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Silver snuffbox with raised plant motifs surrounding a monogram card

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver snuff box with raised plant motifs surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 80.68 grams. Dimensions: 9x3.5cm. Conte...

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20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Silver snuffbox with raised plant motifs surrounding a monogram card

$525 Sale Price

30% Off

Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni

By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled stripes and fine oval enameled miniature in center cm. 3 x 4 hand-painted by ...

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1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni

$3,801

18th Century, English Georgian Lead Tobacco Keeper - Horse Finial

Located in Atlanta, GA

English, mid 18th century. A great neoclassical example of an English community tobacco keeper. These traditional boxes are made of lead and design...

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Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Lead

18th Century, English Georgian Lead Tobacco Keeper - Horse Finial

$695

18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780

By Bilston Battersea

Located in Basildon, GB

18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780, white with hand-painted floral motifs around edges and base, and a central scene of a lady in hat, white interio...

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18th Century English Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780

$1,111

18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box - 'Cupid in parkland'

By Bilston Battersea

Located in Basildon, GB

An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box, decorated with a couple with Cupid in parkland, the white base with flowers on a gilt diaper ground . 3.125" wide x 2.5" depth x 1.5" h...

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18th Century English Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Enamel

18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box - 'Cupid in parkland'

$3,471

Snuff box in gilded silver with embossed patterns

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver-gilt snuff box with raised patterns and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Unreadable. Weight: 68.57 grams. Dimensions: 8.6cmx2.1cm. Content: 750/...

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20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Snuff box in gilded silver with embossed patterns

$500

Silver snuff box with fluted reliefs along the length and a gold interior

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver snuff box with fluted reliefs throughout and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 86.06 grams. Dimensions: 7cmx4cm. Content: ...

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Early 19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Silver snuff box with fluted reliefs along the length and a gold interior

$1,400 Sale Price

30% Off

Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver and Enamel Cigarette / Card Case

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

A fine antique Austro-Hungarian silver and enamel cigarette/card case; part of our continental silverware collection This fine antique Austro-Hungarian silver and enamel cigarette/card case has a rectangular form with rounded edges. The front cover is embellished with an enamel panel depicting two Japanese ladies playing traditional Japanese instruments, the koto (13 stringed zither) and the shamisen (3 stringed guitar-like instrument). The players are seated on the ground in an outdoor scene with traditional Japanese lanterns hanging from tree branches overhead. The sides of this cigarette case and posterior cover are plain and unembellished. The case is fitted with a push fit catch which when released reveals the hallmarked gilt interior of the hinged compartments. The hallmarks to the interior of this impressive case include: Silver quality/purity: Dianakopf mark (800 standard, 800/1000) Assay mark: L (Ljubljana, Slovenia) This variation of the Dianakopf mark was used from 1872-1922, determining the date of this piece as circa 1900. Condition This antique silver business card holder...

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20th Century Slovenian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver and Enamel Cigarette / Card Case

$1,979

Snuff box in fluted silver with hinged lid

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Fluted silver snuff box with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 32.52 grams. Dimensions: 5.8x4cm. Content: 800/1000. Assay Mark: Yes,...

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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Snuff box in fluted silver with hinged lid

$315 Sale Price

30% Off

Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni

By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 800° C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750 ° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color. It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times. Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene. Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...

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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni

$2,929

Smooth silver snuffbox with engraved equestrian scene

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Plain silver snuffbox with engraved equestrian scene. Metal: Silver. Origin: Dutch. Mark: Leão passante. Weight: 170.53 grams. Dimensions: 12.8x2.5cm. Content: 833/1000....

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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Smooth silver snuffbox with engraved equestrian scene

$1,050 Sale Price

30% Off

Small Walnut Snuff Box with Brass Accents

Located in Los Angeles, CA

A small walnut and wood box with very handsome details on side and inlaid in brass. The top pivots upwards and does not come off. Easy to store the smallest of things and drugs. O...

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20th Century Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

Small Walnut Snuff Box with Brass Accents

$450

Snuffbox female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing Salimbeni

By Giorgio Salimbeni, Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting a female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing, hand-...

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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing Salimbeni

$2,553

Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900

Located in Chicago, IL

A petite bronze canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box dates to the early 20th century and provided an air...

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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900

$480

Mid-18th Century Decorative Lacquered Wooden Tobacco Snuff Box Black

Located in Brescia, IT

This fine wood lacquered wood case is painted both on the sides: there is the elegant portrait of a pretty woman on one side and on the other side, a natura...

