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Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes For Sale
Scottish Horn Snuff Mull
Located in Essex, MA
Unusually large, inlaid with crystal, amber and silver. Engraved with thistles, inside cover carved 1741, Wilm. Ruthven, WH. Provenance; Fountain Walker collection.
Category
1740s Scottish George II Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Other
$3,800
Snuff box Enamel Double opening Sterling Silver flower bouquet Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box with two slightly domed sides in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamel on guillochè and hand-painted miniature of flower bouquet, late 1...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Early 20th Century Antique Asian Jeweled Gilt-Brass Trinket Box
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Asian gilt brass jewel box with carnelian and turquoise gemstones. Removable lid has carved Asian soapstone medallion on top. Age wear.
Category
Early 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Silver snuffbox and matchbox
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox and matchbox with twisted lighter and rolling system, engraved floral elements and monogram card. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Tit...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$625 Sale Price
50% Off
Art Nouveau silver snuffbox with floral reliefs
paper holder
Located in Porto, PT
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...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$375 Sale Price
50% Off
17th Century German Silver Gilt Tobacco Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique German silver gilt tobacco box; an addition to our 17th century silverware collection.
This exceptional antique 17th century German silver...
Category
1690s German Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuffbox Miniature Pastoral Image Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling Silver gold plated with hand-painted miniature pastoral image fired enamelled. 18th century French style. Diameter cm. 8 cm high. 1.8. Weight gr. 171. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1968 on inspiration from previous boxes also manufactured in the Salimbeni company headquarters with manual workmanship by talented artisan artists with a thick plate suitable for supporting numerous glazing firings at high heat at around 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...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Silver snuffbox with ivory-topped lid, friezes
gold interior
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox with raised friezes on the edge, lid covered with an ivory plate engraved with African flavor and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: ...
Category
20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,000 Sale Price
50% Off
French Carved Snuff Box, Mid-19th Century
Located in Spencertown, NY
The elaborately carved snuff box with a scene of two mermaids on the cover and deeply carved shell on the reverse.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Rococo Revival Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Boxwood
Silver snuffbox with dog relief
interior paper holder
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Silver snuffbox with relief dog figure and interior with support for rolling papers and hinged lid. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: boar II Title. Weight: 124....
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Smooth silver snuffbox with reliefs on the lid for opening
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Smooth silver snuffbox with reliefs on the lid for opening. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: Chester. Weight: 174.59 grams. Dimensions: 10.9x6.8cm. Content: 925/10...
Category
18th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$750 Sale Price
50% Off
Curved ribbed silver-gilt pocket snuff box - 19th century
Located in Linkebeek, BE
Curved ribbed silver-gilt pocket snuff box - 19th century
George III - John Turner Sterling - Early 19th century
Dimensions: 9 x 5 cm (3.5 x 2 in) H: 2 cm (0.8 in)
Material: Silver
R...
Category
19th Century George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Vermeil
Vintage 20th Century English Solid Silver Cigar Box Retailed By Finnigans c.1947
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Vintage 20th Century English solid silver cigar box. Elegantly crafted, this box features a reeded decoration throughout in adjacent placement. On the underneath of the box, there is...
Category
20th Century British Other Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Chinese lacquer Tobacco box with 24 carat pure gold decorations 1940s
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Chinese lacquer tobacco box with 24 carat pure gold decorations
Category
1940s Chinese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate
$749 Sale Price
30% Off
Russian Silver Niello Tobacco Box, Moscow, circa 1820-1830
By Gustav Klingert
Located in Sarasota, FL
Russian silver niello tobacco box with finely etched pastoral scenes and interior gold wash. The box is marked on inside with "84" for Russian si...
Category
Early 19th Century European Empire Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
9k Yellow Gold Vesta Case (1919)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English 9-carat yellow gold vesta case; an addition to our boxes and cases collection.
This exceptiona...
Category
1910s British George V Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED SNUFF BOX Circa 1750, probably Mennecy
Located in Spencertown, NY
A GILT-METAL MOUNTED SNUFF BOX
Circa 1750, probably Saint-Cloud
Modelled as a reclining monk, one hand supporting his bald head, the other holding a rosary and with a crutch at his s...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
A Primitive Snuff Box, Scandinavia 1847
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A Primitive Snuff Box dated 1847 and signed T.O. from Norway, Scandinaiva. Wear due to age and use showing wonderful patina.
