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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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Mid-19th Century Limoges Enamel Flask
By Limoges
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, 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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Swiss Black Forest Novelty Anvil Tobacco Jar Smokers Compendium
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
With Secret Compartments & Locks Cigar Cutter & Vesta Case
From our Black Forest collection, we are delighted to offer this very rare and unusual Swiss Black Forest carving of a tob...
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Early 1900s Swiss Jugendstil Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Round Tobacco Box Art Decò Italian Design 1930 Solid Brass
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Tobacco Box Art Deco Italian Design 1930 Solid Brass
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1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Piero Fornasetti, Set di due scatole da fumo
Located in Firenze, IT
Piero Fornasetti, Set di due scatole da fumo
Scatole in metallo smaltato e legno disegnate da Piero Fornasetti
Anni 50
Il set è composto da una scatola porta sigari e una scatola ...
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
"Ducks in Flight" Table Snuff Box Made in Birmingham by Daniel Pettifer, 1851
By David Pettifer 1
Located in London, GB
A Very Rare "Ducks in Flight" Table Snuff Box Made in Birmingham in 1851 by Daniel Pettifer.
The Snuff Box has a shaped base and rim and incuse corners. The sides are engraved with...
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19th Century English Early Victorian Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
1950s Aldo Tura Mid-Century Modern Goatskin and Brass Pipe Shaped Tobacco Box
By Aldo Tura
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Goatskin and Brass tobacco box designed by Aldo Tura and manufactured by Macabo in the Fifties, it's in lovely vintage condition with brass in original patina. This exquisite tobac...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
English Gold And Hardstone Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This 18th-century English snuff box is composed of a beautiful dark hardstone body encased in gold casework mounts. The box opens with a hinged lid, allowing snuff stored inside to b...
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Mid-18th Century English Rococo Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Luxury Ebony Wood and Bronze Dugout by William Stuart for Costantini Design
By Costantini
Located in New York, NY
Luxury Ebony Wood and Bronze Dugout with One Hitter by William Stuart for Costantini Design
3.75" H x 1.75 W x 0.5" D
Costantini founder William Stuart has bought, lost, gifted an...
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2010s Argentine Modern Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Beautiful Hand Crafted Cigar Humidor Box Catchall Antique Austria, 1910s
Located in Nuernberg, DE
A cigar or desktop catchall box from Austria in the 1900s, made of patinated brass and wood, sounds like a unique and valuable antique.
The fact that this particular box is an antique from the early 1900s adds to its value and collectability. Depending on the condition and other factors such as the brand or maker, it could be worth a significant amount of money to collectors of antique smoking...
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1910s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Mother-Of-Pearl And Gold Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This charming snuff box is crafted of beautifully lustrous mother-of-pearl inlay and gold. Diminutive works of intricate artistry, snuff boxes were once considered the height of fash...
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19th Century French Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
German Silver Gilt Oval Tobacco Box, Augsburg, circa 1720
Located in New York, NY
Maker Elias Adams. Finely engraved with arabesques on cover, shoulder and body.
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1720s Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Box 1142A by Soren Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A sterling silver Georg Jensen box, design #1142A by Soren “Søren” Georg Jensen from 1965. The lid is a separate piece and lifts off. There are different sizes of this box, this is t...
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20th Century Modern Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Vintage Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Box w/ gilt lid 1142A by Soren Georg Jensen
Located in Hellerup, DK
A sterling silver Georg Jensen box, design #1142A by Soren (Søren) Georg Jensen from 1965. The lid is a separate piece and lifts off, the top surface of the lid is gilt. There are di...
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20th Century Modern Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Georg Jensen Match Box Holder 637B
Located in Hellerup, DK
A vintage Georg Jensen sterling silver smoker’s companion in the Art Deco style, design #637B by Harald Nielsen from circa 1931.
Additional information:
Material: Sterling silver
St...
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20th Century Art Deco Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Asprey London Solid Sterling Silver Cigarette Box Owned By The Mayor of London
Located in High Wycombe, GB
A Sterling Silver Hallmarked Engine Turned Cigarette Presentation Box With A Textured Border, by Asprey & Co London.
Within an original Asprey & Co fitted case.
Weight of silver 475g...
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20th Century British Victorian Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Acanthus Match Box Holder 68C
By Johan Rohde
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Gold
Markowitsch & Scheid 1875 Mechanical Vesta Case In .900 Sterling With Niello
Located in Miami, FL
Mechanical vesta case designed by Michael Markowitsch & George Adam Scheid.
