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Cigar Boxes and Humidors For Sale
Cigarette box, unusual opens on both sides
Located in Cincinnati, OH
Cigarette box, unusual - opens on both sides
Unsure of maker or age. Likely Mid Century.
No breaks or repair.
One side is slightly less in height than other side.
Category
Mid-20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Georgian Tobacco Honesty Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This rare brass box would have been a coveted contraption in the finest English pubs of the 18th and 19th centuries. Known as an “honesty” box, the rectang...
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Scandinavian Midcentury Teak Cigar Box, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A wellmade solid teak box with one large compartment lined with cork. Made anonymously in Denmark during the 1960s in a style reminiscent of Alfred Klitgaard, Kay Bojesen and Finn Ju...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Teak, Cork
Box engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enameled engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature in 18th century French Empire style. Dimension...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Elegant Cigar/Cigarette Box in Elm from the 1930s with decorative intarsia decor
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Cigar/Cigarette Box in Elm with decorative intarsia decor. Made in Sweden during the 1930s
Wear consistent with age and use
Category
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Elm
XXI Century Italian Sterling Silver Cigar Box
By Pampaloni
Located in VALENZA, IT
925 Sterling Silver Box for Cigars.
The body of the box is completely smooth with sharp corners.
A small silver protrusion allows the opening of the box.
The interior of the box is m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Large Chinese Metal and Cinnabar Humidor Art Deco Box, circa 1920
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This rare Chinese Art Deco box is made from copper alloy. The top is decorated with hand carved black cinnabar and highlighted with a finely carved bone figure...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Copper
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Fruitwood
Antique Late 19th Century Salt-Glazed Pottery Figural Dog Cigar Holder.
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique late 19th century salt-glazed pottery figural dog cigar holder with matchstick holder and ashtray.
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Pottery
Heintz Arts & Crafts Bronze Cigar Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Arts & Crafts or Art Deco period bronze desk box or cigar box
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Measures: 10"W x 6"D x 3"H
Good vintage conditio...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Bronze
Luxury Cuban Cognac or Green Suitcase
Located in Paris, FR
Suitcase luxury Cuban cognac covered with black grained
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 black slate dinamica microfiber.
With a solid Spanish cedar wood humidor for 50 to 75 cigars.
With 1 cutting tray with accessories Dupont cigar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Nickel
English Regency Cellarette in Rosewood
Located in Doylestown, PA
An English Regency wine cellarette circa 1820 in rosewood with inlaid brass monogram "CH" and tree symbol, with inset brass handles on the sides, the interior fitted with partitions....
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Rosewood
19th Century Russian silver and nickel plated tobacco box "sultan on horseback"
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
19th Century Russian silver and nickel plated tobacco box "sultan on horseback"
Measures:
Height: 1.5 centimeters
Length: 10.5 centimeters
Depth: 7 centimeters
Category
19th Century Russian Belle Époque Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
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...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Copper
Antique English Golden Oak Cigar Box, circa 1880
Located in New Orleans, LA
Lovely cigar box from the late 19th century. In excellent condition - you will not be disappointed.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Oak
Roma Eucalyptus Cigar Case
By Morici
Located in Milan, IT
A splendid gift idea for cigar lovers or collectors of refined design pieces, this cigar case is masterfully crafted of cedarwood veneered with polished frisé eucalyptus. An elegant and refined classic silhouette that will enrich any style decor, it is enriched with a small and refined metal key, and equipped with a hygrometer and a Boveda holder. With a maximum capacity of 300 cigars, it is available with a wooden case upholstered with eco-leather, please ask the Concierge for details. This box is supplied with an handmade wooden suitcase...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Metal
Elegant Silver Cigar Box, Ideal Gift, Gibson & Langman, London 1895
Located in London, London
A timeless and distinguished gift, this antique sterling silver cigar box is hallmarked in London in 1895 by renowned silversmiths Gibson & Langman. Beautifully crafted with a smooth...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Napoleon III Ebonized Cigar Cabinet
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
A stylish Napoleon III cigar cabinet, crafted with ebonized wood, brass inlays, and a distinctive medallion at the top, this late 1800s piece reflects the refined style of the Napole...
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Ronson USA 1935 Art Deco Brown Lacquered Desk Box With Touch Tip Striker
Located in Miami, FL
Desk double box with lighter designed by Ronson.
A and very beautiful desk box, created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Lighter Co. during the art deco period, back in the...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Steel
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Round Cigarette Box or Container
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze round container or cigarette box with lid
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, 1917
Sterling silver inlay on patinated bronze. ...
Category
1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Antique Swiss Black Forest Carved Wood Bear Head Lidded Tobacco Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Of large scale, the well-delineated and intricately carved head of a dog with hat motif lid; the expressive face with glass eyes and large snout; most likely from the Black forest ar...
