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Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes For Sale
Antique Mixed Wood & Marquetry Cigar Box with Glass Insert C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Mixed Wood & Marquetry Cigar Box with Glass Insert C1910.
Measures - 9"H x 7.75"W x 7.75"D.
An antique cigar tobacco box from circa 1910, crafted with mixed wood and intri...
Category
20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Italian Silver and Enamel Box
Located in Newark, England
GUILLOCHE ENAMEL AND SILVER GILT
From our collectables category, we are delighted to offer this incredible quality Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver and Enamel Box. The Silver and E...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel
Antique 18th Century Sterling Silver Toothpick Case Birmingham Samuel Pemberton
Located in Portland, OR
An exceptional & early antique Georgian 18th century engraved sterling silver toothpick holder case, Birmingham, Samuel Pemberton, 1790.
This very fine antique silver case...
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1790s English George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tessellated Abalone Shell Brass Inlaid Cigarette Tobacco Trinket Box Mexico
By Pepe Mendoza
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
1950s mahogany lined brass and tessellated abalone cigarette box from Mexico.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silverplate German Box
Located in New York, NY
A sterling silver-plate German box with teak wood interior, circa early to mid-20th century, Germany. I'm showing piece as a jewelry box (holding earrings); however, it's actually a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Old African Hand Carved Wooden Box 19th Century Brown Color Powder Box
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Old African Hand Carved Wooden Box 19th Century Brown Color Powder Box
Powder box- jelwery Box.
Category
19th Century African Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Victor Mayer, Modern Faberge 18ct Gold Pill Box & Stand
By Fabergé
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stunning, modern limited edition Russian Faberge 18ct gold box mounted on a detachable fitted four leg stand. The rectangular box has a hinged cover decorated with green guilloche enamels overlaid with rope twist trellising the joints to the cover mounted with diamonds and red rubies. The box has cut out corners which correspond with the matched stand. Both have impressed FABERGE marks along with 750 marks for 18ct gold and the box is numbered 39/100 and the stand 20/300.
In 1990 Victor Mayer & Co was commissioned to resume manufacture of original Faberge objects.
Category
20th Century Russian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Decorative Box with Key, Italian Musical Jewelery Box Vintage Wooden Brown Box
Located in Wembley, GB
A handmade Vintage wooden Musical jewellery box with a key and lock, with Swiss Musical Movement by Romance with original key and Reuge mechanismt. It is perfectly designed and created in a suitable size for keeping valuables inside. The top of this box has leaf patterns and bronzed motives carved and made by hand.
It can also be a decorative object for any bedroom or dressing room in your home decor.
Old Decorative Box...
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1960s Italian Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Snuff Box fine hand engraving, fire enamelled, in “Rococo” style Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving, fire enamelled, in “Rococo” style from the early 19th century. Measurements cm. 4.5 x 7.7 x 2. ...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
VESTA CASE 1920 Germany Art Deco Matches Box In 14Kt Gold & Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A vesta matches box in gold and sterling attributed to Louis Kuppenheim.
A beautiful vesta box for matches created in Germany during the early art deco period, back in the 1920. The...
Category
1920s German Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
19th Century Treenware Mahogany Lidded Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century turned treen lidded box made from mahogany. This piece was expertly hand turned in England and has a lovely finial over a domed top, which rests on a shapely hand turne...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Snuff box perforated, embossed and hand-engraved lid and miniature 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
1970s Italian Rococo Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A small brass canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box dates to the 19th century and is decorated with etchi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
19th Century Treenware Walnut Tobacco Jar
Located in High Point, NC
19th century hand turned treen tobacco box made from walnut. The lid is expertly turned and is topped with a finial over a fabulous hand turned base. The walnut is a handsome color...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Walnut
C. 1870 Antique English Tunbridge Ware & Penwork Regency Tea Caddy Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, circa 1870.
A Regency Tunbridge Ware & Penwork Tea Caddy Box of Hexagonal form. Featuring a decorated Neo Classical taste top centering the goddess Ceres recumbent upon her...
