European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silvere gold-plated with fine hand engravings and three-color fired enamels on guillochè also on the sides. Baroque style. Dimensions: 6 x ...

A very good 19th century Victorian sterling silver snuff box of oblong form, showing a hinged lid engraved with machined undulating wavy motifs, centred by a monogrammed shield-shaped cartouche, opening to a richly gilded interior with both the lid & base bearing Birmingham hallmarks...

A finely carved circular snuff box in boxwood or possibly elm (interior possibly faux tortoiseshell), French, early 19th century, the lid deeply modeled in high relief with a classic...

Tabacco box in wood. With brass. Leaf Decor pattern. Brown color. It has been made in France Circa 1970.

The mottled brown agate with translucence when held to light. The cover with a gold rope twist edge above hinged clasp with wreath and berry design above a cushion base

19th century wooden shoe shaped snuff boxes Snuff boxes in the shape of a shoe. One papier-mache, one pewter and one wooden. The papier-mache and the pewter have a flap at the top. The wooden snuff...

Papier-mâché Snuffbox, painted with a portrait of a smoking man A snuff box painted with a portrait of a smoking man with a glass of wine on the background, possibly after a paint...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver vinaigrette modelled in the form of a book; an addition to our silver boxes collection. This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver vinaigrette has been realistically modelled in the form of a book. The body of this antique silver vinaigrette...

Dali-esque gilt metal snuff box bejeweled with light blue rhinestones and shaped like a surrealist human nose and lips . Magnetic closure. Yellow enameled interior. Amusing containe...

18th Century French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox, "Le Patre" French Walnut Wooden Snuffbox Titled "Le Patre" Walnut wooden box with a scene of a landscape Beautiful detailed cut scenery o...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel vesta case; an addition to our range of collectab...

A fine antique French or German porcelain snuff box. Dating to the 18th (or possibly early 19th) century. Decorated throughout with...

Art Nouveau Jewel: Guilloché Enamel & Hand-Painted Pill Box by Giorgio Salimbeni, 1977 This exceptional oval pill box is a masterful synthesis of two revered decorative arts: th...

German Papier-Mâché snuffbox, 19th century A German 19th Century snuff box made of Papier-Mâché with a painted scene on the lid The size is 11 cm diagonal and 2 cm high.      

18th Century Bilston Enamel Oval Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1780, blue-ground, transfer printed and painted with a flautist and a lady singer in a garden. 35mm high x 90mm wide x 65mm...

Tobacco box from the 1970s, Italian design. Measures: Height 7 cm, diameter 15 cm in golden brass.

This rare brass box would have been a coveted contraption in the finest English pubs of the 18th and 19th centuries. Known as an “honesty” box, the rectang...

KPM shell and flower motif cabinet or patch box, The top realistically modelled as a clam shell, the interior revealing painted florals, and the blue undergl...

An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box, painted with figures and a boat by a classical colonnade . 3.25" wide x 2.5" depth x 1.5" high

Georgian Silver patch or pill Box Birmingham 1803 Samuel Pemberton. Fine quality little box originally for patches but ideal today as a pill box. Of circular form with geometric and ...

A set of beautiful tobacco boxes made in Austria. Made i.n the Art Nouveau/Art Deco period. The measurements are: Depth: 14.5 cm - Width: 21 cm - Height: 6.5 cm Depth: 12.5 cm - ...

Mahogany wood tobacco box with golden and blue brass lid, 1970.

This is an antique snuff tin. An English, gilt metal lidded box with relief decor, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1880. Fascinating decorati...

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...

Carl Auböck Humidor, Austria 1950s

Fantastic midcentury leather and porcelain ceramic tobacco pot with gold finishes. This amazing piece was produced in United Kingdom during the 1950s. T...

Good early 19th Century turned Lignum Vitae tobacco jar, the stepped lid with acorn finial, over cylindrical ring turned body, the whole with good rich color and striking contrast wi...