Category
Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Walnut
Pair, Italian Tooled Leather & Pietra Dura "Cigar" Motif Tobacco Boxes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian, early to mid 20th century.
A pair of leather boxes, each having tooled gilt leather to the border of a finely inlaid Pietra Dura top. The tops set with various semi-preciou...
Category
20th Century Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble
Antique Chinese Export Silver Cigar Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver cigar case; part of our diverse Asian silverware collection
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) ci...
Category
1910s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Nickel
Rare Mid-Century Modern Teak Cork & Brass Box by Carl Auböck Austria 1950s
Located in Munich, DE
Extremely rare and elegant Mid-Century Modern cigar or cigarette box by Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria, 1950s.
Executed in teak wood, cork and polished brass.
Dimensions:
W 5.12 in....
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
English Rosewood Humidor
Located in Tampa, FL
A 1920s English Rosewood humidor. The interior is white and the plaque does not have a monogram.
Category
1920s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Rosewood
Mid-20th Century Tiffany & Co. Sterling Shell and Dolphin Box
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Tiffany & Co. rectangular sterling silver cigarette box rests on four inverted cabriole feet. Top of the box features a seashell detail handle and is initialed "MBH." Interior of the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Collinson & Walton. An Aesthetic Movement burr walnut & ebonized music cabinet
Located in London, GB
Collinson and Walton. A rare Aesthetic Movement ebonized music cabinet with pierced gallery to the top, wild burr walnut panels to the doors whi...
Category
1880s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Walnut
An Art Nouveau continental pewter cigar box w. cedar lining & decor of pheasant
Located in London, GB
An Art Nouveau continental pewter cigar box lined with Spanish cedar and decorated with a pheasant whose tail follows around the side of the cigar box, stood amongst sinuous smokey N...
Category
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Pewter
Portable Box Italian Tobacco Pouch in Enamel and Square Copper, 1950 Midcentury
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Portable box Italian Tobacco Pouch in enamel and square copper, 1950, midcentury.
The upper part has a stylized and very elegant glaze, the box is in ...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Copper, Enamel
Wonderful Rare E.F. Caldwell & Co New York Bronze Champlevé Enameled Box
Located in Roslyn, NY
A wonderful and rare E.F. Caldwell & Co New York Bronze Champlevé
Enameled box signed on the base "E.F. Caldwell New York"
This is a very rare and sought after piece of art
Dimen...
Category
20th Century American Belle Époque Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Bronze
Luxury Cuban Black or Red Suitcase
Located in Paris, FR
Suitcase luxury Cuban black covered with black grained
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 black slate dinamica microfiber.
With a solid Spanish cedar wood humidor for 50 to 75 cigars.
With 1 cutting tray with accessories Dupont cigar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Nickel
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....
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Humidor With Match Holder
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period humidor with sliding match holder and ashtray lid
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Sterling silver on pa...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Unique Silver Box by K Anderson Stockholm Sweden 1932 Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Unique silver box by K Anderson Stockholm Sweden 1932 signed K anderson and has all the embossed with all stamps for Swedish silver.
This unique model probably custom made by K Ande...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Metal, Silver
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on a fine hand-engrave...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Heintz Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Double Humidor or Cigarette Box
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period large double humidor or cigarette box
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, Early 20th Century
Sterling silver on patinated bronze, with cedar lined interi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Box Black Red and White Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box Black White and Red enamel is Inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the 1920 in Art Deco style and recreated for Cartier USA in the 1976.
It is in 925/1000 Sterling Silver.
...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Glass, Oak
Antique 1829 Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
By Thomas Freeman
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George IV English sterling silver vinaigrette; an addition to our silver boxes collection.
This impressive antique G...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique George V Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver cigarette or cigar box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver cigarette box has a plain rectangular form.
The sides of this impressive antique cigarette...
Category
1910s Hungarian Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique 19th Century Indian Kutch Solid Silver Cigarette Case c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Indian Kutch solid silver cigarette case of heavy gauge, featuring intricate floral repoussé work on a matted background. The rectangular case has engraved edges...
Category
19th Century Indian Other Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
Tapio Wirkkala Commissioned Cigar Box In Silver and Teak, 1970s
Located in Helsinki, FI
Very rare and unique cigar box in teak and silver. Designed by Tapio Wirkkala. Very sleak and elegant piece for someone who appreciates the "finer things" in life.
The item is mark...
Category
1970s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
Sterling Silver Box Samodorok technique Russia unknown marquer 1960
Located in Paris, FR
Sterling Silver box made with Samodorok technique in Russia 1960 Unknown maker
The inside of the lid is gilded, 9.5 x 14.5 cm, height 4.5 cm. Total weight C. 330 g.
Good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Figural German Bisque Humidor of the Prussian King Frederick the Great
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare, figural painted bisque humidor or dresser jar depicting the Prussian King - Frederick the Great (or Friedrich der Grosse).
