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Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes For Sale
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Acanthus Match Box Holder 68C
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Match Box Holder in the Acanthus pattern, design #68c by Johan Rohde from 1917. Additional information: Material: S...
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20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Continental Niello and Silver Gilt Snuff Box, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
No apparent hallmarks. The diaper pattern filled with small crosses throughout and the opening with a slight lip.
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Early 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver

Antique Austro-Hungarian Silver and Enamel Cigarette / Card Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine antique Austro-Hungarian silver and enamel cigarette/card case; part of our continental silverware collection This fine antique Austro-Hungarian silver and enamel cigarette/card case has a rectangular form with rounded edges. The front cover is embellished with an enamel panel depicting two Japanese ladies playing traditional Japanese instruments, the koto (13 stringed zither) and the shamisen (3 stringed guitar-like instrument). The players are seated on the ground in an outdoor scene with traditional Japanese lanterns hanging from tree branches overhead. The sides of this cigarette case and posterior cover are plain and unembellished. The case is fitted with a push fit catch which when released reveals the hallmarked gilt interior of the hinged compartments. The hallmarks to the interior of this impressive case include: Silver quality/purity: Dianakopf mark (800 standard, 800/1000) Assay mark: L (Ljubljana, Slovenia) This variation of the Dianakopf mark was used from 1872-1922, determining the date of this piece as circa 1900. Condition This antique silver business card holder...
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20th Century Slovenian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Antique 1900s Chinese Silver Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese silver vinaigrette in the form of a purse; an addition to our silver boxes collection This excep...
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Early 1900s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver

Silvered Metal Lidded Box
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Silvered metal lidded box of a circular form for powder kohl eye liner. Designed into two detached sections, finely handcrafted and decorated with scrollwork designs with a yellow amber stone on the top lid and lots of great detail. Berber Kabyle box container to hold loose powder kohl eye liner. Made of silver tone metal with filigree scales with a coral stone. A beautiful antique example of a traditional box handcrafted by Berber Women in Kabylie, Algeria. The circular container is richly decorated with detailed raised filigree silver work. Decorated with an amber color cabochon on the cover top. An amazing collector’s piece due to its rarity and the beauty of its intricate workmanship. Collector collyrium kohl pot...
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Mid-20th Century Algerian Moorish Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Metal

French Hand-Crafted and Painted Ceramic Trinket or Jewelry Box
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful hand-crafted ceramic lidded trinket or jewelry box. Mid-20th century, French. Used as decorative item, this piece would enhance any shelf or tabletop. Measures: 6 1/8...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Ceramic

Russian tobacco containers with carved and painted decoration, treen, C 1890
Located in Central England, GB
This rare pair of Russian folk art treen tobacco containers are beautifully hand turned from one solid piece of limewood. They have well hollowed interiors with a neatly fitting lid ...
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Late 19th Century Russian Folk Art Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Wood

A Gold Mounted Moss Agate Snuff Box
Located in Spencertown, NY
The mottled brown agate with translucence when held to light. The cover with a gold rope twist edge above hinged clasp with wreath and berry design above a cushion base
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Agate, Gold

Dutch Tobacco Jar - 19th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Dutch Tobacco Jar Hollande, 19th century H 18 x diameter 12 cm Fine Georgian Dutch Tobacco Jar with beautiful patina.
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19th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Wood

19th Century Black Forest Carved Humidor
Located in High Point, NC
19th century black forest humidor hand-carved in the shape of a dog's head. His hat lifts to reveal storage for tobacco or cigars. The carving on this piece is wonderfully detailed a...
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19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Fruitwood

Saint-Cloud snuff box in the form of a shepherd, circa 1735
By Saint-Cloud Porcelain
Located in Spencertown, NY
The silver hinged snuff box with the resting shepherd and dog at his feet, above hand painted floral sprays. The silver hinged mount with loose closur...
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Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver

Luscious Leather Embossed Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Box
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Wonderful Chinese box in red, gold and black having a Chinoiserie painted design on embossed leather with original brass hardware. There's a removable metal liner and the interior is...
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1940s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Leather