In the 19th century, boots and shoes were symbols of good luck. So, it was only natural that trinkets and personal objects should take the form of footwear. This snuffbox, dating to the Georgian era is an excellent example of that phenomenon. The box is made in the shape of a fashionable lady’s shoe...

Sterling silver Jewel box with Rectangular rounded corners gold plated with translucent fire enamel stripes on guilloche and hand engraved with late Russian Empire style ornament app...

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...

Rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with two-tone translucent stripes fired enameled on guillochè and fine hand-engraved on all sides, French Empire Napoleon...

1950s ESA High quality tobacco humidor made of staved teak wood. It provides a sufficiently humid microclimate. Aesthetically pleasing design with a spring-loaded screw lid. Ideal...

"Forget Not Erin": A Coalport Porcelain Jewel Golden Blooms and Patriotism: An Antique London-Decorated Patch Box This spectacular antique English porcelain patch box, circa 1820, i...

Antique mid 19th century French 18k gold snuff box, of lobed design with chased scroll and foliate decoration, the hinged cover inset with a circula...

A carved boxwood prisoner of war battleship snuff box. This small snuff box is carved in the form of a 112-gun ship of the line with a removable quarte...

Combat of March 30, 1814. On the heights of Saint Chaumont where an Artillery post served by students of the École Polytechnique fought fiercely and was saved from death by General S...

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...

Description: Snuff box in gilded silver with a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Greek Tragedy Mask. Weight: 85.86 grams. Dimensions...

Beautiful parchment pill box designed in the 1950s of fine Italian manufacture. The pill box is small with a rectangular shape, made entirely of light green parchment on the outside...

Snuff box “savonette” shape in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire enamel and hand painted miniature on white background depicting two heads of running horses . English “Art Nouveau” ...

Antique English Brass Anvil Matchstrike, Realistically cast and modeled, as an anvil, with lift top revealing the match caddy and strike on the lid, resting on a rope edge oval base....

Description: Rectangular nickel-plated silver snuff box with engraving alluding to the Last Supper and gilded interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Cabeça de Mercury. Weigh...

ENAMEL AND SILVER GILT TABLE SNUFF From our collectables category, we are delighted to offer this incredible quality Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver and Enamel Circular Box. The S...

Classic vintage Hermès cigarette box. Cigarette box is heavy and wrapped in leather. Cornucopia (Horn of Plenty) decorative lid. Removable metal ...

A charming and finely detailed 19th-century Black Forest–style hand-carved tobacco jar. Entirely carved from wood and executed with remarkable depth and texture. A rare large size to...

Rare and beautiful Italian goatskin wrapped lacquered parchment humidor with locking teak and brass lid by Aldo Tura, circa 1960s. The piece is in very good vintage condition and me...

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...

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...

A finely carved circular snuff box in boxwood, French, circa 1820, the lid delicately rendered in relief with a devotional scene inscribed “LA STE FAMILLE” (The Holy Family). The car...

This exceptional humidor or vanity box is a masterwork of craftsmanship, designed in the exquisite style of the Italian Grand Tour, a period of cultural exploration and refinement th...

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...

3 beautiful antique Victorian snuff or trinket boxes with gilt metal sides and banded or moss agate tops and bottoms. They have some beautiful coloring. The metal is not marked so l...

This most pleasing small late 19th century Stirling quality silver snuff box is continental in its manufacture and clearly marked 925 in the base of the interior. The snuff box is h...

3 beautiful antique Victorian snuff or trinket boxes with gilt metal or brass sides and banded or moss agate tops and bottoms. They have some beautiful coloring. The metal is not m...

A fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver and enamel envelope style vesta case; an addition to our silver case collection This fine antique Victorian English s...

We present you a snuff box in the shape of a barrel with a lid. The item is made of copper and brass. This snuff box in good condition. The handle is distorted. Moreover, there ...

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...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English sterling silver combination vesta and tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection This exceptional antique George V sterling silver tobacco box has a plain circular rounded form. The upper portion of this antique silver...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III English sterling silver combination snuff and pill box; an addition to our Georgian silverware collection. This exceptional an...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Austrian silver table snuff box; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection. This excepti...