Category
19th Century English Regency Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Walnut
French Painted Tole Peinte De Lac Gold Eagle Cigarette Trinket Box
By Metal Art
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Vintage French Tole Peinte De Lac Cigarette Trinket Box. All hand-painted burgundy with gold eagle. Minor paint loss on the finger tab and bottom edge.
Category
1960s French French Provincial Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Luxury Exotic Wood and Bronze Dugout by William Stuart for Costantini Design
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
Luxury Exotic Wood and Bronze Dugout by William Stuart for Costantini Design
3.75" H x 1.75 W x 0.5" D
Costantini founder William Stuart has bough...
Category
2010s Argentine Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Petite Etched Chinese Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box is formed of brass with a copper interior and...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Danish Early 19th Century Empire Tobacco Box
Located in Kastrup, DK
A charming mahogany tobacco box in an architecturally intriguing form. The top of the lid is adorned with a small knob of bone.
Great quality and craftsmanship.
Empire. Denmark, ...
Category
Early 19th Century Danish Empire Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bone, Mahogany
George III Sterling Silver-Mounted Etched Mother-of-pearl Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Georgian (George III) Period, sterling silver-mounted etched mother-of-pearl octagonal snuff box with hinged lid, London, year-hallmarked for 1803. The iridescent mother-of-pearl lid...
Category
Early 1800s English George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique English Battersea South Staffordshire Enamel Table Snuff Box
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...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Mano con Anelli Rectangular Ashtray
By Fornasetti
Located in Milan, IT
With this rectangular ashtray made of hand-decorated porcelain, Fornasetti has succeeded in transforming an everyday object into a small work of art capable of seducing you with its ...
Category
2010s Italian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Austrian Majolica Stove Smoker Set
Located in Austin, TX
19th century fine Austrian Majolica smoking set match striker harvest theme with a willow baskets, fruits and pitcher.
Category
1880s Austrian Rustic Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique George IV 18k Gold Snuff Box (1829)
By John Linnit
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique English 18 karat gold snuff box; an addition to our 19th century collection.
This exceptional antique English 18k yellow gold snuff box has an oblong form with rounded ends.
The body of this antique box is embellished with engine turned decoration, accented with tooled borders.
This impressive antique 18k gold box is fitted with a hinged hallmarked cover ornamented with further engine turned decoration to the upper plateau; the underside of the box bears the same design as the cover.
The anterior rim of the cover incorporates an impressive applied yellow gold thumbpiece, ornamented with cast floral festoon decoration.
The interior of the cover is embellished with the contemporary engraved inscription 'Presented to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cother C.B. on his retirement from the Service by the Officers of the 83d Regiment, As a token of their respect and esteem, MDCCCXXIX'; these Roman numerals pertain to 1829.
Condition
This antique 18k gold snuff box is an exceptional gauge of gold, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
The cast decoration is very sharp and the engine turned and engraved decoration is very crisp.
The hallmarks to the interior of the body and part hallmarks to the interior of the cover of this English gold box...
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1820s English Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
CARTIER London 1935 Art Deco Box In Sterling 18Kt Gold And Rubies
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
Compact case box designed by Cartier.
Beautiful and rare compact box, created in Paris France by the jewelry house of Cartier, back in the 1935. The squared box has been crafted wit...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique 20thC Russian Fabergé Gilt Solid Silver, Enamel & Diamond Necessaire
By Fabergé
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th Century Imperial Russian Fabergé gilt solid silver & gold necessaire case. Decorated with vibrant mauve enamel over an engine-turned...
Category
20th Century Russian Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Enamel
Victorian Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Cowrie Shell Snuff Box With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver-mounted (unmarked, but tested) Cowrie shell snuff box with hinged lid, England, Ca. 1840's. Measures 3 inches long x 2 inches deep x almost 2 inches high. Sterling silver mount is engraved Mrs. Margaret Burke...
