Vintage French Baccarat Style Crystal Cigarette Box In The Shape Of A Bell
Located in Tampa, FL
This is a fascinating Baccarat style crystal cigarette box is in the shape of a bell. It is brass with a silver finish and some neoclassical desi...
Crystal, Brass
English Porcelain Cottage Pastille Burner, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
English Porcelain cottage pastille burner, circa 1820.
Porcelain
$560Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box w/ engravings surrounding the card, gold interior & hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding the card, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 100.68 grams. D...
Silver
English 19th century desk snuff box circa 1840
Located in Central England, GB
This masterfully engineered and very complicated English ebony engine turned table snuff box dates to the mid 19th century. It has been hand machined from solid ebony with multiple ...
Wood
18th Century German 18K Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Freres Jordan, Hanau c.1790
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th Century German 18k gold & hand painted enamel snuff box. of rectangular shape with angled corners, this exquisite snuff box features a meticulously designed lid. At its ...
Gold, Enamel
$389 / set
Set of 4 Kubus Snuffer by Lassen
Located in Geneve, CH
Set of 4 Kubus snuffer by Lassen Dimensions: D 21 x W 2.50 x H 3.50 cm Materials: Metal Weight: 0.33 Kg With reference to the iconic Kubus candleholders, the Kubus Snuffer in...
Metal
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engraved ivory couple and gilded interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with a couple in an idyllic scene engraved on ivory, enameled all around and gilded interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Austrian. Brand: Head of Diana. Wei...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box w/ engraved wreaths & floral motifs surrounding a monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with wreaths and engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 75.05 grams. Dimensi...
Silver
Ceramic Covered Pot, Jean Mégard, Biot 1952
By Jean Mégard
Located in St Ouen, FR
Extremely rare covered pot. Rich glazes with a juxtaposition of white and vivid colours forming an abstract overprinted decor. The inside of the cover features a generous dedication...
Ceramic
George III Pocket Nutmeg Grater Made in London in 1802 by Phipps & Robinson
By Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson
Located in London, GB
This very fine George III Pocket Nutmeg Grater was made in London in 1802 by Thomas Phipps & Edward Robinson. This example is of a large size for a pocket example and may well have b...
Sterling Silver
20th Century Italian Solid Silver Oval Tobacco Box
Located in VALENZA, IT
Solid silver box for tobacco. The box was made entirely by hand starting from a silver sheet and subsequently shaped and welded giving it an oval and rounded shape. The external part of the body of the box has been polished with pumice stone making it smooth and shiny, while the hand hammering is clearly visible inside the box. The lid was embossed and hand engraved with the figure of a Scottish man...
Silver
19th Century Restauration Snuff Box with Micromosaic
Located in Peyraud, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Small rectangular Restauration snuff box crafted in gold. The hinged lid is decorated with an oval micromosaic representing St. Peter's Square in Rome. Micromosaic is set in a gold s...
Gold
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Ringed silver snuff box with Last Supper relief and gilded interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Ringed silver snuff box with Jesus' Last Supper with well-defined surroundings, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Unreadable. Weight: ...
Silver
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
Monkey Tobacco Box by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, Art Deco, Circa 1920
By Haviland & Co., Edouard-Marcel Sandoz
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
Monkey tobacco box by Edouard Marcel Sandoz (1881-1971) and manufactured by Haviland. Wapler, Jacques-Ph. (1999) "De la sculpture a la porcela...
Porcelain
Antique Old English Tobacco Box, Mahogany with Brass Banding
Located in New Orleans, LA
A wonderful old tobacco box with handsome banding.
Brass
Twenty-Two Miniature Boxes Mounted with Silvered and Gilt Metal
Located in London, GB
This set of 22 boxes contains examples of different sizes and shapes that are produced using different materials and techniques. The boxes contain a variety of stone specimens, such ...
