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Material: Enamel
Montesquieu Portrait Tortoiseshell Snuff Box
By Jacques Joseph de Gault
Located in New Orleans, LA
An exquisite miniature of French philosopher Charles Montesquieu graces the lid of this tortoiseshell-lined snuff box. The handsome portrait was fash...
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18th Century French Louis XV Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Enamel, Gold

Antique Greek Civil War Pure Silver Cloisonne Case Engraved Athens Army Day 1946
Located in Portland, OR
An antique Greek pure silver & cloisonne case, circa 1910. Despite this case dating circa 1910 it has a later engraved legend to the base "Greek Army Day Athens, 15th May 1946", from...
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1910s Greek Edwardian Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box White with noble coat of arms Baroque style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box noble coat of arms is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Snuff Box noble coat of arms has White fired enamels on guilloché and handpainted miniature of arabesques with noble coat...
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1990s Italian Baroque Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Austrian Silver & Enamel Horse Snuff Box
Located in Newark, England
The box of rectangular shape with faceted corners topped with an enamel scene featuring three horses grazing by the watering trough amongst a sunburst enamel background. The interior...
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Late 19th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides and erotic miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Snuff Box Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides has fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the ...
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1970s Italian Romantic Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Gold Plate, Gold, Sterling Silver

Snuff Box Venetian landscape miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Snuff Box Venetian landscape is in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated 24 carats.. Snuff Box Snuff Box Venetian landscape has translucent fired enamel on guilloche and min...
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1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate

Snuff Box Princess Albert De Broglie miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Princess Albert De Broglie is in 925/1000 sterling silver. Snuff Box Princess Albert De Broglie has openwork lid, and handpainted fine round miniature diameter cm. 4 hand p...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold, Gold Plate

Tonnel Paris 1928 Art Deco Box In 14Kt Gold With Red & Black Lacquer And Diamond
By Tonnel Paris
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco enameled box designed by Tonnel Paris. Magnificent rectangular box, created in Paris France for Tonnel-Paris during the art deco perio...
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1920s French Art Deco Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Multi-gemstone, Gold, Platinum, Enamel

Sterling Silver Art Deco "Risque" Cigarette Case of British Origin. Circa 1925
Located in Incline Village, NV
Art Deco "naughty" sterling silver novelty item; a cigarette case depicting a reclining nude woman on a bed in suggestive pose; hand painted enamel on oval raised plaque; with bright...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Art Deco Silver and Enamel "Risque" Cigarette Case. Circa 1920
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered is an Art Deco silver and hand painted enamel cigarette case; often referenced in "sin" and other tobacco collectible circles as a "naughty" themed accessory. While it could ...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Sterling Silver and Enamel Art Deco "Naughty" Cigarette Case. Dated 1928
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered for sale is a risque Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigarette Case, often referred to as a "naughty" because of it's bawdy subject matter; that being; of ...
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1920s English Art Deco Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Sterling Silver

Snuff Box Black enamel Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling. Snuff Box Silver has black fired enamels on guilloché. Snuff Box Silver has a lid with geometric design ...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box portrait Tsarina Alexandra Fedorovna Romanova Sterling Silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling. Snuff Box Silver has fired enamelled handmade portrait of Tsarina Alexandra Fedorovna Romanova by the painter Beatrice Mellana. Snuff Box Si...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Russian Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant Russian enamel cigarette case is crafted of gilt silver and decorated with a bright floral design of cloisonné enamel. A tur...
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20th Century Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Louis XV Vari-Color Gold & Enamel Snuff Box - France - Late 18th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Exceptional Louis XV vari-color gold and black enamel snuff box - featuring a bouquet of flowers with two attending butterflies to the top (all in yellow, white, rose and green gold)...
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Late 18th Century French Louis XV Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel

A silver gilt and Imperial Yellow guilloche enamel singing bird box
Located in London, GB
A very fine silver gilt and Imperial Yellow guilloche enamel singing bird box with timepiece, by C. A. Marguerat, with a Nightingale on the lid. The Nightingale has appeared in many...
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1920s Swiss Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Louis Kuppenheim 1930 Orange And Gold Enameled Chinoiserie Box In 935 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Chinoiserie orange enameled box by Louis Kuppenheim. Outstanding rare box, created during the art deco period in the city of Pforzheim Germany, back in the late 1930. This wonderful box is closely to mint condition, designed with cushioned shapes and chinoiserie patterns at the Louis Kuppenheim silversmith workshop. Crafted in solid .935/.999 silver, with gilt interiors and embellished with chiseled borders. Has an exceptional workmanship as you expect of the workshop of Louis Kuppenheim, with remarkable vivid orange enamels on both faces and the the four lateral panels. The main figure is a bird resting in a golden tree, which is made up with multicolor cloisonné technique. As a note, this box can be actually used for presentation cards and is fitted with an integrated mechanical push button. Weight: 125.40 Grams, (80.38 Dwt). Measurements: 59 mm by 84 mm by 15 mm (2.32 x 3.31 x 0.59 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with German marks, the mark for the assay of the .935 silver, the box model number and signed, "DRGM 935 MADE IN GERMANY 2". 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...
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1920s German Art Deco Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Silver

Snuff Box hand engraving, black “niello” type Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box rectangular in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand engraving, black fired enameled “niello” type, in early 19th century “Rococo” style. Snuff Box measurements cm. 4.5 x...
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1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Black enamel Baroque style engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque style engraving. Very fine hand engraving on all surfaces. Dimensions cm. 6.2 x 7.8 cm...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Swiss Enamel And Gold Musical Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional 19th-century gold box appears at first glance be an exquisite snuff box adorned with a charming Swiss enamel vista encircled by a multitude of natural pearls. A quic...
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19th Century Swiss Other Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Enamel, Gold

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 Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel vesta case; an addition to our range of collectab...
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1890s British Victorian Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

German 1923 Bauhaus Geometric Enamel And Guilloche Pill Box In .925 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
German geometric enameled pill box attributed to Herbert Bayer. An exceptional representative piece of the Bauhaus art movement. This box has been made in Germany during the art dec...
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1920s German Bauhaus Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

A Very Fine Early 20th Century Enamelled Sterling Silver Cigarette Case
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The front of the case exhibiting an exquisite hand painted panel depicting sprays of irises in shades of lavender, royal blue & green, set against a radiant white enamelled machined ...
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Mid-20th Century English Machine Age Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Leonhard Anzenhofer 1915 Austrian Art Deco Enameled Snuff Pill Box .935 Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
Austria art deco enamelled box designed by Leonhard Anzenhofer. A very beautiful snuff-pills box, created in Vienna Austria at the silversmith ate...
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1910s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Fine Hand-Engraving Baroque Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-engraving Baroque style on the lid, with fired enamel black type “niello”. Measurements cm. 4,3 x 7 x 2. W...
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1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

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 Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box reproducing the painting of a Roman glimpse late 1800s Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuffbox Rectangular for table with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli repro...
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1990s Italian Baroque Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel

Fine Antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Snuff Box
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An excellent quality late 18th or early 19th century Battersea enamel snuff or patch box. The pink enamel background with white enamel lattice and a raised gold around the hand paint...
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