Beautiful antique fusee vesta case, created in Vienna Austria at the silversmiths workshop of Markowitsch...
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1870s Austrian High Victorian Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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 designed to hold a group of individua...
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Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Lead
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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...
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Late 19th Century Russian Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
1930s Rockwell Kent Bacchus Copper Cigarette Box Chase Art Deco Relief Sculpture
Located in Hyattsville, MD
"An incredibly rare piece of American Art Deco history. A "Bacchus" cigarette box designed by Rockwell Kent (American, 1882-1971) for the Chase Company. On...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Copper
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
English silver horse racing snuff box, Birmingham 1829
Located in Delft, NL
English silver horse racing snuff box, Birmingham 1829
A silver snuff box with a scene from horse racing on top of the hinged lidded box. On the sides a guilocche pattern and inside...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
French 19th century Guilloché Silver Snuff-box
Located in St. Catharines, ON
An elegant French silver tabatière or snuff box, overall decorated with guilloché or engine-turned panels, in a regular wavy pattern creating the illusion of movement. In fine condit...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
British Sterling Silver Art Deco Engraved Cigarette Case By Harman Bros. 1931
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Elegant Art Deco Sterling Silver Engraved Cigarette Case By Renowned British SilverSmiths Harman Bros. Birmingham 1931. Weight 129grams
Hallma...
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Machine Turned Engraved Cheroot Case W H Haseler 1920
Located in High Wycombe, GB
Sterling Silver Machine Turned Engraved Cheroot Case W H Haseler Ltd.
1920
Hallmarked W.H.H Birmingham V Hallmark
Engraving to front
85 grams
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Unique & Stunning 1800s Bronze & Brass Betel Nut Box Museum Quality & Condition
Located in Lisse, NL
Top quality, good size and excellent condition antique box for the connoisseurs.
How do you price a one of a kind antique of a quality and beauty that cannot be found anywhere in th...
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19th Century Asian Islamic Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Bronze
A Handmade Silver Scent Box or Match Case, Sweden, 1920's Decorative Silver Box
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful scent box or match case handmade crafted in Silver.
Marked
Sweden, 1920's
Art Deco Decorative Box
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1920s Art Deco Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Sterling Silver and Erotica Enamel Cigarette Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V sterling silver and erotica enamel cigarette case; an addition to our diverse range of continental silverware
This exceptional antique George V sterling silver and enamel cigarette case has a plain square form with rounded corners.
The anterior and posterior covers of this antique silver case are plain and unembellished.
This case is fitted with a plain rounded push fit catch, which when released reveals a concealed secondary cover.
This hinged push fit cover is ornamented with an impressive erotica hot enamel scene depicting a female figure, partially undressed and bathing.
This concealed cover opens to allow access to the hinged compartments.
This impressive example of antique silverware retains the original gilt interior.
Such concealed antique cases are becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
Condition
This antique cigarette...
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1910s British Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Limited Jeweler Made Dice Cigarette Dispenser by Legros Marius for Dunhill
By Dunhill
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Very limited Jeweler-made Cigarette Dispenser hallmarked by the silversmith Legros Marius for Dunhill that resembles a stacked pair of dice with playing cards on top. A simple press ...
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1930s French Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Chrome
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
French Silver Niello Snuff Box, Hunting Scene, early 19th century
Located in St. Catharines, ON
A rare French silver nielloed snuff box featuring a mythological hunting scene on the cover within a finely detailed wooded landscape, a hound barking up a tree is being restrained b...
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1830s French Romantic Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Rococo silver trinket box Lovers in park Late 18th century 800 Hallmark
Located in Sweden, SE
Octagonal trinket, patch, "snuff" box, with roses on the sides and a couple lovers on lid. Very fine work by stamping (embossing) on the outside or insi...
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Late 18th Century Rococo Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Silver
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Queen Anne Britannia 'Vento and Vellis' 'Wind and Speed' Silver Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Queen Anne English Britannia silver tobacco box; an addition to our 18th century collection.
This exceptional and rare antique Quee...
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Early 1700s English Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Britannia Standard Silver
English Rosewood And Brass Humidor On Stand
Located in Essex, MA
Squarish rectangular hinged lid opening to a compartment. Later mahogany base.
