Cigar Boxes and Humidors
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Shagreen
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Copper
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Pewter
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Bronze
20th Century British Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Leather
1990s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early 1900s French Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Copper, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Glass, Cedar
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Ebony
1810s English George III Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Crystal
1840s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 1900s English Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1910s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Metal
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1880s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Walnut
1890s Austrian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Ceramic
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Late 19th Century American Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Metal, Bronze
20th Century French Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood
1910s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Polyester, Wood
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Bakelite, Wood
17th Century English William and Mary Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Kingwood, Oak
1920s Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Ebony
20th Century Japanese Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Metal, Gold
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Steel, Chrome
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1920s French Napoleon III Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass, Bronze
1910s Art Nouveau Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Lapis Lazuli, Metal, Silver
20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver Plate
20th Century German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
2010s Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Ebony, Animal Skin, Wood
1960s Norwegian Brutalist Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Pewter
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Gold
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
1950s French Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Metal
Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
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.