1920s Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

A neo-classic guilloche enamel snuff-box This is a fabulous rectangular antique snuff-pill box, created in Pforzheim Germany back in the 1925. The beautiful colorful box has been cr...

An art deco enameled box by Louis Kuppenheim. This is an extremely beautiful box, created during the art deco period in the city of Pforzheim Germany, back in the late 1925. The won...

Mechanical foldable box designed by Napier. This is a very interesting and unusual foldable mechanical case, created in America during the art deco period by the Napier company, bac...

Pill box silver and enamel Pill box erotic scene in silver and enamel Crica 1920 Origin possibly Austria Very unusual box for pills It has an erotic scene of an oriental dancer under...

An art deco enameled box designed by Tonnel Paris. Magnificent rectangular box, created in Paris France for Tonnel-Paris during the art deco perio...

Chinoiserie orange enameled box by Louis Kuppenheim. Outstanding rare box, created during the art deco period in the city of Pforzheim Germany, back in the late 1930. This wonderful box is closely to mint condition, designed with cushioned shapes and chinoiserie patterns at the Louis Kuppenheim silversmith workshop. Crafted in solid .935/.999 silver, with gilt interiors and embellished with chiseled borders. Has an exceptional workmanship as you expect of the workshop of Louis Kuppenheim, with remarkable vivid orange enamels on both faces and the the four lateral panels. The main figure is a bird resting in a golden tree, which is made up with multicolor cloisonné technique. As a note, this box can be actually used for presentation cards and is fitted with an integrated mechanical push button. Weight: 125.40 Grams, (80.38 Dwt). Measurements: 59 mm by 84 mm by 15 mm (2.32 x 3.31 x 0.59 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with German marks, the mark for the assay of the .935 silver, the box model number and signed, "DRGM 935 MADE IN GERMANY 2". 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...

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 deco period, back in the 1923. Crafted in an squared shape with chamfer corners in solid .935/.999 sterling silver. The reverse is treated with engine turned guilloche design, topped with white translucent hot enamel. The top lid is embellished with a gorgeous art deco geometric composition, with applications of red, black, gray and white enamel. It is fitted with three barrels hinge and a thumb snap push. The interiors are treated with more engine turned guilloche and blue enamel. The Bauhaus School Of Design Bauhaus Art The Bauhaus, titled after a German phrase that means “house of construction,” was created in 1919 by architect Walter Gropius in Weimar, Germany. He took over a pre-existing school of Arts and Crafts in 1915, and the revolutionary new Bauhaus art school was founded four years later via the merging of this establishment with the Weimar Academy of Fine Art. The Bauhaus style was inspired by 19th and early 20th-century creative tendencies including the Art Nouveau style and the various foreign versions like the Vienna Secession and Jugendstil, as well as the Arts and Crafts movement. All of these groups desired to blur the line between the applied and fine arts, as well as to reconnect imagination and fabrication; their heritage was represented in the romantic medievalism of the Bauhaus movement ideology during its formative days when it styled itself as some kind of craftsmen’s union. By the mid-1920s, however, this ideal had given place to a focus on integrating industrial Bauhaus graphic design and art, and it was this focus that anchored the Bauhaus’ most innovative and significant achievements. Simultaneously, the 1910s rise of Russian Constructivism provided a more urgent and aesthetically appropriate predecessor for the Bauhaus’ fusion of artistic and mechanical design. When the Bauhaus officially opened in 1920, it took up home in the old sculpture workshop of the Grand-Ducal Saxon institute, constructed in the Art Nouveau fashion. The school’s strategy was centered on its innovative and impactful curriculum. Gropius described it as a wheel with rings, with the outer circle chosen to represent the six-month preparatory course launched by Johannes Itten that focused on the foundational facets of design, particularly the differing characteristics of varied shapes, colors, and substances. (Arts In Context with thanks) Weight: 40.60 Grams, (26.03 Dwt). Measurements: 52 mm by 52 mm by 15 mm (2.05 x 2.05 x 0.59 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the mark for the assay of the silver and signed, "STERLING GERMANY". Herbert Bayer Vintage Bauhaus 'The 1923 Bauhaus Exhibition', Germany, Herbert Bayer, Reproduction 200gsm A3 Vintage Bauhaus Poster Herbert Bayer Bauhaus Exhibition Poster, 1923 Bayer apprenticed under the artist Georg Schmidt Hammer in Linz. Leaving the workshop to study at the Darmstadt Artists' Colony, he became interested in Walter Gropius's Bauhaus manifesto. After Bayer had studied for four years at the Bauhaus under such teachers as Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee[2] and László Moholy-Nagy, Gropius appointed Bayer director of printing and advertising. In the spirit of reductive minimalism, Bayer developed a crisp visual style and adopted use of all-lowercase, sans serif typefaces for most Bauhaus publications. Bayer is one of several typographers of the period including Kurt Schwitters and Jan Tschichold...

Round pill box designed by Mappin & Webb. Beautiful and unusual round pill box, created in Birmingham England at the silversmiths atelier of Mappin & Webb, back in the 1928. This bo...

A rare, collectable tobacco jar in solid bronce with meander pattern and loose white metal inlay. Made by Sune Bäckström, Sweden 1920/30s. In good condition, with nice patina. Some d...

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...

Antique Asian Chinese Oriental Vintage Smoke Tobacco Box Interior Compartments Intricate decorative Inlay 6.5 d x 10.25 w x 2.25 tall Personal insc...

Early 20th century Indian carved cigar box We share what we love, and we love this intricately hand carved early 20th century Indian cigar box. Covered in ornate birds and floral...