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18th Century German 18K Gold & Enamel Snuff Box, Freres Jordan, Hanau c.1790
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th Century German 18k gold & hand painted enamel snuff box. of rectangular shape with angled corners, this exquisite snuff box features a meticulously designed lid. At its ...
Category
18th Century German Other Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Tobacco Box from the 1970s Italian Design Solid Brass
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Tobacco box from the 1970s, Italian design. Measures: Height 7 cm, diameter 15 cm in golden brass.
Category
1970s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Brass
Round Tobacco Box Art Decò Italian Design 1930 Solid Brass
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Round Tobacco Box Art Deco Italian Design 1930 Solid Brass
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Brass
Antique Asian Chinese Opium Box Cloisonné Enamel, Tobacco Snuff Box Floral Motif
Located in Leuven , BE
Old Chinese Opium Box in Cloisonné Enamel, decorated with Vases and Flowers.
French Private Collection
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Metal
Silver Shibayama Cigarette Case
Located in London, GB
A very fine and rare silver Shibayama cigarette case, exquisitely decorated with 18 individual hand crafted insects in semi precious stones. This superb piece bares silver hallmark...
Category
1910s Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Silver
Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in gilded 925/1000 silver with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with fired enamels painted like lapis lazuli stone. On the lid, a very fine fire-enamell...
Category
1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
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...
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1870s French Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Gold
Snuff Box Black enamel Art Deco style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box Silver is in 925/1000 sterling.
Snuff Box Silver has black fired enamels on guilloché.
Snuff Box Silver has a lid with geometric design ...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood and Bakelite brown and White color France
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Decorative Box for Cigarettes in wood and Bakelite brown and White color France 20th
Category
1960s French Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Wood, Olive
Georgian Louis XVI 18th Century Dutch Silver Snuff Box Scent Box 1782
By Edward & Sons, Sheffield 1, Odiot, Durham Silver Co., Barbour Silver Co.
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
18th century Dutch silver scent box
On top a Depiction of Vice Admiral Zoutman
The victor of the Dogger Bank Battle
Made by Dirk Hoep 178...
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18th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century Gold and Enamel Box, Swiss Work
Located in Paris, FR
Rectangular box with three tones of gold and royal blue enamel. The hinged lid is embellished with a multicolored gold medallion in relief featuring a bouquet of roses and tulips, se...
Category
Early 19th Century Swiss Empire Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Gold
Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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 Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rectangular Art Deco Walnut and Walnut-Root Box, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1930s - 1940s.
Made in walnut and walnut-root.
It is a vintage piece, but it's been recently restored, therefore it can be considered as in excellent condition and re...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Walnut
20th Century Carl Auböck Nutwood Humidor
By Werkstätte Carl Auböck
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Auböck Humidor, Austria 1950s
Category
20th Century European Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Nutwood
Antique sterling silver snuff box made in London in 1922
By Wright & Davies 1
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1922 by Wright & Davies, this George V period, Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, is rectangular in shape, and features engine turned decoration to the outsid...
Category
1920s English Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Metal, Silver Plate, Pewter
A silver gilt and Imperial Yellow guilloche enamel singing bird box
Located in London, GB
A very fine silver gilt and Imperial Yellow guilloche enamel singing bird box with timepiece, by C. A. Marguerat, with a Nightingale on the lid. The Nightingale has appeared in many...
Category
1920s Swiss Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique 18th Century French 18K Three-Colour Gold Snuff Box, Paris c.1770
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 18th Century French three-colour gold snuff box, of oval shape. The hinged lid is adorned with an engraved foliate motif, featuring a quiver and flaming torch. The box is bor...
Category
18th Century French Other Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Gold
Antique Sterling Silver and Erotica Enamel Cigarette Case
By Marks & Cohen
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...
Category
1910s British Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver
Silver Cased Military Interest Presentation Snuff Box 1847
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
An exceptional and rare antique silver snuffbox reading 'PRESENTED TO St. Mr. P CAMPION, 1st Bn 19th Foot, by His, BROTHER SERJEANTS, As A Mark of Their, Sincere Regard.' in its original shaped fitted case and made by Cronin & Wheeler, Birmingham in 1847. The snuff box, probably unused, is simply stunning the cartouche shaped body engraved with rococo 'C' scrolls, engine turning and floral sprays with a hinged cover and richly gilded interior. The box has clear and crisp silver assay and makers marks to the cover and base and has date marks for 1847.
Provenance: The property of a gentleman.
Sergeant Major Patrick Campion was enlisted with the 19th Foot in 1838 and served in Malta, the Ionian Islands, the West Indies, Canada, the Crimea and India amongst other postings. He received a DCM at the Battle of Alma ‘for his gallant rescue, in company with a couple of his comrades, of a wounded officer of his own company, who was lying in front of the Russian line’s.’ and despite being injured in this act, he recovered and would see action at Inkerman, Redan and the siege of Sevastopol.