Category
1840s English Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Swiss Black Forest Blacksmiths Anvil Tobacco Jar Compendium with Secret
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
Cigar Cutter & Vesta Case
From our Black Forest collection, we are delighted to offer this very rare and unusual Swiss Black Forest carving of a tobacco jar shaped as a Blacksmiths Anvil complete with secret compartment and secret catch. The Black Forest Anvil stands upon a wooden tree trunk base realistically carved with wood knots. Beside the anvil sits an ebonised decorative carved hammer and a pair of pliers that have a cigar cutter built in between them. When the cigar is placed and cut using the pliers, the cap end falls into a basket through a small chute carved into the side of the trunk. The Anvil at the top of the contains a hidden vesta compartment for storing matches and is accessed via the hidden horse shoe catch in the top of the anvil when turned a quarter the catch releases and the top of the anvil can be removed. To access the tobacco jar in the centre a second secret catch can be pushed to unlock the lid which pivots open. To open the catch a small oval section of the base must be pressed down which releases the spring loaded lid. The hollowed centre contains the original foil lining for storing the tobacco. The Black Forest Tobacco Jar...
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Early 1900s Swiss Black Forest Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century German 18K Solid Gold Snuff Box, Hanau c.1860
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century German 18K solid gold snuff box of rectangular cushion form. The lid is engraved with floral motifs and diagonal geometric patterns, finished with an applied flo...
Category
19th Century German Other Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique Tiffany American Edwardian Sterling Silver Cigar Box
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver cigar box. Made by Tiffany & Co. in New York in 1922. Rectangular with straight sides; cover hinged with gently curved top. On sides, alternating reeded and...
Category
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Dutch Delft Tabacco Jar The Claw Blue White Delftware Tin Glazed Pottery
By The Claw
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Dutch Delft Tabacco Jar The Claw Blue White Delftware Tin Glazed Pottery
Dutch delftware tabacco jar.
Tin glazed blue and white earthenware with brass c...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silver and Black Onyx Hinged Snuff or Pill Box With Silver Braid Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sterling silver Snuff or Pill Box with a hinged lid. The top has a quilted style top centered with a braid of silver and a Black Onyx Bead.
A compliment to any desk, or discreetl...
Category
20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
Elegant Tobacco Box in Bakelite. Period Art Deco, 1920s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Tobacco Box in Bakelite in very period Art Deco, from the 1920s.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
19th Century Majolica Monkey Pianist Humidor Tobacco Jar Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Amusing Majolica monkey pianist tobacco jar Sarreguemines, circa 1880.Rarely found complete with his lid ,he wear a costume of Oriental style, he play piano and two books are represe...
Category
1880s French Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
Large Antique Komai Style Japanese Damascene Cigarillo, Cigar or Cigarette Case
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique damascene styled tobacco case is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Japan and dating to approximately 1920 and done in a Anglo-Japanese style. The case...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Snuffbox with miniature of Venice, English Queen Anne style, 925 silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with translucent fired enamel on hand engraving similar to wood grain. On t...
Category
1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff box in the shape of a shoe France 19th century
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare, finely crafted, chased snuff box in the shape of a shoe France/Paris, 19th century
Category
19th Century Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Vintage Cigarette Dispenser Burlwood Box
By Davidoff 1
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Vintage Cigarette Box Burlwood Sterling on Glass
9 w x 6.5 d x 2.75 h closed 7 h open
Original preowned vintage unrestored.
See all images for co...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
CARTIER Paris 1920 Burl Wood Pocket Case In 18Kt Yellow Gold Enamel And Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
A burl wood pocket case designed by Cartier.
This is a fantastic pocket box, created in Paris France by the jewelry house of Cartier, back in the 1920. The fabulous case has been ma...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold, Enamel
English Rosewood And Brass Humidor On Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Squarish rectangular hinged lid opening to a compartment. Later mahogany base.
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Tin
Snuff Box Black enamel Baroque style engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque style engraving. Very fine hand engraving on all surfaces. Dimensions cm. 6.2 x 7.8 cm...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Louis XV Vari-Color Gold & Enamel Snuff Box - France - Late 18th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Exceptional Louis XV vari-color gold and black enamel snuff box - featuring a bouquet of flowers with two attending butterflies to the top (all in yellow, white, rose and green gold)...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Tonnel Paris 1928 Art Deco Box In 14Kt Gold With Red & Black Lacquer And Diamond
By Tonnel Paris
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco enameled box designed by Tonnel Paris.
