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Small Antique Snuff Pot Chinese Carved Marble, Lidded Jar Victorian, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a very small antique snuff pot. A Chinese, carved marble lidded jar, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900.
Endearingly petite, with...
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Chinese Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Marble
Aesthetic Movement Oak Pipe Rack with a Japanese Style Brass Fretwork Backplate
Located in London, GB
Aesthetic Movement. An oak pipe rack with a Japanese-style brass fretwork backplate, and a tobacco draw with brass handle.
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Sterling Silver Continental Pill or Patch Box
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a wonderful late 19th century sterling patch or pill box in the 17th/18th century style. The box is designed as an oval with a repousse lid depicting a farm yard vignette detailed with farm buildings, chickens and family life. The reverse is a simple polished sterling oval that has been hallmarked and bears the export mark "Germany". The box is in overall very good condition; the clasp is tight and no heavy wear is present. This silver piece would make an outstanding ring presentation box...
Category
Rococo Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$316 Sale Price
36% Off
Antique Horn Snuff Box with Deer Relief Early 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Horn Snuff Box with Deer Relief Early 19th Century
Antique carved horn snuff box featuring a detailed deer hunting scene in relief, wit...
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German Other Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Antler
Antique Sterling Silver Vinaigrette
By John Shaw
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George III English sterling silver Nelson vinaigrette made by John Shaw; an addition to our silver boxes collection
This exceptional antique Georgian sterling silver vinaigrette has a rounded rectangular form.
The surface of the box is plain and unembellished.
The anterior edge of the hinged silver vinaigrette cover incorporates a plain thumbpiece and allows access to the hinged pierced decorated gilt grille.
The pierced decorated hinged grille incorporates a nautical themed design of the ship 'Victory' illustration, in addition to the wording 'Immortal Nelson'*.
The interior of this Georgian silver vinaigrette...
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British George III Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Antique Silver Niello Scottish Bagpipe Player Snuff Box, Circa 1840
Located in New York, NY
Fine silver, niello and vermeil silver antique snuff box depicting a handsome Scottish bagpipe player performing in a bucolic countryside setting.
...
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French Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
GEORGE WILKINSON 1890 London Mechanical Vesta Matches Box In 925 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A sterling vesta matches box by George Wilkinson
This is a very rare vesta box for matches created in London England at the silversmith atelier of George Wilkinson. This unusual box...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
$1,398 Sale Price
30% Off
George III Sterling Silver-Mounted Etched Mother-of-pearl Snuff Box
Located in New York, NY
Georgian (George III) Period, sterling silver-mounted etched mother-of-pearl octagonal snuff box with hinged lid, London, year-hallmarked for 1803. The iridescent mother-of-pearl lid...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Silver Snuff Box
Located in Delft, NL
19th century French silver snuff box
Late 19th century silver snuffbox with engraved centre and gilt interior
Hall marked by the Silversmith, Dubois Leon & Bauve Henri
The Dutch...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
19th Century Majolica Monkey Pianist Humidor Tobacco Jar Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
Amusing Majolica monkey pianist tobacco jar Sarreguemines, circa 1880.Rarely found complete with his lid ,he wear a costume of Oriental style, he play piano and two books are represe...
Category
French Rococo Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 3 Victorian Snuff or Trinket Boxes Brass with Agate
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
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...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Victorian sterling silver snuff box made in Birmingham in 1843
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1843 by Francis Clark, this attractive, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, features an ornate border, engine turned decoration and a gilt inter...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
18ct Gold Antique English Snuff Box - Hallmarked in London in 1803 - 54.9g
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1803 by George Longstaff, this very handsome, George III period, Antique 18ct Gold Snuff Box, features engine turned decor...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique Horn Snuff Box with Hunting Scene Early 19th Century
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Antique Horn Snuff Box with Hunting Scene Early 19th Century
This antique snuff box is expertly crafted from polished horn, featuring intricate...
Category
German Other Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Antler
Antique Tortoiseshell singing bird box, by Bontems
Located in London, GB
A antique tortoiseshell singing bird box, by Bontems
Circa 1890,
Going-barrel movement,
Motor-view light anomaly...
When wound and start/...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
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 ...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
Antique English Brass Anvil Matchstrike
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
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....