Victorian Sterling Silver Table Snuff/Vesta/Trinket Barrel Box
By Frederick Edmonds & Edward J.W. Johnson
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver table snuff/vesta/trinket box modelled in the form of a barrel; an addition to our diverse silverware collection This exceptional and rare antique sterling silver box has been realistically modelled in the form of a barrel. The surface of this unusual Victorian trinket box...
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1890s British Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Set of 24 Painted Papier Mache and Metal Snuff Boxes
Located in Long Island City, NY
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...
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1830s English George IV Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Metal

Tabacco Pot, in Wood and Brass, Brown Color, French, 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Tabacco box in wood. With brass. Leaf Decor pattern. Brown color. It has been made in France Circa 1970.
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1970s French French Provincial Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Brass

Snuff Box in the form of Columbine, with diamond eyes. Gouyn C1754.
By Charles Gouyn
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
A marvellous little piece of porcelain from this little-known maker. A snuff box, modelled as Colombine from the Commedia Dell'Arte. The face would seem to be that of a particular ac...
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Mid-18th Century English Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Gold

18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch / Snuff Box - Double Hinged
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch / Snuff Box - Hinged on both base and lid, the base is decorated with gentlemen walking outside a church, while the lid has an embossed female port...
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18th Century English George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Bronze, Enamel

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 ...
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Mid-19th Century Dutch Late Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Wood, Lacquer

Vintage Parchment Pillbox
Located in Milano, IT
Beautiful parchment pill box designed in the 1950s of fine Italian manufacture. The pill box is small with a rectangular shape, made entirely of light green parchment on the outside...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Brass

Vintage Parchment Pillbox
Vintage Parchment Pillbox
$385 Sale Price
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Moroccan Brass Berber Tribal Flask
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Great decorative Moroccan Tribal flask.. African decorative brass with front richly decorated with embossed brass and overlay. The valve stem turns and open. Truly a conversation mu...
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Early 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Brass

Antique Punch and Judy Book Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel Punch and Judy book vesta case; an addition to our range of collectable silver cases. This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver vesta case has been realistically modelled in the form of a book. The anterior surface of the antique vesta...
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1880s British Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

George III Sterling Silver Gilt Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique English sterling silver gilt tobacco box; an addition to our 18th century collection This exceptional English antique George III sterling silver gilt tobacco box has an oval form. The surface of this antique box is plain and retains the original gilding. This antique tobacco box retains the original push fit cover embellished with an impressive shield shaped cartouche displaying the crest of a bull below the engraved name 'F Daw'. The surface of the cover is further ornamented with impressive bright cut engraved floral festoon and ribbon bow designs. The rim of the cover is encompassed with a thread decorated border. This impressive example of Georgian silverware was crafted by the renowned and collectable female silversmith Hester Bateman; such examples crafted by this lady silversmith...
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1780s English George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Light bronze box - Swedish, Art Deco
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful Art-deco light bronze cigarette/decorative lidded box. Stamped: ''Swedish light bronze'' Contact us for any questions!
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1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Bronze

Austrian Bombe Form Dinanderie Tobacco Box, 19th Century or Earlier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Austrian, 19th century or earlier. A fine quality antiqued tobacco box of bombe form with a hinged lid.
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19th Century Austrian Campaign Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Brass, Tin

A Chantilly Silver Mounted Snuff Box of a Sleeping Monk, Mid 18th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The soft paste porcelain reclining monk in blue robe and striped hood, the cover scene of kakiemon tree trunk and interior cover with two butterflies. A tight closure and French disc...
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18th Century French Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver

19th Century Austrian Terracotta Tobacco Jar
Located in High Point, NC
19th century terracotta tobacco jar from Austria with a gorgeous metallic glaze. The pig is wearing a tasseled hat and overalls with a collared ...
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19th Century Austrian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Terracotta

18th Century, English Georgian Lead Tobacco Keeper - Horse Finial
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, mid 18th century. A great neoclassical example of an English community tobacco keeper. These traditional boxes are made of lead and design...
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Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Lead

Antique Sterling Silver and Cranberry Glass Smoking Compendium Carriage
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver and cranberry glass smoking compendium carriage; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection This exceptional, fine and impressive, unusual antique Victorian sterling silver smoking compendium...
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1880s British Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Glass

