A carved boxwood prisoner of war battleship snuff box
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A carved boxwood prisoner of war battleship snuff box. This small snuff box is carved in the form of a 112-gun ship of the line with a removable quarte...
Boxwood
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with garlands and antique enameled lady on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with garlands and antique enameled lady on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 93.96 grams. Dimensions: 8x1.1cm. Cont...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Silver tobacco box with raised floral motifs, monogram and wood lining
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver tobacco box with embossed floral motifs surrounding a monogram card and wood-lined interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: German. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 123.01 grams. ...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box w/ carved wreaths, hinged lid w/ colored stones & gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with carved wreath reliefs, hinged lid with colored stones and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 134.7...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box w/ geometric figures & floral motifs on the surrounding friezes
Located in Porto, PT
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:...
Silver
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
Guilloche silver snuff box with monogram, friezes and floral lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with floral motifs on the lid and friezes along the cartouche. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II Title. Weight: 99.65 gra...
Silver
$665Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuffbox embossed with everyday scenes and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox embossed with everyday scenes and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: German. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 110.75 grams. Dimensions: 9cmx7cm. Content: 800/1...
Silver
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. ...
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Silver tobacco box with Islamic-style reliefs and a wood-lined interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver tobacco box with Islamic-style reliefs and a wood-lined interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Egyptian. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 238.21 grams. Dimensions: 14x7cm. Conte...
Silver
$245Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engraving on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraving on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête de Minerve. Weight: 34.59 grams. Dimensions: 6x1.5cm. Content: 950/1000. As...
Silver
Snuff box in guilloche silver
Located in Porto, PT
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 ...
Silver
$210Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box w/ relief everyday motifs in the Oriental style & a hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
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. ...
Silver
English Porcelain Cottage Pastille Burner, circa 1820
Located in New York, NY
English Porcelain cottage pastille burner, circa 1820.
Porcelain
$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
$630Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with floral motifs in relief on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with embossed floral motifs on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Pakistani. Brand: Farouk Industries Karachi. Weight: 109.01 grams. Dimensions: 8.3...
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
$875Sale Price|30% Off
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...
Silver
$770Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with friezes, engraved lid and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
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 ...
Silver
$1,750Sale 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...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding the monogram card and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in nickel silver with geometric motifs, gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
$630Sale Price|30% Off
Silver tobacco box with guilloche floral motifs, gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver tobacco box with guilloche floral motifs, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: German. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 59.37 grams. Dimensions: 8cmx5cm. C...
Silver
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
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:...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram plaque and engraved floral motifs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram card and engraved floral motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 82.05 grams. Dimensions: 8.5cmx5...
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Elliptical silver snuff box with friezes and monogram cartouche
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Elliptical silver snuff box with friezes and engravings surrounding a monogram card with a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 1...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox with reliefs on the lid for opening
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Smooth silver snuffbox with reliefs on the lid for opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Chester. Weight: 174.59 grams. Dimensions: 10.9x6.8cm. Content: 925/10...
Silver
$1,575Sale Price|30% Off
Tobacco box with Greek Macedonian sun symbol & wood-lined interior
Located in Porto, PT
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...
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
$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
$437Sale Price|30% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox with tilting mechanism on both lids
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Plain silver snuffbox with tilting mechanism on both lids. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II. Title. Weight: 84.63 grams. Dimensions: 8.4x5.7. Content:...
Silver
$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
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Silver Art Nouveau snuffbox with dog’s head in high relief
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox in Art Nouveau style with a dog's head in high relief surrounded by floral motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 90.94...
Silver
Rectangular silver snuffbox
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
Rectangular silver snuffbox
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuffbox with grooves, hinged lid and interior with support for cigarette papers. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 1...
Silver
$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
$350Sale Price|30% Off
Circular silver snuffbox with pressure system on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
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: ...
Silver
$1,120Sale Price|30% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox with wood-lined interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Smooth silver snuffbox with wood-lined interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: standing eagle. Weight: 238.08 grams. Dimensions: 14x2.1cm. Content: 833/1000. ...
Silver
$420Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in guilloche and fluted silver with hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche and fluted silver with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 53.16 grams. Dimensions: 7.1x3.9cm. Content: 800/10...
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Guilloche silver snuffbox with friezes, monogram & gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
$513Sale Price|65% Off
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....
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
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
$630Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box w/ friezes around the edge, relief country motifs & hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surroundings, relief country motifs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 56.93 grams. Dime...
Silver
Rectangular guilloche silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular guilloche silver snuff box with monogram plaque and caninha-style fluting. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 51.78 grams. Di...
Silver
Rectangular silver snuff box with reliefs alluding to a rural context
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with reliefs alluding to a rural context, frame surrounded by a frieze. Metal: Silver. Origin: Spanish. Brand: Estrela. Weight: 101.56 grams...
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
$630Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with birds and floral relief, friezes and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with floral motifs and birds in relief on the lid, gold interior and friezes on the surround. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escrav...
Silver
Nickel plated silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in nickeled silver with a panorama of cows grazing, decorated with garlands and a gilded interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 1...
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
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in guilloche silver with a monogram card on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with a monogram card on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 79.51 grams. Dimensions: 8cmx4.5cm. Con...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Nickel-plated snuff box with monogram card and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Nickel plated silver snuff box with monogram card and gold interior, application for opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 73.78 grams. Dimensi...
Silver
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Silver tobacco box with engraved Belém Tower and wood-lined interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver tobacco box with engraved Belém Tower and wood-lined interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Italian. Brand: Portuguese eagle head brand. Weight: 390.67 grams. Dimension...
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
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Elliptical shaped nickel silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Elliptical shaped nickel silver snuff box with asymmetrical reliefs, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 98.05 gram...
Silver
$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
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in nickel silver with gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in nickel-plated silver with gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Greek tragedy mask. Weight: 75.14 grams. Di...
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
Antique BENEDICT STUDIO Arts & C Hammered Copper Humidor Sticklea era- W7976
Located in Shamokin Dam, PA
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...
Copper
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Guilloche silver tobacco box with wooden interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver tobacco box with wooden interior and stone application on the lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 430.95 grams. Dimensions: ...
Silver
Rectangular silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with engraved houses in a perfect frame, plant motifs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 99.25 g...
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.