Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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 ...

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 ...

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...

German neoclassical round snuff box with ancient Roman scene.

Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card and bands throughout. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: ...

This stunning snuff box showcases exquisite craftsmanship, characterized by its elegant shell outline and intricately shaped panels. The panels are beautifully mounted in a cage, sup...

Description: Tobacco box with the symbol of Greece (Macedonia) on the sun-shaped lid from the 4th century with a wooden interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Greek. Brand: Unknown. Weight...

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver and engravings surrounding a monogram card, surrounding friezes and in an elliptical shape. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar ...

Description: Silver snuff box with embossed Oriental-style everyday motifs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Oriental. Mark: Absent. Weight: 32.76 grams. Dimensions: 5.8x1.5cm. ...

Description: Smooth silver snuff box in elliptical shape with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 80.47 grams. Dimensions: 9x7cm. Content: 925/1000...

19th century Chinese cloisonné enamel brass trinket box.

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-...

Description: Silver snuff box in Russian style with floral and scroll motifs, gilded interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Russian. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 63.56 grams. Dim...

The pair of jars with covers with old repairs and chips.

Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with beautiful fire enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli of a basket with flowers, in ...

Silver mustard pot / Antique sterling sliver seasoning pot Antique sterling silver mustard / glass lined seasoning pot 1919 Beautifully crafted ant...

Description: Chiseled silver snuff box with half-shells and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Paris I Title. Weight: 37.93 grams. Dimensions: 24.5x11cm. Content:...

Description: Snuff box in nickel-plated silver in the Russian style with a gold bottom and city motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Russian. Mark: St Petersburg grams. Weight: 103.49 gram...

Description: Silver snuff box with engraved wreaths on the lid and casing. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Lisbon Crown. Weight: 84.7 grams. Dimensions: 9x2.4cm. Content: 8...

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...

Description: Silver snuff box with engraved flowers and branches with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 59.78 grams. Dimensions: 6.8x4cm...

Description: Plain silver snuffbox in British style, elliptical in shape and with a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Chester. Weight: 68.45 grams. Dimensions: 8.3cm...

Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with monogram card, gold interior and reliefs on the lid for opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 73.72 grams. ...

Description: Silver snuff box with relief theater scene and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 65.22 grams. Dimensions: 6.2x1.3cm. Conte...

Description: Silver snuff box with blue enameled applications and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Absent. Weight: 96.72 grams. Dimensions: 8.5x3.4cm. C...

Description: Snuff box with rectangular hinged lid and engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card, fluted friezes. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Titl...

Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with a relief depicting a courtship scene and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: German. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 46.51 grams. Dimens...

Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with reliefs of flowers, leaves and birds surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 14...

Description: Silver snuff box with chiseled plant motifs and monogram card in the center. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Fleur-de-Lys. Weight: 173.92 grams. Dimensions: 9.6...

Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding a monogram card on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 98.77 grams. Dimensions:...

This diverse set of early 19th-century English painted snuff boxes, of various shapes and sizes, are finely decorated with a variety of subjects, inc...

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...

Description: Gold and silver matchbox and snuffbox with hinged lid and blue cabochon on the clasp. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 193.38 grams. Dimensions: 9....

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...

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

Pocket snuff flask carved from coquille nut. Amazing small pocket snuff bottle, carved from a large coquille nut. This antique piece was created in the shape of a spinning top with two secret compartments which can be unscrewed to open. Made in the continental Europe and most probably French or Portuguese provenance from the 18th century, circa 1780. Extensively decorated with organic and floral motifs with a beautiful image of a nut on the upper part. Curiously due to the shape of this piece, it could be played as a spinning tool on a table. This adds a particular interest for the multiple use with which the carving was conceived. Weight: 42.60 Grams. Measurements: Diameter of 40 mm and a height of 89 mm (1.57 x 3.5 Inches). Hallmarks: No marks, gorgeous deep antique patina. Coquille Nut The coquille nut emanates from swampy areas on the eastern side of South America, from a palm known as the “attalea funiefera”. Brazilians call it “Piassabe”. The nuts were introduced into Western Europe in the mid-16th century, and used for small carved objects until the end of the 19th century. Coquille nut is a fruit of a Brazilian palm...

Round snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature pastoral image fired enamelled. 18th century French style. Diameter cm. 8 cm high. 1.8. Weight gr. 171. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by talented artisan artists with a thick plate suitable for supporting numerous glazing firings at high heat at around 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...

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 34.64 grams. Dimensions: 6.5x3cm. Content: 950/1000. Assa...

Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 140.83 grams. Dime...

Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surround and engraving on the hinged lid with gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 91.07 ...

This antique and elegant lacquered snuff box was handmade in The Netherlands. It is painted on both sides: there's the scene of the fire in Hamburg on the right so detailed to be as ...

Description: Smooth silver snuffbox with wooden interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Italian. Brand: Florence. Weight: 253.22 grams. Dimensions: 16.5cmx11cm. Content: 925/...

Description: Circular silver snuff box with pressure system on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birminham. Weight: 60.66 grams. Dimensions: 6.5x6.5cm. Content: ...

Description: Snuffbox in guilloche silver with raised friezes surrounding a monogram card and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 144.79...

Description: Silver snuff box with geometric figures and floral motifs on the surrounding friezes. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 93.41 grams. Dimensions:...

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....

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...

Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with fluting and wreaths engraved on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 59.01 grams. Dimensions:...

Description: Silver snuff box with bucolic scene in relief on the hinged lid and gilded interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 71.2 grams. Dimensions: 7.6x4...

Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding the monogram card and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 74.57 grams. Dimensions: 8c...

Description: Two-tone silver snuffbox with traces of gold on the inside and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Middle East. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 99.14 grams. Dimensions: 10cmx7cm....

Description: Snuff box in embossed silver. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 56.32 grams. Dimensions: 11.5x3cm. Content: 925/1000. Assay Mark: Yes, 1904 by D...

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: ...

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...

Description: Snuff box in nickel-plated silver with geometric motifs, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 93.18 grams. Dimensions...

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

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with engravings surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 65.39 grams. Dimensions: 7.5cmx3cm. Con...

Description: Silver snuff box with floral and feather motifs, hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Paris. Weight: 60.34 grams. Dimensions: 24.5x11cm. Content: 950/1000. ...

Description: Silver snuffbox in Art Nouveau style with a horse figure in relief. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 94.96 grams. Dimensions: 8.5X7.8cm. ...

Antique Benedict Studio Arts & Crafts Hammered Copper Humidor - W7976 This is an antique c. early 1900s Arts & Crafts Hammered Copper Humidor by Benedict Studios. Looks like it has ...