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Cigar Boxes and Humidors For Sale
Matte silver cigarette case with gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Matte silver cigarette case with gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 132.45 grams. Dimensions: 14x8cm. Conte...
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19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$450 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver matchbox book-shaped with plant engravings and sliding opening
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver matchbox in the shape of a book with engraved plant motifs surrounding a monogram card and sliding opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: Dutch. Brand: Rotterdam. Weight...
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19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver planter with two suspended containers and cups, smooth body with cutouts
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver matchbox and cigarette case with Art Nouveau reliefs and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 102.31 grams (Set of two p...
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19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver cigarette case with bands on top, cigarette holder inside and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with bands on top, cigarette holder inside and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 101.79 grams. Dimensions: 8.5...
Category
Early 20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver cigar case with wreaths, florals, hunting scene and pearled lid frieze
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigar case with engraved wreaths, flowers on a hunting background, and a pearly frieze around the lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 68.4...
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20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$1,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Guilloche silver case with top bands and edge friezes, hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver cigarette case with bands at the top, friezes on the surroundings and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: German. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 137.43 grams. D...
Category
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Guilloche silver cigarette case with gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver cigarette case with asymmetrical designs and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Eagle Head. Weight: 161.95 grams. Dimensions: 11.9...
Category
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
Guilloche silver case with beveled corners, top bands, gold interior, hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver cigarette case with beveled corners, golden interior bands at the top and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 91.72 gra...
Category
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver case with enamelled lid/back and engraved scrolls
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case, enameled on the lid and back with engraved scrolls and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Cabeça de Mercury. Weight: 98.94 grams. D...
Category
19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$750 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver cigarette case with bands along the length, gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with bands along the length, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Belgian. Brand: Absent. Weight: 96.28 grams. Dimensions: 8.7x0.8c...
Category
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
Art Nouveau silver case embossed with young man and floral motifs
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case in Art Nouveau style with relief depicting a young man and floral motifs. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 78.14 ...
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19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$325 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver case with young lady on lid in Art Nouveau style, gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with a young lady on the lid, Art Nouveau style, and a gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II. Title: Weight: 58.52 gra...
Category
19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
Guilloche silver cigarette case with bands at the top, hinged lid and gold clasp
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver cigarette case with bands at the top, hinged lid and gold clasp. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 198.65 grams. Dimensions: 13cmx8...
Category
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$1,000 Sale Price
50% Off
Cigarette case in silver relief with mosaics
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case in relief with alternating guilloche mosaics with a gold interior and a spring-loaded hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Sterlin g...
Category
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$875 Sale Price
50% Off
Enameled silver cigarette case with flowers and wavy designs, hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Enameled silver cigarette case with flowers and wavy designs, hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Unknown. Weight: 124.63 grams. Dimensions: 8x7.5cm. Con...
Category
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$1,250 Sale Price
50% Off
Box with green enamel on fine hand engraving of a landscape with ruins Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box with concave corners in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on fine hand engraving of a landscape with ruins. Contemporary modern...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
Heintz Arts
Crafts Sterling Silver on Bronze Round Cigarette Box or Container
Located in South Bend, IN
A beautiful Arts & Crafts period sterling silver on bronze round container or cigarette box with lid
By Heintz Art Metal Shop
USA, 1917
Sterling silver inlay on patinated bronze. ...
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1910s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Bronze
Cigar Box Cylindrical for table blue enamel on guilloche Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Cylindrical table cigar box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, with hinged lid. Modern contemporary style. Diameter cm. 5 height cm....
Category
1990s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Edwardian Scottish Sterling Silver and Oak Humidor
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A magnificent, fine and impressive antique Edwardian Scottish sterling silver and oak humidor/cigar box; an addition to the ornamental smoking accessories collection.
This exception...
Category
Early 1900s Scottish Edwardian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
Benedict Studios Arts
Crafts Hammered Copper Humidor, Circa 1910
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Arts & Crafts period hammered copper humidor with silver emblems of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine and merriment.
By Benedict Studios...
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Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Copper
Pair, Italian Tooled Leather
Pietra Dura "Cigar" Motif Tobacco Boxes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Italian, early to mid 20th century.
A pair of leather boxes, each having tooled gilt leather to the border of a finely inlaid Pietra Dura top. The tops set with various semi-preciou...
Category
20th Century Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Marble
American Carved Mahogany Smoking / Humidor Cabinet w/ Copper Lining
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Copper Lined Humidor, Walnut, Resin Carved Panel, Brass Pull
Style: American Victorian
This American Victorian smoking cabinet from ...