Wear to the leather covered fitted case...
Category
1840s English Early Victorian Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Silver
Set of 3 Japanese Inro Pill Boxes
Located in Munich, DE
These three antique handcrafted inro cases, are a wonderful collection of Japanese Sagemono (hanging object). These inro have several sections stacked ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Bone, Bamboo, Wood
1950s Aldo Tura Mid-Century Modern Goatskin and Brass Pipe Shaped Tobacco Box
By Aldo Tura
Located in Aci Castello, IT
A Goatskin and Brass tobacco box designed by Aldo Tura and manufactured by Macabo in the Fifties, it's in lovely vintage condition with brass in original patina. This exquisite tobac...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Brass
Victorian Thomas Johnson II Sterling Silver Tortoise Vesta Box
By Thomas Johnson II
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 Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box Round Guilloche Enamel Box Gold Paillons Stars of Sky Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent blue fired enamel on guillochè and with the insertion of pure gold “paillons” in the shape of stars to create a starry sky effect. With turquoise enamel circle with hand-engraved motif. Late 1600s Baroque style. Diameter cm. 7.7 cm high. 2.3. Weight gr. 226. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1967 and produced in Florence in several specimens in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by skilled artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for withstanding numerous enamelled firings at high heat at about 800° C -
The Paillons processing, now almost disappeared, and a rare technique recognized as a craft. Several layers of enamel are applied to the object, baked one by one in the oven.
Afterwards, the designs cut out of thin gold leaves, the paillons foils, are applied one by one by hand to form the desired figure. These sheets are then in turn coated...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Victorian Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, Birmingham 1836, Engraved
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in Birmingham in 1836 by Edwin Jones, this handsome, Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, features a cast and applied border to the lid, engine turn...
Category
1830s English William IV Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Tortoiseshell Singing Bird Box, Most Probably by Bontems
Located in London, GB
A antique tortoiseshell singing bird box, most probably by Bontems,
Going barrel movement,
Gilt metal two-tone brilliance...
When wound and start/stop slide moved to the right, the bird pops up through foliate chased gilt grille, then proceeds to move bone beak, wings and body from side-to-side to good complex continuous synchronized birdsong.
The bird with streaked feathered plumage in brown, yellow, turquoise and red, lime green and purple iridescent highlights, highly polished lid interior for full bird reflection, in plain polished tortoiseshell case, twinned laurel leaf engraved bird lid border with the bird lid engraved with love birds and rose united beneath leaf swag arch, accentuated with gilt on silvered ground, hidden key...
Category
1880s French Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Tortoise Shell
18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box Top / Lid
By Staffordshire
Located in Basildon, GB
An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box Top / Lid, decorated with a Lady and Gentleman with a flute in parkland, gilt scroll border, the unde...
Category
18th Century English Rococo Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Enamel
Tabacco Pot With a Lid in Brown Color French 1970
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Tabacco box with a Lid in wood. With brass. Brown color.
It has been made in France Circa 1970.
Category
1970s French French Provincial Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Wood
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 Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Marble
Mallard Duck Desk or Smoker Set in Paris Porcelain, 1960s
By Porcelaine de Paris
Located in Paris, France
A mallard duck desk or smoker set in Parisian porcelain, composed of an ashtray, a desk tray, a business card box and a tobacco jar dressed in cellar leather...
Category
Late 20th Century French Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Leather, Porcelain
Gold and Agate Snuff Box Belonging to Anne, First Duchess of Buccleuch
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This oval gold snuff box is inscribed with a crest of ‘a stag trippant’ within mantling of upright ostrich plumes tied with a bow, all below a ducal coronet and above a cypher of the entwined initials ‘B.A.B.’ for Anne of Buccleuch. English, circa 1670.
Provenance: Anne, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch
Anne Scott, 1st Duchess of Buccleuch (1651-1732) was a wealthy Scottish peeress. After her father died when she was a few months old, and her sisters by the time she was 10, she inherited the family’s titles. She was married, at 12 years old, to James, 1st Duke of Monmouth, the eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, then 14. Following the king’s death in February 1685, James spearheaded an anti-Catholic revolt to depose the new king, James II, and claim the throne from his uncle. The brief Monmouth Rebellion ended in defeat and James, by then Duke of Monmouth and Buccleuch, was executed for treason. The Duchess had six children by Monmouth, and a further three by her second husband, Charles, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, whom she married in 1688. She died in 1732 and was succeeded by her grandson, Francis, Earl of Dalkeith.
The style of chasing used on this box is very reminiscent of a signed piece in the Gilbert...
Category
1670s English Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Agate, Gold
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
19th Century German Other Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Early 20th Century hand carved Kashmiri royal cavalry cigar box
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century hand carved Kashmiri royal cavalry cigar box
A rare survivor from the 1st world war in the form of a hand carved Kashmiri cigar box. Covered in ornate relief flora...
