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Cigar Boxes and Humidors For Sale
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
Antique Hand-Carved Chestnut Box in Asian Bamboo Style Inlaid with Soapstone
Located in Lisse, NL
Exclusive & fine quality hand-crafted Chinoiserie box.
The diversity in techniques and materials used by craftsman around the world and over the last centuries never seizes to a...
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Early 20th Century European Chinoiserie Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Soapstone
Late 19th Century English Oak Octagonal Humidor with Silver Mounts
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century English Oak Octagonal Humidor With Silver Mounts. Complex octagonal form with moldings and silvered brass fittings. The base supported by small bun feet, two ring h...
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Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver Plate
Humidor in Black Polished Ebony Avana Nera
By Agresti
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
Materials
Cedar, Ebony
$3,400 / item
Supersport 40 Cigars Humidor
By Maccarrone
Located in Milan, IT
From the Yacht collection, Supersport is the smallest humidor of Maccarrone's collections. Metal accessories are in chromed brass and high gloss grey ...
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2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Polyester, Wood
$2,450 / item
Atelier Borgia large Silver Box made in Sweden 1960 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
XL cigarette box made by Atelier Borgia, 1950 Sweden Stockholm.
Good condition. Sterling silver and wood.
In 1920, Baron Erik Fleming (1894-1954) founded the Atelier Borgila, still prominent today in Swedish silversmithing. Fleming, Court Silversmith to the King of Sweden...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Ebony Cigar Humidor, Bar & Watch Winder, by Massimo de Munari, Handmade in Italy
By DeART
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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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
Materials
Ebony
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
Materials
Nickel
$34,874
Italian Mid Century Modern Jatoba and Silver Plated Cigarette Box
By Ottaviani
Located in Weesp, NL
Introducing the epitome of sophistication: the Italian Mid Century Modern Jatoba Wood and Floral Decorated Silver Plated Cigarette Box by Ottaviani. Crafted with utmost precision and...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver Plate
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
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Materials
Glass, Oak
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Majolica Goat Tobacco Jar Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica tobacco jar signed Onnaing, circa 1890.
Decorated with a goat and wheat and leaves.
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1890s French Rustic Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
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
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Ronson USA 1935 Art Deco Black Lacquered Desk Box With Octette Touch Tip Lighter
Located in Miami, FL
Desk double box with handles and touch tip designed by Ronson.
Very beautiful desk box with handles, created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Co. during the art deco period...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Steel, Chrome
$1,338 Sale Price / set
25% Off
wood and chromed metal Art Deco box
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Wood and metal art deco decorative box
Category
1930s French Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Chrome
Vintage Hand Painted "Louise" Box c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A vintage hand painted wood box. Decorative elements throughout. "Louise" painted on top. Shown with live size hand model.
CREATOR U...
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
Supersport Double Ashtray
By Maccarrone
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
Materials
Gold
$1,633 / item
Wood Box for Desk or Cigars, France, 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box has been done in France in the 1960's. It is in the style of Alexandre Noll. The condition is good. You can use it as, a cigar box or pen box.
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
$425 Sale Price
20% Off
Gold Cigar Box with Humidifier and Hygrometer
By L'Originale
Located in Milan, IT
A glamorous gift for a cigar aficionado, this cigar box makes an elegant statement on an office desk or living room coffee table, radiating elegance a...
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2010s Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold, Silver, Bronze
$2,432 / item
Art Deco, Golf Themed, Cedar Lined, Bronze and Sterling Cigar Humidor
Located in Nantucket, MA
Art Deco bronze and sterling silver cigar humidor made by the Heintz Metal Art Company. Lined with cedar the rectangular bronze box has a mottled brown patina with the lid having an ...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
19th Century Black Forest Carved Humidor
Located in High Point, NC
19th century hand-carved black forest humidor with a figure of a dog and cat. The cat is atop a barrel, which has a lid which lifts to reveal a compartment for tobacco. The barrel is sitting on a base with hand-carved sticks and logs and an upside down hunting hat...
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Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Fruitwood
Roycroft Style Arts & Crafts Hammered Copper Humidor, Circa 1920s
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period hammered copper humidor
In the manner of Roycroft
By Revere
USA, Circa 1920s
Measures: 6"W x 6"D x 8"H.
Good original vintage condition, with bea...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Copper
Antique Austrian Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Austrian 800 standard silver and enamel cigarette case; an addition to our silver smoking related silverware collection.
This exceptional sterling silver cigarette case has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
This Georg Adam Scheid silver and enamel cigarette case has a subtly curved form offering a comfortable fit in the majority of pockets.
The anterior cover is embellished with an exceptional original enamel panel depicting a female wading through a vast amount of water, holding in her hands her skirt, boots and parasol.