Category
1920s American Victorian Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass, Copper
20th Century Austrian Solid Silver
Enamel Erotic Cigarette Case, c.1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th century Austrian solid silver & hand painted enamel cigarette case. Stunning quality, richly parcel gilt, the cover enamelled with a young nude girl in her bed, surrounded by draped silk sheets...
Category
20th Century Austrian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Enamel
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
Ronson USA 1935 Art Deco Brown Lacquered Desk Box With Touch Tip Striker
Located in Miami, FL
Desk double box with lighter designed by Ronson.
A and very beautiful desk box, created in New Jersey United States by The Ronson Lighter Co. during the art deco period, back in the...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Steel
Table Box pure gold paillons and fired enamel miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fire enamels, with pure gold “paillons” on the upper circle, fine fire enamelled miniature hand painted by the painter Br...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Rare collection 5 Antique Ceramic Tobacco Jars Humidors Figural, Bernard Bloch
Located in Gorssel, GE
Rare collection of 5 antique ceramic tobacco jars/humidors.
1. Hand-painted cermic tobacco jar, marked underside illegible and numbered 8100, man with cap with inscription 'Polin' ...
Category
1890s Austrian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Ceramic
$1,740 Sale Price / item
25% Off
Table box oval 925 Silver Enamel handpainted miniature and paillons Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Oval table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamels, with pure gold “paillons” on the upper circle, fine fired enamel miniature with an image of a “landscape wi...
Category
1960s Italian Napoleon III Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Belgian Black Marble, Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Table Box for Cigarettes in Sterling Silver Sterling Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table box for cigarettes in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with hand-engraved design in Baroque style with two-tone fired enamels. Measure cm. 6.5 x 10.2 x 2. Weigh...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gold Plate
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
Matte silver cigarette case, gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Matte silver cigarette case, gold interior and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Porto Eagle Head. Weight: 146.31 grams. Dimensions: 9.7x0.8cm. Conte...
Category
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$575 Sale Price
50% Off
Art Deco Style 1960s Sterling Silver Cigarette Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive vintage Elizabeth II English sterling silver cigarette box in the Art Deco style; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This exceptional vintage Elizabeth II sterling silver cigarette box has a plain rectangular form onto four bracket style feet.
The surface of this impressive silver box is embellished with impressive engine turned decoration.
The box is fitted with two hallmarked hinged covers each embellished with further panels of engine turned decoration in addition to an applied leaf border which continues across a central plateau.
The interior of each solid silver cover features a paralleling band of engine turned decoration in addition to the part hallmarks; decoration to the posterior surface of a cover is an indication of the fine quality of a piece.
The central plateau is surmounted with an impressive shaped handle, in the Art Deco style.
The body of this exceptional box features the original cedar wood lining.
This antique Art Deco cigarette box has a weighted base and retains the original leatherette covering to the underside.
The box is supported by four impressive cast silver, Art Deco style stepped bracket feet.
By virtue of its size this versatile vintage cigarette box could be used for a multitude of functions.
Note: The majority of such boxes have a wood lining to the cover; it is a sign of quality when boxes have an unlined, solid silver covers.
Condition
This vintage silver cigarette box...
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1960s British Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, 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...
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Late 19th Century European Dutch Colonial Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver Leaf
Antique Cigar Box by William Summers, Solid Silver, London, 1876
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique 19th Century English solid silver cigar box of rectangular form, with smooth sides and a heavy gauge. The hinged lid features a mounted curved handle on one side.
Hallmarked...
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19th Century British Other Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
Box engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enameled engraving on the lid and hand-painted floral miniature in 18th century French Empire style. Dimension...
Category
1970s Italian Empire Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Box Black and White Art Deco style designed for Cartier USA Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Box Black and White enamel is Inspired by drawings by Louis Cartier from the early 1920s in Art Deco style and recreated for Cartier USA in 1976.
It is in 925/1000 sterling.
Box Blac...
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1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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
Russian silver cigarette case with nickel 20th Century
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Russian silver cigarette case with nickel 20th Century
Beautiful top quality Russian silver cigarette case, with a nickel engraved design that represents a large establishment with c...
Category
20th Century Russian Belle Époque Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Sterling Silver
1960s Brazilian Rosewood Humidor by Jean Gillon for Wood Art
By Jean Gillon
Located in Victoria, BC
We're thrilled to introduce the latest addition to our revered vintage Brazilian smalls collection: an iconic piece from the legendary designer Jean Gillon's Wood Art collection. Beh...
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Rosewood
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
Antique Georgian English Sterling Silver Purse Vinaigrette
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver vinaigrette in the form of a purse, an addition to our silver boxes collection
This antique Georgian silver vinaigrette...
