1890s Cigar Boxes and Humidors

English Majolica Grapes Leaves Tobacco Jar or box circa 1890.

English Majolica Grapes Leaves Tobacco Jar or box circa 1890.

Antique late 19th Century Victorian oak smoker's companion ingeniously fashioned in the style of a horse-drawn delivery van. This splendid piece features a hinged lid that gracefully...

This is a superb antique Victorian coromandel cased two decanter tantalus and humidor bearing an ormolu label for Drew & Son, 33 Piccadilly Circus, London, and Circa 1890 in date It was skillfully crafted in a rare coromandel case with a satinwood interior, it features two decanters and seven drinking vessels over a revolving 'Chapman's Patent' humidor. Each decanter with a sterling silver label, one for Whisky and one for Brandy. It is a decorative piece which is also very practical, and would make a lovely gift. It is complete with the original working Bramah lock and key, and this locks everything. Condition: In excellent condition having been beautifully cleaned and waxed in our workshops, with only minor signs of use commensurate with age,please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 26 x Width 24 x Depth 24 Dimensions in inches: Height 10 inches x Width 9 inches x Depth 9 inches Drew and Sons 1887 - 1935 Manufacturer of leather goods, Manufacturer of picnic baskets, Silversmith c. 1844 - founded by Samuel Summers Drew (d. 1914?) known for bags, cases, trunks and other leather goods and later silverware. based at 33 Piccadilly Circus when they moved to premises in Regent Street. First entered a silver mark January 27 in London. Pieces often stamped 'Drew & Sons Piccadilly Circus' 1888-1914 - also had premises at 156 Leadenhall Street, London EC 1894- also at Kings Road in Brighton. 1900 - Samuel Summers Drew and Ernest Drew were listed as gold and silver workers, at 33 Piccadilly Circus, London, W and 156 Leadenhall Street, London, EC. 1903 - listed as Drew & Sons 1914 - moved to premises in Regent Street, London. Ernest and John Summers Drew entered their own silver mark 1928 - incorporated as a Limited company c. 1935 - still active In business. Coromandel wood or Calamander wood is a valuable wood from India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It is of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes (or the other way about), very heavy and hard. It is also known as Macassar Ebony or variegated ebony and is closely related to genuine ebony, but is obtained from different species in the same genus; one of these is Diospyros quaesita Thwaites, from Sri Lanka. The name Calamander comes from the local sinhalese name, 'kalu-medhiriya', which means dark chamber; referring to the characteristic ebony black wood. Coromandel wood has been logged to extinction over the last 2 to 3 hundred years and is no longer available for new work in any quantity. Furniture in coromandel is so expensive and so well looked after that even recycling it is an unlikely source. A substitute, Macassar Ebony, has similar characteristics and to the untrained eye is nearly the same but it lacks the depth of colour seen in genuine Coromandel. Bramah is London's oldest security company. Established at 124 Piccadilly, London in 1784, and today based in Marylebone, London and Romford, Essex. Bramah made their first lock in 1784 and the patent was awarded in 1787. The designer was Joseph Bramah. Joseph Bramah was a leading inventor of the industrial revolution, patenting over 18 new ideas, including a new valve for the water closet (toilet), the hydraulic pump, a fountain pen, and a fire engine. Bramah also introduced a beer hand...

French Majolica tobacco jar or cigar box, Circa 1890.

Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1893 by George Unite, this very stylish, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Cigarette Box, is plain i...

Rectangular with hinged lid opening to a tin lined interior with the Alfred Dunhill label. No key.

Early 29 th century brass inlaid mahogany Humidor (with original Glass Humidor sleeve & cap).

A wonderful late Victorian cigar box / humidor made from exotic Coromandel with solid silver mounts including the handle, all individually hallmarked for London 1898. The makers m...

This is a stylish antique Victorian oak and brass-mounted tabletop cigar humidor by H. Greaves, New Street, Birmingham circa 1890 in date. The rectangular box features Gothic Revi...

This is a magnificent antique late Victorian Coromandel and sterling silver mounted desk top cigar box, humidor, bearing hallmarks marks for London, 1899 and the makers mark GB- GWB-...

This is a magnificent antique Edwardian coromandel sterling silver mounted humidor, bearing the maker's marks of A & J Zimmerman with hallmarks for Birmingham 1893. This splendid humidor is of rectangular form with sterling silver escutcheons and mounts, and silver labels for Cigars and Cigarettes to the lids which pops up on either side of the handle to reveal a fitted cedar interior and feature a drawer in the centre of the base for lights. This humidor has a very stylish and timeless design which will make any cigar connoisseur happy. Condition: In excellent condition, having been cleaned and waxed in our workshops, please see photos for confirmation of condition. Dimensions in cm: Height 12 x width 27 x depth 18 Dimensions in inches: Height 4.7 x width 10.6 x depth 7.1 A& J Zimmerman was a silverware company founded in 1879 by Arthur S. Zimmerman and John Ulrich Zimmerman. The company was registered as a limited company in 1902, and finished trading in 1930. A& J Zimmerman owned workshops in Birmingham and London, as well as holding a London Showroom, though most of their pieces were assayed to Birmingham. Most of the items created under the name A & J Zimmerman were small, simple items of silverware such as photo frames and boxes, most surviving items are hallmarked between 1890 and 1910, which suggests that this period was the firms most prolific and successful. Little information survives of the history of the firm of A & J Zimmerman, however the lasting nature of so many of their items of silverware speaks to the quality and craftsmanship of their pieces. Coromandel wood or Calamander wood is a valuable wood from India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It is of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes (or the other way about), very heavy and hard. It is also known as Macassar Ebony or variegated ebony and is closely related to genuine ebony, but is obtained from different species in the same genus; one of these is Diospyros quaesita Thwaites, from Sri Lanka. The name Calamander comes from the local sinhalese name, 'kalu-medhiriya', which means dark chamber; referring to the characteristic ebony black wood. Coromandel wood has been logged to extinction over the last 2 to 3 hundred years and is no longer available for new work in any quantity. Furniture in coromandel is so expensive and so well looked after that even recycling it is an unlikely source. A substitute, Macassar Ebony, has similar characteristics and to the untrained eye is nearly the same but it lacks the depth of colour seen in genuine Coromandel. Humidor is any kind of box or room with constant humidity that is used to store cigars, cigarettes, orpipe tobacco. For private use, small wooden or acrylic glass humidor boxes for a few dozen cigars are used, while cigar shops may have walk-in humidors. Humidors can be used to store other goods for which a certain level of humidity is desirable; the Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball team stores game balls in a large humidor...