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Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes For Sale
Art Deco Cigarette case made from alpaca vienna around 1920s
Located in Wien, AT
Art Deco Cigarette case made from alpaca vienna around 1920s
Original condition
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Alpaca
1980s Elegant Brass and Green Enamel Cigarette Box by Gucci
By Gucci
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This is a captivating, elegant piece of 1980s Gucci Florence craftsmanship. This Vintage Cigarette or Card Case is a fantastic example of the luxury accessories the brand was known f...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Enamel
Victorian Period Hanau Continental Silver (.800) Snuff Box With Hinged Lid
By Hanau
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Period, Continental Silver (.800) snuff/trinkets box, having a hinged lid, Hanau, Germany, Ca. 1895. Box is decorated with Neoclassical figures. Box measures 3 1/4 inches ...
Category
1890s German Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Hand-Painted Mughal Miniature Lacquer Box, Persian-Indian Art, Signed Black Box
Located in Wembley, GB
A superbly hand-painted Mughal miniature lacquer box, created in the refined Indo-Persian artistic tradition and signed “Nangua”. This exquisite octagonal decorative box features a f...
Category
1960s Indian Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
$468 Sale Price / item
28% Off
Pill Box Abalone Seashell
Located in New York, NY
A hand-crafted abalone seashell and alpaca metal pill box, circa 1960s, mid-20th century, Mexico. Box is oval with a beautiful iridescent abalone seashell top; top is hinged with fro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
George III Period Sterling Silver-Mounted Scottish Snuff Mull With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
Georgian (George III) Period, sterling silver-mounted (unmarked, but tested) ram's horn snuff mull having a hinged lid, Scotland, Ca. 1795. Measures 2 3/4 inches diameter at widest ...
Category
1790s Scottish George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Scottish Gilt Metal Banded Agate Vesta Case Match Box
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This exceptional 19th century Scottish vesta case is crafted from finely polished banded agate, admired for its striking natural striations in shades of brown, grey, white, and smoky...
Category
1880s Scottish Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Agate, Metal, Bronze, Ormolu
Rosewood cigars Box around 1950s
Located in Wien, AT
Rosewood cigars Box around 1950s
shellac varnish by Hand
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Rosewood
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel Blue shades Art Deco-style engraving Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold-plated with Art Deco-style engraving, early 1900s, with translucent fired enamels in various shades. Diameter 4 cm, height 1.3 cm. Wei...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Burmese Antique Duck Betel Nut Box, Silver Metal, Vintage, 1950s
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Arts & Crafts, Asian Antique, Asian, Vintage
Measures : 14x21cm H:19cm
Bétel nut box appearing a duck, made of metal pushed with a high silver content.
Historically, these boxes wer...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cambodian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver Plate
An Imperial Mughal Gold Jade Box Set With Diamonds and Semi Precious Stones
Located in Long Island City, NY, NY
An Exquisite Masterpiece of Mughal Splendor: A Rare Gold-Mounted Jade Box with Diamonds and Semi-Precious Stones
Introduction to a Regal Artifact:
This exceptional jade box, hailing from the storied Mughal Dynasty, is an unparalleled exemplar of imperial artistry and luxury. Acquired from the prestigious Spink & Son of London, this artifact transcends its material beauty to stand as a significant piece of historical and cultural importance. With its rich provenance and intricate craftsmanship, this jade box embodies the opulence and refined tastes of one of history’s most powerful and influential empires.
Craftsmanship: The Art of Mughal Luxury:
At the heart of this piece lies a finely carved jade...
Category
18th Century Indian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Jade, Gold
Great Turned Burl Wood Tobacco Jar by Artist R. Kaeser Mid Century Modern
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
This beautifully hand-turned burl wood tobacco jar is a striking piece of Mid-Century Modern craftsmanship, signed by artist R. Kaeser. The jar features a domed lid with a rounded fi...
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Italian Pill Box Micro Mosaic Millefiori
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oval Italian brass pill box with an inlayed floral glass micro mosaic millefiori design and twisted rope top lid, finished with a brass ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Just Andersen Antique Footed Pewter Box, 1920s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
An early footed box by Just Andersen. Made at his own workshop Just in Denmark during the 1920s. The exterior is made entirely from lightly hammered pewter. The interior is linned wi...
Category
1920s Danish Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Pewter
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...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Late Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Marble
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Tobacco Jar
Located in High Point, NC
This handsome 1960s French mid-century modern tobacco jar reflects the era’s emphasis on functional design paired with refined craftsmanship. Expertly turned from richly toned wood, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Asian Wood Opium Container with Lid and Brass Pull
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Decorative Antique Asian round wood box container with lid and brass pull.
Vintage collectible Asian wooden tobacco or opium round container.
Round shaped lidded opium container...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Tibetan Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Cigar Humidor Burl Wood Cigar Box France 1970 Brown Black Color
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Very nice humidor cigar box, in Burl Wood. This box is large, was made in France in the 1960s. It has a brown and Black color.