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Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Fabric, Wood, Lacquer

Mid-18th Century Decorative Lacquered Wooden Tobacco Snuff Box Black

$723 Sale Price

20% Off

Shepherd's box or snuff box. Carved antler or horn. Spain, 1861.

Located in Madrid, ES

Pastoral box. Carved antler, wood, metal. Spanish school, 1861. Submit registrations. Oval box made of antler carved in its color, with wood on the lid to reinforce it, decorated o...

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1860s Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Other

Shepherd's box or snuff box. Carved antler or horn. Spain, 1861.

$1,325

Snuff box in guilloche silver with hinged lid

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 68.31 grams. Dimensions: 8x1.9cm. Content: 916/1000. Assay ...

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Early 18th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Snuff box in guilloche silver with hinged lid

$700 Sale Price

30% Off

Hollywood Regency Brass Box with Faux Ivory Tusk or Horn

By Karl Springer

Located in Houston, TX

Hollywood Regency brass box with faux ivory tusk or Horn. Handsome Hollywood Regency brass box with faux ivory tusk or Horn. Our stunning Karl Springer ...

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1960s Indian Hollywood Regency Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

Hollywood Regency Brass Box with Faux Ivory Tusk or Horn

$695

Snuff box in guilloche silver with engraved garlands surrounding a monogram card

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with engraved garlands surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 96.55 grams. Dimensions:...

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Early 18th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Snuff box in guilloche silver with engraved garlands surrounding a monogram card

$1,225 Sale Price

30% Off

Early 19th Century French Carved Boxwood Snuff Box, “La Ste Famille”

Located in Atlanta, GA

A finely carved circular snuff box in boxwood, French, circa 1820, the lid delicately rendered in relief with a devotional scene inscribed “LA STE FAMILLE” (The Holy Family). The car...

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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Boxwood

Early 19th Century French Carved Boxwood Snuff Box, “La Ste Famille”

$1,250

19th C. French Carved Boxwood Snuff Box, PRINCE EUGENE AT HIS MOTHER'S TOMB

Located in Atlanta, GA

A finely carved circular snuff box in boxwood or possibly elm (interior possibly faux tortoiseshell), French, early 19th century, the lid deeply modeled in high relief with a classic...

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Early 19th Century French Restauration Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Boxwood

19th C. French Carved Boxwood Snuff Box, PRINCE EUGENE AT HIS MOTHER'S TOMB

$1,250

Guilloche silver snuff box with monogram, gilt interior, Edward VII period

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with a monogram card and gold interior, and a hinged lid, from the Edward VII period. . Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Wei...

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Early 20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Guilloche silver snuff box with monogram, gilt interior, Edward VII period

$875 Sale Price

30% Off

Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram plaque and opening application

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with monogrammed card and opening application. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 115.49 grams. Dimensions: 7.8cmx4.8c...

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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram plaque and opening application

$1,050 Sale Price

30% Off

Silver snuff box with floral motifs around monogram and gold interior

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver snuff box with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card, gold interior and application on the opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II...

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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Silver snuff box with floral motifs around monogram and gold interior

$525 Sale Price

30% Off

Fine Antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Snuff Box

Located in Lambertville, NJ

An excellent quality late 18th or early 19th century Battersea enamel snuff or patch box. The pink enamel background with white enamel lattice and a raised gold around the hand paint...

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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Fine Antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Snuff Box

$960 Sale Price

20% Off

9k Yellow Gold Vesta Case (1919)

By Horace Woodward & Co. Ltd.

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English 9-carat yellow gold vesta case; an addition to our boxes and cases collection. This exceptiona...

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1910s British George V Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold

9k Yellow Gold Vesta Case (1919)

$2,770

Snuffbox Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver

By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni

Located in Firenze, FI

Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dimensions cm. 5.5 x 7 x 1.8. Weight gr. 105. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1975 in Art Deco style and executed in numerous specimens, at the specific request of the firm Tiffany & Co., in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for sustaining numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 800° C. Miniature is a very ancient technique which consists of painting works in small proportions. It was born for the decoration of the first letter of the paragraph of the books. Over the years, however, this technique is refined and enriched, then moving on to precious personal items. Hand-painted miniatures can be done with multiple different techniques. The most important that we use on our articles are of three kinds: 1) Fire enamel. 2) Water tempera on an ivory plate. 3) Painted on mother-of-pearl. Fire enameled miniatures: On a first layer of enamel generally white or very clear or even transparent suitably liquefied at a temperature of about 750° C, the chosen subject is painted using miniature colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors. With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color. It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times. Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene. Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors. The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real...

