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Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes For Sale
Victorian Greyhound Sterling Silver Cigarette Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel cigarette case; an addition to our range of silver boxes and cases.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver cigarette case has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
This antique cigarette case has a subtly curved form proffering a comfortable fit in the majority of pockets.
The anterior cover is embellished with an exceptional hot enamel scene depicting two greyhound style canines in a rural setting.
The posterior surface of the case is ornamented with the contemporary engraved initials 'G.W.C.R' and the date '11th Feby 1886'
The rounded sides of this cigarette case are plain and unembellished.
This antique enamel cigarette case...
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1880s English Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver and Bone Box
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver and bone box. Antique Continental dark bone/horn fitted case with sterling silver mounts and central oval for monogram; originally a t...
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Mid-19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
German Neoclassical Painted Lacquer Snuff Box, Early 19th Century
By Stobwasser
Located in Spencertown, NY
German neoclassical round snuff box with ancient Roman scene.
Category
Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Majolica Tobacco Box Pot Jar by Johann Maresch, Austria, circa 1900
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This offer is for one of our rare Majolica items, an exceptional tobacco box pot or jar out of the sack series by Johann Maresch from the beginning of the 20th century. The beautiful...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Majolica
$306 Sale Price
55% Off
Antique Qajar Period Persian Papier Machê Snuff Box Depicting Chovgan or Polo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Persian papier machê snuff box.
Consisting of a lacquered papier machê with decoration to the lid and all 4 sides.
The lid...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Islamic Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
18th Century French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox, "Le Patre"
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox, "Le Patre"
French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox Titled "Le Patre"
Walnut wooden box with a scene of a landscape
Beautiful detailed cut scenery o...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Pot or Box 19th Century Majolica Gremany Ceramic Beige Blue
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Tabacco box, Pot in Majolica. Characters Decor pattern. Brown and blue color.
It has been made in Germany circa 19th century.
Signed Western Germany.
Category
19th Century German Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic
$258 Sale Price
20% Off
1800s Snuff Box of Ram's Horn and Wood
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
c.1800s snuff box, ram's horn with wood inset bottom. Base edge faults in the horn-top edge also. With a tag: "You God Father Eckhadt (?) snuff box" and description. 2 3/8" x 1 3/8 x...
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19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
$85 Sale Price
41% Off
Mid-Century European Ceramic Tobacco Jar with Pipe and Nautical Motifs
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A rare and highly decorative 20th century ceramic tobacco jar, likely of European origin. This finely crafted piece features intricate black transfer designs of assorted pipes, inclu...
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20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Snuffbox white enamel sterling silve stylised birdr miniature on the lid Salimba
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round curved snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, above and below, and miniature on the lid of a stylised bird, hand painted by the paint...
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Victor Emanuel Pill Box
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver Victor Emanuel pill box. Antique blue enameled silver pill box with the crowned initials of King Victor Emanuel and House of Savoy rope emblem, stamped Masenza Rome. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Tunbridge Wells Snuff Box With Cricket Scene
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Novelty Cricket Snuff Box.
A 19th century sycamore snuff box with a cricket monochrome transfer image on the lid. The image is of a cricket match with the players all wearing top hat...
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19th Century British Sporting Art Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sycamore
Small Ebonised Snuff Box With Painted Cricket Scene
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Ebonised Papier Mache Cricket Snuff Box.
An early Victorian black lacquered rectangle Papier-mâché snuff box with rounded corners and with a hinged lid with hand painted cricket scen...
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19th Century Sporting Art Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
Brass Tobacco Jar with Hand Painted Blue Delft Lid
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Small container for cigarettes or tobacco. Its made from Solid patinated brass and its screw-of lid is decorated with a small hand-painted porcelain pl...
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1950s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
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: ...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,000 Sale Price
50% Off
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. ...
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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$300 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique English Battersea South Staffordshire Enamel Table Snuff Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and rare antique 18th century South Staffordshire or Battersea enamel table snuff box.
The lid has a scene of two noble, young couples in...
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18th Century English George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Snuff box in embossed gilt silver with hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in gilded silver with a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Greek Tragedy Mask. Weight: 85.86 grams. Dimensions...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram plaque and opening application
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with monogrammed card and opening application. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 115.49 grams. Dimensions: 7.8cmx4.8c...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$750 Sale Price
50% 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...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver snuff box with floral elements
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with prominent plant, floral and noble elements, with surrounding friezes and a gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 73...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$750 Sale Price
50% Off
Rectangular snuff box in guilloche silver
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular snuff box in guilloche silver and relief on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: London. Weight: 48.54 grams. Dimensions: 6.3cmx1.8cm. Content: 925/1000. Assay Mark: Yes, 1820 by Charles Reeves...
