830s French or American Papier Mache Lafayette Portrait Snuff Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1830s papier mache Lafayette portrait snuff box, American or French. Transfer print portrait of Lafayette among the clouds "Lafayette, Général en Chief de la Garde Nationale".
Lacquer
Framed tortoise shell snuff box with a miniature portrait, c. 1775
Located in Chicago, IL
Circular tortoise shell snuff box with a finely painted miniature portrait of a gentleman set in the glazed lid with a rose gold bezel.
Enamel
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H 0.63 in W 3.5 in D 2.5 in
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) by the revered miniature painter, Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767–1855), signed and dated...
Gold, Enamel
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H 1.74 in W 1.82 in D 0.48 in
George V Silver and Enamel Ladies Portrait Vesta Case by Horace Woodward, 1914
By Horace Woodward & Co. Ltd.
Located in Sittingbourne, Kent
A good quality early 20th century silver Vinaigrette of rounded rectangular form with sprung hinged lid and attached suspension ring, the face enameled with a portrait of a young lad...
Silver, Enamel
French Ovoid Limoges Enamel Snuff Box with Portrait
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
An early-nineteenth-century blue and gold painted enamel snuff box with sterling silver body and topped with a painted portrait of a woman in eighteenth-century dress.
Enamel, Sterling Silver
A Horn Snuff Box Inset with a Portrait Miniature Depicting a Lady
Located in Savannah, GA
19th Century horn snuff box inset with a portrait miniature depicting a lady
Horn
Georgian Snuff Box, Portrait of William Pitt, circa 1800
Located in Geelong, Victoria
Georgian brass snuff box, the circular form decorated to the lid with a profile portrait titled 'William Pitt', the sides with a Greek key embossed border, circa 1800.
$775
H 6.25 in W 3.75 in D 0.25 in
Early 19th Century Fancy Maiden Miniature Portrait Embroidered Frame
Located in Newfoundland, PA
Hand painted early 19th century miniature under glass. Finely painted details on this lovely lady. In a brass oval frame, with floral embroidery surround. Painting measures 2.5 in x...
Metal
$300
H 5.5 in W 4.75 in D 0.75 in
French Portrait Miniature on Ivory, Empire Revival Taste, Signed, c. 1860-1880
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Portrait miniature of a young woman in an off-the-shoulder white dress with a blue wrap, her hair styled in an elegant Empire-inspired arrangement. The work is finely executed in wat...
Brass
$250
H 4.25 in W 4.25 in D 0.75 in
French Portrait Miniature of Madame Victoire, Signed Gebelin, Late 19th Century
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Portrait miniature depicting Madame Victoire of France, after a portrait in the Palace of Versailles collections, executed in watercolor and gouache on a tablet and signed “Gebelin.”...
Paint
$869
H 0.52 in W 1.5 in D 1.5 in
Sterling Silver Gold-Plated Pill Box with Buccioni Miniature, Louis XVI Style
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with a hand-painted miniature with fired enamel by the painter Romano Buccioni in Louis XVI style from the second half of ...
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$300
H 5 in W 4.25 in D 0.75 in
French Empire Revival Portrait Miniature on Ivory, Signed André, Late 19th C.
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Portrait miniature of a young woman wearing a white fichu cap and ruffled collar over a dark dress, rendered in the romanticized Directoire and early Empire manner popular in the 19t...
Ivory, Wood, Paint
Late 19th Century Lacquered Box With Gilt Chinoiserie Scenes
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Black lacquered box decorated overall with gilt figures, trees, pavilions, and flowering plants on the sides, and a landscape scene on the lid. Brass keyhole escutcheon on the front....
Brass
18th Century Round Lacquer Wood Erotic Tobacco Snuffbox
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Small round 18th century tobacco snuffbox or pillbox with two painted separate scenes. Very versatile piece that could also hold jewelry or small trinkets. This piece makes a wonderf...
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
$236Sale Price|20% Off
Dm 1.85 in
French Painted Woman Portrait Round Pin Pendant in Silver Setting, Mid 1900s
Located in Milford, DE
A stylish retro French pin, featuring a Victorian-era lady painted on a round ceramic centerpiece, set in a decorative silver-tone setting. Can be worn as a pin brooch, or as a penda...
Antique Portrait Miniature on Ivory, Young Woman, Circa 1840, Framed
Located in Las Vegas, NV
19th-century portrait miniature depicting a young woman in an off-shoulder black dress with lace trim and a blue shawl. Her hair is styled in center-parted ringlets, consistent with ...
