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Material: Metal
St. Cloud Style Hen and Chicken Snuff Box by Samson
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
St. Cloud style hen and chicken snuff box, by Samson. Large size, beautifully decorated.
Category
Early 20th Century French Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$460 Sale Price
20% Off
Victorian Thomas Johnson II Sterling Silver Tortoise Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, rare antique Victorian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a tortoise; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian cast sterling silver vesta box has been realistically modelled in the form of a tortoise.
The plain oval body of this Victorian vesta box is embellished with cast and applied components replicating the details of the tortoise's legs and head.
The anterior surface of this rare box features an applied oval serrated panel / match striker.
The hinged tortoiseshell cover opens to reveal the original gilt interior.
The underside of the body bears the contemporary engraved inscription 'July 1883'.
Condition
This antique Victorian vesta box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. There are some blemishes and wear to the original gilding, in keeping with age. Full hallmarks struck to the underside of the body are very clear.
Dimensions
length 8.4cm/3.3"
width 5.5cm/2.2"
height 3.2cm/1.3"
Weight
2.4 troy ounces/73.9g (including tortoiseshell cover)
Maker: Thomas Johnson II
Date: 1882
Origin: London, England
Video: A video of this fine piece is available upon request.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique vesta box...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique 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...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780, of shallow form, white with hand-painted floral motifs around edges and base, and a central scene depicting 3 ch...
Category
18th Century English Rococo Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
18-C English Bilston Battersea Enamel Memento Mori, Memory of a Friend Snuff Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An 18th century Georgian English Bilston Battersea enameled snuff or patch box, the motto reads, “In Memory of a Friend.” An example of Memento Mori, which translates from the Latin,...
Category
Late 18th Century English Georgian Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Copper
Mid-Century Modern Silver Plated Accessory Box
Located in New York, NY
This handsome early Mid-Century Modern accessory box was realized in the United States circa 1940. It features a volumetric rectangular body in silver pl...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
Smooth silver snuffbox with wooden interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Smooth silver snuffbox with wooden interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Italian. Brand: Florence. Weight: 253.22 grams. Dimensions: 16.5cmx11cm. Content: 925/...
Category
20th Century European Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
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...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver snuff box with chiseled plant motifs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with chiseled plant motifs and monogram card in the center. Metal: Silver.
Origin: French. Brand: Fleur-de-Lys.
Weight: 173.92 grams.
Dimensions: 9.6...
Category
20th Century Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Guilloche silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with a countryside panorama in an engraved frame and fluted bottom.
Metal: Silver.
Origin: Portuguese.
Brand: Porto Coroa.
Weight: 111.10 ...
Category
Early 18th Century Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Circular silver snuffbox with pressure system on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Circular silver snuff box with pressure system on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birminham. Weight: 60.66 grams. Dimensions: 6.5x6.5cm. Content: ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$350 Sale Price
30% Off
Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding a monogram card on the hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding a monogram card on the hinged lid.
Metal: Silver.
Origin: French.
Brand: Tête Minerve.
Weight: 98.77 grams.
Dimensions:...
Category
19th Century Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$420 Sale Price
30% Off
Nickel plated silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Nickel-plated silver snuffbox with a panorama and a knight on the lid, back with a panorama of a port with houses and a sailing boat, gilded interior and hinged lid.
Me...
Category
20th Century Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,400 Sale Price
30% Off
Sterling Silver and Bone Box
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver and bone box. Antique Continental dark bone/horn fitted case with sterling silver mounts and central oval for monogram; originally a t...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Petite Indonesian Brass Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite brass box was originally part of an early 20th century betel box set from Indonesia, one of several small containers that held the individual ingredients of a betel quid....
Category
Early 20th Century Indonesian Folk Art Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Guilloché Enamel Portrait Box
Located in Dublin, IE
A superbly crafted circular gilt bronze box of exceptional quality, featuring a rich turquoise-blue guilloché enamel top centered with an oval medallion bearing a finely hand-painted...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Guilloche silver snuffbox with friezes, monogram & gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuffbox in guilloche silver with raised friezes surrounding a monogram card and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 144.79...