Category
English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
Scottish Silver Mounted Snuff Box With Attached Spoon By Andrew Wilkie c1838/39
Located in valatie, NY
Rare and Unusual Scottish Silver Mounted Snuff Box With Attached Spoon By Andrew Wilkie c1838/39. The initials on the silver mounts on the horn base match the initials on the attache...
Category
Scottish Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
English 19th century desk snuff box circa 1840
Located in Central England, GB
This masterfully engineered and very complicated English ebony engine turned table snuff box dates to the mid 19th century.
It has been hand machined from solid ebony with multiple ...
Category
Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Dutch silver pill box, 1863
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver pill box, 1863
A Dutch silver small cartouche-shaped pill box with engraved floral decor on the lid. The silver box has a hinged lid. The box is Dutch silver hallmarked...
Category
Dutch Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique German 14k Gold Snuff Box Circa 1850
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique German 14 karat gold snuff box; an addition to our collection of gold boxes.
This exceptional, fine and impressive antique German 14k yellow gold snuff box has an oblong rounded form.
The body of this antique gold snuff box...
Category
German Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
19th Century Box with Brass Plaque
Located in Toronto, CA
Rectangular 19th century box with an oval brass plaque without engraving.
The exterior has been re-polished over time. It has a nice warm patina. The int...
Category
English Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique French 20k Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1870
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique French 20 karat tri-coloured gold snuff box; an addition to our 19th century collection.
This exceptional antique French 20k yellow gold snuff box has an oval shaped form.
The body of this antique box is embellished with panels of engine turned and tooled decoration, incorporating circular and floral motifs.
Each incurved cornered panel is encompassed with applied simplified foliate festoon and column style borders, accented with tri-colored gold highlights.
This impressive antique 20ct gold box...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Dutch Early 19th Century Wooden Shoe Shaped Snuff Box
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch early 19th century wooden shoe shaped snuff box
An early 19th century wooden hand carved snuff box
The lid slides open and closed over the top.
Measures 4 cm high, 12 cm...
Category
Dutch Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Georgian Silver patch or pill Box Birmingham 1803 Samuel Pemberton
Located in Toronto, Ontario
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 ...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Russian Silver, Gold And Niello Topographical Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This silver, gold and niello inlaid topographical snuffbox is a masterpiece of Russian silver. Almost owned by a wealthy 19th-century tradesman, this extraordinary creation shares a ...
Category
Russian Other Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver
Victorian Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Cowrie Shell Snuff Box With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, sterling silver-mounted (unmarked, but tested) Cowrie shell snuff box with hinged lid, England, Ca. 1840's. Measures 3 inches long x 2 inches deep x almost 2 inches high. Sterling silver mount is engraved Mrs. Margaret Burke...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Austrian Majolica Stove Smoker Set
Located in Austin, TX
19th century fine Austrian Majolica smoking set match striker harvest theme with a willow baskets, fruits and pitcher.
Category
Austrian Rustic Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
Antique 19th Century German Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Freres Jordan, Hanau c.1800
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century German gold and enamel snuff box. This elongated rectangular snuff box, features cut corners and a lid adorned with intricate enamel work. The lid's central plaq...
Category
German Other Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Old African Hand Carved Wooden Box 19th Century Brown Color Powder Box
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Superb old African box with hand-carving & carrying chain on the top. Carved on all sides. Authentic ceremonial divided box with hand wrought iron hinges l...
Category
African Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
$425 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th Century Victorian Engraved Horses Pony Hoof Pewter Snuff Box 1860
Located in Portland, OR
An unusual mid 19th century Victorian horses hoof & pewter snuff box, circa 1860.
The snuff box having a hinged lid with engraved floral decoration an...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Pewter
3 Victorian Snuff Boxes Gilt Metal and Banded Agate
Located in Palm Springs, CA
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...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Agate, Metal
19th Century Treenware Mahogany Lidded Box
Located in High Point, NC
19th century turned treen lidded box made from mahogany. This piece was expertly hand turned in England and has a lovely finial over a domed top, which rests on a shapely hand turne...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique 19th Century German Three-Colour 18K Gold Snuff Box, Hanau c.1820
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 19th Century German three-coloured 18k gold snuff box, of rectangular shape with elegantly rounded corners, featuring a lid that is intricately adorned with a chased fl...
