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Cigar Boxes and Humidors For Sale
Cigarette case black in the shape of a packet. Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Cigarette case in the shape of a packet of long cigarettes in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel in Art Deco style, early 1900s. With lost hinge, i.e. semi-invisible. ...
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique German Silver
Enamel Cigarette Case c 1900 Erotic Nude Sea Ocean
Located in London, GB
A gorgeous Antique solid Silver Cigarette Case with an Enamel Image on the front cover. This Image shows a nude woman with long brown hair surrounded by a cresting wave in the ocean....
Category
Early 20th Century German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Enamel
Caja de tabaco rusa de plata y níquel, siglo XIX
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Russian Silver and Nickel Tobacco Box, 19th Century
Beautiful first-class Russian silver cigar holder, with a nickel-engraved design that represents a landscape with historical build...
Category
20th Century Russian Belle Époque Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Striking Antique Dutch Colonial Silver-Mounted on Top Hardwood Box, circa 1880
Located in Lisse, NL
If you are looking for a truly beautiful box for yourself or maybe as a gift for that special someone in your life then this rare and all handcrafted gem could be perfect.
An excep...
Category
Late 19th Century European Dutch Colonial Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver Leaf
ANTIQUE CIRCA 1900 FRENCH CIGAR BOX MODELLED AS A PAGODA TOP CHiNESE SHOP
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this rather lovely antique original circa 1880-1900 French made Pagoda top Chinese shop cigar box
A very go...
Category
Early 1900s French Late Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Hardwood
Old Wooden Cigar Box, Empire Style, Probably Swedish
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely empire style wooden box probably produced in Sweden. The box is 14 x 14 cm (5.6" x 5,6") in diameter and 23.5 cm (9.4") high. It is in excellent condition except from that t...
Category
19th Century Swedish Empire Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Glass, Wood
Continental Humidor
Located in Tampa, FL
A wonderful, continental small humidor out of specimen marble. It has the original key. Humidor is trimmed with silver inside and lined in glass and rosewood. The interior is three i...
Category
Early 1800s European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Marble, Silver
$1,950
Table Cigarette Box like lapis lazuli stone enamel on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular with rounded corners table box for cigarettes in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamels on a radial guilloché an...
Category
1970s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Carribean-inspired Orange Humidor (Special Club Edition) in wood by Morici
By Morici
Located in Milan, IT
Crafted from varnished wood with an extra glossy finish and a captivating printed glass panel, this Caribbean-inspired humidor maintains optimal humidity with its cedar wood lining. ...
Category
2010s Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
19th Century Russian silver and nickel plated tobacco box "sultan on horseback"
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
19th Century Russian silver and nickel plated tobacco box "sultan on horseback"
Measures:
Height: 1.5 centimeters
Length: 10.5 centimeters
Depth: 7 centimeters
Category
19th Century Russian Belle Époque Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Box enamel miniature and fine hand engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Baroque style shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand engraving interspersed with spaces with translucent enamels fired on guilloché and beautiful ena...
Category
1960s Italian Baroque Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Rare Mid-Century Modern Teak Cork
Brass Box by Carl Auböck Austria 1950s
Located in Munich, DE
Extremely rare and elegant Mid-Century Modern cigar or cigarette box by Carl Auböck, Vienna, Austria, 1950s.
Executed in teak wood, cork and polished brass.
Dimensions:
W 5.12 in....
Category
1950s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
American Bronze and Enameled Box/Humidor by E.F. Caldwell, New York, 1900s
Located in New York, NY
An American Gothic Revival bronze and enamelled box/humidor.
By Edward F. Caldwell & Co. Inc., New York, first quarter of 1900s.
The rectangul...
Category
1910s American Gothic Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Scandinavian Midcentury Teak Cigar Box, 1960s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A wellmade solid teak box with one large compartment lined with cork. Made anonymously in Denmark during the 1960s in a style reminiscent of Alfred Klitgaard, Kay Bojesen and Finn Ju...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Teak, Cork
Cigar Cabinet in Matte Canaletto Walnut
Located in New York, NY
Desktop cigar humidor in Matte Canaletto Walnut. Opening with keyless card with RFID technology. Inside 3 removable trays and an integrated drawer in premium quality cedar.
