$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
$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
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
$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
$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
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
An Ormolu Mounted Mennecy Double Snuff Box in the Form of a Barrel, Circa 1740
By Mennecy Porcelain Manufactory 1
Located in Spencertown, NY
The white ground floral decorated snuff box with openings at both ends, one opening revealing painted initials D.V. for Duc de Villroy.
Ormolu
George III Rococco Pressed Tortoiseshell, Ormolu, Bilston/Battersea Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
An extremely rare antique English George III Rococo pressed tortoiseshell, ormolu and Battersea enamel snuff box. This beautiful oblong box is in pristine condition and has been well...
Enamel, Ormolu
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
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
Gold and Agate Snuff Box Belonging to Anne, First Duchess of Buccleuch
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This oval gold snuff box is inscribed with a crest of ‘a stag trippant’ within mantling of upright ostrich plumes tied with a bow, all below a ducal coronet and above a cypher of the entwined initials ‘B.A.B.’ for Anne of Buccleuch. English, circa 1670. Provenance: Anne, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732) was a wealthy Scottish peeress. After her father died when she was a few months old, and her sisters by the time she was 10, she inherited the family’s titles. She was married, at 12 years old, to James, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, then 14. Following the king’s death in February 1685, James spearheaded an anti-Catholic revolt to depose the new king, James II, and claim the throne from his uncle. The brief Monmouth Rebellion ended in defeat and James, by then Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, was executed for treason. The Duchess had six children by Monmouth, and a further three by her second husband, Charles, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, whom she married in 1688. She died in 1732 and was succeeded by her grandson, Francis, Earl of Dalkeith. The style of chasing used on this box is very reminiscent of a signed piece in the Gilbert...
Agate, Gold
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 / "
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
Antique Old English Tobacco Box, Mahogany with Brass Banding
Located in New Orleans, LA
A wonderful old tobacco box with handsome banding.
Brass
$5,200Sale Price|20% Off
Monkey Tobacco Box by Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, Art Deco, Circa 1920
By Edouard-Marcel Sandoz, Haviland & Co.
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
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
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
Early 20th Century Swedish Burled Birch Wood and Mahogany Tobacco Box
Located in Middleburg, VA
A little poem in wood, this early 20th-century Swedish tobacco box is a quiet testament to the beauty of everyday ritual. Hand-turned from golden-hued burled birch, its surface is al...
Metal, Brass
$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
1970s Indian Bronze Box with Character on the Lid
Located in Marbella, ES
1970s Indian bronze box with character on the lid.
Bronze
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
Rectangular shaped snuff box in fluted silver
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular snuff box in fluted silver, with guilloche engravings surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 63.18 ...
Silver
Rectangular shaped snuff box with hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
Rectangular silver snuff box with plant engravings on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with plant engravings on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Eagle Head. Weight: 73.70 grams. Dimensions: 8cmx2cm...
Silver
$315Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuffbox embossed with a courtship scene
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Nickel plated silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Elliptical silver snuff box with asymmetrical branches and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 122.62 grams. Dimensions: 9.8c...
Silver
$525Sale Price|30% Off
Rectangular silver snuff box with fortress engraving on the lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with a fortress engraving on the lid, surrounded by engravings. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II Title. Weight: 87.38...
Silver
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with borders on the edge and an engraved hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with grooves on the surround and engraved hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 54.32 grams. Dimensions: 6.8x1.3cm...
Silver
$875Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in fluted silver with landscape engraved on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Fluted silver snuff box with landscape engraved on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 76.88 grams. Dimensions: 8.5cmx3.5...
Silver
$420Sale Price|30% Off
Snuff box in fluted silver with embossed lid enclosing a monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Fluted silver snuff box with embossed lid and monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Netherlands. Brand: Leão Passante. Weight: 41.91 grams. Dimensions: 6.5cmx4cm. ...
Silver
$420Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with lace-style engravings, gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with lace-style engravings, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 53.12 grams. Dimensions: 8x1.5cm. ...
Silver
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
$2,450Sale Price|30% Off
Relief silver tobacco box with caravel, shields & rope border
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Tobacco box. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: standing eagle. Weight: 687.39 grams. Dimensions: 16x5cm. Content: 833/1000. Assay Mark: Yes, between 1938 and 1984...
Silver
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
Chiseled silver snuff box with floral embossing and monogram
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Chiseled silver snuff box with embossed floral motifs, hinged lid and monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 175.51 grams. Dimensions: 3.2...
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
$525Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engraved monogram lid, garlands and flowers
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding a monogram card on the hinged lid with wreaths and flowers. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Mark: Unreadable. Weight: 76.06 ...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with friezes and engraved country-scene lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surround and engraved with country motifs on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 101.19 g...
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
Guilloche silver snuffbox
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuffbox with bands along the length and support for rolling papers inside. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 90.08 grams...
Silver
Silver snuffbox with longitudinal reliefs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox with longitudinal reliefs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: German. Mark: Unreadable. Weight: 101.42 grams. Dimensions: 9.5cmx1.8cm. Content: 800/10...
Silver
$665Sale Price|30% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox with a curved shape and a hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Smooth silver snuffbox with curved shape and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 101.45 grams. Dimensions: 9.5x7cm. Content: 925/1000....
Silver
$410Sale Price|65% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox with hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Plain silver snuffbox with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Eagle Head. Weight: 167.28 grams. Dimensions: 8.6x7.6cm. Content: 833/1000. Assay Mark: ...
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
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuffbox with ivory-topped lid, friezes & gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox with raised friezes on the edge, lid covered with an ivory plate engraved with African flavor and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: ...
Silver
Silver Art Nouveau snuffbox depicting horsemen in relief
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox in Art Nouveau style with reliefs depicting knights in a horse riding scene. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 96.69 grams...
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
$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
$1,225Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuffbox with idyllic scene in high relief
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox with idyllic scene in high relief. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 107.74 grams. Dimensions: 8x5cm. Content: 833/1000. Ass...
Silver
$204Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with country motifs on the hinged lid and gold on the inside
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with country motifs on the hinged lid and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Spanish. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 71.24 grams. Dimensions: 8.8x3cm. Conte...
Silver
$1,050Sale Price|30% Off
Silver snuff box with engraved wreaths and monument, hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraved wreaths and monument, hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 86.1 grams. Dimensions: 8.2x4.6cm. Conten...
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
$700Sale Price|30% Off
Double tobacco box in rosewood with tremolos and silver applications
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Double tobacco box in rosewood with tremolos and silver applications. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Weight: 574.41 grams. Dimensions: 24x11.5cm. Content: 833/1000. ...
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
$1,400Sale Price|30% Off
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: ...
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.