Ø: 5 cm H: 9 cm
Category
19th Century Norwegian Romantic Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Japanese Keyaki Elm Tabako-Bon, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This box with many drawers is a Japanese tabako-bon, or 'tobacco tray,' used to store tobacco and smoking accessories. Believed to have evolved from the t...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
French Majolica Box with Cyclamens, Circa 1890
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica box with Cyclamens, Circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
A Fine
Rare Sterling Silver Snuff Box Made For The Great Exhibition of 1851
By Foxall
Co.
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A fine and rare 19th century sterling silver snuff box made specifically for the Great Exhibition of 1851, held at the Crystal Palace in Londo...
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian sterling silver book form snuff box made in London in 1897
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1897 by Harris Adelstein, this handsome, Victorian, Antique Sterling Silver Snuff Box, is designed to look like a book, and has a gilt interior and engraved d...
Category
1890s English Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
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 Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Olive
Petite Oval Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite 19th-century canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. Perfecting line and form, the small box has a balanced, oval form shaped of white brass (...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
Guilloche silver tobacco box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Guilloche silver tobacco box with wood-lined interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: English. Brand: London. Weight: 710.30 grams. Dimensions: 17.9cmx5.2cm. Content: 925/1000. ...
Category
20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Tiffany
Co. 14k Gold Compact on the Chain
By Tiffany
Co.
Located in Sarasota, FL
Tiffany
Co. 14 K gold compact. Marked on the interior. Very lightly used.
Weight 99.3 g or 3.2 t. oz.
Category
Late 18th Century American Edwardian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Silver Cigarette Case of Taj Mahal
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Silver cigarette case of Taj Mahal.
Category
20th Century Indian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
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 Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1775
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Rectangular Patch / Snuff Box Circa 1775, rare purple ground colour, floral motifs around edges, and a central scene of a bird surrounded by fruit, white ...
Category
18th Century English Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$959 Sale Price
30% Off
Fine Vintage Enamel Bilston
Battersea Box Victorian Hot Air Balloon Scene
By Limoges
Located in San Juan Capistrano, CA
Vintage Hand Painted Enamel Trinket box by Crummles & Co. The piece features a Victorian ballooning scene.
Category
1980s British Victorian Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal, Enamel
19th Century Black Forest Carved Humidor
Located in High Point, NC
19th century hand-carved humidor in the form of a dog's head. The dog is very whimsical with a hat, which lifts to reveal a compartment for storage and finished with a cigar and a bo...
Category
19th Century Swiss Black Forest Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Fruitwood
19th Century Box with Brass Plaque
Located in Toronto, CA
Rectangular 19th century box with an oval brass plaque without engraving.
The exterior has been re-polished over time. It has a nice warm patina. The int...
Category
Late 19th Century English Late Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Mahogany
Continental silver snuff box depicting a row of five perched birds circa 1880
Located in Central England, GB
This most pleasing small late 19th century Stirling quality silver snuff box is continental in its manufacture and clearly marked 925 in the base of the interior.
The snuff box is h...
Category
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Chinese Hand Carved Peking Glass Snuff Bottle Reverse Painted Dragon Pearl Gourd
Located in Palm Beach, FL
An exquisite Chinese Hand Carved Peking Glass Snuff Bottle. Hand painted on the reverse with a dragon chasing the pearl design. This beautiful Chinese snuff bottle is hand made of th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass, Cut Glass
Double tobacco box in rosewood with tremolos and silver applications
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Double tobacco box in rosewood with tremolos and silver applications. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Weight: 574.41 grams. Dimensions: 24x11.5cm. Content: 833/1000. ...
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
Tobacco box with trembling rosewood trim and silver applications
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Tobacco box with trembling rosewood friezes and silver applications. Metal: Silver. Origin: Portuguese. Brand: javali II Title. Weight: 444.86 grams. Dimensions: 11.5x6....