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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver

$2,232

Tabacco Pot, in Wood and Brass, Brown Color, French, 1970

Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR

Tabacco box in wood. With brass. Leaf Decor pattern. Brown color. It has been made in France Circa 1970.

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1970s French French Provincial Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

Tabacco Pot, in Wood and Brass, Brown Color, French, 1970

$262

Hammered Copper Tin Lined Humidor w/ Bakelite Handles by Revere

Located in Van Nuys, CA

Art Deco era humidor features a hand-hammered copper exterior, giving it a distinctive appearance with a textured surface. Inside. It includes Bakelite handles on each, with a side p...

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1930s American Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Copper

Hammered Copper Tin Lined Humidor w/ Bakelite Handles by Revere

$165 Sale Price

40% Off

Smooth oval silver snuffbox with enamel flag and hinged lid

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Smooth oval silver snuff box with enamel flag and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 78.14 grams. Dimensions: 8.5x6.5cm. Content: 925...

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20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Smooth oval silver snuffbox with enamel flag and hinged lid

$490 Sale Price

30% Off

Moroccan Brass Berber Tribal Flask

By Berber Tribes of Morocco

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Great decorative Moroccan Tribal flask.. African decorative brass with front richly decorated with embossed brass and overlay. The valve stem turns and open. Truly a conversation mu...

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Early 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

Moroccan Brass Berber Tribal Flask

$350

Smoker's set signed FRED, Force 10 collection, silver gilt metal & stee, 1960

Located in NICE, FR

Smoker's set signed FRED from the Force 10 collection, consisting of a lighter, ashtray and cigar box in silver-gilt metal with the brand's typical stylized rope-style braided steel ...

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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Metal, Steel

Smoker's set signed FRED, Force 10 collection, silver gilt metal & stee, 1960

$3,013

Embossed silver snuff box with birds around monogram card

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver snuff box with floral motifs surrounding a card with a pair of birds. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 104.07 grams. Dimensions: 8cm...

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Early 18th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Embossed silver snuff box with birds around monogram card

$1,050 Sale Price

30% Off

Art Nouveau Brass and Copper Coal Bucket

Located in London, GB

Exceptional Art Nouveau brass with copper coal bucket with ribbon on top.

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Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass, Copper

Art Nouveau Brass and Copper Coal Bucket

$1,666 Sale Price

20% Off

Silver snuff box with gold interior

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver snuff box with gold interior, engraved lid and fluted bottom. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 75.24 grams. Dimensions: 8.1cm x 1.8cm. ...

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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Silver snuff box with gold interior

$4,750

Silver snuff box with relief country motifs on the hinged lid

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver snuff box with relief country motifs on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Dutch. Brand: ABD. Weight: 79.52 grams. Dimensions: 8.1x1.9cm. Content: 833/1000. A...

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20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Silver snuff box with relief country motifs on the hinged lid

$700 Sale Price

30% Off

18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box - 'Musicians in parkland'

By Bilston Battersea

Located in Basildon, GB

An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box, decorated with a couple and two seated musicians in parkland, the sides with small panels within rai...

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18th Century English Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box - 'Musicians in parkland'

$2,777

Silver snuff box with floral elements

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver snuff box with prominent plant, floral and noble elements, with surrounding friezes and a gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 73...

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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Silver snuff box with floral elements

$1,050 Sale Price

30% Off

Vintage Cigarette Box Red Polkadot Art Deco Werkstatte Argentor Vienna Austria

By Bauhaus, Werkstätte Carl Auböck

Located in Hyattsville, MD

Stamped into coin shaped feet, 273 and, Made in Austria. Chips to paint, tarnish to brass, oxidation to lid surface. Functioning properly. W 4 x D 3 x H 1.5 in.

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1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Metal

Vintage Cigarette Box Red Polkadot Art Deco Werkstatte Argentor Vienna Austria

$796 Sale Price

20% Off

Piero Fornasetti, Ashtrays, prod. Fornasetti Milan 1960s

By Fornasetti, Piero Fornasetti

Located in Rivoli, IT

Rare tall screen-printed metal ashtray designed by Piero Fornasetti and produced by Fornasetti Milano in the 1960s Excellent condition Fornasetti was born in the fibrillating post-W...