Humidifi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
$23,040 / item
Chinese Export Silver Cigar Box by Hung Chong
Co.
Located in Savannah, GA
Sterling silver cigar box marked Hung Chong (or Cheong) & Co., silversmiths & retailers, Canton, China, circa 1860-1930. Classic intertwined ...
Category
1920s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
Cigarette Case Fired Enamel on a Fine Hand-Engraved Mountain Landscape Sterling
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table cigarette case with rounded corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on a fine hand-engrave...
Category
1970s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
A Liberty Tudric Patinated Pewter Cigar or Cigarette Box, c1910
By Liberty
Co., Tudric
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Liberty Tudric Patinated Pewter Cigar or Cigarette Box, c1910
Additional information:
Date : c.1910 stamped 0125 beneath
Period : Edward VII - George V
Origin : London England
Dec...
Category
20th Century English Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Pewter
CIRCA 1950
S BIRDIE CIGARETTE DiSPENSER CARVED WOOD BOX
Located in Pulborough, GB
Antiques of London
A delightful circa 1950s carved wooden “Birdie” cigarette dispenser, a playful mid-century novelty piece designed to charm and amuse. When the lid is lifted, or...
Category
20th Century British Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Hardwood
Antique 20th Century German Solid Silver
Enamel Cigarette Box c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century Germany solid silver, enamelled in the style of nephrite and lapis lazuli small cigar box. Ideal for storing cigars or accessories. The rich green of the immitat...
Category
20th Century German Other Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Tortoise Cigarette and Match Box with Sterling Mounts. Priced per box.
Located in Buchanan, MI
Tortoise cigarette and match box with sterling mounts. Priced per box. We also have numerous other tortoise boxes and accessories. Feel free to call or email with questions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Cigar Box
Located in Milan, IT
This elegant cigar box in ebony Macassar wood, with its distinctive dark brown stripes, is decorated with horn accents around its perimeter. The lid is linke...
Category
2010s Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Ebony, Animal Skin, Wood
$17,140 / item
Mid-Century Accordion Cigarette Box, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Mid-Century Accordion Cigarette Box, France, 1950s — Noble Woods
Bakelite
Discover this exquisite mid-century accordion cigarette box from France, dating back to the 1950s. Cr...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Bakelite, Wood
$2,200 / set
Tramp Art Box from Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Trump Art style wood box ,hand crfted .
Category
1910s Italian Arts and Crafts Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
19th Century Novelty Smokers Companion Carriage
Located in London, by appointment only
A late Victorian oak smoker’s companion in the form of a horse drawn delivery van, 1897, a hinged lid encloses two compartments, with a pipe rack and...
Category
19th Century English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Oak
"Avana Carbon" Shiny Carbon Fiber Humidor
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Humidor for 100 cigars covered in real polished carbon fiber hand-laid. Inside premium cedar. Two humidification units and hygrometer German made. Removable tray with engraved textur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
$3,600 / item
Britain
s Best Briar - BBB, Danish Pipe Mid-Century Ceramic Humidor Tobacco Jar
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Marvellous mid-century modern, pipe themed ceramic hand-painted humidor tobacco jar by BBB
Made by BBB in Denmark for Britain's Best Briars company
Stamped BBB, Made In Denmark on ba...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Ceramic
Silver smoking set
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Pearlized silver smoking set with carrying handle. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Sheffield. Weight: 257.07 grams. Dimensions: 11cmx8cm. Content: 925/1000. Assay...
Category
Early 20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$1,250 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Silver set comprising a saucer, tray, lighter and embossed tobacco box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver set comprising a saucer, tray, lighter and tobacco box with reliefs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Cabeça de escravo. Weight: 1348.99 grams. Dimension...