Category
19th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$875 Sale Price
30% Off
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
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...
Category
1880s English Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Black Enamaled Cylinder Table Lighter, circa 1930
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco era enameled band steel cylinder Lighter named "The Executive" By AR.
Circa 1930, 3.5" tall X 2" diameter.
Category
1930s Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Steel
$165 Sale Price
40% Off
Midcentury Leather and Porcelain Ceramic Tobacco Pot with Gold Finishes, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Fantastic midcentury leather and porcelain ceramic tobacco pot with gold finishes. This amazing piece was produced in United Kingdom during the 1950s.
T...
Category
Mid-20th Century British Mid-Century Modern Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
Smooth silver snuffbox in British style, elliptical shape
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Plain silver snuffbox in British style, elliptical in shape and with a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Chester. Weight: 68.45 grams. Dimensions: 8.3cm...
Category
Early 20th Century European Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Edwardian Cigarette Case with Enamel Fox Hunt
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian sterling silver cigarette case, ca 1910. Hinged and rectangular. On front, horizontal enamel fox hunting scene with two hounds running ahead of whip-bearing man on gallopin...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Elliptical silver snuff box with friezes and monogram cartouche
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Elliptical silver snuff box with friezes and engravings surrounding a monogram card with a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 1...
Category
19th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$875 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique George IV Sterling Silver Gilt Table Snuff Box
By John Linnit
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique George IV English sterling silver gilt table snuff box; an addition to our antique box collection.
This...
Category
1820s English Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Duke of Clarence Sterling Silver Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Duke of Clarence sterling silver snuff box. Antique ebonized wood and sterling silver box with the profile of the son of Queen Victoria. England, la...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
French School 1790 Louis XVI Oval Snuff Box in 18kt Gold with Miniature Portrait
Located in Miami, FL
Presentation Snuff box from the 18th century French School.
A very important and rare Neoclassical oval box, made in Paris, France circa 1790. It was crafted with translucent natu...
Category
1790s French Neoclassical Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
$8,750 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Edwardian 1901 Sterling Silver Pig Vesta Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver vesta box modelled in the form of a pig; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection
This exceptional antique Edwardian sterling silver vesta box has been realistically modelled in the form of a pig.
This impressive Edwardian vesta case is embellished with details replicating the features of the pig's skin and anatomical features.
The back of the pig incorporates a hallmarked hinged cover with a textured match striker to the anterior surface.
The interior of the cover of this exceptional silver box is gilded.
Condition
This antique Edwardian vesta case is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition. Full hallmarks including the foreign manufacture mark struck to the underside of the body are very clear; the hallmarks are struck deeply due to the exceptional gauge of silver. The maker's mark has wear in keeping with location.
Dimensions
Length 7.6cm/3"
Width 2.8cm/1.1"
Height 4.6cm/1.8"
Weight
1.7 troy ounces/53.7g
Maker: Unknown
Date: 1901
Origin: Chester, England
Video: A video of this fine piece is available upon request.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique vesta box...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver snuff box w/ geometric figures & floral motifs on the surrounding friezes
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with geometric figures and floral motifs on the surrounding friezes. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 93.41 grams. Dimensions:...
Category
19th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Silver snuffbox with raised plant motifs surrounding a monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with raised plant motifs surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 80.68 grams. Dimensions: 9x3.5cm. Conte...
Category
20th Century European Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
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...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780, white with hand-painted floral motifs around edges and base, and a central scene of a lady in hat, white interio...
Category
18th Century English Rococo Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box - 'Cupid in parkland'
Located in Basildon, GB
An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box, decorated with a couple with Cupid in parkland, the white base with flowers on a gilt diaper ground . 3.125" wide x 2.5" depth x 1.5" h...
Category
18th Century English Rococo Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Snuff box in gilded silver with embossed patterns
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver-gilt snuff box with raised patterns and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Unreadable. Weight: 68.57 grams. Dimensions: 8.6cmx2.1cm. Content: 750/...
