Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Early 1900s Austrian Other Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Enamel
1970s Italian Other Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Malachite, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1930s French Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Platinum
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Lapis Lazuli, Gold, Sterling Silver
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Metal, Silver
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Enamel
2010s Pakistani Post-Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Marble
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 French Romantic Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Nickel, Brass
1970s Greek Arts and Crafts Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
19th Century English Georgian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
1810s English George III Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
1920s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
1820s English George IV Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
1820s English George IV Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
1960s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Enamel, Silver
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Shagreen
1860s Russian Edwardian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
20th Century English Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
20th Century English Chinoiserie Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Porcelain
Early 20th Century American Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Other
1980s Italian Other Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
Early 1900s English Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Early 2000s Swiss Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
1980s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early 20th Century American Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1960s Spanish Romantic Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Austrian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Early 20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
20th Century English Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Shagreen
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1910s Austrian Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Enamel
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1880s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Late 19th Century Belgian Late Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Ceramic
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Early 20th Century British Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
20th Century English Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Enamel
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.