Category
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
Sailor Scottish Terrier Drinking Beer Cigarette Box, 1950s
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
Midcentury sailor Scottish terrier drinking beer cigarette box, France, 1950s. Wood, metal and synthetic. Glass eyes. Measures: Height 8.2" (20.8cm), width 9" (22.9cm), depth 5.3" (1...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Carltonware Luster Moonlight Frolicking Pixie Table Box, for Dunhill
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Art Deco carltonware luster moonlight frolicking pixie table box, for Dunhill.
England, circa 1930s.
An extraordinary example, The rectangular covered box with a canary yellow background with a rare ( Have not found another example of this pattern) vignette depicting figures blowing bubbles in a lush moonlight landscape.
Design influences of Wedgwood's Fairyland luster...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Porcelain
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Ebonized
Inlaid Humidor With Sevres Floral Porcelain Plaque c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Ebonized & Inlaid Humidor With Sevres Floral Porcelain Plaque Decoration C1890.
Measures - 8 3/4" x 9 3/4" x 7 7/8"
This exquisite antique humidor, dating to circa 1890, fea...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Box shaped “flowers” playing card suit black fired Art Deco style Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box shaped like a “flowers” playing card suit in 925/1000 sterling silver with black fired enamel in Art Deco style, early 1900s. With lost hinge, i.e. semi-invisible. Dimensions cm....
Category
1950s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bike Themed Smoking Set, 1920
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
French Art Deco Bicycle-Themed Smoking Set, France, 1920s. This whimsical French Art Deco smoking set from the 1930s features a charming bicycle theme...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Pewter
Copper Wood Lined "Arabic" Lidded Box / Humidor
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice copper wood lined "Arabic" lidded box / humidor circa 1950s. The box is in good vintage condition and has what I beleive is inlaid Arabic writing on the top. #3813
Dim...
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Copper
Gorham Sterling Silver
Cut Glass Yacht Humidor, July 4th, 1906 – “Issaquena”
By Gorham
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
American Brilliant Period Cut Glass and Gorham Sterling Silver Yacht Humidor, Dated July 4th, 1906 – “Issaquena”
A rare and evocative example of American decorative arts, this super...
Category
Early 20th Century American Belle Époque Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table box Four-leaf clover fired enamel on a radial guilloché Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Four-leaf clover shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on a radial guilloché. Modern contemporary style. Dimensions cm. 17 x 17 x 3.5...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Handsome Victorian Sterling Silver Cigar Box, London 1899
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1899 by Henry Stuart Brown this handsome Victorian antique sterling silver cigar box is of a plain, rectangular form with a ...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Table Box Enamel Miniature Moscow Kremlin and Red Square Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-engravings fire enameled hand-painted like lapis lazuli stone and beautiful hand-painted enameled ...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Cigar Cabinet in Shiny Ebony
Located in New York, NY
Desktop cigar humidor in shiny ebony. Opening with keyless card with RFID technology. Inside 3 removable trays and an integrated drawer in premium quality cedar.
Humidification unit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
$24,000 / item
Cigarette or Cigar Box, Art Krupp Berndorf, Circa 1900
Located in Praha, CZ
Elegant box made of silver-plated alpaca, marked "ART KRUPP BERNDORF" - this mark was used for high-quality silver-plated alpaca items by the Berndorfer Metallwaarenfabrik Arthur Kr...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
Cuba Humidor
By Maccarrone
Located in Milan, IT
This iconic humidor is part of Maccarone's Marquetry collection and can hold up to 150 cigars. The design of this humidor and its vibrant colors are a celebra...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Polyester, Wood
$10,545 / item
Luxury Cuban Black or Red Suitcase
Located in Paris, FR
Suitcase luxury Cuban black covered with black grained
cowhide leather. With lozines in smooth leather, jewelry parts in
solid brass, with hand polished nickel plated. With handles in solid
nickel-plated brass. Padding and lining in black slate dinamica microfiber.
With a solid Spanish cedar wood humidor for 50 to 75 cigars.
