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Cigar Boxes and Humidors For Sale
Rinascimento Humidor
Located in Milan, IT
This iconic humidor is part of Maccarone's Marquetry collection and can hold up to 150 cigars. The design of this humidor, enriched with laser-engraved detail...
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2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Polyester, Wood

Antique Sterling Silver Castle Top Cigar Case Nathaniel Mills Birmingham 1840
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique repousse work & engraved sterling silver gilt castle top cigar/cheroot case, Nathaniel Mills Birmingham 1840. This very finely crafted silver case is made by the ...
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1840s English Early Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver

GERMANY 1870 Black Forest Oversized Cigar Humidor Box In Solid Carved Oak Wood
Located in Miami, FL
A German cigar humidor box carved in oak wood. This is a fabulous oversized black forest humidor box created in northern Europe, most probably in Germany or Switzerland, back in the...
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1870s German Black Forest Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Bronze

Vintage 20th Century Rolls Royce Radiator Grille Humidor & Accessory Case
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A 20th Century Rolls-Royce car grille with a retractable Spirit of Ecstasy ornament has been repurposed into a two-tier cigar humidor and accessories storage. Opening the vertical gr...
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20th Century British Other Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Metal, Silver

Antique English Brass Anvil Matchstrike
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antique English Brass Anvil Matchstrike, Realistically cast and modeled, as an anvil, with lift top revealing the match caddy and strike on the lid, resting on a rope edge oval base....
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19th Century English High Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Brass

Exceptional Silver Cigar Box/Smoking Compendium by Mappin & Webb
Located in Bath, GB
A truly exceptional Art Deco Gentleman's smoking compendium, beautiful quality by the highly sought-after silversmith, Mappin & Webb. This impressive piece stands on four original...
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1920s British Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver

Aluminum Ultima 30 Ashtray by Holger Bäckström & Bo Ljungberg for Beck & Jung
Located in New York, NY
Swedish Modern large two piece aluminum "Ultima 30" ashtray by Swedish designers Holger Bäckström & Bo Ljungberg for Beck & Jung. Made of heavy, solid aluminum. The original design w...
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1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Aluminum

Black Carousel Cigar Box, Spinning Music Box With Hand painted Blue Birds
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
This antique early 20 th century cigar caddy carousel with music box is absolutely amazing. It features a black lacquer exterior and brass metal accents. The humidor features 6 rotating side panels . Each panel is delicately hand painted decorated with blue birds and butterflies On the top as well as on its base, this cigar box is decorated with a brass stylized pearl gallery. The interior of each panel has brass fittings with rings cups for holding 3 cigars and cigarillos by compartment. The underside of the cigar box has a wind up music box...
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1890s French Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Wood

Late 19th Century Humidor
Located in Huntington, NY
American circa 1890 humidor.
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Late 19th Century American Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Brass

Late 19th Century Humidor
Late 19th Century Humidor
$2,016 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Cigarettes Tobacco Box Art Deco 1930 with Inlays of Fine Sorrento Woods
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian cigarettes tobacco box Art Deco 1930 with inlays of fine Sorrento woods . With the flap that once opened shows all the matchstick cigarettes, ...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Wood

19th Century Hand-Carved Mahogany Chinese Export Humidor
Located in Lomita, CA
A "remarkable" hand carved mahogany humidor box according to the appraiser has detailed carving of junk boats and temples, and recalls Victoria Harbor ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Mahogany

Cigarette Case Two-Tone Striped Fired Enamel Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent two-tone striped fired enamel on guillochè and hand-engraved ornament. Late Empire Napoleon III style. ...
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1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Cigar Box two-tone stripes on the lid fire-enameled on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Large rectangular table cigar box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloche and hand engraving, with two-tone stripes on ...
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate

Beautiful Hand Crafted Cigar Humidor Box Catchall Antique Austria, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A cigar or desktop catchall box from Austria in the 1900s, made of patinated brass and wood, sounds like a unique and valuable antique. The fact that this particular box is an antique from the early 1900s adds to its value and collectability. Depending on the condition and other factors such as the brand or maker, it could be worth a significant amount of money to collectors of antique smoking...
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1910s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Metal

Finest Antique English Burr Walnut and Brass Cigar Cabinet / Humidor, circa 1880
Located in Bath, GB
About as fine as they get, this large Burr walnut cigar cabinet is a magnificent quality box beautifully made. Each corner has a carved column with a polished brass base and brass...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Walnut

