Silver case with floral and Taj Mahal reliefs, map on reverse
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with floral and Taj-Mahal reliefs and reverse mapped with various Asian countries. Metal: Silver. Origin: Oriental. Mark: Absent. Weight: 126.17 gr...
Silver
Silver case with herringbone bands, monogram, gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with herringbone bands along the length surrounding a monogram card, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali...
Silver
Silver case with raised bands, gold holder and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with raised bands, interior gold cigarette holder and hinged lid. Metal: Silver - Gold. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 150.4...
Silver
Silver case with lengthwise bands, monogram and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with bands along the monogram card and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 158.94 grams. Dimensions: ...
Silver
Silver case with fluted lengthwise bands, gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with fluted bands throughout and gold interior with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 151.88 grams. Di...
Silver
Silver case with Batalha Monastery relief and gilded interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with relief alluding to the Batalha Monastery and gilded interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: Eagle Head. Weight: 101.14 grams. Dimen...
Silver
Silver case with diamond engravings on both sides and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with diamond-shaped engravings on both sides and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 137.13 grams. Di...
Silver
Silver case with Jerónimos Monastery relief and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with relief of the Jerónimos Monastery and gold interior with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: Eagle Head. Weight: 113.43 grams...
Silver
Curved silver case with engravings around monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Curved silver cigarette case with engravings surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Chester. Weight: 61.13 grams. Dimensions: 1.5cm x 8.4cm....
Silver
Curved silver case with alternating bands, gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Curved silver cigarette case with alternating bands along the length, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 13...
Silver
Silver case with University of Coimbra relief, monogram and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with embossed University of Coimbra with monogram card, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: Eagle Head. Weight: ...
Silver
Curved silver cigarette case w/ guilloche stripes, gold interior & hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Curved silver cigarette case with guilloche stripes, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 100.55 grams. Dimensions: ...
Silver
Silver case with Jerónimos Monastery relief, gold interior and spring lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with reliefs alluding to the Jerónimos Monastery, with a gold interior and a spring-loaded hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: Eag...
Silver
Silver case with engravings around monogram, holder inside and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with engravings surrounding a monogram card, interior with cigarette holder and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II Tit...
Silver
Curved silver case with engraved wreaths around monogram and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Curved silver cigarette case with engraved wreaths surrounding a monogram card and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 64.31 grams....
Silver
Silver cigarette case with reliefs, brushed silver lid and base trims
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with guilloche lid at the top and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Swedish. Brand: Três Coroas. Weight: 97.07 grams. Dimensions: 8cmx6.5cm. Co...
Silver
Silver cigarette case with three raised stripes on the lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with three raised stripes on the lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 120.13 grams. Dimensions: 10.5x8cm. Cont...
Silver
Rectangular silver-gilt case with guilloche trim and spring lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular gilt silver cigarette case with guilloche trim at the top and spring-loaded hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: ...
Silver
Antique English Golden Oak Cigar Box, circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lovely cigar box from the late 19th century. In excellent condition - you will not be disappointed.
Oak
"Maestro" Chilean Mesquite Lidded Decorative Box or Cigar Box
Located in Frankfurt, KY
South American Chilean Mesquite decorative box or cigar box with hinged Mexican Primavera lid. Box bottom and sides are handmade from a single slab of Chilean Mesquite and expertly matched to highlight the distinctive figure and grain lines. Mexican Primavera's natural texture is preserved and locked with hand-cut Chilean Mesquite butterfly inlays. The lid is also exquisitely finished with a solid brass butterfly inlay, which also serves as a handle to lift and lower the lid. Finished with custom-blended Michael Madley Naked oil...
Brass
Set of Three of Gordon Bunshaft's from SOM Architects Personal Pipes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a set of three personal tobacco pipes that belonged to renowned architect Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). These pipes offer a rare and personal glimpse i...
Cigars were not always packaged in what we now know as the antique cigar boxes and humidors that have over time become eye-catching decorative objects as well as collector’s items.
Outside the United States, cigar boxes are said to have originated in the 1840s when a German businessman, Hermann Dietrich Upmann of H. Upmann Cigars, bought a cigar factory and opened a bank in Havana, Cuba. Upmann reportedly handed out cedar cigar boxes branded with advertising for the bank as gifts to his banking clients. In the early 1860s, after years of cigars being shipped in big crates or barrels, cigar boxes became a requirement when the United States passed a law that mandated the use of boxes for tobacco producers, which was part of a broader effort to regulate the tobacco industry and generate revenue for the war effort. Humidors, which are moisture-controlled storage boxes that allow a cigar enthusiast to store, organize and preserve a larger collection of cigars, were very popular accessories during the early 1900s onward.
As the use of cigar boxes and humidors became widespread, all kinds of options materialized over the years, with particularly vibrant editions of these decorative objects emerging during the Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and other eras. Visionary designers like Isamu Noguchi popularized the idea of tobacco accessories as art with projects such as his decorative ashtrays.
Today, not unlike antique and vintage ashtrays, cigar boxes are more than practical objects. In fact, there are many uses for an old cigar box even after the cigars are gone. They can be used as planters, tissue boxes or can support your long-delayed effort to organize your sewing and craft supplies. During the Great Depression, an emptied cigar box — perhaps a walnut Art Deco-style cigar box with inlays in bronze and hand-carved decorative geometric patterns adorning its exterior — was occasionally repurposed as a jewelry box.
Antique and vintage cigar boxes — made of wood, metal or other materials — are valuable treasures in some corners of the collecting world, and in your home, they’re exquisite desk ornaments and colorful flourishes to add to your bookcase or mantel. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage cigar boxes and other decorative boxes today.