With 1 cutting tray with accessories Dupont cigar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Nickel
$35,316 / item
Roma Brown Rosewood Cigar Case
By Morici
Located in Milan, IT
An elegant and refined collector's piece, this cigar case will add an accent of sophisticated flair to any modern or traditional interior. The perfect gift for a cigar lover, it flaunts a classic silhouette handcrafted of cedarwood, venereed in lacquered rosewood. Enriched with a small metal key, it is equipped with a hygrometer and Boveda holder. The piece can come with a wooden case upholstered with eco-leather, please ask the Concierge for details. This box is supplied with an handmade wooden suitcase...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Metal
$2,300 / item
Small Cigar / Cheroot Case in Crocodile
Silver - 1881
Located in Bath, GB
A stunning and tactile cigar or cheroot case; the perfect size for business cards.
Beautiful quality and condition with all the stitching intact, the sil...
Category
1880s British Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
A rare Aesthetic Movement ebonized polychrome painted humidor with floral decor
Located in London, GB
A rare Aesthetic Movement ebonized polychrome painted Humidor with a shaped display plinth to the top, surrounded with a turned gallery, and an upper compartmented drawer hand painte...
Category
1870s English Aesthetic Movement Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Walnut
19th Century Hand-Carved Mahogany Chinese Export Humidor
Located in Lomita, CA
A "remarkable" hand carved mahogany humidor box according to the appraiser has detailed carving of junk boats and temples, and recalls Victoria Harbor ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Mahogany
$1,499 Sale Price
25% Off
Wood Box for Desk or Cigars, France, 1950
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This box has been done in France in the 1960's. It is in the style of Alexandre Noll. The condition is good. You can use it as, a cigar box or pen box.
Category
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
$430 Sale Price
20% Off
Cigar Box in Padded Leather Electrocromic Glass
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Cigar box covered with padded leather, hand stitched texture. Solid cedar interior. Removable tray engraved with rhomboid texture, humidifier and hygrometer. Opening with keyless car...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Leather, Wood
$21,600 / item
Exquisite Austrian Cigarette and Cigar Box in the Style of Carl Aubock
Located in Vienna, AT
Hand-crafted Ostrich-leather box for cigarettes and, by removing the inner wood wall, cigars.
The leather on the top and the front is beautifully ribbed. The sides and the handle to...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Agresti Bella Vita Humidor Armoire in Polished Ebony
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Ebony polished mahjong with ruthenium brass parts.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Leather, Ebony
$39,600 / item
Blue Ocean 40 cigars Humidor
By Maccarrone
Located in Milan, IT
From the Yacht collection, Blue Ocean is the smallest humidor of Maccarrone's collections. Metal accessories are in chromed brass and high gloss mahog...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Polyester, Wood
$2,500 / item
Cartier Diamond Platinum and Bakelite Cheroot Holder
By Cartier
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique 1930s 0.20 carat diamond, platinum and Bakelite cheroot holder made by Cartier; an addition to our smoking related collection.
This exceptional antique cheroot holder has a plain tapering cylindrical form.
The body of this antique Cartier cheroot holder is embellished with a platinum band pavé set with thirty-four Dutch cut diamonds.
The Bakelite body can be separated into two components, screw fit together.
The holder terminates with a bulbous ovoid shaped mouthpiece.
This exceptional holder is fitted to the original hinged leatherette presentation box with a velvet lined interior, securing with a push fit catch.
The interior of the antique box bears the retailer's mark 'Cartier, Paris 13 Ruede La Paix, London 175 New Bond St, New York 653 5th Avenue'.
This impressive piece has been independently tested using state of the art technology (Niton XL2 Analyzer) and verified as platinum.
Condition
This impressive 1930s antique Cartier cheroot holder is exceptional quality, set with high color graded diamonds displaying a fine white color and brilliance. The holder is a very good gauge of platinum and is in excellent condition.
Dimensions
Length 8.6 cm / 3.39"
Diameter of terminal 1...