Brass
$440Sale Price|20% Off
H 1.75 in W 2.38 in D 2.38 in
French Bronze Hand Painted Portrait Guilloche Round Trinket Jewelry/Powder Box
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a French patinated bronze metal round trinket lidded box. It depicts a pierced round metal box decorated with a relief of foliages. The lid is adorned in the center with a ha...
Bronze
19th Century Antique Distressed Lidded Box, Chinese Paper Mache
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Century Antique Distressed Lidded Box, Chinese Paper Mache.
Paper
$2,580
H 9.06 in W 7.49 in D 3.55 in
Antique Gilt Bronze Jewellery Casket & Limoges Miniature 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a beautiful antique Napoleon III gilded ormolu and Limoges enamel jewellery casket, Circa 1870 in date. The hinged lid having a beautiful finely painted miniature Limoges en...
Ormolu
$568Sale Price|42% Off
H 1.58 in W 4.34 in D 3.75 in
19th Century Louis XVI Style Gilt Bronze Oval Jewellery Box, France
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A very pretty oval-shaped jewellery box in gilt bronze, with an exquisite central miniature of a young man serenading two young ladies with a lute. This Louis XVI style box is stunni...
Bronze
19th Century English Papier Mâché Tea Caddy
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lovely old papier mâché tea caddy with inlaid mother-of-pearl and hand-painted decoration, England, 19th century.
Mother-of-Pearl, Paper
$950
H 1.5 in W 3 in D 3 in
French Ormolu Cartouche Box Miniature Portrait of Princess de Lamballe, C. 1900
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
French Ormolu Cartouche Box with Miniature Portrait of Princess de Lamballe, Signed, Paris, circa 1900 This refined French ormolu cartouche-shaped box dates to the Belle Époque, cir...
Ormolu
$1,400
H 1.1 in W 3.25 in D 2.5 in
18th Century French Louis XVI Ring Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A STUNNING little French Ring Box from the 18th Century, namely a French Louis XVI Brass and MOP Box with Miniature Portrait of Lady. Box inlaid with mother of Pearl and ...
Brass
Sold|$6,784
H 0.48 in W 3.43 in D 0.99 in
Antique 19th Century German Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Freres Jordan, Hanau c.1800
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century German gold and enamel snuff box. This elongated rectangular snuff box, features cut corners and a lid adorned with intricate enamel work. The lid's central plaq...
Gold, Enamel
Solid 750 (18K) Gold Snuffbox - 19th Century
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Tricolor gold snuffbox with palms, floral motifs, richly embossed garlands, and a monogram card in the shape of a lozenge on the hinged lid. Metal: Gold Origin: French M...
Gold
German Mother of Pearl Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Magnificent layers and inlays of multi-colored mother-of-pearl cover each side of this breathtaking German snuff box. Each incredibly detailed scene is framed by finely engraved yell...
Gold
Swiss Gold and Enamel Musical Vinaigrette
Located in New Orleans, LA
A musical movement distinguishes this wonderful early 19th-century gold vinaigrette box. The vessel is covered in delicate engraving highlighted by blue and white champlevé enamel de...
Metal
$17,588
H 0.9 in W 1.3 in D 3.6 in
Antique French 20K Gold Snuff Box, Engine Turned Design, Circa 1870
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique French 20 karat tri-coloured gold snuff box; an addition to our 19th century collection. This exceptional antique French 20k yellow gold ...
Gold
18th Century English Agate Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
Trimmed in elegant yellow gold is this polished English agate snuff box. Distinguished by the dynamic patterning of the agate, the exquisite vessel is the finely chiseled 10-Karat go...
Agate, Gold
Gold box of Louis XVI period
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Three-tones gold oval snuff box. The hinged lid is decorated with a country trophy medallion. The medallion is framed by a garland of green gold foliage and roses. The medallion is d...
Gold
English Gold And Hardstone Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This 18th-century English snuff box is composed of a beautiful dark hardstone body encased in gold casework mounts. The box opens with a hinged lid, allowing snuff stored inside to b...
Gold
$22,403
H 0.99 in W 3.75 in D 1.68 in
18th Century German 18K Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Freres Jordan, Hanau c.1790
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th Century German 18k gold & hand painted enamel snuff box. of rectangular shape with angled corners, this exquisite snuff box features a meticulously designed lid. At its ...
Gold, Enamel
$37,479
H 0.99 in Dm 2.88 in
18th Century French 18K Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Joseph-Etienne Blerzy c.1780
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th Century Exceptional French 18k gold & enamel snuff box, a circular snuffbox crafted in solid gold, adorned with blue, green, and white enamels, further enhanced by gold ...
Gold, Enamel
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.
The French sculptor shaped dense blocks into tactile forms meant to be used and held.
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