Category
German Other Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
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...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$426 Sale Price
67% Off
Antique Yellow Gold Pearl and Turquoise Pill Box Circa 1815
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique 12 karat yellow gold box with pearl and turquoise; an addition to our diverse ornamental collection.
This exceptional antique 12 karat yellow gold box has a cylindrical form.
The sides of this antique box are plain and unembellished.
This exceptional gold box is fitted with a fine and impressive hinged cover embellished with impressive foliate decoration accented with five clusters of individually set turquoise to the floral motifs.
The surface to the underside is embellished with impressive engine turned decoration in a concentric ring design.
The upper and lower rims of the box is encompassed with eighty-five claw set seed pearls.
This exceptional antique gold pill box...
Category
Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
CARL HIESS - Silver & Gold Snuff Box with Sapphire Thumbpiece - Austria - C.1880
Located in Chatham, ON
CARL HEISS - Antique - finest quality - silver and rose gold hinged snuff box with delicate diamond tooled surface - reverse painted French Bulldog on Rock Crystal Intaglio...
Category
Austrian Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Rock Crystal, Sterling Silver
$4,900 Sale Price
30% Off
Curved ribbed silver-gilt pocket snuff box - 19th century
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Curved ribbed silver-gilt pocket snuff box - 19th century
George III - John Turner Sterling - Early 19th century
Dimensions: 9 x 5 cm (3.5 x 2 in) H: 2 cm (0.8 in)
Material: Silver
R...
Category
George III Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Vermeil
3 Antique Victorian Snuff or Trinket Boxes with Banded and Moss Agate
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice group of three antique Victorian snuff or trinket boxes with metal sides and banded or moss agate tops and bottoms. I’m not quite sure what the smallest one is made of. It has...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Agate, Metal
19th Century Treenware Walnut Tobacco Jar
Located in High Point, NC
19th century hand turned treen tobacco box made from walnut. The lid is expertly turned and is topped with a finial over a fabulous hand turned base. The walnut is a handsome color...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Large Georgian (George III) Brass-Mounted Cowrie Shell Snuff Box With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Large, Georgian (George III), brass-mounted cowrie shell snuff box with hinged lid, England, Ca 1810. Measures 3 1/2 inches long x 2 1/4 inches deep x 2 1/4 inches high. Dark areas...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Russian Silver Spice Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Russian silver box; an addition to our Russian silverware collection
This exceptional antique Russian silver spice box...
Category
Russian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Old African Hand Carved Wooden Box 19th Century Brown Color Powder Box
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Old African Hand Carved Wooden Box 19th Century Brown Color Powder Box
Powder box- jelwery Box.
Category
African Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
$330 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Austrian Silver and Enamel Stamp Box with Mouse and Seed Pearls
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rare Austrian Silver and Enamel Stamp Box with Mouse and Seed Pearls
The Quality is Fantastic, so well executed, in great condition this item is ready to use.
Marked 84 and then ov...
Category
Austrian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
19th Century French Pottery Tobacco Jar Humidor Renaissance Style
Located in Austin, TX
Rare complete 19th French pottery tobacco jar inspired by the Renaissance with medallions with his two pewter lids.
Pottery from North of France No...
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Pewter
$496 Sale Price
20% Off
C. 1870 Antique English Tunbridge Ware & Penwork Regency Tea Caddy Box
Located in Atlanta, GA
English, circa 1870.
A Regency Tunbridge Ware & Penwork Tea Caddy Box of Hexagonal form. Featuring a decorated Neo Classical taste top centering the goddess Ceres recumbent upon her...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Walnut
Micromosaic Gold Mounted Jasper Snuff Box Early 19th Century Italian Gioacchino
Located in Benington, Herts
An Exceptional and Highly Important Micromosaic Gold Mounted Jasper Snuff Box, most probably by Gioacchino Barberi with the box likely by Moulinié, ...
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Italian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Dutch Delft Tabacco Jar The Claw Blue White Delftware Tin Glazed Pottery
By The Claw
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Dutch Delft Tabacco Jar The Claw Blue White Delftware Tin Glazed Pottery
Dutch delftware tabacco jar.
Tin glazed blue and white earthenware with brass c...