Table Cigarette Case “Venus with Cupid” miniatures and citrine quartz Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with slightly rounded lid with perforation and fine hand engravings. In the center, a beautiful rectangular mi...
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1930s Italian Baroque Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Quartz, Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Elegant Nickel Plated Art-Deco Box attributed to Carl Hagenauer
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elegant nickeled box , manufactured in Austria in the Art-Deco periode. After talking to Ronald Hagenauer, descendent of the Hagenauer family in Austria we can attribute this exclusive of nickel-plated brass box to his grandpa Carl Hagenauer...
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1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Nickel, Brass

Table Cigar Lighter Four-Leaf Clover Malachite Stone Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Table cigar lighter in the shape of a four-leaf clover with frames in 925/1000 sterling silvergold plated and real malachite stone. Piezoelectric m...
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Agresti Bacco E Tabacco Bar Armoire
Located in New York, NY
Bar armoire with two doors and lid that can be fully opened. Contents: LIEBHERR wine cellar for 12 bottles, temperature ranging +5 to +20, set of 16 hand c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Wood

English Silver Car Cigar Holder
Located in New York, NY
The 12 cigar holder detachable top reveals a compartment for additional usage, the top of the engine lifts up to reveal a compartment for matches, the top...
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1910s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver

Multi-Functional Cigar Humidor Cabinet, by Massimo de Munari, Handmade in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) Multi-functional cigar humidor and bar, Handmade in Italy Designed by Massimo de Munari...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Ebony

Table Cigarette Case floral miniatures and inserts of gold paillons Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with external edges and fired enamels inserted in fine designs in the Baroq...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate

Antique George III Silver Snuff Box Birmingham, 1817, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is an exquisite antique George III sterling silver snuff box, with hallmarks for Birmingham 1817, of rectangular form with reeded decoration, vacant cartouche, moulded front rim...
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1810s English George III Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver

Ebony Cigar Humidor, Bar & Watch Winder, by Massimo de Munari, Handmade in Italy
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Scroll down and click "view all from Seller" to see more than 400 other unique products. (1.8) Freestanding ebony cigar humidor, bar & watch winder, designed by Massimo de Munari...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Ebony

Tiffany Studios New York Lacquered Bronze "Volcano" Humidor
Located in New York, NY
This lacquered bronze “Volcano” humidor by Tiffany Studios New York features a dramatic design of a submarine volcano surrounded by sea urchins, created by Munich artist Ludwig Viert...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Bronze

Table Cigarette Box like lapis lazuli stone enamel on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular with rounded corners table box for cigarettes in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamels on a radial guilloché an...
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1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Box for Decoration, or Desk Box in Makassar, Art Deco, France 1940
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box is from France. It has been made in 1940, it is an art Deco Item. The wood is makassar ebony . It can be used as a docorative box, at home or in an desk.
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Brass

Large Italian Rectangular Silver Plate Cigar Box, circa 1960s
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Classic Italian Cigar Box in Thick Silver Plate With Striking Striped Decor on the Top and Fitted with the Original Cedar Wood Lining. Great additio...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver Plate

Luxury Cuban Brown Suitcase
Located in Paris, FR
Suitcase luxury Cuban brown covered with brown cowhide leather. With lozines in smooth leather, jewelry parts in solid brass, with hand polished nickel plated. With handles in solid nickel plated brass. Padding and lining in brown slate dinamica microfiber. With a solid Spanish cedar wood humidor for 50 to 75 cigars. With 1 cutting tray with accessories Dupont cigar...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Nickel

Cohen & Solomon English Sterling Silver 1918 Cigar Box/ Humidor Art Deco Style
Located in New York, NY
Albert Cohen & Charles Solomon sterling silver and wood cigar box or humidor, made in Birmingham, England in 1918, and in Art Deco style, with an elegant, geometric design and finely...
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1910s English Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Table Box pure gold paillons and fired enamel miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire enamels, with pure gold “paillons” on the upper circle, fine fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Br...
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1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Belgium Majolica Rat Smoke Set Wasmuel , circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
Belgium Majolica Rat Smoke Set Wasmuel , circa 1900. H / 6.5 inches , 10.5 by 5 inches.
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Early 1900s Belgian Country Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Ceramic

Large Santiago Humidor
Located in Milan, IT
This superb humidor is a perfect gift or precious companion for the cigar lover. The walnut wood case is externally covered with fine leather that can be customized in color and text...
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2010s Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Leather, Walnut, Cedar

