Cigar Boxes and Humidors
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Polyester, Wood
1950s French Hollywood Regency Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Bronze
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century British Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1930s French Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Platinum
1990s Italian Empire Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Polyester, Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Polyester, Wood
20th Century American Belle Époque Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Bronze
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Polyester, Wood
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Marble
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Polyester, Wood
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Crystal, Brass
2010s English Minimalist Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Gold
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Polyester, Wood
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
19th Century Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Gold, Brass
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood, Murano Glass
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
19th Century English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
20th Century Austrian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Enamel
1880s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century American Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
2010s English Minimalist Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Rosewood
1890s Russian Baltic Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
1970s Hollywood Regency Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
1960s Italian Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Metal, Silver
Early 20th Century German Black Forest Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Antler, Wood
1910s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Late 19th Century French Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
1920s Indian Folk Art Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood
1890s French Rustic Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Ceramic
20th Century German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Cedar
20th Century German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Enamel
1970s Italian Space Age Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass, Steel
19th Century British Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Enamel
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver Plate
Early 1900s American Arts and Crafts Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Bronze
17th Century English Baroque Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Walnut
Early 20th Century British Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
1960s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Rosewood
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Cedar
19th Century Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Malachite, Brass
Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Teak, Cork
Late 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass, Bronze
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
2010s American Organic Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Cedar, Alligator
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.