England 1780 Georgian Battersea Enamel Baroque Decorated Box in Gilded Bronze
Located in Miami, FL
Late 18th century Georgian Battersea enamel box. A beautiful antique English Battersea Bilston table snuff box, created in the district of Bat...
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1780s English George III Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Henrik Wigström 1908 Russia Saint Petersburg Enameled Snuff Box in 14kt Gold
Located in Miami, FL
A snuff gold box designed by Henrik Wigström. Beautiful neo classic snuff box, created in St, Petersburg Russia, at the workshop of Henrik Wigström, back in the 1908. This piece has been carefully crafted in the Russian imperial and Louis XVI styles, in solid yellow gold of 56 zolotnik (14kt) and embellished with applications of white enamel. Decorated around with garlands and intricates dotted patterns. Fitted with an invisible hinge and close perfectly well. Weight: 36.65 Grams, (23.49 Dwt). Measurements: 41 mm by 39 mm by 14 mm (1.61 x 1.53 x 0.55 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped on both parts with Russian marks; the kokoshnik post 1908 mark with the letter a for the city of Saint Petersburg, the maker's mark HW associated to Henrik Wigström inside an oval cartouche, scratched with his inventory numbers 86111 and the 56 zolotnik mark for the assay and warranty of the gold. Other Hallmarks: Stamped in the outside border, with German importation marks; the German Crown mark, the retailer mark AT inside an oval and the 585 mark for the assay and warranty of the gold. Henrik Immanuel Wigström born on 1862 and was a Finnish silver & goldsmith. He was one of the most important Fabergé workmasters along with Michael Perchin. Perchin was the head workmaster from 1886 until his death in 1903, when he was succeeded by his chief assistant Henrik Wigström. These two workmasters were responsible for almost all the imperial Easter eggs. Henrik Wigström was born in Ekenäs, Finland, and was apprenticed to a local Danish born goldsmith named Peter Madsén, a successful manufacturer of silverware who was familiar with the jewellery trade in the city of St. Petersburg, as at one time he had had a workshop there. Once in Madsén's employment, his master's trade with Russia, as well as his numerous business contacts here, brought him to work in St. Petersburg. Goldsmith Werner Elfström employed Wigström as a apprentice on his arrival in the capital in 1875. Wigström became assistant in 1884, at the age of 22, to Perchin, whose shop at that time was already working exclusively for Fabergé. Wigström became head workmaster at Fabergé after Perchin's death in 1903. The number of craftsmen in Wigström's workshop diminished drastically with the outbreak of World War I. By 1918, the Revolution forced the complete closing of the House of Fabergé. Aged 56, Wigström retreated almost empty-handed to his summer house, on Finnish territory, and died at Terijoki in 1923. His art is similar to Perchin's but tends to be in the Louis XVI, Empire, or neo-classical style. Nearly all the Fabergé hardstone animals...
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Early 1900s Russian Neoclassical Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Gold, Enamel

Antique Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian sterling silver and enamel vesta case; an addition to our enamal and silverware collection This exceptional and rare antique Edwardian sterling silver vesta case has a plain rectangular rounded form. The anterior surface is embellished with four desirable and impressive hot enamel panels depicting: a luxurious early-twentieth century car, three playing cards, a champagne bottle and a female portrait. The posterior surface of this antique vesta case is plain and unembellished. This unusual silver and enamel vesta case has a hinged hallmarked cover which incorporates a plain thumbpiece to the anterior edge and bears a ring loop attachment to the hinge. The underside of the case incorporates an integrated serrated panel/match striker. Condition This antique silver vesta...
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Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Fish Scale Midnight Blue Chinese Cloisonne Tobacco Box 1930's
Located in Mobile, AL
Monochrome Chinese Fish Scale cloisonne is long famed for it's high quality of craftsmanship and understated elegance. A staple of interior design...
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1930s Chinese Chinoiserie Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Metal, Enamel

Snuff Box round in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature, surrounded by a frame with leaves on a blue bac...
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1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

1920s European silver gilt and guilloche enamel trinket / pill box Stamp 935 PHV
Located in London, GB
1920s European silver gilt and guilloche enamel trinket box stamped 935 and PHV and other stamps (please see images), weight 160g. Amazing colour. Enamelled on all sides including th...
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20th Century European Late Victorian Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Silver, Enamel

French 1905 Edwardian Hexagonal Snuff Box Sterling Silver with Guilloche Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
A French snuff box from the Edwardian Period. Very beautiful hexagonal box, created in Paris France during the Edwardian period, back in the 1905. ...
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Early 1900s French Edwardian Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