Ronson 1936 Pik a Cig Magic Monkey Striker Touch Lighter & Cigarette Dispenser
Located in Miami, FL
Art deco magic monkey mechanical dispenser box designed by Ronson. An extremely rare and very decorative mechanical desk box, created in the city of Newark, New Jersey United States by The Ronson Metal Works Co. during the art deco period, back in the 1936. This is the mechanical Pik-a-Cig Monkey box...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Bronze, Enamel, Steel

Roma Cigar Case with Ashtray
Located in Milan, IT
A singular piece from the Roma Collection, this cigar case boasts a practical and stylish design equipped with a handprinted ceramic ashtray. Masterfully handcrafted of cedar, it combines an ebony and a walnut veneer enriched with a splendid inlay work of a tobacco leaf marking the curved and polished top. Adorned with a small metal key, the piece is also equipped with a hygrometer and Boveda holder. Available with a wooden case upholstered with eco-leather, please ask the Concierge for details. This box is supplied with an handmade wooden suitcase...
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2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Metal

Victorian Antique Smoker’s Cane Walking Stick with Money & Matches Box
Located in Shippensburg, PA
VICTORIAN SMOKING CANE WITH A ROTATING MONEY BOX AND MATCH COMPARTMENT Unmarked, probably English; late 19th/early 20th century 35" H x 2 1/8" W An interesting smoker's cane, the ...
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20th Century British Folk Art Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Nickel

Antique 20thC American Solid Silver Three-Tier Cigar Box By Tiffany & Co c.1920
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early-20th Century Tiffany & Co solid silver three tier cigar box, cedar-lined, rectangular shaped, the bottom compartment used for cigars and is mounted with a partly raised hinged cover supporting a smaller cigarette box and its lid supporting hinged match box with cigar clipper with ball handle, the exterior of the box is engraved with a scrolling foliage pattern throughout. Hallmarked Sterling silver (925 standard), Made for Tiffany & Co, stamped inventory number 123. One of the most iconic jewellery brands, Tiffany & Co's history begins from a small store that was opened on Broadway, New York in 1837. Two school friends Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young started to sell stationery, fancy souvenirs, china and haberdashery. In 1841 the company got a new partner, J.L. Ellis, who suggested selling silverware, jewellery and clocks. The firm changed its name to Tiffany, Young and Ellis. Charles Tiffany decided to move away from the classic Victorian style that was popular at that time. The owners of the company set up designers to seek inspiration in nature and interpret it in clean and harmonious forms. This innovative approach became known as the "new American style". In 1853, Charles Tiffany bought the shares of his partners and renamed the company to Tiffany & Co. Beyond jewellery, Tiffany met the growing demand for luxury items from affluent Americans. Solid silver snuff boxes, polished stationery, purses, bouquet holders, perfume bottles and French cosmetics could be found at Tiffany's. In 1851, the company hired New York's prolific silversmith John C. Moore to design silverware. Moore's silver designs won numerous awards at world exhibitions in the late 19th century. In 1878 Tiffany was awarded the Grand Prix for its Japanese-influenced silverware at the Paris World Exposition. The company became the first American jeweller to be awarded. Because of the California Gold Rush in the 1850s, Tiffany started to use gold and silver, extracted within the country. Alongside with the introduction of American gemstones...
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20th Century American Other Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver

Elizabeth II Sterling Silver and Ruby Humidor Box Made for Saudi Arabia
Located in Queens, NY
Elizabeth II Sterling Silver and Ruby Humidor Box Made for Saudi Arabia Made by Peter Nicholas & Co Ltd in London in 1989. Rectangular box with corner bracket supports and hinged ...
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20th Century British Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver

Bradley & Hubbard Arts and Crafts Brass Humidor Cigar Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts and Crafts or Art Deco period wood lined brass humidor cigar box By Bradley & Hubbard USA, Circa 1910 Measures: 3.75"W x 3.75"D x 6.75"H. Good original vintage co...
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1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Brass

Vintage Fruitwood Display Humidor Mid 20th Century
Located in London, GB
An elegant Vintage English fruitwood humidor with fitted interior, mid 20th century in date. The rectangular humidor features a hinged lid having an oval cut out with a glass viewi...
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Mid-20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Fruitwood

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Cigar Case
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Victorian sterling silver cigar case Made in Birmingham, 1845 Maker: Edward Smith Fully hallmarked. Case has an inscription 'James Forbes Leith, From his Sister, 10th Decembe...
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1840s British Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver

wood and chromed metal Art Deco box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Wood and metal art deco decorative box
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1930s French Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Chrome