Category
19th Century European Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$500 Sale Price
50% Off
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 Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Rectangular silver snuff box
Located in Porto, PT
Description: Rectangular silver snuff box with raised floral motifs and gold interior. Metal: Silver. Origin: European. Brand: Borboleta. Weight: 136.63 grams. Dimensions: 8.5cmx1.9c...
Category
20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
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...
Category
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Silver
Antique Victorian Sterling Silver Mussel Vesta Case
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Victorian English sterling silver Vesta case in the form of a mussel; an addition to our diverse smoking related silverware collection.
This exceptional antique sterling silver Vesta case...
Category
1860s Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
20th Century Copper Snuff Box
Located in Opole, PL
We present you a snuff box in the shape of a barrel with a lid.
The item is made of copper and brass.
This snuff box in good condition. The handle is distorted.
Moreover, there ...
Category
Early 20th Century European Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass, Copper
$285 Sale Price
20% Off
Sterling Silver Snuff or Trinket Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
19th century sterling silver monogrammed snuff or trinket box.
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Silver-Gilt Musical Snuff Box by François Nicole
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional Swiss silver-gilt musical snuff box was crafted by the famed François Nicole. At first glance, the diminutive piece appears to simpl...
Category
19th Century Swiss Neoclassical Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Antique Austro-Hungarian 1824 Silver Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Austro-Hungarian silver box, an addition to the ornamental silverware collection
This exceptional antique silver box...
Category
1820s Austrian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Swiss Enamel And Gold Musical Snuff Box
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional 19th-century gold box appears at first glance be an exquisite snuff box adorned with a charming Swiss enamel vista encircled by a multitude of natural pearls. A quick wind of the key, however, reveals the complex mechanism hidden inside, and the box plays a wistful tune. Once known as carillons à musique...
Category
19th Century Swiss Other Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel
Pressed Wood Snuff Box Depicting the Battle in Paris of 30th March 1814
Located in Bilzen, BE
Combat of March 30, 1814. On the heights of Saint Chaumont where an Artillery post served by students of the École Polytechnique fought fiercely and was saved from death by General S...
Category
1810s French Empire Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Mid-century Raymor Glazed Ceramic Smoking Set Italy, Box, Lighter and Ashtray
By Raymor
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-century Raymor Glazed Ceramic Smoking Set Italy, Box, Lighter and Ashtray
Offered for sale is an Italian mid-century modern Raymor smoking set including a covered cigarette box,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$475 Sale Price / set
31% Off
Set of two Sterling Silver Cigarette Cases 19th and 20 Century, Mario Buccellat
Located in North Miami, FL
A set of two Italian Sterling silver cigarette cases from the 19th and 20th century. They have hand-stamped details and are engraved with flowers and scrolling acanthus. One of them ...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
$3,600 Sale Price / set
20% Off
18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box
Located in Basildon, GB
An 18th Century South Staffordshire Snuff Box, painted with figures and a boat by a classical colonnade . 3.25" wide x 2.5" depth x 1.5" high
Category
18th Century English Rococo Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$959 Sale Price
30% Off
19th Century Majolica Palissy Tobacco Jar Thomas Sergent
Located in Austin, TX
Large Majolica Palissy tobacco jar attributed to Thomas Sergent, circa 1880 unsigned.
Naturalistic movement of the end of 19th century.
The jar have the shape of a trunk with a bir...
Category
1880s French Victorian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Majolica, Ceramic, Faience
18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch / Snuff Box - Double Hinged
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Bilston Enamel Patch / Snuff Box - Hinged on both base and lid, the base is decorated with gentlemen walking outside a church, while the lid has an embossed female port...
Category
18th Century English George III Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
$1,439 Sale Price
30% Off
Dunhill Cork and Leather Tobacco Jar
By Dunhill
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handsome cork and leather tobacco jar from London. Beautiful patina to the cork and leather. Jar can be used as a tobacco, weed, or stash jar. Cork is a clas...
Category
1950s English Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Leather, Cork
Black Forest Hand-Carved Wooden Terrier Box
Located in Northport, MI
This is a joyful novelty- a Black Forest hand-carved Terrier box. A beautifully executed piece with exceptional detail, right down to the tail. This terrier’s hind legs are attached ...
