Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Glimmering with iridescent mother-of-pearl inlay, this English papier-mâché snuff box dates to the late 19th century. Black lacquer envelopes the papier-mâché case to form a durable ...

Art Deco machine age box designed by Otis-Elgin Craft. A fine and very rare original 1920s-1930s iconic Art Deco Machine Age combination of double cigarette smokers box and cased with a 360o movable black bakelite pen holder, from the modernist streamlined era of Industrial Design aesthetic. Carefully crafted by the Otis-Elgin Craft Company in solid chromed steel with black and burgundy lacquered enamels and black enameled zig-zag graphics at the eight corners, the chromium gleams and the hinged tops open to reveal cigarette compartments. The interior of the boxes are lined up with natural cedar wood. Very nice collectible item and a great addition to any Art Deco lover. Will look great in a desk and surely a conversation piece. Note: Made by Otis Manufacturing Company, working with Elgin American company, the subsidiary of Illinois Watch Case Company. So, really, this is an Otis (manufacturer) and Elgin Craft (trade name) box. Weight: 574.95 Grams, (1.27 Pounds). Measurements: 213.30 mm by 92.70 mm by 42 mm (8.4 x 3.65 x 1.65 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with the logo and the maker's mark. Elgin American was an American brand known for producing watches, jewelry cigarette cases and compacts during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Illinois Watchcases Company owned it. In 1901, the company abandoned the Elgin name due to trademark infringement claims made by the Elgin National Watch Co...

An attractive Japanese maki-e lacquer high sided carrying tray for smoking implements, tabako-bon, Meiji Period, mid to late 19th century, Japan. The elegant lacquer tabako-bon tr...

midcentury Japanese chinoiserie black lacquered cigarette box decorated with mother of pearl flowers and butterflies, opening to reveal compartment ...

Rectangular Black and Red Lacquered Snuff Box, Signed and Dated 1971. This tobacco snuff box is richly and colorfully decorated with a winter scene showing 3 people riding a sleigh in the snow being pulled by 3 wild horses. This Soviet-era box has a strong and great condition red lacquer on the inside and fine gilded decorations running around the edges of the box. The box is signed and dated on the front cover and with hand-written "Made in USSR...

Rare Large Antique Russian Hand Painted Lacquered Wooden Box, Signed in Cyrillic. This square two part box has two signature at the lower right si...

A handcrafted box of papier mâché and black lacquer. The work is done by a miniaturist coping the work of an original oil on canvas titled "Morning in the Woods" by Ivan Shishkin and...

Antique late 18th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, oval shaped, sides, base and the lid mounted with Japanese lacquered panels, the lid ...

Antique 19th century French exquisite 18 karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, oval shaped, smooth polished sides and the lid mounted with a 18th century Japanese lacquered panel, very finely hand painted with gold depicting a Japanese silk robes...

Antique 18th century French exquisite 18 karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, round shaped with rounded corners, sides, base and the lid mounted with Japanese lacquered...

Antique 18th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, round shaped, sides, base and the lid mounted with Japanese green lacquered panels, painte...

Antique 18th century French exquisite 18-karat gold-mounted and Japanese lacquer snuff box, oval shaped, sides, base and the lid mounted with Japanese lacquered panels, the lid decor...