$700Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuffbox with dog relief & interior paper holder
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox with relief dog figure and interior with support for rolling papers and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 124....
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Russian-style silver snuff box with floral scrolls and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
$804Sale Price|20% Off
Mid-19th Century Decorative Lacquered Wooden Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
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 ...
Wood, Lacquer
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engraved lid and gilded interior, George III period
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraving on the hinged lid and gilded interior, George III period. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 81.33 grams. Dimensi...
Silver
$630Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in nickel-plated silver with a gold interior and a hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Nickel-plated silver snuff box with gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Greek tragedy mask. Weight: 61....
Silver
$490Sale Price|30% Off
Silver Art Nouveau snuffbox with female figure & paper holder
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox in Art Nouveau style with a female figure in relief and a holder for rolling papers inside. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II. Title: W...
Silver
$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
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
$490Sale Price|30% Off
Snuffbox in guilloche silver on the lid & interior w/ support for rolling papers
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuffbox in guilloche silver on the lid and interior with support for rolling papers. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 80.68 grams. Dim...
Silver
$1,575Sale Price|30% Off
Tobacco box in rosewood with silver applications
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Tobacco box in rosewood with silver applications featuring bows, puttis holding wreaths and medallions with ancient ladies in relief in perfect shape. Metal: Silver. Ori...
Silver
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
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
Nickel plated silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular nickel-plated silver snuff box with an illustration of a Gothic cathedral on the lid and a gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve....
Silver
Guilloche silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box, bands along the length and monogram plaque on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 51.55 gram...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuffbox with reliefs surrounding a monogram card and wood-lined interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with reliefs surrounding the monogram card and wood-lined interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Pakistani. Brand: Farouk Industries. Weight: 238.37 grams. Di...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox with flowers on the hinged lid in the Art Nouveau style
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Plain silver snuffbox with flowers on the hinged lid in the Art Nouveau style. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 111.63 grams. Dimension...
Silver
19th Century French Papier Mâché Box with Painted Portrait
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French papier mâché box with painted portrait.
Paper
$3,107Sale Price|25% Off
Mid-19th Century Limoges Enamel Flask
By Limoges
Located in Paris, FR
Small flask in Limoges enamel and silver mounts with its original stopper. All of its surfaces are decorated with figures set in a gallant landscape. On the body, a couple of young l...
Silver, Enamel
$420Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuffbox with city-view engravings & guilloche background
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox with engravings surrounding a card with a city panorama and a guilloche background. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 49.28 gra...
Silver
19th Century Japanese Inro with 5 Lacquered Wood Compartments
Located in Marseille, FR
19th Century Japanese inro with 5 lacquered wooden compartments, 93 x 50 x 30 mm in size. Weight 59.2 g. Additional information: Material: Lacquered ...
Wood
$455Sale Price|30% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox in elliptical shape with hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Fluted silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with fluting throughout and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 101.25 grams. Dimensions: 8.8cmx2.2cm....
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with guilloche florals around monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with guilloche floral motifs on the lid, including a monogram card and a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 102.67 gra...
Silver
Drum Shape Silver Gilt Bronze Box, 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
An unusual antique gilded and silver gilt bronze box in the form of a drum. Beautiful quality, detail and having good solid weight. We cannot find any markings possibly English or...
Bronze
Rectangular silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with reliefs and a bucolic scene in high relief. Metal: Silver. Origin: Spanish. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 81.29 grams. Dimensions: 8.4cmx1.8c...
Silver
$770Sale Price|30% Off
Fluted silver snuff box with floral engraving and monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in fluted silver with a hinged lid and engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 44.62...
Silver
$420Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding a monogram card and a hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding the monogram card and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 44.25 grams. Dimensions: ...
Silver
$525Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with reliefs printed with shells and scrolls, removable lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with reliefs printed with shells and scrolls, removable lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 87.95 grams. Dimensions: 13x2.5c...
Silver
$256Sale Price|65% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox with wooden interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
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/...
Silver
Guilloche silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with a countryside panorama in an engraved frame and fluted bottom. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 111.10 ...
Silver
Chinese Brass Box with Chinese Letter Inscriptions on the Top
Located in Marbella, ES
Chinese Brass Box with Chinese Letter Inscriptions on the Top.
Brass
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
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in guilloche silver
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram plaque and fluted surround. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 67.14 grams. Dimensions: 6.9cmx1...
Silver
A Very Fine Early 20th Century Enamelled Sterling Silver Cigarette Case
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The front of the case exhibiting an exquisite hand painted panel depicting sprays of irises in shades of lavender, royal blue & green, set against a radiant white enamelled machi...
Sterling Silver, Enamel
$4,200Sale 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...
Silver
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
$455Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in beaded silver with engraved hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in crimped silver with engraved hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête de Minerve. Weight: 49.61 grams. Dimensions: 7.1x1.3cm. Content: 950/100...
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
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with Arabic-style plant engravings & fluted base
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with Arabic-style engravings with plant elements and fluted bottom. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Cabeça de velho. Weight: 82.24 grams. Dimensio...
Silver
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
$1,750Sale Price|30% Off
Rectangular silver snuff box with reliefs
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
$308Sale Price|65% Off
Silver snuffbox with relief lid & interior paper holder
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox with support for cigarette papers on the inside and reliefs on the hinged lid in the Art Nouveau style. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali ...
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with blue enamelled applications and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with fluted reliefs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with fluted reliefs along the edge and floral motifs engraved on the lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 92.38 grams...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Rectangular silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with plant motifs surrounding a monogram card and caninha-style fluting. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 79.51 gram...
Silver
Rectangular silver snuffbox
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuffbox with engravings alluding to a bucolic scene. Metal: Silver. Origin: Dutch. Brand: Walking Lion. Weight: 172.69 grams. Dimensions: 13.7cm x 2....
Silver
$2,800Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in nickel silver in the Russian style with a gold base and city motifs
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
$525Sale Price|30% Off
Guilloche silver snuff box with monogram lid and engraved surround
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with engraving on the lid, surrounding a monogram card and a hinged lid with application. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerv...
Silver
$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
$420Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box w/ bucolic scene in relief on the hinged lid & gilded interior
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Guilloche silver snuff box with monogram and gold interior, George V period
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with monogrammed card and gold interior, George V period. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 51.43 grams. Dimensions: ...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engraved surround and raised opening
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding the monogram card and relief on the opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 52.84 grams. Dimens...
Silver
$1,575Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with floral embossing around monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with embossed floral motifs surrounding a monogram card and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 206.46 grams. Dim...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Guilloché silver snuff box with monogram cartouche and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with monogram card and gold-tone interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 76.62 grams. Dimensions: 7cmx3.8cm. Cont...
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Silver tobacco box with embossed Hindu goddess and wood lining
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver tobacco box embossed with a Hindu goddess surrounded by garlands and a wood-lined interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Thai. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 275.78 grams. Dim...
Silver
$525Sale Price|30% Off
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...
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
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...
Silver
$350Sale Price|30% Off
Wavy-shaped silver snuff box with monogram medallion on the lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with a wavy shape and a monogram medallion on the lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 59.25 grams. Dimensions: 8x4.3cm. Content:...
Silver
$525Sale Price|30% Off
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:...
Silver
$420Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding a monogram card on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
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:...
Silver
$4,200Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box with bone lid and gold-covered tortoiseshell, with floral ornaments
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box with bone and tortoiseshell lid covered in gold, with floral ornaments. Metal: Gold. Origin: English. Hallmark: Absent. Weight: 71.88 grams. Dimensions: 7x3.4c...
Silver
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.