Category
1920s German Folk Art Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Ashtray
cigarette holder Dice by Legros Marius for Dunhill Paris 1930s
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
Dunhill opened the Paris location in 1924 to meet the growing demand for luxury goods pertaining to motoring and tobacco. Both the box and cover are marked with the Goddess Minerva in an octagon, the French punch mark for 950 Fine Silver, a grade of silver finer then sterling silver.
Alfred Dunhill Art Deco Dice cigarette holder box, circa 1925-30. The box is identified Alfred Dunhill Paris underneath the lip of the cover and inside the box!
This beautiful and autenthic Dunhill cigarette holder...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Edwardian 1905 German Enameled Cigarette Case Box in Solid .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
Enamelled German cigarette case.
Great historical piece, created in Germany during the turn of the century, back in the 1905. This beautiful cigarette box has been carefully craft...
Category
Early 1900s German Edwardian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique 9k Yellow Gold Vesta Case by Adie Brothers Ltd (1922)
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique George V English 9 karat yellow gold vesta case; an addition to our boxes and cases collection.
This exceptional antique George V English...
Category
1920s English George V Vintage Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Antique Austrian Silver Table Snuff Box
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Austrian silver table snuff box; an addition to our ornamental silverware collection.
This excepti...
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Small 19th Century Papier-Mâché Snuff Box – Gilt Lacquer Decoration, c.1830
Located in Worcester, GB
Small 19th Century Papier-Mâché Snuff Box – Gilt Lacquer Decoration, c.1830
A small early 19th-century rectangular snuff box in papier-mâché, with gently domed lid and rounded corne...
Category
Early 19th Century British Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Lacquer
Maranao Brass Betel Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Decorated in relief and cloaked in an antique patina, this curious brass case is an early 20th century betel nut box, attributed to the Maranao people of the island of Mindanao, Phil...
Category
Early 20th Century Philippine Folk Art Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Antique Pictorial enamel and underbelly-cut tortoiseshell singing bird box
Located in London, GB
A fine antique pictorial enamel and underbelly-cut tortoiseshell singing bird box,
Circa 1910,
Going-barrel movement,
Soft streaks of light throughout this fabulous case...
When wound and start/stop slide moved to the right, the bird emerges through the pierced and tooled gilt grille, moving bone beak, wings and body from side-to-side to continuous synchronized birdsong.
With the bird displaying...
Category
1890s Antique Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Antique Snuffboxes for Sale on 1stDibs
Today antique snuffboxes and tobacco boxes — as well as a lot of other vintage tobacco accessories — are collectibles and charming pieces of decor for any display case or to elevate your bookshelves.
Snuff, made of ground tobacco, was especially popular with Europeans in the 1600s. The ornate boxes to keep the powder dry became highly decorative by the 18th century. It was considered a must-have item, particularly for nobility.
The most important feature of a snuffbox was that it was airtight. The box protected the snuff from oxygen. Another crucial component was the flat lid.
Snuffboxes could be small enough to fit into a pocket or a larger container for communal use at the table. They also came in different shapes. Porcelain containers were prevalent and often designed to look like trunks. Others were oval or square. Boxes made with cowrie shells were rare and more expensive.
Snuffboxes were usually crafted from silver, gold, horn or tortoiseshell. Some of the most prestigious snuffboxes were French tabatières made of gold and sometimes glass. They could be adorned with amethysts, sapphires and diamonds and enameled, engraved or chased.
Sheffield, England, was known for its silver snuffboxes in the late 18th century as its silver-plating technologies perfected these containers. By the early 19th century, the silver industry in Birmingham, England, was producing elegant snuffboxes with images of abbeys and castles on the sides and top.
Another type of tobacco box was the snuff mull or mill. It was made out of horn or an entire ram’s head and topped with a metal lid, frequently featuring engravings and decorative hinges. These were fashionable in Scotland during the 19th century. The origin of its name is unclear.
On 1stDibs, find a plentiful range of antique snuffboxes and tobacco boxes to complement any home decor or furniture style. You can browse the collection by style, which includes Victorian, Georgian and Art Deco, or by material to find pieces in silver and gold.
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