Category
Dutch Georgian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
French early 19th Century lacquered papier mâché snuff box
By Stobwasser
Located in Delft, NL
French early 19th Century lacquered papier mâché snuff box
Lacquered Papier Mâché Snuff Box, Calendar 1811, Names of All Saints Per Day. Frenc...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Paper
European Collection of 7 Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A curated collection of seven small antique boxes in variation of different metals.
The collection includes:
- One pewter box illustrating a doubl...
Category
European Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Pewter
Large George III Table / Master Snuff in Stained Mulberry Burl and Tortoiseshell
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Large Georgian table or master snuff box of cushion form having tortoiseshell veneered front, back and end caps with green stained mulberry burl bottom and lid, the lid with a wood h...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Burl
Continental silver snuff box depicting a row of five perched birds circa 1880
Located in Central England, GB
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...
Category
European Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique William IV Sterling Silver Table Snuff Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique William IV English sterling silver table snuff box; an addition to our collectable silverware collection.
This exceptional antique William IV sterling silver snuff box has a rectangular, rounded form.
The body of the box is embellished with impressive chased floral motifs accented with scrolling stem and foliate ornamentation, all on a matte background.
The decoration to the body incorporates a chased single leaf design to each corner, emanating from the rounded lower portion.
The upper rim of the body and swept sides of the cover are encompassed with a continuous band of engine turned decoration.
The underside of the box features a further panel of engine turned decoration.
This exceptional example of antique silverware is fitted with a hinged hallmarked cover embellished with an engine turned bordered rectangular vacant cartouche to the upper plateau.
The cover is further embellished with an exceptional cast and applied domed, incurved border to the upper portion, matching the ornamentation to that of the body and continuing to an impressive floral thumbpiece to the anterior edge.
This antique sterling silver snuff box opens to reveal the original gilded interior.
Condition
This antique sterling silver snuff box is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
The chased and applied ornamentation is all very sharp and the engine turned decoration is all very crisp.
Full hallmarks struck to the interior of the box are all very clear.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of this antique silverware.
Dimensions
Length 9.8cm/3.9"
Width 6.5cm/2.6"
Height 4.3cm/1.7"
Weight
8.2 troy ounces/253g
Maker: Joseph Willmore...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
English Leather and Tin Tobacco Caddy
By Frederic Hewitt
Located in Greenwich, CT
An English 19th century tobacco caddy of tin covered in stitched shagreen, of oblong hexagonal form with a lid surmounted by a silver whippet, retaining ...
Category
English Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Majolica Tobacco Jar Onnaing, Circa 1890
By Onnaing
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica tobacco jar onnaing, Circa 1890.
Decorated with a medallion and flowers.
Category
French Rococo Revival Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience
$320 Sale Price
20% Off
1890s Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver tobacco box; an addition to our smoking related silverware collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver tobacco box has a plain oval rounded form.
The underside of this box is embellished with a bright cut engraved stemmed rose, floral and foliate design; this indicates the high quality of the piece, as typically the underside would remain unembellished.
The upper portion of this antique silver tobacco box...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Antique 19th Century German 18K Solid Gold & Diamond Snuff Box, Hanau c.1840
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century German 18K gold snuff box, rectangular in form. The lid is finely engraved with floral motifs and set with an initial L set with 30 diamonds, while the base also...
Category
German Other Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold
French Chinoiserie Hardstone Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
A marvelously carved chinoiserie motif adorns the lid of this incredible 19th-century French tabatière or snuff box. The charming scene is intricately crafted in the form of a boating figure who holds aloft an umbrella formed of yellow gold, while the box itself is crafted from attractive brown hardstone mounted with stunning yellow gold "waves." Enchanting and beautifully executed, the rare snuff box is an incredible example of the creative artistry of these delightful boxes, as well as the highly popular chinoiserie style.
Inhaling snuff, or snuffing, as it is also called, was a popular social ritual among the European elite from the 16th through the 19th centuries. Over these 300 years, master artisans created and designed elegant snuff boxes using...
Category
French Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Stone, Gold
Swedish Snuff Box in Cow Horn from the 19th Century
Located in Knivsta, SE
A very charming Swedish Snuff Box made in Cow Horn during the 19th century.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
Swedish Antique 19th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Horn
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