Under the box, you have some scratch ,see detailed pic...
Category
1970s French Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Burl
Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel on the enameled edge with vertical stripes and fine monochrome miniature hand painted by the painter Renato Dainelli. Diameter cm. 6.2 cm high. 3.4. Weight gr. 222. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding 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
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Asprey London Solid Sterling Silver Cigarette Box Owned By The Mayor of London
Located in Reading, Berkshire
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 sil...
Category
20th Century British Victorian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$5,529 Sale Price
30% Off
Rare Jean Dunand Art Deco Cigarette Case, Circa 1930 – Bronze & Eggshell Lacquer
By Jean Dunand
Located in Red Lion, PA
Rare Jean Dunand Art Deco Cigarette Case, Circa 1930 – Bronze, Coquille d’Œuf, and Lacquer
This exceptional Art Deco Jean Dunand cigarette case,...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze
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
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
$426 Sale Price
67% Off
George III Period Scottish Sterling Silver-Mounted Snuff Mull With Hinged Lid
Located in New York, NY
George III Period, sterling silver (unmarked, but tested)-mounted ram's horn snuff mull, Scotland, Ca. 1790-1810. There is a sterling silver disc on the top of the hinged lid that is...
Category
1790s Scottish George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pill Box Silver Sterling Enamel hand-engraved Baroque-style design Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver with a fine hand-engraved Baroque-style design and fire-enamelled finish. Dimensions: 3.5 x 4.3 x 1.4 cm. Weight: 36 g. Desi...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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
19th Century English Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Antique German 14k Gold Snuff Box by Carl Martin Weishaupt, 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
1850s German Antique 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...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique 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
19th Century Dutch Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Petite Chinese Brass Opium Box with Dragon Etching
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite metal canister was once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Providing an airtight seal, the small box is formed of brass with an etched and stamped d...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Mid-Late 18th Century English Cast Brass Tobacco Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Mid-late 18th century cast brass tobacco box, English. Eight sides with conforming cover with bell metal finial.
5 1/8" x 3 5/16" x 4.5" h.
Whitehall Antiques is a family business t...
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Mid-18th Century English Georgian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Snuffbox Art Nouveau style sterling silver white enamel with flowers Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
A Viennese Bouquet: Art Nouveau Snuff Box by Franco Salimbeni, 1973
This exceptional round snuffbox is a profound homage to the opulent artistry of late 19th-century Viennese Art No...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Japanese Kyoto Damascene Tiger Cigarette/Card Mixed Metal Case Amita Japan
Located in Clifton Forge, VA
This is a fine quality Japanese damascene case made by and signed Amita which was in business in Kyoto Japan from the 1930's to the 1970's. The tiger de...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Chinoiserie Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal, Brass, 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 of the center button seamlessly hidden in the center dot of the dice pops open a hinged lid with a 24-cigarette holder inside.
This is a very low-production piece and possibly the only one ever made on special order. Beautiful hand-made by the silversmith with the uttermost attention to detail.
Discover the allure of a vintage pre-War Dunhill dice...
Category
1930s French Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Chrome
$3,575 Sale Price
35% Off
18th Century Decorative Lacquered Portrait Figures Wood Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
This antique and fine lacquered wood box, is painted on both the sides with an elegant portrait of a woman and on the other side a dancer.
The piece will be delivered with its certi...
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
$580 Sale Price
20% Off
Tortoiseshell Bakelite Box
Located in New York, NY
Tortoise bakelite box. Vintage thirties Italian Boxing Federation cigarette box. Faux tortoise and yellow bakelite circular cigarette holder in the form of bound fasces with lid displaying Federazione Pugilistica Italiana medallion and fasces handle; a fascist era...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
Art Deco Dunhill Eggshell and Enamel Cigarette Case
By Dunhill
Located in Red Lion, PA
Rare Art Deco Dunhill Silver-Plated & Lacquered Cigarette Case with Coquille d’Œuf Inlay – Circa 1930
This stunning Art Deco Dunhill cigarette case is a masterpiece of elegant desig...
Category
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Russian Gold 14k Cigarette Case St. Petersburg, pre-1917
Located in Sarasota, FL
Russian gold cigarette case circa 1890's. Marked with 56 (14K) kokoshnik mark, and "A" for St. Petersburg. Maker's mark is either WI or IM....
Category
Late 19th Century Baltic Late Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
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...
Category
Early 1800s British George III Antique 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...
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19th Century French Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuffbox savonette shape 925 silver handpainted head running horse Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff box "savonette" shape in 925/1000 sterling silver with fire enamel and hand painted miniature on white background depicting a heads of running horse . English "Art Nouveau" st...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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.
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19th Century Swedish Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Horn
Georgian Faux Tortoiseshell & Silver Mounted Hinged Cigar Case C. 1830
Located in Atlanta, GA
This finely constructed cigar case is executed in a richly mottled tortoiseshell veneer, carefully framed and edged with ivory colored mounts and inlaid panels. The exterior presents...