Agate, Lapis Lazuli, Metal
A Rare and Historically Interesting George IV Period Snuff Box Made from Oak
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This fine box is one of a small number of souvenir pieces of this kind made from timbers salvaged during the refurbishment of Windsor Castle in the 1820s. What makes this piece parti...
Oak
Antique Brunswick Round Snuff Box, Hand-Painted Scene, Germany, 1830
Located in Montreal, QC
These boxes were a specialty of Brunswick and are highly collectible, especially if an interesting subject or view. Here we see a banker bagging up his gold...
Other
$12,500
German Porcelain Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This important German porcelain snuff box exhibits delightful artistry and craftsmanship. Hand painted classical tableau celebrating the e...
Porcelain
$525Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with plant engravings and Venice gondola scene
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with plant engravings on the hinged lid and a gondola in the canals of Venice. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 62.15 grams. ...
Silver
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...
Silver
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...
Brass
Victorian Cast Iron Tobacco Box, English, Brushed Finish, 19th Century
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare English tobacco cast iron box, Victorian time: for connoisseurs ! If You don't smoke, it serves as a paperweight and it's beautiful to admire on You...
Cast Stone
$560Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 89.00 grams. Dimensions: 9x4cm. Content: 833/100...
Silver
Basket Weave Snuff Box, Joseph Willmore, Birmingham, 1837
Located in London, GB
A Basket Weave Snuff Box, Joseph Willmore, Birmingham, 1837. An unusual basket weave Snuff Box made in Birmingham Additional information: Height: 2 cm / 1" Width: 1 cm / "
18th Century Georgian Hand-Carved Walnut Wood Tobacco Box
Located in North Miami, FL
18th century Georgian hand-carved walnut wood tobacco box on its original stand. This is an extremely fine and rare piece and one of its kind.
Wood, Walnut
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
Terracotta
Georgian South Staffordshire Enamel Box Lid Fragment, Wild Boar Hunt, c. 1770
Located in London, GB
Georgian South Staffordshire Enamel Box Lid Fragment, Wild Boar Hunt, c. 1770 Description An exceptional and highly collectible 18th-century ...
Copper
Set Of 2 Clinio Lighter & Ash Tray in Dark Horn, Brass & Wood by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Set Of 2 Clinio Lighter & Ash Tray in Dark Horn, Brass & Wood by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: Lighter: Ø 8 x H 12 cm. Ash Tray: Ø 22 x H 5 cm. Materials: Dark horn, ...
Brass, Other
Leandro Lighter in Glossy Horn, Chromed Brass & Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn
Located in Geneve, CH
Leandro Lighter in Glossy Horn, Chromed Brass & Pebbled Leather by Arcahorn Designed by Filippo Dini Dimensions: D 11 x W 11 x H 10 cm. Materials: Glossy horn, chromed brass, and Aid...
Brass, Other
Onnaing Style Barbotine Tobacco Box Reading Pig, 19th Century
By Onnaing
Located in Paris, FR
Onnaing style barbotine tobacco box representing a sitting pig with a cane, wearing glasses and a blue hat, smoking and reading a French newspaper called "La Viene". Around it, three...
Faience
Arts and Crafts period copper cigar or tabac box, French circa 1900
Located in Central England, GB
This handmade French box dates to circa 1900 and it has been beautifully handcrafted using the traditional arts and crafts metal working skills from cut and beaten copper riveted tog...
Copper
Silver snuff box with rectangular shape and floral reliefs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with Islamic-style floral reliefs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Turkish. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 100.68 grams. Dimensions: 5cmx2cm. Content: 800/1...
Silver
$770Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box w/ borders on the edge & a hinged lid w/ engraved floral motifs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surroundings and hinged lid with engraved floral motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 96.03 gram...
Silver
$770Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with friezes and engraved city-scene lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surround and engraved with city scenes on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 54.26 grams...
Silver
Pill Box Oval Sterling Silver guilloche pattern and floral miniature Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Franco Salimbeni Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Oval Pill Box with Floral Miniature by Romano Buccioni, Florence, 1980 Elegant oval pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver, gol...
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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.