The posterior cover is ornamented with the contemporary engraved initials 'THW.'
The rounded sides of this cigarette case are plain and unembellished.
Each cover features a plain rounded thumbpiece in addition to a hallmarked push fit catch, which when released reveals two hinged compartments.
This impressive example of continental silverware...
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Early 1900s Austrian Other Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Cigarette Case Hunting Dogs Miniature hand painted Sterling Silver Enamel
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and fine miniature hand painted...
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1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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
Materials
Wood
$926 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Accordion Cigarette Box, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Mid-Century Accordion Cigarette Box, France, 1950s — Noble Woods & Bakelite
Discover this exquisite mid-century accordion cigarette box from France, dating back to the 1950s. Crafte...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Bakelite, Wood
$1,200 / set
Sibilla Humidor in Glossy Ebony and Corno Italiano, Mod. 2458
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Tailored for discerning smoking enthusiasts, the Sibilla cigar humidor blends exquisite materials with sophisticated design. Crafted with the utmost care, the humidor features an ext...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
Benedict Studios Arts & Crafts Hammered Copper Humidor, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period hammered copper humidor with silver emblems of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine and merriment.
By Benedict Studios...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Copper
Asprey London Silver-Banded Rosewood Humidor with key and Hygrometer 2005
Located in London, GB
Asprey London Silver-Banded Rosewood Humidor with Hygrometer, c.1970s
This exceptional humidor by Asprey London showcases the brand’s renowned commitment to craftsmanship and under...
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Early 2000s English Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
Antique German Solid Silver and Enamel Erotic Cigarette Case c. 1900
Located in London, GB
A beautiful antique German solid Silver Cigarette Case with an enamel image on the front cover. This image shows a woman gazing at three lush pink roses with her translucent gown dra...
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Early 20th Century German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Enamel, Silver
Art Deco Carltonware Luster Moonlight Frolicking Pixie Table Box, for Dunhill
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco carltonware luster moonlight frolicking pixie table box, for Dunhill.
England, circa 1930s.
An extraordinary example, The rectangular covered box with a canary yellow background with a rare ( Have not found another example of this pattern) vignette depicting figures blowing bubbles in a lush moonlight landscape.
Design influences of Wedgwood's Fairyland luster...
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20th Century Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Porcelain
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
FINE SAGE GREEN SHAGREEN CIGARETTE BOX - superb home and study accessory
Located in Spilimbergo, IT
Luxury smoking accessory for a timeless home that become part of their surroundings and everyday actions, communicating stylistic elegance through a combination of precious shagreen ...
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Early 2000s Italian Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Silver and Guilloche enamel Cigar or Cigarette Humidor or box by Albert Carter
Located in London, GB
A fine and good sized George VI silver and guilloche enamel cigar or cigarette humidor or case by Albert Carter. Superb green guilloche enamel with gold fleur de lys. The engine turn...
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1950s British Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Enamel
20th Century Art Deco Pair Of Solid Silver Cigar Boxes, Asprey & Co, c.1936
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century British made solid silver pair of portable cigar boxes, made by one of the leading silversmiths of the day, Asprey & Co. The pa...
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20th Century British Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
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
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Sterling Silver Japanese Export Engraved Cigarette or Decorative Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique engraved sterling silver cigarette or decorative box was made in Japan in approximately 1900 in the period Japonisme style. The box is composed of an ebonized hardwood c...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Style Box with Ebony Veneer, with Inlays in Bronze and Springwood
By Loyzaga
Located in Mexico, Ciudad de México
Large box built in spring wood with ebony veneer and geometric inlays in bronze and spring wood.
The influence for this piece came from Marion Dorn's design of the black and cream g...
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2010s Mexican Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Bronze
Box shaped “heart”playing card suit red fired Art Deco style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Playing card suit-shaped box “heart” in 925/1000 sterling silver with red fired enamel in Art Deco style, early 1900s. With lost hinge, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm. 9.5 x 10 x...
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1950s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
A Cedar Lined Desk Humidor by Magrit Tevan
Located in Conwy, GB
A cedar lined desk humidor by Magrit Tevan.
Silvered copper and brass, raised on block feet.
Wonderfully patinated throughout, fabulous desk piece.
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Early 20th Century Hungarian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass, Copper
Exquisite Austrian Cigarette and Cigar Box in the Style of Carl Aubock
Located in Vienna, AT
Hand-crafted Ostrich-leather box for cigarettes and, by removing the inner wood wall, cigars.
The leather on the top and the front is beautifully ribbed. The sides and the handle to...
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Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Silver Plate Humidor with Retriever
Located in East Hampton, NY
American silver plate humidor, Wilcox Silver Plate Co., Meriden, CT hinged lid with figure of retriever with duck, box with repousse scrolled floral and foliate design and paw feet, ...