A full bust w...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Brazilian Rosewood Humidor by Jean Gillon for Wood Art
By Jean Gillon
Located in Victoria, BC
We're thrilled to introduce the latest addition to our revered vintage Brazilian smalls collection: an iconic piece from the legendary designer Jean Gillon's Wood Art collection. Beh...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Rosewood
John Lawrence & Co 1826 Sterling Silver Purse Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique George IV English sterling silver vinaigrette in the form of a purse; an addition to our silver boxes collection.
This antique George IV sterling silve...
Category
1820s English George IV Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Cartier Diamond Platinum and Bakelite Cheroot Holder
By Cartier
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique 1930s 0.20 carat diamond, platinum and Bakelite cheroot holder made by Cartier; an addition to our smoking related collection.
This exceptional antique cheroot holder has a plain tapering cylindrical form.
The body of this antique Cartier cheroot holder is embellished with a platinum band pavé set with thirty-four Dutch cut diamonds.
The Bakelite body can be separated into two components, screw fit together.
The holder terminates with a bulbous ovoid shaped mouthpiece.
This exceptional holder is fitted to the original hinged leatherette presentation box with a velvet lined interior, securing with a push fit catch.
The interior of the antique box bears the retailer's mark 'Cartier, Paris 13 Ruede La Paix, London 175 New Bond St, New York 653 5th Avenue'.
This impressive piece has been independently tested using state of the art technology (Niton XL2 Analyzer) and verified as platinum.
Condition
This impressive 1930s antique Cartier cheroot holder is exceptional quality, set with high color graded diamonds displaying a fine white color and brilliance. The holder is a very good gauge of platinum and is in excellent condition.
Dimensions
Length 8.6 cm / 3.39"
Diameter of terminal 1...
Category
1930s French Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Platinum
20th Century Solid Silver Cigar Box, Toghill & Co, c.1962
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Elegant mid-20th Century solid silver cigar box, simplicity and elegance in equal measure, this understated solid silver cigar box just oozes quality. The original cedar wood lining ...
Category
20th Century British Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
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.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Cedar, Ebony
Handsome Antique Sterling Silver Double Sided Cigar Box - London 1915
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1915 by James Samuel Bell, this very handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Cigar Box, is double sided and plain in design, with a...
Category
1910s English Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Fifty Cigar Solid Bog-Oak Humidor, Cedar Lining & Brass Jointing
Located in London, GB
Dovedale — has designed two different humidors, a smaller humidor carrying fifty cigars and a more substantial to take a hundred cigars. Both are lined with Spanish cedar to keep the...
Category
2010s English Minimalist Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Art Deco Cigar Box
Located in Tampa, FL
This is a very fine art deco style cigar box out of Rosewood and trimmed in stainless steel. art deco. The interior is trimmed in plastic of the era in cream...
Category
1930s French Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Stainless Steel
17th Century Figured Walnut and Seaweed Marquetry Lace Box
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A fine and extremely rare figured walnut and seaweed marquetry 'lace box', circa.... let’s break it down - Seaweed marquetry first appeared in Englis...
Category
17th Century English Baroque Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Walnut
Smoking Set, brass and wood tray, ashtray, lighter and cigars box, Italy 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Smoking Set, brass and wood tray, ashtray, table lighter and cigars box
Italy 1970
wood, brass, resin
Tray: H 1,5 cm x 38 x 38 cm
Ashtray: H 3,5 x 19,5 x 19,5 cm
Table Lighter: ...
Category
1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Victorian Sterling Silver Combination Scent Bottle/Pill Box /Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, antique Victorian English sterling silver combination scent bottle / pill box / vinaigrette; an addition to our diverse collectable silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver combination vinaigrette / pill box / scent bottle has an oval barrel shaped form.
The body of the vessel is embellished with applied plain broad girdles replicating the details of the bilge and quarter hoops, which provide anchor points for the original link chain.
The piece retains the original hallmarked screw fit cover to the scent bottle, conjoined to one of the aforementioned anchor points with a link chain.
One end of the vessel is fitted with a hallmarked hinged cover, which when opened reveals the vinaigrette with the original hinged grille and gilt interior.
The gilded grille is ornamented with a bright cut engraved and pierced decorated bordered scroll and leaf design.
The hallmarked hinged cover to the opposing end forms a pill box and opens to reveal the original gilt interior; this versatile box could be used for a multitude of functions.
The hinged covers to either end of the box are encircled with further applied plain broad borders to the upper portion.
This antique Victorian scent bottle...
Category
1870s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cellini Sterling Silver Hammered Cigar Humidor in Arts & Crafts/ Art Deco Style
Located in New York, NY
Cellini, hand-hammered, sterling silver and wood cigar humidor with WOLS applied on it, in Arts & Crafts or Art Deco style in an elegant geometric design. It measures 6 7/8'' in heig...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, 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.