Category
Early 1900s Indian Late Victorian Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Wood
Antique Edwardian English Sterling Silver Castle Top Card Case
By Crisford & Norris 1
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver castle top card case depicting Royal Windsor, an addition to our range ...
Category
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver
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
Early 19th Century English Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Box Striped Fire Enameled Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Empire Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box Parrotlets on Flowering Branches. Art Nouveau Style Sterling Silver En
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1990s Italian Mid-Century Modern Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Dutch Tobacco Jar - 19th century
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Dutch Tobacco Jar
Netherlands, 19th century
23 x 15 cm
Georgian Dutch Tobacco Jar. Made from different woods, this ring turned Jars show a very nice patina.
Category
19th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Fruitwood
20thC French Solid Silver & Enamel Cigarette Case, Ashtray & Lighter c.1930
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
A striking 20th Century French solid silver & enamel art deco personal smoking set comprising a cigarette case, ashtray, and lighter, all crafted in solid silver with matching blue a...
Category
20th Century French Other Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Late 18th Century Enamelled and Gilt Metal Circular Table Snuff Box
Located in Firenze, IT
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The cover set with an enamel panel...
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1790s English Georgian Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Enamel
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Combination Sovereign or Vesta Case
By Thomas Hayes
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver combination sovereign or vesta case, an addition to our diverse box and case collection.
This exceptional antique Victorian English sterling silver combination vesta or sovereign case has a subtly domed rectangular, rounded form.
The anterior and posterior surfaces of this silver case are plain and unembellished.
This antique Victorian sterling silver sovereign case is fitted with a hinged hallmarked push fit cover allowing access to the hallmarked sprung sovereign holders...
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Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Louis XVI Gold Snuff Box, Circa 1778
Located in Paris, FR
Oval snuff box in three tones of gold. The hinged lid is decorated with an intricate scale pattern surrounded by a frieze of roses, ribbons, and pink, green and white gold leaves. Th...
Category
1770s French Louis XVI Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Gold
Roger Capron 1 of 4 Tobacco jars France - 1970s
By Roger Capron
Located in Berlin, DE
Roger Capron 1 of 5 Tobacco jars, France - 1970s
Category
1970s French Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Ceramic
20thC American Silver Plated Trompe I'oeil Cigarette Box, Tiffany & Co c.1910
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century American made Tiffany & Co Trompe l'oeil cigarette box, with wood grain detailing on all sides and a two-tone brass and silver plated finish. The word 'cigarette...
Category
20th Century American Other Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Silver Plate
18th Century Snuff Box With Secret Erotic Motive
Located in Copenhagen, K
Very funny little snuff box with a text about Etimologie; the true learning or real learning, on the lids outside and a hidden erotic motive on the inside of the lid.
Category
Late 18th Century French Empire Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Wood, Paper
Amsterdam School Copper Tobacco Box with Carnelian Accent, Early 20th Century
By Cris Agterberg
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This copper tobacco box, crafted in the style of the Amsterdam School, is a distinctive example of functional art from the early 20th century. The hammered copper finish, now enhance...
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Arts and Crafts Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Carnelian, Copper
Silver and Shibayama tobacco box with combination vesta case lid
Located in London, GB
A very fine and rare silver shibayama tobacco and combination vesta case lid and strikers on pot. Decorated with individual hand crafted insects in semi precious stones. The Shiba...
Category
1910s English Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Silver
Snuffbox two-tones enamel stripes Guilloche Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
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...
Category
1980s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Acanthus Match Box Holder 68C
By Johan Rohde
Located in Hellerup, DK
A Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Match Box Holder in the Acanthus pattern, design #68c by Johan Rohde from 1917.
Additional information:
Material: S...
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20th Century Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse's Head Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, 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...
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1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Sterling Silver Book Vinaigrette
By John Tongue
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
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...
Category
1840s British Victorian Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Snuff Box White Fire Enamel with Miniature of Bird Salimbeni
By Franco Salimbeni, Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fire enamel on guilloche and hand-painted miniature of stylized blue bird, late 19th-century Viennese Art Nou...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver and Enamel Vesta Case by Lawrence Emanuel
By Lawrence Emanuel, Birmingham 1
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 collectable silver cases.
This exceptional antique...
Category
1890s British Victorian Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Sterling Silver Gilt Table Snuff Box by Edward Farrell (1824)
By Edward Farrell
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 magnificent antique George IV sterling silver gilt table snuff box has an oval rounded form.
The body of this impressive antique snuff box...
Category
1820s English Antique Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box White with noble coat of arms Baroque style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Giorgio Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box noble coat of arms is in 925/1000 sterling silver.
Snuff Box noble coat of arms has White fired enamels on guilloché and handpainted miniature of arabesques with noble coat...
Category
1990s Italian Baroque Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box Monocrome Miniature Hand Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
By Salimbeni, Franco 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 Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
