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English Petite Mother-of-Pearl Inlay Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th century English trinket box has an elegant design of lacquered papier-mâché with mother-of-pearl inlay. The inlaid decoration depicts a spray of various flowers which ...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
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Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
English Snuff Box with Mother-of-Pearl Inlay
Located in Chicago, IL
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 ...
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
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Silver
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
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1940s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
Russian USSR Made Black and Red Lacquered Snuff Box, Signed and Dated
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
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...
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Mid-20th Century Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Five-Case Inrō 19th Century Signed Kajikawa Saku Japanese Lacquer Box
Located in Milano, IT
Signed: “Kajikawa saku” and with a red pot seal
Height: 3 1/8in (7.9cm)
Provenance:
Michael Tomkinson Collection
Leonard Haber Collection
Literature:
Michael Tomkinson, A Japanese Collection, London: George Allen, 1898, no. 300
Each case with slightly recessed joints and with different grounds, including kinji, nashiji, togidashi maki-e and gyobu-nashiji, on the obverse decorated with a treasure ship laden with the attributes of the Seven Gods...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Louis XV Gold & Lacquer Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Louis XV gold & lacquer snuff box
Circa Paris, France 1760/1761
With the Charge and Decharge Marks of Eloy Brichard 1756 - 1762
Circular Gold-lined bo...
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Mid-18th Century French Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Japanese Inro with 4 19th Century Boxes in Gold Lacquer with Matt Kinji Backgrou
Located in Marseille, FR
Japanese inro with 4 XIXth century boxes in gold lacquer with matt kinji background decorated in gold taka makiyé of different tones. Lacquered wood measuring 65 x 70 x 22 mm. Weight...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Cinnabar Lacquer Cuspidor
Located in New Orleans, LA
This intriguing Chinese zhadou is intricately carved of fine cinnabar lacquer. A work of exceptional artistry, this covered bowl is adorned with an intricately carved floral motif on all surfaces, including the cover and the wide rim. Also known as a cuspidor or spittoon, this rare container would have been used by members of the imperial family and scholar- officials at the court. Carved during the Kangxi period (1662-1722), this charming piece exhibits the high detail and charm associated with items from that period, making it a true treasure,
Early 18th century (Kangxi dynasty)
Measures: 6 ¼” wide x 3 ¼” high
Cinnabar has been revered for its color all over the world. It has been found in the royal burial chambers of the Mayas, in the rituals of India, and in the ruins of ancient Greece and Rome. In China, cinnabar and gold were the two most important elements in alchemy. Mined since the Neolithic Age, cinnabar is the ore of mercury, and as such, it can be incredibly toxic, especially when mining. In fact, during the Roman Empire, miners at Spain’s Almadén mine in Spain were frequently exposed to mercury fumes, and the subsequent, often fatal, sickness was considered an occupational hazard.
The most popular known use of cinnabar is in Chinese carved lacquer-ware, a technique that is believed to have originated in the Song Dynasty, in which cinnabar is ground to a powder and added to clear lacquer. As with mining, there was inherent danger of mercury poisoning for those who carved the lacquer, as mercury was also released into the air when artisans ground the pigments. Most antique cinnabar...
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18th Century Chinese Other Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Austria Mid-18th Century Lacquered Wood Case
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 Neoclassical Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Lacquer, Wood, Fabric
Austria Mid-18th Century Lacquered Portrait Wood Box
Located in Brescia, IT
This antique and fine lacquered wood box, is painted on both the sides with an elegant portrait of a woman and on the other side a dancer.
The piece will be delivered with its certi...
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Mid-18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
German Neoclassical Painted Lacquer Snuff Box, Early 19th Century
By Stobwasser
Located in Spencertown, NY
German neoclassical round snuff box with ancient Roman scene.
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Early 19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Mid-19th Century Dutch Lacquered Hamburg Fire Scene Wood Snuff Box
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 Victorian Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
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Wood, Lacquer
Louis XV Gold-Mounted Lacquer Snuff Box
Located in Spencertown, NY
The cover and base inset with gouache miniatures of the front and back of a chateau, signed Andre inv. with tortoiseshell lined interior
maker's mark JG cross between, Paris, 1762-1768.
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Mid-18th Century French Louis XV Antique Lacquer Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
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Located in Atlanta, GA
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