Category
Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Shell
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
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
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...
Category
1910s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
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
19th Century English Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Walnut
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 Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver and Enamel Art Deco "Naughty" Cigarette Case. Dated 1928
Located in Incline Village, NV
Offered for sale is a risque Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigarette Case, often referred to as a "naughty" because of it's bawdy subject matter; that being; of ...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Sterling Silver
FRONTIN-PARIS 1925 French Art-Deco Cigarette Case In 18Kt Gold And Sterling
Located in Miami, FL
A French art deco large cigarette case designed by Frontin-Paris.
This is an elegant and very rare cigarettes case created in Paris France during the art deco period, back in the 19...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
$3,746 Sale Price
25% Off
Italian Silver and Enamel Box
Located in Newark, England
GUILLOCHE ENAMEL AND SILVER GILT
From our collectables category, we are delighted to offer this incredible quality Italian Mid-Century Modern Silver and Enamel Box. The Silver and E...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Silver, Enamel
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...
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1880s French Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic, Faience, Majolica
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...
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1840s English Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Elegant Tobacco Box in Bakelite. Period Art Deco, 1920s
Located in Knivsta, SE
Elegant Tobacco Box in Bakelite in very period Art Deco, from the 1920s.
Wear consistent with age and use.
Category
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bakelite
French Art Deco Cigarette Box or Makeup Pencil Holder by Marius Agogue Loiret
Located in Miami, FL
French Art Deco cigarette box, France, late 1930s. Constructed with fine mahogany and birch woods. Designed by French ebeniste Marius Agogue Loiret.
This very decorative box would ...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Birch, Mahogany
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Silver snuffbox with engravings and hinged lid with opening clasp
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox with engraving and hinged lid with opening clasp. Metal: Silver. Origin: Russian. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 70.05 grams. Dimensions: 6.5cmx5cm. Content: 87...
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20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$525 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique French 20K Gold Snuff Box, Engine Turned Design, 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...
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1870s French Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique South Staffordshire or Battersea Enamel Table Snuff Box, 18th Century
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique English South Staffordshire or Battersea enamel table snuff box.
With a pink ground and white enamel latticework decoration thro...
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18th Century English George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel
Dutch silver pill box, 1869
Located in Delft, NL
Dutch silver pill box, 1869
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...
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19th Century Dutch Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
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...
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19th Century English Regency Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Art Deco Solid Silver & Guilloche Enamel Cigarette Case c.1929
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
20th Century silver and guilloche enamel cigarette case, of a rectangular form with rounded sides. The one side of the body is enamelled in translucent green over a circular spiral e...
Category
20th Century European Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Vintage Lapis Lazuli, Onyx & Sterling Silver Pill Box - Mexico - Circa 1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
Vintage sterling silver pill box - hand made - featuring a chevron pattern hard stone lid set with lapis lazuli and black onyx with silver spacers - round sterling silver box and bas...
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Late 20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Sterling Silver
Antique Snuffboxes for Sale on 1stDibs
Today antique snuffboxes and tobacco boxes — as well as a lot of other vintage tobacco accessories — are collectibles and charming pieces of decor for any display case or to elevate your bookshelves.
Snuff, made of ground tobacco, was especially popular with Europeans in the 1600s. The ornate boxes to keep the powder dry became highly decorative by the 18th century. It was considered a must-have item, particularly for nobility.
The most important feature of a snuffbox was that it was airtight. The box protected the snuff from oxygen. Another crucial component was the flat lid.
Snuffboxes could be small enough to fit into a pocket or a larger container for communal use at the table. They also came in different shapes. Porcelain containers were prevalent and often designed to look like trunks. Others were oval or square. Boxes made with cowrie shells were rare and more expensive.
Snuffboxes were usually crafted from silver, gold, horn or tortoiseshell. Some of the most prestigious snuffboxes were French tabatières made of gold and sometimes glass. They could be adorned with amethysts, sapphires and diamonds and enameled, engraved or chased.
Sheffield, England, was known for its silver snuffboxes in the late 18th century as its silver-plating technologies perfected these containers. By the early 19th century, the silver industry in Birmingham, England, was producing elegant snuffboxes with images of abbeys and castles on the sides and top.
Another type of tobacco box was the snuff mull or mill. It was made out of horn or an entire ram’s head and topped with a metal lid, frequently featuring engravings and decorative hinges. These were fashionable in Scotland during the 19th century. The origin of its name is unclear.
On 1stDibs, find a plentiful range of antique snuffboxes and tobacco boxes to complement any home decor or furniture style. You can browse the collection by style, which includes Victorian, Georgian and Art Deco, or by material to find pieces in silver and gold.
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Antique Tobacco Signs
Russian Silver Cigarette Case
Russian Silver Cigarette
Scheid Georg
Staffordshire Enamel Box
Agate Snuff Boxes
Austrian Silver Cigarette Case
Blue Snuff Box
Georgian Silver Snuff Boxes