Category
1930s French Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Platinum
Late 19th Century Humidor
Located in Huntington, NY
American circa 1890 humidor.
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
$2,016 Sale Price
20% Off
A Cedar Lined Desk Humidor by Magrit Tevan
Located in Conwy, GB
A cedar lined desk humidor by Magrit Tevan.
Silvered copper and brass, raised on block feet.
Wonderfully patinated throughout, fabulous desk piece.
Category
Early 20th Century Hungarian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass, Copper
Smoking box, in wood and chrome, France, Style: Art Deco, 1930
Located in Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, C
We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982.If you have any questions we are at your disposal.
Pushing the button that reads 'View All F...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Chrome
Gio Ponti
Pietro Chiesa, Unique Cigars Box, Fontana Arte, Italy, 1930
Located in Firenze, IT
Unique piece. “Grissinato” turned wood box with decorated blue crystal, blue corrugated crystal lid, hand-decorated. “Pipe smoking man” decoration.
Designed by masters Gio Ponti &...
Category
1930s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Crystal, Brass
$5,503 Sale Price
48% Off
Sibilla Humidor in Glossy Ebony and Corno Italiano, Mod. 2458
Located in Recanati, Macerata
Tailored for discerning smoking enthusiasts, the Sibilla cigar humidor blends exquisite materials with sophisticated design. Crafted with the utmost care, the humidor features an ext...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
Roma Rosewood Cigar Case
By Morici
Located in Milan, IT
Showcasing magnificently shaded and luminous brown hues, this cigar case is superbly handcrafted of cedar veneered with rosewood. Holding up to 300 cigars, it is enriched with an exquisite metal key and is equipped with a hygrometer and a Boveda holder. This classic and sophisticated design is available with a wooden case upholstered with eco-leather, please ask the Concierge for details. This box is supplied with an handmade wooden suitcase...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Metal
$2,300 / item
Antique 20thC Chinese Solid Silver Dragon Cigar Box, Shanghai, Zeewo c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 20th Century Chinese solid silver cigar box featuring a smooth, slightly textured hand hammered surface on all sides and a striking high-relief dragon on the lid and sides. O...
Category
20th Century Chinese Other Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Cigars were not always packaged in what we now know as the antique cigar boxes and humidors that have over time become eye-catching decorative objects as well as collector’s items.
Outside the United States, cigar boxes are said to have originated in the 1840s when a German businessman, Hermann Dietrich Upmann of H. Upmann Cigars, bought a cigar factory and opened a bank in Havana, Cuba. Upmann reportedly handed out cedar cigar boxes branded with advertising for the bank as gifts to his banking clients. In the early 1860s, after years of cigars being shipped in big crates or barrels, cigar boxes became a requirement when the United States passed a law that mandated the use of boxes for tobacco producers, which was part of a broader effort to regulate the tobacco industry and generate revenue for the war effort. Humidors, which are moisture-controlled storage boxes that allow a cigar enthusiast to store, organize and preserve a larger collection of cigars, were very popular accessories during the early 1900s onward.
As the use of cigar boxes and humidors became widespread, all kinds of options materialized over the years, with particularly vibrant editions of these decorative objects emerging during the Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and other eras. Visionary designers like Isamu Noguchi popularized the idea of tobacco accessories as art with projects such as his decorative ashtrays.
Today, not unlike antique and vintage ashtrays, cigar boxes are more than practical objects. In fact, there are many uses for an old cigar box even after the cigars are gone. They can be used as planters, tissue boxes or can support your long-delayed effort to organize your sewing and craft supplies. During the Great Depression, an emptied cigar box — perhaps a walnut Art Deco-style cigar box with inlays in bronze and hand-carved decorative geometric patterns adorning its exterior — was occasionally repurposed as a jewelry box.
Antique and vintage cigar boxes — made of wood, metal or other materials — are valuable treasures in some corners of the collecting world, and in your home, they’re exquisite desk ornaments and colorful flourishes to add to your bookcase or mantel. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage cigar boxes and other decorative boxes today.
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