Category
20th Century European Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Silver snuff box with fluted reliefs along the length and a gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with fluted reliefs throughout and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 86.06 grams. Dimensions: 7cmx4cm. Content: ...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,400 Sale Price
30% Off
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...
Category
20th Century Slovenian Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
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...
Category
Mid-18th Century British Neoclassical Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Lead
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 ...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff box in fluted silver with hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Fluted silver snuff box with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 32.52 grams. Dimensions: 5.8x4cm. Content: 800/1000. Assay Mark: Yes,...
Category
19th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$315 Sale Price
30% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox with engraved equestrian scene
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Plain silver snuffbox with engraved equestrian scene. Metal: Silver. Origin: Dutch. Mark: Leão passante. Weight: 170.53 grams. Dimensions: 12.8x2.5cm. Content: 833/1000....
Category
19th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Shepherd's box or snuff box. Carved antler or horn. Spain, 1861.
Located in Madrid, ES
Pastoral box. Carved antler, wood, metal. Spanish school, 1861.
Submit registrations.
Oval box made of antler carved in its color, with wood on the lid to reinforce it, decorated o...
Category
1860s Spanish Neoclassical Revival Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Other
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...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Small Walnut Snuff Box with Brass Accents
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A small walnut and wood box with very handsome details on side and inlaid in brass.
The top pivots upwards and does not come off. Easy to store the smallest of things and drugs. O...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Snuff box in guilloche silver with hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 68.31 grams. Dimensions: 8x1.9cm. Content: 916/1000. Assay ...
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$700 Sale Price
30% Off
Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite bronze canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box dates to the early 20th century and provided an air...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
Snuffbox female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting a female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing, hand-...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff box in guilloche silver with engraved garlands surrounding a monogram card
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with engraved garlands surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 96.55 grams. Dimensions:...
Category
Early 18th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,225 Sale Price
30% Off
Hollywood Regency Brass Box with Faux Ivory Tusk or Horn
Located in Houston, TX
Hollywood Regency brass box with faux ivory tusk or Horn.
Handsome Hollywood Regency brass box with faux ivory tusk or Horn. Our stunning Karl Springer ...
Category
1960s Indian Hollywood Regency Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Guilloche silver snuff box with monogram, gilt interior, Edward VII period
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with a monogram card and gold interior, and a hinged lid, from the Edward VII period. . Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Wei...
Category
Early 20th Century European Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$875 Sale Price
30% Off
Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram plaque and opening application
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver snuff box with monogrammed card and opening application. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 115.49 grams. Dimensions: 7.8cmx4.8c...
Category
19th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,050 Sale Price
30% Off
Silver snuff box with floral motifs around monogram and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuff box with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card, gold interior and application on the opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II...
Category
19th Century European Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
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...
Category
Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
9k Yellow Gold Vesta Case (1919)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English 9-carat yellow gold vesta case; an addition to our boxes and cases collection.
This exceptiona...
Category
1910s British George V Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Piero Fornasetti, Ashtrays, prod. Fornasetti Milan 1960s
Located in Rivoli, IT
Rare tall screen-printed metal ashtray designed by Piero Fornasetti and produced by Fornasetti Milano in the 1960s
Excellent condition
Fornasetti was born in the fibrillating post-W...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass
Smooth oval silver snuffbox with enamel flag and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Smooth oval silver snuff box with enamel flag and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 78.14 grams. Dimensions: 8.5x6.5cm. Content: 925...
Category
20th Century European Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$490 Sale Price
30% Off
Hammered Copper Tin Lined Humidor w/ Bakelite Handles by Revere
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Art Deco era humidor features a hand-hammered copper exterior, giving it a distinctive appearance with a textured surface.
Inside. It includes Bakelite handles on each, with a side p...
Category
1930s American Vintage Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Copper
$165 Sale Price
40% Off
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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19th Century Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Brass Trinket Box
Located in Marbella, ES
19th century Chinese cloisonné enamel brass trinket box.
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18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box - 'Musicians in parkland'
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An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box, decorated with a couple and two seated musicians in parkland, the sides with small panels within rai...
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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 Metal Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
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Brass
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