Magnificent rectangular box, created in Paris France for Tonnel-Paris during the art deco period, back in the 1920's. This beautiful cased box has been crafted in yellow gold of 14 karats and embellished with applications of red and black thick glass enamel. It is fitted with a nine-barrels hinge and a push thumb lock. The lid is decorated on top with an extra art-deco motif made in platinum, which are set up with three European old round diamonds. The craftmanship and the contrast of colors are amazing. The interiors are highly polished showing rich yellow gold and actually, this gorgeous box can be used for presentation cards.
Diamonds: The platinum part is mount, with 3 European round diamonds, .06 carats, white colorless F color, VS-2 clarity.
Weight: 119.95 Grams, (76.89 Dwt).
Measurements: 56 mm by 89 mm by 12 mm (2.2 x 3.52 x 0.47 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with French marks; three times with the maker's mark AC...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold, Platinum, Enamel
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood brown color India
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood brown color India
Category
1960s Indian Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Olive
Fine Antique Georgian Papier Mache Snuff Box
Located in Newark, England
Featuring multiple Landscape Scenes
From our Collectables collection, we are delighted to introduce this Antique Papier Mache Snuff Box...
Category
Late 18th Century British George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Steel
Antique French Neoclassical 18K Gold Snuffbox
Located in New York, NY
French Neoclassical 18k gold snuffbox, ca 1800. Oval with straight sides; cover hinged. On cover top is garden with lush vegetation and flower baskets inhabited by an alert dog eyeing up the birds; on underside is vase. Both have leafing scroll surround. On sides same alternating with cornucopias...
Category
Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Silver and niello tobacco box, Moscow, Russia 1879.
Located in Milan, IT
Silver and niello snuffbox. The tobacco box, made of 84 zolotnik silver (875/1000) is rectangular in shape with a soap bar body, with rounded corners and rounded profiles. The entire...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver Shibayama Matchstick or small Cigarette Case
Located in London, GB
A fine and rare silver Shibayama matchstick or small cigarette case. Silver hallmarks for Birmingham 1925, and makers mark for Henry Williamson Lt...
Category
1920s English Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Louis Kuppenheim 1900 Germany Neo Classic Vesta Oval Box In .900 Silver Pill Box
Located in Miami, FL
Neo classic vesta box by Louis Kuppenheim.
A beautiful vesta box, created in Germany in the turn of the 20th century, back in the 1900. This superb pocket oval box was carefully crafted with neo classical patterns in solid .900/.999 silver. Show exceptional workmanship with remarkably details as you expect from the iconic jewelry workshop of Louis Kuppenheim. It is fitted with a hinge and a tension element for fastening opening and closing. Actually this box can be easily used as a pill box.
Weight: 24.3 Grams, (15.58 Dwt).
Measurements: 46 mm by 25 mm by 17 mm (1.81 x 0.98 x 0.67 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with German pre 1922 marks, the maker's mark LK inside an oval cartouche associated to the workshop of Louis Kuppenheim, the mark for the silver assay 900 and signed in the border rim, "LK .900".
Louis Kuppenheim
The company was grounded in 1854 by Louis Kuppenheim (1824-1889) and Heinrich Witzenmann, specialized in silver and gold and -enameled artefacts. On the World Exhibition in 1900 the firm received a gold medal for a letter opener. In that same year the company opened a branch in the Rue Richelieu 67 in Paris. In these years some designs by Hans Christiansen were executed, amongst them very delicately enameled silver cigarette cases. The enamels on the several silver and gold pieces was of very high standard, and sometimes even gems like rubies were applied. Very famous were the ladies silver vanity cases with cute animals like cats and monkeys...
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
RUSSIAN 1860 Antique Pietra Dura Dog Gold Oval Pill Box In Solid 14Kt Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
Antique gold box with Pietra-Dura panel.