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1960s Italian Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Metal, Brass

Piero Fornasetti, Ashtrays, prod. Fornasetti Milan 1960s

$1,808

Snuff box in guilloche silver with frieze surrounding monogram card

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with a frieze surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 24.17 grams. Dimensions: 5x2.5cm. Co...

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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Snuff box in guilloche silver with frieze surrounding monogram card

$315 Sale Price

30% Off

Two-tone gold snuff box with bows, garlands and central medallion

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Two-tone gold snuff box with bows, garlands and a medallion in the center with floral motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Swedish. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 47.76 grams. Dimens...

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20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Two-tone gold snuff box with bows, garlands and central medallion

$4,200 Sale Price

30% Off

Silver snuff box w/ relief figures, guilloche bands at the top & gilded interior

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver snuff box with relief figures, guilloche bands at the top and gilded interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 102.91 grams. Dimens...

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Early 18th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Silver snuff box w/ relief figures, guilloche bands at the top & gilded interior

$1,750 Sale Price

30% Off

Austrian Bombe Form Dinanderie Tobacco Box, 19th Century or Earlier

Located in Atlanta, GA

Austrian, 19th century or earlier. A fine quality antiqued tobacco box of bombe form with a hinged lid.

Category

19th Century Austrian Campaign Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass, Tin

Austrian Bombe Form Dinanderie Tobacco Box, 19th Century or Earlier

$790

Silver snuffbox with Belém Tower in relief on the octagonal lid

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Silver snuffbox with Belém Tower in relief on the octagonal lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Eagle Head. Weight: 93.44 grams. Dimensions: 9.5x8cm. Content:...

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20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Silver snuffbox with Belém Tower in relief on the octagonal lid

$525 Sale Price

30% Off

Cinnamon silver snuff box w/ engraved wreaths & bows surrounding a monogram card

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Cinnamon silver snuff box with engraved wreaths and bows surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 95.15 grams. Dimensi...

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Early 18th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Cinnamon silver snuff box w/ engraved wreaths & bows surrounding a monogram card

$2,000

Antique Russian Silver Spice Box

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Russian silver box; an addition to our Russian silverware collection This exceptional antique Russian silver spice box...

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Mid-19th Century Russian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Antique Russian Silver Spice Box

$2,437

Midcentury Folk Art Oak Box Hand Carved with Bear Attack

Located in Esbjerg, DK

Unusual box for cigars, tobacco or personal smalls. It is hand-tooled and features a hand-carved lid in solid oak. The scene is carved in a style that is expressionistic bordering on...

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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Oak

Midcentury Folk Art Oak Box Hand Carved with Bear Attack

$536

Terracota "Head" tabacco pot XIX century

Located in Bois-Colombes, FR

Rare terracota tabacco boxe showing a head of an old Breton End of XIX century around 1900 France

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Early 1900s French Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Terracotta

Terracota "Head" tabacco pot XIX century

$542

Nickel-silver snuff box with Russian floral scrolls and gold clasp

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Snuff box in nickeled silver in the Russian style with floral motifs and scrolls, gold adornment on the clasp and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Russian. Brand: Mosc...

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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Nickel-silver snuff box with Russian floral scrolls and gold clasp

$1,400 Sale Price

30% Off

19th C. Anglo-Indian Hand Carved 4-Section Tea Caddy Inset W/ Tin Manganese Tile

Located in Atlanta, GA

Anglo Indian, early 19th century. A highly unusual Antique hand carved 4-section tea caddy. The box which features a carved ribbon edge hinged lid, which opens to reveal four individually wood lined tea boxes with brass finial handles. The body is not only beautifully carved with blooming floral designs but it is also inset with 8 classical tin Manganese Delft...

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19th Century British Anglo-Indian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Brass

19th C. Anglo-Indian Hand Carved 4-Section Tea Caddy Inset W/ Tin Manganese Tile

$2,316 Sale Price

20% Off

Frederick Marson Antique Victorian English Sterling Silver Table Snuff Box

By Frederick Marson

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver table snuff box; an addition to our diverse silverware collection. This fine antique sterling silver table snuff box has a rectangular form with rounded corners. The surface of this Victorian snuff box...

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1870s English Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver

Frederick Marson Antique Victorian English Sterling Silver Table Snuff Box

$1,798

19th Century Black Forest Carved Humidor

Located in High Point, NC

19th century black forest humidor hand-carved in the shape of a dog's head. His hat lifts to reveal storage for tobacco or cigars. The carving on this piece is wonderfully detailed a...

