Cigar Boxes and Humidors
21st Century and Contemporary Austrian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Bronze
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Malachite, Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Brazilian Organic Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Hardwood
Early 20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Bronze, Enamel, Steel
Early 20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1880s British Late Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Crocodile
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Glass, Wood, Paint
1880s Russian Late Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
Early 20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
19th Century Russian Other Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Steel, Chrome
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Copper
1880s British Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
20th Century British Other Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Metal, Silver
1970s French Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass, Tin
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1860s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Oak, Cedar
Mid-19th Century British Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Glass, Oak
1950s Italian Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Marble
Early 2000s English Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Polyester, Wood
19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver Plate
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Bronze
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
19th Century British Georgian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Shell
1880s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Walnut
1820s English George IV Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century German Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
1930s Scandinavian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood
1910s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Early 20th Century Swedish Empire Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
20th Century British Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Hardwood
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Early 20th Century English Industrial Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Chrome
19th Century American Rococo Revival Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Metal, Sterling Silver, Copper
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Bronze
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Oak, Cedar
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Metal, Silver
19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Bronze
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.