19th c. Distressed Scroll-Footed Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A 19th century distressed scroll-footed box with original velvet interior. CREATOR Unknown. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1800-1899. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Wood, Velve...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Wood

Coromandel Box
Located in Grange-Over-Sands, GB
A 19thC coromandel box or humidor, of fine quality with working bramah lock and key. An ivorine label to the interior marked Stewart Dawson & Co Ltd Reg...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Other

Humidor by Glynn Lockett with Malachite Map of Russia
Located in Bagshot, GB
An ebony humidor lined with Spanish Cedar, inlaid with malachite banding on the sides and a map of Russia on the top with Diamonds showing the location of Moscow and St Petersburg and a gilt bronze Russian Brown Bear mounted...
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21st Century and Contemporary European Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Malachite, Brass

English Pressed Glass & Carved Oak Greek Key Motif Biscuit Barrel or Humidor
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, circa 1867. An unusual antique biscuit barrel or humidor. The main body is formed of pressed glass with a greek key border, paneled window and a reeded edge. The glass rest...
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Mid-19th Century British Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Glass, Oak

Supersport Double Ashtray
Located in Milan, IT
From the Yacht collection, our Dolcevita double Ashtray is the perfect detail for any luxurious enviroment. The ashtray is total high gloss varnished ...
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2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Gold

20th Century Art Deco Solid Silver & Guilloche Enamel Ashtrays, C.1929
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th century Art Deco pair of solid silver ash trays, applied with a beautiful blue enamelled borders, Hallmarked English Silver (925 standard), Birmingham, year 1929 (E), Ma...
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20th Century British Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver, Enamel

Heintz Sterling Overlay on Patinated Bronze Humidor of Dogs Hunting a Big Cat
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Sterling overlay on patinated bronze. Title of this piece is the hunt. Dogs hunting big cats.
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1920s Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver, Bronze

1950s Hermès Cigarette Holder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Classic vintage Hermès cigarette box. Cigarette box is heavy and wrapped in leather. Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty) decorative lid. Removable metal i...
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1950s French Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Metal

Antique Imperial Russian Engraved 84 Silver Niello Tobacco Case Box Moscow 1886
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique Imperial Russian engraved silver and niello tobacco box/case, 1886, Moscow, Alexander Fuld. The case is finely engraved with engraved niello designs, the hinged lid ha...
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1880s Russian Late Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver

Cigar Box
Located in Milan, IT
This elegant cigar box in ebony Macassar wood, with its distinctive dark brown stripes, is decorated with horn accents around its perimeter. The lid is linke...
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2010s Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Ebony, Animal Skin, Wood

Cigar Box
Cigar Box
$15,583 / item
Danish rosewood cigar box
Located in Vienna, AT
Danish rosewood cigar box, 1950, good original condition
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1950s Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Rosewood

Pocket Cigarette Case Geometric Design Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped rectangular pocket cigarette case in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guillochè with Art Deco style geometric de...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Rare Mid-Century Leather, Oak Wood and Aluminum Cigarette Box by Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
This beautiful vintage box, realized by renowned Austrian designer Carl Auböck, is a rare Mid-Century piece. The combination of the employed materials and techniques - oak wood, anod...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Aluminum

Cigarette Case Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cigarette case for handbag in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel. Opening with spring button.. Measure cm. 6.3 x 9.7 x 1.5. Weight gr.210. Created in the Art Deco style...
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1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Humidor in Black Polished Ebony Avana Nera
Located in New York, NY
Humidor for 100 cigars in ebony polished. Cedar lining. Two humidification units and hygrometer. Removable tray.
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Cedar, Ebony

Antique Sterling Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case by Robert Chandler
Located in Newark, England
Sterling Silver Birmingham Hallmarks From our Silver collection, we are delighted to introduce this Art Nouveau Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case by Robert Chandler. The Silver and ...
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Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Old Wooden Cigar Box, Empire Style, Probably Swedish
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely empire style wooden box probably produced in Sweden. The box is 14 x 14 cm (5.6" x 5,6") in diameter and 23.5 cm (9.4") high. It is in excellent condition except from that t...
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19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Materials

Glass, Wood

Cigar Box and Ashtray by Fontana Arte, Italy, 1950
Located in Palermo, PA
Introducing an exquisite piece of functional art: the Fontana Arte Cigar Box and Ashtray. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail, this unique item seamlessly combines the elegan...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Crystal

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.

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