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...
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18th Century German Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Porcelain

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

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Wood

German Neoclassical Painted Lacquer Snuff Box, Early 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
German neoclassical round snuff box with ancient Roman scene.
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Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Lacquer

Antique Snuff Box, German, 800 Fine Silver, Hand Chased with a Smoking Pub Scene
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
A very fine, very heavy .800 fine German silver Snuff Box with a hand chased or cast .800 fine silver lid (the entire box is hallmarked "800" with other maker's marks that were not i...
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Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver

Louis Kuppenheim 1900 Germany Neo Classic Vesta Oval Box In .900 Silver Pill Box
Located in Miami, FL
Neo classic vesta box by Louis Kuppenheim. A beautiful vesta box, created in Germany in the turn of the 20th century, back in the 1900. This superb pocket oval box was carefully crafted with neo classical patterns in solid .900/.999 silver. Show exceptional workmanship with remarkably details as you expect from the iconic jewelry workshop of Louis Kuppenheim. It is fitted with a hinge and a tension element for fastening opening and closing. Actually this box can be easily used as a pill box. Weight: 24.3 Grams, (15.58 Dwt). Measurements: 46 mm by 25 mm by 17 mm (1.81 x 0.98 x 0.67 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with German pre 1922 marks, the maker's mark LK inside an oval cartouche associated to the workshop of Louis Kuppenheim, the mark for the silver assay 900 and signed in the border rim, "LK .900". Louis Kuppenheim The company was grounded in 1854 by Louis Kuppenheim (1824-1889) and Heinrich Witzenmann, specialized in silver and gold and -enameled artefacts. On the World Exhibition in 1900 the firm received a gold medal for a letter opener. In that same year the company opened a branch in the Rue Richelieu 67 in Paris. In these years some designs by Hans Christiansen were executed, amongst them very delicately enameled silver cigarette cases. The enamels on the several silver and gold pieces was of very high standard, and sometimes even gems like rubies were applied. Very famous were the ladies silver vanity cases with cute animals like cats and monkeys...
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Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Art Nouveau Silver Cigarette Case & Matchbox, Portrait Of A Nude, Vienna ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite Austrian Art-Nouveau Tabatière and Matchbox, Around 1900: Rectangular silver cigarette case in a smooth finish, curved, with hinged lid, coloured enamel painting on the top...
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Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Vase in shape 3988, by Keith Murray for Wedgwood, circa 1935
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
One of the rarer shapes from the Keith Murray range, this vase will appeal to the collector and decorator alike. Keith Murray, a renowned figure in the Art Deco movement, made signi...
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1930s English Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Stoneware

Georgian Silver patch or pill Box Birmingham 1803 Samuel Pemberton
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Georgian Silver patch or pill Box Birmingham 1803 Samuel Pemberton. Fine quality little box originally for patches but ideal today as a pill box. Of circular form with geometric and ...
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Early 1800s English Georgian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Antique Silver Enameled Ring Container Box from Kabylie, Algeria
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Antique Berber Kabyle box container to hold rings and pins small jewelry or khol. Made of silver wash with filigree enamel in pagoda shape. Enamel and rhinestone made of silver tone ...
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Mid-20th Century Algerian Moorish Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Metal

Black Forest Hand-Carved Wooden Terrier Box
Located in Northport, MI
This is a joyful novelty- a Black Forest hand-carved Terrier box. A beautifully executed piece with exceptional detail, right down to the tail. This terrier’s hind legs are attached ...
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1920s German Folk Art Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Wood

Ashtray by Gino Colombini for Kartell, 1960s
Located in bruxelles, BE
Black plastic and chromed metal ashtray. Stamped on the bottom. Wear due to time and age of the ashtray.
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Metal

Mid-19th Century Limoges Enamel Flask
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...
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19th Century French Louis XV Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Very Early 19th Century Engine Turned Silver Gilt Musical Snuff Box
Located in London, GB
A very early 19th century and fine engine turned silver gilt musical snuffbox. The case stamped F.M. and with early 19th century Swiss export marks and European import marks. Comb bar stamped C.Z bedplate C6. Serial number 147. The cylinder movement with three train weighted escape, 23 part sectional comb with all teeth in pairs, comb bar and fitting screws blued, engraved in script in bedplate verso- 'Jn. Pre. Desire, A Geneva, fecit, an 1813'. Playing a complex single air, in the small superbly engine tooled case...
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1810s Swiss Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silk