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1810s English George III Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century English Oak Octagonal Humidor with Silver Mounts
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century English Oak Octagonal Humidor With Silver Mounts. Complex octagonal form with moldings and silvered brass fittings. The base supported by small bun feet, two ring h...
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver Plate
Luxury Cuban Cognac or Green Suitcase
Located in Paris, FR
Suitcase luxury Cuban cognac 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
$35,099 / item
Antique Japanese wooden box , Japandi, Wabi-sabi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
A tasteful Showa-era retro cigarette case with the beautiful grain of the keyaki wood. The texture that has been used over time enhances its warm charm.
Originally made as a cigaret...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood
Humidor in Black Polished Ebony Avana Nera
By Agresti
Located in New York, NY
Humidor for 100 cigars in ebony polished. Cedar lining. Two humidification units and hygrometer. Removable tray.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Cedar, Ebony
$3,120 / item
George Unite Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Card Case
By George Unite
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver card case; an addition to our range of collectable silverware.
This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver card case has a rectangular shaped form.
The surface of this antique card case...
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1840s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
1900
s French Cigar Box Modeled as a Chalet
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
It is a cigar box in the shape of a small house or chalet, made mainly of dark oak, decorated with elements of gilded brass. The attention to detail and the finesse of the ornamentat...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Humidor by Glynn Lockett with Malachite Map of Russia
By Glyn Lockett
Located in Bagshot, GB
An ebony humidor lined with Spanish Cedar, inlaid with malachite banding on the sides and a map of Russia on the top with Diamonds showing the location of Moscow and St Petersburg and a gilt bronze Russian Brown Bear mounted...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Malachite, Brass
Art Deco Marquetry Cigar Box, Decorative Wooden Jewelry Box, France 1930s
Located in ROUEN, Normandie
Art Deco Marquetry Cigar Box, Decorative Wooden Jewelry Box, France 1940s
Elegant wooden cigar box with marquetry inlays of various wood species veneers.
Beautifully crafted, it ca...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Wood, Fruitwood, Nutwood, Walnut
Silver-Plated Cigarette or Cigar box Humidot With Cedar Filling circa 1900s
Located in Lucenec, SK
Silver-plated cigarette or cigar box with cedar filling, decorated with fine relief. It stands on four spherical legs and probably dates back to the end of the 19th or the first half...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver, Silver Plate, Brass
$361 Sale Price
20% Off
Freestanding Yellow / Black Spanish Cedar Cigar Humidor, Handmade in Italy
By DeART
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Freestanding cigar humidor, designed by Massimo de Munari...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Glass, Cedar
1980s Modern Silver Plated and Brass Luxury Box by Gucci
By Gucci
Located in Aci Castello, IT
This is a stunning example of 1980s luxury and modern design, a Gucci Florence rectangular box. Crafted with a polished silver-plated exterior, the box is instantly recognizable by t...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
Late 19th Century French Gothic style Walnut Cigar cabinet
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Elegant 19th-century French cigar cabinet in the Gothic style. This beautifully crafted piece features a tambour roll-top door that opens to reveal compartments for cigars and two sm...
Category
1880s French Gothic Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Brass
Silver cigarette case with bows, embossed garlands and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver cigarette case with bows, embossed garlands and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: French. Brand: Boar's Head. Weight: 42.98 grams. Dimensions: 8cmx1.2cm. Content...
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19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
Tortoiseshell matchbox with gold applications and button to open
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Tortoiseshell matchbox with gold applications and button to open. Metal: Gold. Origin: European. Mark: Absent. Weight: 13.91 grams. Dimensions: 5.5cm x 3.5cm. Content: 5...
Category
20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
Guilloche silver matchbox with bands and monogram, George V period
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver matchbox with bands at the top surrounding a monogram card, George V period. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Chester. Weight: 54.76 grams. Dimens...
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20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Silver matchbox with floral engravings, monogram and hanging ring
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver matchbox with engraved floral motifs surrounding a monogram card and suspension ring. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Birmingham. Weight: 45.06 grams. Dime...
Category
Early 20th Century European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Jean-Claude Farhi “Black Box” in Plexiglass, Signed, France, 1999
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Jean-Claude Farhi
Black box. Plexiglass. Signed by the artist.
France 1999
20 x 56,5 x 36 cm
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Plexiglass
Smooth silver case, soap-shaped, with hinged lid and gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Smooth silver cigarette case in the shape of a soap with a hinged lid and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: Javali II. Title. Weight: 72.4 grams. ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
Smooth silver case, soap-shaped, with gold interior and hinged lid
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Smooth silver cigarette case in the shape of a soap with a gold interior and a hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 88.11 grams...
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19th Century European Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
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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