Category
20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$750 Sale Price
50% Off
Snuff box in guilloche silver with hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
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 ...
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Early 18th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver snuff box with floral motifs around monogram and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card, gold interior and application on the opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram card and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram plaque and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 51.12 grams. Dimensions: 7.5cmx3cm. Conten...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$300 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver snuff box with raised country-scene card and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with a raised card with country motifs, hinged lid and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 41.28 grams. Dimensions: 7....
Category
20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$200 Sale Price
50% Off
Antique Mixed Wood & Marquetry Cigar Box with Glass Insert C1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Mixed Wood & Marquetry Cigar Box with Glass Insert C1910.
Measures - 9"H x 7.75"W x 7.75"D.
An antique cigar tobacco box from circa 1910, crafted with mixed wood and intri...
Category
20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
$480 Sale Price
20% Off
Snuff box in embossed silver
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Category
Early 20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$225 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver snuff box with floral motifs engraved on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with floral motifs engraved on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 49.08 grams. Dimensions: 7cmx4cm. Content: 95...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$175 Sale Price
50% 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...
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19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$175 Sale Price
50% Off
Pill Box Empire style handpainted Sterling Silver fine hand engravings Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with a hand-painted miniature with fired enamel by the painter Romano Buccioni in the Louis XVI Empire style of the second hal...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$2,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Rectangular silver snuff box with cathedral panorama and relief back
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with cathedral panorama engraving, relief back with double herringbone stripe. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 56.71 ...
Category
20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver snuff box with relief country motifs on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with relief country motifs on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Dutch. Brand: ABD. Weight: 79.52 grams. Dimensions: 8.1x1.9cm. Content: 833/1000. A...
Category
20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
18th Century Walnut Wooden Snuffbox
Located in Delft, NL
18th Century French walnut wooden snuffbox
French walnut wooden snuffbox
Beautiful detailed cut scenery, celebrating people
The text will be probably "rejouissance mamand" (festiv...
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Late 18th Century French Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Papier-mâché Snuffbox, Painted with a Portrait of a Bearded Man
By Stobwasser
Located in Delft, NL
Papier-Mâché snuffbox,
A snuff box painted with a portrait of a bearded man with a turban, possibly after a painting by Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich...
Category
19th Century German Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
19th Majolica Parrot Tobacco Jar Onnaing
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica tobacco jar with a parrot Onnaing, circa 1880.
Category
1880s French French Provincial Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Majolica
Antique George IV Sterling Silver Gilt Table Snuff Box
By John Linnit
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique George IV English sterling silver gilt table snuff box; an addition to our antique box collection.
This...
Category
1820s English Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
1800s Swedish Cast Iron Tobacco Jar
Located in Brooklyn, NY
1800s, Sweden. This three-section cast iron tobacco jar originates from Hälleforsbruk, a prestigious Swedish foundry in Södermanland county. The piece displays distinctive markings i...
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Early 1800s Swedish Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Iron
German Papier-Mâché snuffbox, 19th century
By Stobwasser
Located in Delft, NL
German Papier-Mâché snuffbox, 19th century
A German 19th Century snuff box made of Papier-Mâché with a painted scene on the lid
The size is 11 cm diagonal and 2 cm high.
Category
19th Century German Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
19th Century German Three-Colour 18K Gold & Jasperware Snuff Box, Hanau c.1820
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 19th Century German three-coloured 18k gold snuff box, of rectangular form with gracefully rounded corners, this exquisite piece features a central oval jasperware plaq...
Category
20th Century German Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Chinese lacquer Tobacco box with 24 carat pure gold decorations 1940s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Chinese lacquer tobacco box with 24 carat pure gold decorations
Category
1940s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
$754 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Edwardian 9K Rose Gold and Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Edwardian English 9-karat rose gold and enamel cigarette case; an addition to our diverse range of smoking related silverware.
This exceptional antique Edwardian 9ct rose gold cigarette case has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
This antique case has a subtly curved form proffering a comfortable fit in the majority of pockets.
The anterior cover is ornamented with an impressive enamel panel depicting four jockeys riding horses in a race, with stands full of spectators in the background.
The enamel panel is further embellished with the caption 'Cambridgeshire 1902'.
The posterior cover is embellished with contemporary engraved inscriptions in the form of a business card, denoting: the telegraphic address 'Shamefaced, London', the telephone details 'No 112 Avenue, 9890 Central', the name 'E Israel', the job position 'Turf Commission Agent', in addition to the address '16 Philpot Lane E.C.'.