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20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver Plate
Fornasetti Enamel Metal Matchbox
By Fornasetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage decorative matchbox with an interior comprised of a metal sliding tray, the exterior enameled with classical gates of Rome / designed by Piero Fornasetti, made in Italy in th...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Metal
19th Century Dog House Cigar Box or Humidor
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming 19th Century cigar box or humidor guarded by a metal dog with glass eyes on a short lease. These boxes are perfect for collectors of boxes...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Metal
Gio Ponti & Pietro Chiesa, Unique Cigars Box, Fontana Arte, Italy, 1930
Located in Firenze, IT
Unique piece. “Grissinato” turned wood box with decorated blue crystal, blue corrugated crystal lid, hand-decorated. “Pipe smoking man” decoration.
Designed by masters Gio Ponti &...
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$8,511 Sale Price
20% Off
MCM Ben Seibel for JenFred Ware Copper Trinket Box c.1960
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A ribbed copper trinket box lined with cork. Original felt on bottom.
Substantial in weight.
CREATOR Ben Seibel for JenFred Ware.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1960s.
MA...
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass, Copper
$295 Sale Price
21% Off
Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive hallmarked antique Edward VIII English sterling silver cigarette/cigar box; an addition to the Edwardian silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Edward VIII sterling silver cigarette box...
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1930s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Russian silver cigarette case with nickel 20th Century
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Russian silver cigarette case with nickel 20th Century
Beautiful top quality Russian silver cigarette case, with a nickel engraved design that represents a large establishment with c...
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20th Century Russian Belle Époque Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Humidor or Cigarette Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period desk box, humidor, or cigarette box with verdigris green patina
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Sterling silver on bronze, with ce...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Table box Four-leaf clover fired enamel on a radial guilloché Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Four-leaf clover shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on a radial guilloché. Modern contemporary style. Dimensions cm. 17 x 17 x 3.5...
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1960s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Gorham Athenic Cigar Box with Cecil Aldin Enameled Plaque and Silver Decoration
By Gorham
Located in Cincinnati, OH
This fabulous circa 1902 cedar lined cigar box was made by Gorham as part of the company's Athenic range, introduced at the turn of the 20th century. The 3 pound 10 ounce rectangular mixed metal box has a copper body and bears decorative sterling silver ornamentation. The box rests on four silver pad form feet. The piece has a hinged lid which features a colorful inset enameled plaque at the center. The charming scene depicts an image after well regarded British artist and illustrator Cecil Aldin's 1830 work "The Oxford Coach". The underside is fully hallmarked and bears a Gorham date symbol which corresponds to 1902.
This unusual collectible box...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Copper, 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
Tiffany Studios New York Bronze Doré Desk Box or Humidor
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period gilt bronze desk box or humidor
By Tiffany Studios (signed to the underside)
New York, USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 6"W x ...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Bronze
French Art Deco black Lacquered Silver Cigarette Case, circa 1930
Located in Beirut, LB
Rectangular black lacquered silver cigarette case with geometric decoration on the side.
This is a very rare good looking and functional piece of collectible smoking equipment.
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Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
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.
Category
1920s Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
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
Materials
Nickel, Brass
Japanese 19th century Komai 24kt. gold and silver Damascene cigarette case
Located in Braintree, GB
An elegant and finely crafted Japanese Komai-style damascene cigarette or card case, dating from the early 20th century (circa 1900–1940), featuring stunning 24‑karat gold and silver...
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20th Century Japanese Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Metal, Gold
Ernest Cambeau Paris 1920 Art Deco Box .950 Sterling Silver with Ceylon Sapphire
By Ernest Combeau
Located in Miami, FL
A hinged box designed by Ernest Cambeau.
A beautiful hinged box, created in Paris France by the silversmith Ernest Cambeau, back in the 1920. This box has been crafted in a cushio...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
$1,421 Sale Price
25% Off
Largo Box
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
The Largo Box is designed by India Foster in collaboration with Lucas Coffield Leather and Bent Tree Studio. Each box is made from FSC certified wood with a beeswax finish and brass ...
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2010s American Organic Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Cedar, Alligator, Maple
$950
Mid-Century Ashtray in Brown Leather and Brass, 70s
Located in Catania, IT
Set of Floor Ashtrays Brown Leather and Brass Mid Century Standing Portable Pair Mid-Century Modern Period Wear consistent with age and use. DIMENSIONS H...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Metal
$425 Sale Price
20% Off
Tortoise Cigarette and Match Box with Sterling Mounts. Priced per box.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Tortoise cigarette and match box with sterling mounts. Priced per box. We also have numerous other tortoise boxes and accessories. Feel free to call or email with questions.
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Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
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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