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Tin
Refined Cigarette Etui in Silver, 1908-1926, Made in Moscow, Russia
Located in Knivsta, SE
Refined Cigarette Etui in Silver, 1908-1926, Made in Moscow, Russia.
A beautiful case for cigarettes of Russian origin. Adorned with a series of styliz...
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1910s Russian Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
French Snuff Box, circa 1800
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Scarlet tole French snuff box, circa 1800, navette form - silver trimmed.
3.5" w, 1" h, 1.75" d
Whitehall Antiques is a family business that has been...
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18th Century French Victorian Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Tin
Napoleon Linder 1890 Paris Hinged Vesta Matches Box in Niello and .900 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Vesta matches box designed by Napoleon Linder.
Very rare hinged box, created in Paris France at the silversmith atelier of Napoleon Linder. This is a vesta matches box crafted in ...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Smoking Set, parchment ashtray, table lighter and cigars box, France 1950s
Located in Firenze, IT
Smoking Set, parchment, wood and brass ashtray, table lighter and cigars box
France 1950
leather, wood & brass
Ashtrays: H 7.5 x 15 x 15 cm
Table Lighter: H 10.5 x 11 x 11 cm
Ci...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Round Bonbonniere in Gold and Enamel, Louis XVI Period, 1779
By René-Antoine Bailleul 1
Located in Paris, FR
Bonbonnie`re, or candy box, in intricately patterned gold and translucent, ruby-red enamel. Thin bands of gold are inlaid in the enamel. A painted enamel medallion decorates the lid ...
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1770s French Louis XVI Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Antique Silver Snuff Box Hunting Scene Design - 1837
Located in London, GB
We are delighted to offer this Victorian solid silver snuff box with the maker's mark of Charles Rawlings & William Summers, London 1837.
Whilst the box's shape and initial geometric design by itself may not be of distinction, it is undeniably the marvellous hand engraving that profusely embellishes all sides of the box that truly makes this a unique snuff box.
The top lid features a monogrammed cartouche embedded within a wreath of acanthus and folate scrolls. Hidden within the design is a stag hunt scene, where a stag (on the left) is being chased by two hounds (one slightly below the stag to the right and the other on the far right).
Although impressive at first glance, it is only upon spending more time looking closer from various angles that one can fully appreciate the artistic engraving of the scene that is akin to a painting.
The scene has been carefully planned out and engraved in layers and stages such that it creates motion, emotion and captures the chaotic nature of a stag hunt.
For instance, the stag appears to be jumping out of the bushes as its left leg jumps out in the foreground whilst its right leg appears to be caught up behind another acanthus scroll.
Its facial expression is depicted with trepidation and its tongue is sticking out, yet, to retain stylistic and artistic aesthetics, its neck and head slightly tilts up following the curvature of the central cartouche without obstructing the design. The two hounds are also carefully positioned to portray their unrelenting energy and speed, the one close to the stag appearing from the right and the other prancing through the leaves from above and behind.
The interior of the snuff box is fully gilt with a beautiful rich gold tone and a presentation engraving by an MP is beautifully engraved. The layer of gold not only acts as an accent to the silver exterior but prevents the contents inside from tarnishing the silver.
Interestingly, there seems to be an original error or change in mind for the presentation as the lettering has been finely altered from "Presented by/to" which can be faintly seen depending on the angle.
Last but not least, the base of the snuff box is matched with the top and side with further acanthus embellishments and a central cartouche that depicts an architectural scene with a statue, collums and trees in the background.
By design, despite the base not being seen regularly, this snuff box has been decorated with no expenses, time or effort spared and every inch even on the base has been decorated by a skilled engraver without a single slip of the hand.
Such impressive artistry and political interest...
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19th Century Georgian Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Sterling Silver Snuffbox Birmingham 1848 by Rolason Bros
Located in Dallas, TX
Lovely little sterling silver snuffbox, fully hallmarked with gold plated interior.
Lovely chasing on lid and sides, classic high Victorian repousse w...
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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. ...
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Early 20th Century Italian Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, 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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
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 Metal 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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Russian 1898 Moscow Niello Rectangular Snuff Box in .875 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Russian snuff box designed by Ivan Sergeyevich Lebedkin.
Beautiful snuff box, created in Moscow Russia, at the workshop of Ivan Sergeyevich Lebedk...
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1890s Russian Neoclassical Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
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