The rounded sides of the cigarette case are plain and unembellished.
This hallmarked antique cigarette case...
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Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Late 19th - Early 20th Century Russian Lacquered Paper Mache Snuff Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th - Early 20th Century Russian Lacquered Paper Mache Snuff Box
By The Lukutun Factory
5.25" x 3.5" x 1.5"
Category
19th Century Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Paper
A Shagreen Tobacco Box, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Shagreen Tobacco Box, 18th Century
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Dimensions:
Height: 3cm.
Width: 15.5cm.
Depth: 6cm.
Category
18th Century Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid-18th Century Decorative Lacquered Wooden Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine wood lacquered wood case is painted both on the sides: there is the elegant portrait of a pretty woman on one side and on the other side, a natura...
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Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer
$718 Sale Price
20% Off
English Porcelain Patch Box with Irish References, ""Forget Not Erin" Motto
Located in Downingtown, PA
"Forget Not Erin": A Coalport Porcelain Jewel
Golden Blooms and Patriotism: An Antique London-Decorated Patch Box
This spectacular antique English porcelain patch box, circa 1820, is...
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1820s English Regency Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Snuff Tin, English Gilt Metal, Lidded Box, Relief Decor, Victorian, 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique snuff tin. An English, gilt metal lidded box with relief decor, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880.
Fascinating decorati...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Pressed Wood Snuff Box of Place Vendome, French, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The circular box depicting Place Vendome with quote on bottom 'COLON DE LA PLACE VENDOME.' The interior with collectors label 'EVAN THOMAS COLLECTION 408.’
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Petite Indonesian Brass Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite brass box was originally part of an early 20th century betel box set from Indonesia, one of several small containers that held the individual ingredients of a betel quid....
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Folk Art Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silver and Black Onyx Hinged Snuff or Pill Box With Silver Braid Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sterling silver Snuff or Pill Box with a hinged lid. The top has a quilted style top centered with a braid of silver and a Black Onyx Bead.
A compliment to any desk, or discreetl...
Category
20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
Paper Mache Snuff Box with Silver Piqué, 19th Century
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Papier-mâché Snuff Box with Silver Piqué, 19th Century
This rectangular, oblong snuff box is constructed of papier-mâché with a black lacquer finish. It features a complete silver pi...
Category
19th Century English Other Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting numerous high-fire enamelled firings at approximately 750 < 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 colors which are as many colored crystals, ground and reduced to a very fine, almost impalpable powder washed and purified in distilled water with the addition of small quantities of deoxidizing acids which, diluted with essential oils (usually essential oil of solder), can be mixed to form a palette of colors.
With very fine sable hair brushes you draw the subject starting from the perimeter and then gradually adding various layers of color.
It is necessary to carry out various firings very often so that the colors harden and are not absorbed by the underlying glaze as, during the subsequent firings at 750 ° C, during liquefaction, it would spread irremediably. Hence the need to form the painting a little at a time, cooking it numerous times.
Therefore it is necessary to proceed with numerous retouching, often overlapping different colors that only the painter's experience knows. A beautiful miniature needs from 20 to over 50 firings and is finished when the painter deems he does not have to further intervene.
Some colors must have darker tones than others because then, by superimposing the transparent enamel placed at the end of the miniature, they fade. This transparent layer, called “fondant” in jargon, must be smoothed and polished like all other translucent enamel colors.
The miniatures with water tempera colors are painted on real ivory...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-Century Modern Silver Plated Accessory Box
Located in New York, NY
This handsome early Mid-Century Modern accessory box was realized in the United States circa 1940. It features a volumetric rectangular body in silver pl...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
19th Century Austrian Majolica Tablescape Smoker Set
Located in Austin, TX
19th century fine Austrian Majolica smoking set match striker harvest theme with a willow baskets, fruits and pitcher.
Category
1880s Austrian Rustic Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Silver and niello tobacco box, Moscow, Russia 1879.
Located in Milan, IT
Silver and niello snuffbox. The tobacco box, made of 84 zolotnik silver (875/1000) is rectangular in shape with a soap bar body, with rounded corners and rounded profiles. The entire...
Category
Late 19th Century Russian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
18-C English Bilston Battersea Enamel Memento Mori, Memory of a Friend Snuff Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An 18th century Georgian English Bilston Battersea enameled snuff or patch box, the motto reads, “In Memory of a Friend.” An example of Memento Mori, which translates from the Latin,...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Copper
Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite bronze canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box dates to the early 20th century and provided an air...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Antique Snuffboxes for Sale on 1stDibs
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.
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