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Cigar Boxes and Humidors For Sale
Wilcox Sterling Silver and Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage George VI English sterling silver and enamel cigarette case; an addition to our collectable silverware collection. This exceptional vintage sterling silver...
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1940s British Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver, Enamel, 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...
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver, Sterling Silver

SilverCrest Decorated Bronze Cedar Lined Cigar Humidor
Located in Chicago, IL
SilverCrest decorated bronze cedar lined cigar humidor. Modern Red Enameled top. Silver Crest was the trademark used by the Smith Metal Arts Company of Buffalo. Expert craftsman from the Heintz Art Metal Shop formed the new company in 1919, utilizing much of what they had learned, manufacturing incredible bronze items. Heintz Art Metal Shop was founded in 1906, in New York by Otto Heintz...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Bronze

Cigarette Box by Carl Auböck
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Brass and wooden cigarette box, designed by Carl Auböck, shows a beautiful guilloche top surface. The brass shows fine patina, enriched by the contrast of the wooden sides of the box...
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1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Brass

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.
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver

19th Century Napoleon III Guillaume Diehl Cigar Boxe
Located in LEGNY, FR
Beautiful Cigar humidor, stamped by Charles Guillaume DIEHL (1811 - 1885), in ebony with inlaid decoration of friezes of scrolls, fleurons and lanceolate leaves, inside with five dra...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Brass

Art Deco George V Sterling Silver Cigar Box by Thomas Bradbury & Sons in 1924
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham, in 1924, by Thomas Bradbury & Sons, this handsome, George V Sterling silver cigar box, has smooth, softened edges and a hinged swing lid, revealing the doub...
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1920s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver

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: ...
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1970s Italian Hollywood Regency Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Brass

Antique 20thC English Art Deco Solid Silver & Lacquer Cigarette Box c.1920
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century English solid silver art deco style cigarette box. Featuring a black lacquered top and a curved body, resting on four mounted feet. Hallmarked English solid silv...
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20th Century British Other Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver

Art Deco Cigar Box in Murano and Wood , 1930, France
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All ...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Wood, Murano Glass

Nils Johan, Tobacco Jar, Sweden, 1920s-1930s
Located in Stockholm, SE
Tobacco jar in bronze, by Nils Johan, 1920s-1930s.
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1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Bronze

Antique 19th Century Victorian Solid Silver Cigar Box, London c.1888
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver cigar box. Elegantly crafted, this box features a shaped central handle and two hinged lids that open to reveal a divided compartment. The...
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19th Century British Other Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver

1960s Brazilian Rosewood Humidor by Jean Gillon for Wood Art
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...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Rosewood

Set of Three of Gordon Bunshaft's from SOM Architects Personal Pipes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is a set of three personal tobacco pipes that belonged to renowned architect Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). These pipes offer a rare and personal glimpse i...
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20th Century Unknown Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors

19th Century Novelty Smokers Companion Carriage
Located in London, by appointment only
A late Victorian oak smoker’s companion in the form of a horse drawn delivery van, 1897, a hinged lid encloses two compartments, with a pipe rack and...
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Oak

Large Modern Jaguar Humidor by Anthony Holt
By Anthony Holt
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A beautiful Amboyna Bur veneered cigar box with ebony edging and sterling silver mounts, hinges, escutcheon and mounts. Made for a Jaguar advertising campaign for the millennium by s...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver

Club, Canaletto Walnut Cigar Holder
Located in Lentate Sul Seveso, MB
Canaletto walnut cigar box in gray finish (fin. 2W) with inlaid pictogram on wenge front. Untreated natural Spanish cedar interior and dividers. Gray glass lid with built-in analog h...
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2010s Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Nutwood

1970s Egyptian Carved Silver Box in Arabic Style with Wooden Interior
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Egyptian carved silver box in Arabic style with wooden interior.
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Late 20th Century Egyptian Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver

Victorian 'Ardenter prosequor alis' Motto Engraved Sterling Silver Cigar Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian English sterling silver cigar box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection. This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver box has a plain rectangular form with rounded ends. The surface of this impressive and unusual antique cigar box...
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1890s English Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Sterling Silver

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...
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17th Century English Baroque Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Walnut

19th Century Victorian Solid Silver & Enamel Cigar Box, Sampson Mordan, c.1892
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century Victorian solid silver & enamel quite wonderful cigar box, made by one of the leading silversmiths of the day. The eminent firm of Sampson Mordan & Co Ltd was fo...
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Silver, Enamel

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.
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Late 19th Century English Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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Oak

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

Tiffany Studios New York "Scarab" Humidor Box
Located in New York, NY
First offered through Tiffany & Co., this stunningly naturalistic humidor, which is believed to have been carved from a single piece of wood by Joseph Briggs, was featured in Tiffany & Co.’s Blue Books from 1906 to 1912. The two Favrile glass scarabs reflect a fascination with Ancient Egypt that began in the 1860s with the first archaeological explorations and continued through the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods. The scarab represented the Egyptian sun god Khepri and was a symbol of resurrection. The ancient Egyptians placed scarabs on mummies for good luck and protection against evil as they made their journey to the next world. Item #: T-21822 Artist: Tiffany Studios New York Country: United States Circa: 1906 Dimensions: 4.25" height, 4.5" width, 4" depth. Materials: Wood, Favrile Glass, Bronze Signed: impressed with Tiffany Studios monogram Condition Report: Wood with customary separations at the underside, which continue to visible bottom of humidor. Large inset cypriote with old stable crack. Top scarab with old stable crack diagonally across the center of the body. These imperfections are only visible on close inspection, none are visually distracting. Exhibition History: This box is one of seven known signed examples, three of which are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, Virginia, and the Louis C. Tiffany Garden Museum, Japan. Literature: Alastair Duncan, Martin Eidelberg and Neil Harris, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany, London, 1989, p. 55 (for a related example) Alastair Duncan, Fin de Siècle Masterpieces from the Silverman Collection, New York, 1989, pp. 10 and 65 (for a related example) Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Louis Comfort Tiffany at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1998, p. 91 (for a related example) Robert Koch, Louis C. Tiffany: The Collected Works of Robert Koch, Atglen, PA, 2001, cover and p. 206 (for a related example) William Warmus, The Essential Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2001, p. 86 John Loring, Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany and Company, New York, 2002, p. 194 (for a related example) Alastair Duncan, Louis C. Tiffany: The Garden Museum Collection, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2004, p. 387 (for a related example) Paul E. Doros, The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York, 2013, p. 187 (for the present lot illustrated) Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Tiffany had an intense interest in Egyptian art and collected a number of ancient scarabs...
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Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Cigar Boxes and Humidors

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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.

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