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19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Fruitwood

19th Century Black Forest Carved Humidor

$2,495

Chinese Export Silver Vinaigrette by Canton Retailer Cutshing

By Cutshing

Located in New York, NY

Chinese export silver vinaigrette. Rectangular with hinged cover. Scenes of indigenous life in low relief. Interior gilt with hinged grill; engraved presentation on cover: “E. E. W. ...

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Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver

Chinese Export Silver Vinaigrette by Canton Retailer Cutshing

$2,000

Guilloche silver snuff box with monogram and applied opener

Located in Porto, PT

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with a monogrammed card and an application on the lid to open. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 61.38 grams. Dim...

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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver

Guilloche silver snuff box with monogram and applied opener

$315 Sale Price

30% Off

Qing Dynasty - 13 Antique Chinese Porcelain Enameled Salt Boxes

Located in Atlanta, GA

Chinese, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), 19th century. A grouping or instant collection of antique porcelain enameled salt boxes. Each box is decorated with immortal being riding the fabl...

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19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Porcelain

Qing Dynasty - 13 Antique Chinese Porcelain Enameled Salt Boxes

$1,480 Sale Price / set

20% Off

Victorian Sterling Silver Table Snuff/Vesta/Trinket Barrel Box

By Frederick Edmonds & Edward J.W. Johnson

Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne

An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver table snuff/vesta/trinket box modelled in the form of a barrel; an addition to our diverse silverware collection This exceptional and rare antique sterling silver box has been realistically modelled in the form of a barrel. The surface of this unusual Victorian trinket box...

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1890s British Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Victorian Sterling Silver Table Snuff/Vesta/Trinket Barrel Box

$2,215

A Gold Mounted Moss Agate Snuff Box

Located in Spencertown, NY

The mottled brown agate with translucence when held to light. The cover with a gold rope twist edge above hinged clasp with wreath and berry design above a cushion base

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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Agate, Gold

A Gold Mounted Moss Agate Snuff Box

$4,000

19th Century Austrian Terracotta Tobacco Jar

Located in High Point, NC

19th century terracotta tobacco jar from Austria with a gorgeous metallic glaze. The pig is wearing a tasseled hat and overalls with a collared ...

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19th Century Austrian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Terracotta

19th Century Austrian Terracotta Tobacco Jar

$1,595

Antique 19thC German Three-Colour 18K Gold & Jasperware Snuff Box, Hanau c.1820

Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Antique early 19th Century German three-coloured 18k gold snuff box, of rectangular form with gracefully rounded corners, this exquisite piece features a central oval jasperware plaq...

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19th Century German Other Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Gold

Antique 19thC German Three-Colour 18K Gold & Jasperware Snuff Box, Hanau c.1820

$24,991

Antique Snuffboxes for Sale on 1stDibs

Today antique snuffboxes and tobacco boxes — as well as a lot of other vintage tobacco accessories — are collectibles and charming pieces of decor for any display case or to elevate your bookshelves.

Snuff, made of ground tobacco, was especially popular with Europeans in the 1600s. The ornate boxes to keep the powder dry became highly decorative by the 18th century. It was considered a must-have item, particularly for nobility.

The most important feature of a snuffbox was that it was airtight. The box protected the snuff from oxygen. Another crucial component was the flat lid.

Snuffboxes could be small enough to fit into a pocket or a larger container for communal use at the table. They also came in different shapes. Porcelain containers were prevalent and often designed to look like trunks. Others were oval or square. Boxes made with cowrie shells were rare and more expensive.

Snuffboxes were usually crafted from silver, gold, horn or tortoiseshell. Some of the most prestigious snuffboxes were French tabatières made of gold and sometimes glass. They could be adorned with amethysts, sapphires and diamonds and enameled, engraved or chased.

Sheffield, England, was known for its silver snuffboxes in the late 18th century as its silver-plating technologies perfected these containers. By the early 19th century, the silver industry in Birmingham, England, was producing elegant snuffboxes with images of abbeys and castles on the sides and top.

Another type of tobacco box was the snuff mull or mill. It was made out of horn or an entire ram’s head and topped with a metal lid, frequently featuring engravings and decorative hinges. These were fashionable in Scotland during the 19th century. The origin of its name is unclear.

On 1stDibs, find a plentiful range of antique snuffboxes and tobacco boxes to complement any home decor or furniture style. You can browse the collection by style, which includes Victorian, Georgian and Art Deco, or by material to find pieces in silver and gold.