French 1890 Etui Sealing Wax Case with Guilloche Blue Enamel in Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
French etui sealing wax case. Exquisite objet d'art, created in Paris France in the late 19th century, circa 1890. This is a etui sealing wax case, mast...
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1890s French Neoclassical Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Multi-gemstone, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Perforated Lid, Embossed and Engraved Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated lid, embossed and engraved by hand, with fine round miniature diameter cm. 3.8 hand painted in tempera on veg...
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1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box with 2 slightly rounded sides Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table snuff box with 2 slightly rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature; oute...
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1970s Italian Other Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Edwardian 1905 German Enameled Cigarette Case Box in Solid .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Enamelled German cigarette case. Great historical piece, created in Germany during the turn of the century, back in the 1905. This beautiful cigarette box has been carefully craft...
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Early 1900s German Edwardian Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Light Blue Ornament in Relief, Empire Style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular pocket snuff box with oval section in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè, with laurel ornament in relief in Empire style. Wit...
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1970s Italian Empire Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

England 1810 Georgian Battersea Enamel Neoclassical Decorated Box
Located in Miami, FL
Early 19th century Georgian Battersea enamel box. A beautiful antique English Battersea Bilston table snuff box, created in the district of Ba...
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1810s English George IV Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Bronze, Enamel

Italian 1920 Renaissance Revival Enameled Octagonal Box in .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian enamelled snuff box. Colorful box, created in Italy, back in the 1920. It was crafted in an octagonal shape with neoclassical and renaissance Revival motifs in solid .8...
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1920s Italian Renaissance Revival Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox Fired Enamel Miniature on Lid Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature on the lid. Early 1900s English Art Nouveau style. Measurements cm. 5....
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1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Round Guilloche Enamel Box Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold “paillons” in the shape of stars to c...
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1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne style and sides with translucent fired enamels on ...
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1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Gold Snuff Box with Portrait of Napoleon by Jean-Baptiste Isabey '1767–1855'
Located in New York, US
Our gold snuff box is distinguished by its exceptional portrait of Emperor Napoleon I (1769-1821) by the revered miniature painter, Jean-Baptiste Isabey (1767–1855), signed and dated 1807. Isabey portrays the emperor in the green uniform of the chasseurs a cheval with red sash and silver breast-star of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour. Pinned to his left lapel are the badges of the Imperial French Order of the Legion of Honour and the badge of the Royal Italian Order of the Iron Crown of Lombardy. The portrait is bordered by blue enamel and an outer border of rosettes and leaves. 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 by 5/8 inches.  Weight:  135 g, 4.76 oz, 4.34 troy oz. Hallmarks on the underside of this German-made box include an assay mark, a lion rampant and maker's mark which is heavily worn. Born in Nancy, France, Isabey arrived in Paris in 1785 to study with Jacques-Louis David. His earliest clients included the family of Eugène Rose de Beauharnais...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Gold, Enamel

Snuffbox Pocket Sterling Silver Gold Paillons Lilies of France Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular oval shape pocket snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of p...
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1960s Italian Louis XIV Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold

Snuff Box Sterling Silver Green and Sky Stripes Guilloche Enamel Box Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enamelled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleo...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding 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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1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box Parrotlets on Flowering Branches. Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver En
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with rounded sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand painted miniature parrotlets on flowering branches. Ar...
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1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

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 Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

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 Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dimensions cm. 5.5 x 7 x 1.8. Weight gr. 105. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1975 in Art Deco style and executed in numerous specimens, at the specific request of the firm Tiffany & Co., in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for sustaining 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...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature pastoral image fired enamelled. 18th century French style. Diameter cm. 8 cm high. 1.8. Weight gr. 171. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by talented artisan artists with a thick plate suitable for supporting numerous glazing firings at high heat at around 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...
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1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

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Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse's Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval rounded "soap" shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver with fired enamels above and below and hand-painted miniature of a horse's head, English "Art Nouveau" style, early 1900s. Measurements cm. 4.7 x 6.7 x 2. Weight gr. 96. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1980 and manufactured in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni company with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 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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1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire-enameled stripes and fine oval enameled miniature in center cm. 3 x 4 hand-painted by ...
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1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Sterling and Enamel Snuff or Pill Box with Greek Key Detailing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A silver snuff or pill box - all hand made and beautifully trimmed in enamel with a greek key detail around the edge of the box. great for pills, 420, or incense.
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20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Enamel Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

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