This is a beautiful antique oval box created in Russia back in the 1860. The box has been crafted in solid yellow gold of 14 karats (56 zolo...
Category
1860s Russian Early Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold
English Petite Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century English trinket box has an elegant design of lacquered papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlay. The inlaid decoration depicts a spray of various flowers which ...
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Antique sterling silver snuff box made in London in 1922
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1922 by Wright & Davies, this George V period, Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, is rectangular in shape, and features engine turned decoration to the outsid...
Category
1920s English Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique German Sterling Silver Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th century German sterling cilver cigarette case with hinged lid. Striped relief surface. The front is decorated with polychrome enamel portrait of a woman in Oriental sty...
Category
Early 20th Century German Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuff Box Oval curved Green Enamel Guilloche Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval curved snuff-box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, above and below. Modern contemporary style. Size cm. 4.5 x 6.5 x 2.3. Weigh...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique 18th Century French 18K Three-Colour Gold Snuff Box, Paris c.1770
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th Century French three-colour gold snuff box, of oval shape. The hinged lid is adorned with an engraved foliate motif, featuring a quiver and flaming torch. The box is bor...
Category
18th Century French Other Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Russian papier mâché box from Tsarina Alexandra, early 1900
Located in Bilzen, BE
A black paper mache box with the portrait of Tsarina Alexandra, wife of Tsar Nicholas II , the last tsar of Russia
this box is from the early 1900
10.5 x 6.2 cm, heigth 3 cm
Category
Early 20th Century International Style Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
Limited Jeweler Made Dice Cigarette Dispenser by Legros Marius for Dunhill
By Dunhill
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Very limited Jeweler-made Cigarette Dispenser hallmarked by the silversmith Legros Marius for Dunhill that resembles a stacked pair of dice with playing cards on top. A simple press of the center button seamlessly hidden in the center dot of the dice pops open a hinged lid with a 24-cigarette holder inside.
This is a very low-production piece and possibly the only one ever made on special order. Beautiful hand-made by the silversmith with the uttermost attention to detail.
Discover the allure of a vintage pre-War Dunhill dice...
Category
1930s French Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Chrome
A Rare 1924 'King Fouad I' Box by René Lalique
By René Lalique
Located in New York, NY
From Paris to Cairo: René Lalique’s ‘Fouad I’ Box and Its Royal Legacy
A rare and historically significant creation by the preeminent French glass artist René Lalique, this exquisite box and cover, designed in 1924, exemplifies the fusion of artistic mastery and regal symbolism. Fashioned in clear and frosted glass, the piece is adorned with a finely moulded relief of winged solar discs, a motif evocative of ancient Egyptian iconography and celestial divinity. The subtle sepia staining enhances the intricate detailing, imbuing the composition with depth and an ethereal luminosity.
The frosted lid bears a distinguished engraving of King Fouad I of Egypt, his state portrait rendered with remarkable precision, underscoring both his sovereign authority and the modern aspirations of his reign. A dedication inscribed on the base—"Offert par Fakhry Pacha à Paris le 9 Octobre 1924"—further contextualizes the piece within the realm of diplomatic and ceremonial gifting, situating it as a testament to cross-cultural exchange and early 20th-century Franco-Egyptian relations.
Signed ‘R. LALIQUE’ to the lid, this refined objet d’art reflects Lalique’s unparalleled ability to harmonize material innovation with historical reverence. This box stands as an exceptional example of early 20th-century glasswork, where the aesthetic ideals of Art Deco converge with the grandeur of Egyptian heritage.
Now regarded as one of the finest expressions of Lalique’s oeuvre, this box not only embodies the technical virtuosity of its maker but also serves as an enduring artifact of royal patronage and artistic diplomacy.
Provenance
Lot 39, Lalique, Christie's, 12 May 1998
Private collection
Bequeathed to the present owner in 2020
Private Collection, UK
Solomon Treasure...
Category
20th Century French Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Glass
Antique Snuffboxes for Sale on 1stDibs
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.