Antique Austro-Hungarian 1824 Silver Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Austro-Hungarian silver box, an addition to the ornamental silverware collection This exceptional antique silver box...
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1820s Austrian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver

Rare George IV period gilt sterling silver topers snuff box made in London 1821
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1821 by Christopher John Buckler, this handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, is gilt, and features a cast "Topers" scene on the lid of three gentlemen ...
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1820s English George IV Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Italian Gold-Mounted Micromosaic Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Italian micro mosaic plaque mounted within snuff box, depicting white and brown hound seated on grass. Circle of Giacomo Raffaelli (1753-1836). R...
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Early 19th Century Italian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Glass

1950s Hermès Smoking Set
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Classic vintage Hermès cigarette box. Cigarette box is heavy and wrapped in leather. Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty) decorative lid. Removable metal ...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Metal

Antique Sterling Silver Combination Vesta and Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver combination vesta and tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection This exceptional antique George V sterling silver tobacco box has a plain circular rounded form. The upper portion of this antique silver...
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1910s English Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Sentry Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel sentry vesta case; an addition to our range of collectable silver cases. This exceptional an...
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1880s English Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

English Georgian Regency Sheep & Shepherd Snuffbox, 1812
Located in New York, NY
English Georgian gilt sterling silver snuffbox, 1812. Rectangular with straight sides. Cover hinged and tabbed; on top, chased pastoral scene: A shepherd sits under a tree with a lam...
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1810s British Georgian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

Rare Box by Piero Fornasetti from 50's
Located in Brussels, BE
Rare and original metal Boxe by Piero Fornasetti from 50's, decorated with pipes, with the original package. in very good and original condition, used for matches, cigarettes jewelry...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Metal

Nine Victorian Ormolu-Mounted Black Banded Agate Snuff Boxes, 19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
Nine Victorian ormolu-mounted black banded agate snuff boxes. Some in oval and others in square shapes.
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Agate

A Fine & Rare Sterling Silver Snuff Box Made For The Great Exhibition of 1851
By Foxall & Co.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine and rare 19th century sterling silver snuff box made specifically for the Great Exhibition of 1851, held at the Crystal Palace in Londo...
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Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver

CARVED BLACK FOREST WOOD SMOKiNG PIPE CABINET BOX LATIN INSCRIBED NIL NISI CRUCE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this stunning, hand carved Black Forest wood, smoking pipe cabinet or rack with inscribed top reading "Nil N...
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1870s German Black Forest Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Wood

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
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Early 1900s French Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Terracotta

17th Century German Silver Gilt Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique German silver gilt tobacco box; an addition to our 17th century silverware collection. This exceptional antique 17th century German silver...
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1690s German Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver

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

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

William & Mary Snuff Box Made in London, circa 1690
Located in London, GB
A Very Rare William & Mary Snuff Box Made in London circa 1690. Maker's Mark of Ah With a Crown Above and a Cinquefoil Below. The Snuff Box is of escutcheon form with plain sides an...
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17th Century English William and Mary Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver, Sterling Silver

Japanese Tabako-bon with Two Rabbits, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This wooden box is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the traditional ...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Bamboo, Bakelite, Hardwood

18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch Box / Bonbonniere Circa 1780
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch Box / Bonbonniere Circa 1780, white ground, hand-painted floral motifs around outside, base and lid, white interior. 60mm high x 55mm wide x 55mm ...
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18th Century English Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Bronze, Enamel

20th Century French Import Solid Silver Cigarette Case
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Vintage 20th Century European solid silver cigarette case. The front features a flying bird amidst foliage, while the reverse displays a simple foliage pattern. The design highlights...
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20th Century French Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver

19th Century French Porcelain and Brass Trinket Box with Flower Decorations
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century French porcelain and brass trinket box with flower decorations.
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Porcelain

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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