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Technique: Hand-Crafted
FRENCH 1920 Art Deco Sterling
18Kt Gold Cigarette Vesta Striker
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco French cigarette & vesta-box compendium striker
This is a very rare compendium luxury pocket box that combine a cigarettes case, a vesta box for matches and a striker li...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Tonnel Paris 1928 Art Deco Box In 14Kt Gold With Red
Black Lacquer And Diamond
By Tonnel Paris
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco enameled box designed by Tonnel Paris.
Magnificent rectangular box, created in Paris France for Tonnel-Paris during the art deco period, back in the 1920's. This beautiful cased box has been crafted in yellow gold of 14 karats and embellished with applications of red and black thick glass enamel. It is fitted with a nine-barrels hinge and a push thumb lock. The lid is decorated on top with an extra art-deco motif made in platinum, which are set up with three European old round diamonds. The craftmanship and the contrast of colors are amazing. The interiors are highly polished showing rich yellow gold and actually, this gorgeous box can be used for presentation cards.
Diamonds: The platinum part is mount, with 3 European round diamonds, .06 carats, white colorless F color, VS-2 clarity.
Weight: 119.95 Grams, (76.89 Dwt).
Measurements: 56 mm by 89 mm by 12 mm (2.2 x 3.52 x 0.47 Inches).
Hallmarks: Stamped with French marks; three times with the maker's mark AC...
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold, Platinum, Enamel
Dutch Delft Tabacco Jar The Claw Blue White Delftware Tin Glazed Pottery
By The Claw
Located in Wommelgem, VAN
Dutch Delft Tabacco Jar The Claw Blue White Delftware Tin Glazed Pottery
Dutch delftware tabacco jar.
Tin glazed blue and white earthenware with brass c...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Georgian Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
$1,522 Sale Price
20% Off
Snuff Box Black enamel Baroque style engraving Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped table snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine fire-enamelled baroque style engraving. Very fine hand engraving on all surfaces. Dimensions cm. 6.2 x 7.8 cm...
Category
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
A Shagreen Tobacco Box, 18th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Shagreen Tobacco Box, 18th Century
Provenance: Private Australian Collection.
Dimensions:
Height: 3cm.
Width: 15.5cm.
Depth: 6cm.
Category
18th Century Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Snuffbox two-tones enamel stripes Guilloche Sterling Silver 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 Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
RUSSIAN 1860 Antique Pietra Dura Dog Gold Oval Pill Box In Solid 14Kt Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
Antique gold box with Pietra-Dura panel.
This is a beautiful antique oval box created in Russia back in the 1860. The box has been crafted in solid yellow gold of 14 karats (56 zolo...
Category
1860s Russian Early Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold
Snuff Box round in Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent fired enamels on guillochè and hand-painted floral miniature, surrounded by a frame with leaves on a blue bac...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Lovely Silver and Horn Snuff or Trinket Boxes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice pair of horn of silver snuff or trinket boxes. One is hallmarked with English Sterling hallmarks the other I believe is silverplate. I cannot quite make out the date code but ...
Category
1910s British Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
$1,200 / set
Snuff Box Perforated Lid, Embossed and Engraved Miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Square snuff box in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with perforated lid, embossed and engraved by hand, with fine round miniature diameter cm. 3.8 hand painted in tempera on veg...
Category
1970s Italian Renaissance Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuff Box races miniature fire-enameled guilloche and engraved drawing Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with black fired enamel inserted in a hand engraved drawing and with fired enamelled miniature, hand painted by the p...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Enamel, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Set of Austrian Tobacco Jar and Cigar box
Located in Vienna, AT
A set of beautiful tobacco boxes made in Austria.
Made i.n the Art Nouveau/Art Deco period.
The measurements are:
Depth: 14.5 cm - Width: 21 cm - Height: 6.5 cm
Depth: 12.5 cm - ...
Category
20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Stone
Set of 3 Victorian Snuff or Trinket Boxes Brass with Agate
Located in Palm Springs, CA
3 beautiful antique Victorian snuff or trinket boxes with gilt metal or brass sides and banded or moss agate tops and bottoms. They have some beautiful coloring. The metal is not m...
Category
19th Century British Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Agate, Brass
Snuffbox with Flowers miniature Art Nouveau style Sterling Silver Salimbeni.
Located in Firenze, FI
Rectangular table snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with translucent enamels fired on guilloche and hand-painted floral miniature; external blue staff. Art Nouveau sty...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuffbox with English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver 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 Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Brown Leather Snuffbox Boot Shape
Located in Munich, DE
This highly unusual and rare snuffbox has been handcrafted out of leather in the last quarter of the 19th century. It has been much loved and used, but the lid still closes tightly.
Category
1890s Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Leather
3 Antique Victorian Snuff or Trinket Boxes with Banded and Moss Agate
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice group of three antique Victorian snuff or trinket boxes with metal sides and banded or moss agate tops and bottoms. I’m not quite sure what the smallest one is made of. It has...
Category
19th Century English Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Agate, Metal
Snuff Box reproducing the painting of a Roman glimpse late 1800s Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuffbox Rectangular for table with rounded corners in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with very fine fire-enamelled miniature hand-painted by the painter Renato Dainelli repro...
Category
1990s Italian Baroque Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Enamel
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 Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
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 Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$475 Sale Price / set
31% Off
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 Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
England 1780 Georgian Battersea Enamel Baroque Decorated Box in Gilded Bronze
Located in Miami, FL
Late 18th century Georgian Battersea enamel box.
A beautiful antique English Battersea Bilston table snuff box, created in the district of Bat...
