Europe Snuff Boxes and Tobacco

Description: Plain silver snuffbox with tilting mechanism on both lids. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II. Title. Weight: 84.63 grams. Dimensions: 8.4x5.7. Content:...

Description: Silver snuffbox in Art Nouveau style with a dog's head in high relief surrounded by floral motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 90.94...

Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 140.83 grams. Dime...

Description: Silver snuff box with engravings, fluted friezes on the surround and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 72.38 grams. Dimensions: ...

Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding the card, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 100.68 grams. D...

Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surroundings, relief country motifs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 56.93 grams. Dime...

Description: Rectangular guilloche silver snuff box with monogram plaque and caninha-style fluting. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 51.78 grams. Di...

Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with reliefs alluding to a rural context, frame surrounded by a frieze. Metal: Silver. Origin: Spanish. Brand: Estrela. Weight: 101.56 grams...

Description: Silver snuff box with floral motifs and birds in relief on the lid, gold interior and friezes on the surround. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escrav...

Description: Snuff box in nickeled silver with a panorama of cows grazing, decorated with garlands and a gilded interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 1...

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with a monogram card on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 79.51 grams. Dimensions: 8cmx4.5cm. Con...

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...

Description: Nickel plated silver snuff box with monogram card and gold interior, application for opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 73.78 grams. Dimensi...

Description: Silver tobacco box with engraved Belém Tower and wood-lined interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Italian. Brand: Portuguese eagle head brand. Weight: 390.67 grams. Dimension...

Description: Elliptical shaped nickel silver snuff box with asymmetrical reliefs, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 98.05 gram...

Description: Silver snuff box with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card, gold interior and application on the opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II...

Description: Silver snuff box with gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 89.00 grams. Dimensions: 9x4cm. Content: 833/100...

Description: Snuff box in nickel-plated silver with gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Greek tragedy mask. Weight: 75.14 grams. Di...

Description: Silver snuff box with gold interior, engraved lid and fluted bottom. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 75.24 grams. Dimensions: 8.1cm x 1.8cm. ...

Description: Silver snuff box with guilloche floral motifs on the lid, including a monogram card and a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 102.67 gra...

Description: Guilloche silver tobacco box with wooden interior and stone application on the lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 430.95 grams. Dimensions: ...

Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with engraved houses in a perfect frame, plant motifs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 99.25 g...

Description: Silver snuff box with fluted reliefs throughout and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 86.06 grams. Dimensions: 7cmx4cm. Content: ...

Description: Silver snuff box with engraved wreaths and floral motifs surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II Title. Weight: 85.53 grams. Dim...

Description: Silver tobacco box in the shape of a parallelepiped, wooden interior and mythical figures in relief. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 308.74 gram...

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram card and engraved floral motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 82.05 grams. Dimensions: 8.5cmx5...

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with a frieze surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 24.17 grams. Dimensions: 5x2.5cm. Co...

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with engraved garlands surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 96.55 grams. Dimensions:...

Extremely rare covered pot. Rich glazes with a juxtaposition of white and vivid colours forming an abstract overprinted decor. The inside of the cover features a generous dedication...

19th Century Japanese inro with 3 lacquered wooden compartments, 63 x 70 x 22 mm in size. Weight 39.1 g. Additional information: Material: Lacquered ...

This fine box is one of a small number of souvenir pieces of this kind made from timbers salvaged during the refurbishment of Windsor Castle in the 1820s. What makes this piece parti...

A Basket Weave Snuff Box, Joseph Willmore, Birmingham, 1837. An unusual basket weave Snuff Box made in Birmingham Additional information: Height: 2 cm / 1" Width: 1 cm / "

Description: Silver snuff box with fluting throughout and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 101.25 grams. Dimensions: 8.8cmx2.2cm....

Description: Rectangular snuff box in fluted silver, with guilloche engravings surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 63.18 ...

Description: Silver snuff box with grooves on the surround and engraved hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 54.32 grams. Dimensions: 6.8x1.3cm...

Description: Silver snuff box with beveled corners, gold interior and engraved floral motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 51.83 grams. Dimensi...

Description: Fluted silver snuff box with landscape engraved on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 76.88 grams. Dimensions: 8.5cmx3.5...

Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding a monogram card on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Pakistani. Brand: Karachi. Weight: 115.38 grams. Dimensions: ...

Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding a monogram card on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 98.77 grams. Dimensions:...

Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with plant engravings on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Eagle Head. Weight: 73.70 grams. Dimensions: 8cmx2cm...

Description: Elliptical silver snuff box with asymmetrical branches and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Tête Minerve. Weight: 122.62 grams. Dimensions: 9.8c...

Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with a fortress engraving on the lid, surrounded by engravings. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II Title. Weight: 87.38...

Description: Fluted silver snuff box with embossed lid and monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Netherlands. Brand: Leão Passante. Weight: 41.91 grams. Dimensions: 6.5cmx4cm. ...

Description: Silver snuff box with lace-style engravings, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 53.12 grams. Dimensions: 8x1.5cm. ...

Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with Islamic-style floral reliefs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Turkish. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 100.68 grams. Dimensions: 5cmx2cm. Content: 800/1...

Description: Tobacco box. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Mark: standing eagle. Weight: 687.39 grams. Dimensions: 16x5cm. Content: 833/1000. Assay Mark: Yes, between 1938 and 1984...

Description: Chiseled silver snuff box with embossed floral motifs, hinged lid and monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 175.51 grams. Dimensions: 3.2...

Description: Cinnamon silver snuff box with engraved wreaths and bows surrounding a monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 95.15 grams. Dimensi...

Description: Silver snuff box with engravings surrounding a monogram card on the hinged lid with wreaths and flowers. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Mark: Unreadable. Weight: 76.06 ...

Description: Silver snuff box with friezes on the surround and engraved with country motifs on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Coroa. Weight: 101.19 g...

Description: Rectangular silver snuffbox with rounded corners, hinged lid and embossed female figure in the Art Nouveau style. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Tit...

Description: Guilloche silver snuffbox with bands along the length and support for rolling papers inside. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 90.08 grams...

Description: Silver snuffbox with longitudinal reliefs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: German. Mark: Unreadable. Weight: 101.42 grams. Dimensions: 9.5cmx1.8cm. Content: 800/10...

Description: Curved silver snuffbox with floral motifs surrounding a monogram card and a spring on the hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 89.95 gr...

Description: Plain silver snuffbox with engraved equestrian scene. Metal: Silver. Origin: Dutch. Mark: Leão passante. Weight: 170.53 grams. Dimensions: 12.8x2.5cm. Content: 833/1000....

Description: Plain silver snuffbox with hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Eagle Head. Weight: 167.28 grams. Dimensions: 8.6x7.6cm. Content: 833/1000. Assay Mark: ...

Description: Silver snuffbox with floral reliefs in the Art Nouveau style, with a paper holder and a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II. Title: Weight: 9...

Description: Smooth silver snuffbox with curved shape and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 101.45 grams. Dimensions: 9.5x7cm. Content: 925/1000....

Description: Snuff box in guilloche silver with monogram plaque on the soap-shaped pressure cap. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Cabeça brand. Weight: 64.72 grams. Dimensions: 7cmx7cm...

Description: Snuffbox in guilloche silver on the lid and interior with support for rolling papers. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 80.68 grams. Dim...