Category
1780s English George III Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Italian 1920 Renaissance Revival Enameled Octagonal Box in .800 Silver
Located in Miami, FL
An Italian enamelled snuff box.
Colorful box, created in Italy, back in the 1920. It was crafted in an octagonal shape with neoclassical and renaissance Revival motifs in solid .8...
Category
1920s Italian Renaissance Revival Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver, Enamel
Antique Snuff Box, German, 800 Fine Silver, Hand Chased with a Smoking Pub Scene
Located in CHARLESTON, SC
A very fine, very heavy .800 fine German silver Snuff Box with a hand chased or cast .800 fine silver lid (the entire box is hallmarked "800" with other maker's marks that were not i...
Category
Late 19th Century German Rococo Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
French Ceramic Jewelry Box Signed Lucien Brisdoux
Located in Miami, FL
A very nice quality mid-century French ceramic jewelry box or decorative lidded box.
This hand-crafted, hand-painted mid-century French box would look great on a small side table o...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
Cute Black Forest Carved Wood Bear Match Box Holder with Ashtray Brienz
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
Ths antique German or Swiss bear figurine is a really lovely item and a remarkable piece of craftsmanship regarding its fine carving, dating back...
Category
1880s German Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Antique Asian Export Silver Cigarette Case with Battlescene
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A fine entirely handcrafted antique cigarette case with a gilded interior. Its front depicts a battle scene where the warriors, presumably Chine...
Category
19th Century Asian Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuff Box Octagonal English Queen Anne style Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuff box in sterling silver 925/1000 gold plated with borders in the English Queen Anne style and sides with translucent fired enamels on ...
Category
1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Georgian Sterling Silver Military Presentation Snuff or Tobacco Box
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique snuff or tobacco box is hallmarked by an unknown maker, and originates from England and dates to 1820 and done in the period Georgian style....
Category
Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pill Box Oval shape Art Nouveau floral miniature Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Art Nouveau Jewel: Guilloché Enamel & Hand-Painted Pill Box by Giorgio Salimbeni, 1977
This exceptional oval pill box is a masterful synthesis of two revered decorative arts: the pr...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1927 Shargreen Cigarette Box Given to Jockey Bernard Brownie Carslake Shark Skin
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning and very rare circa 1900 Shargreen cigarette box present to the Jockey Bernard Brownie Carlsake in 1927
A very rare good looking a...
Category
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Shagreen
20th Century Carl Auböck Nutwood Humidor
Located in Vienna, AT
Carl Auböck Humidor, Austria 1950s
Category
20th Century European Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Nutwood
Pill Box Rectangular Sterling Silver Art Nouveau with floral miniature Salimbeni
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
This is a rectangular, gold-plated sterling silver pill box, exquisitely decorated with translucent enamels over a guilloché (engine-turned) pattern and featuring a hand-painted flor...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel, Sterling Silver
Snuff Box hand engraving, black “niello” type Sterling Silver Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Snuff Box rectangular in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand engraving, black fired enameled “niello” type, in early 19th century “Rococo” style. Snuff Box measurements cm. 4.5 x...
Category
1980s Italian Rococo Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Oak Snuff Box in the form of a Woodworking Plane
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A well-made late 19th or early 20th century decorative box or snuff box in the shape of a woodworking tool, a plane. The lid part slides away reweiling a hidden compartment. It was h...
Category
Early 20th Century European Late Victorian Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Oak
Pill Box Sterling Silver Art Nouveau with floral miniature Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Gold-Plated Sterling Silver and Enamel Pill Box with Floral Miniature by Romano Buccioni for Salimbeni, Florence, 1980
Charming shaped pill box in 925/1000 sterling silver, gold pla...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Carl Auböck Chrome Box with Leather Lid, 1930s
Located in Vienna, AT
A refined early piece from the Carl Auböck workshop, dating to the 1930s. This chrome-plated box features clean, modernist lines contrasted by a hand-stitched leather lid — a hallmar...
Category
Mid-20th Century Austrian Bauhaus Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Chrome
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 Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Sigvard Nilsson for Söwe Konst Sweden Teak Tobacco Tobak Box
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage teak container, vessel, or box was designed by Sigvard Nilsson for Söwe Konst Sweden in 1950s-1960s. The box features the rectangular form with rounded corners and circular s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood, Teak
19th Century French Gilt Bronze and Guilloché Enamel Portrait Box
Located in Dublin, IE
A superbly crafted circular gilt bronze box of exceptional quality, featuring a rich turquoise-blue guilloché enamel top centered with an oval medallion bearing a finely hand-painted...
Category
19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Enamel, Ormolu
Snuffbox white enamel sterling silve stylised birdr miniature on the lid Salimba
By Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Round curved snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with translucent fired enamels on guilloché, above and below, and miniature on the lid of a stylised bird, hand painted by the paint...
Category
1960s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century Squared Spinach Jade Snuff Bottle with Unique Design
Located in Lomita, CA
This spinach jade snuff bottle has a geometric appearance with its squared silhouette and ledge that is ergonomically designed to accommodate a finger or a thumb while using the bott...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Jade
$1,163 Sale Price
34% Off
Rare large Swiss Black Forest Tobacco box with Chickens 19th century Humidor
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
A charming and finely detailed 19th-century Black Forest–style hand-carved tobacco jar. Entirely carved from wood and executed with remarkable depth and texture. A rare large size to...
Category
Late 19th Century German Black Forest Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Oak
Sterling Silver and Black Onyx Hinged Snuff or Pill Box With Silver Braid Detail
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A sterling silver Snuff or Pill Box with a hinged lid. The top has a quilted style top centered with a braid of silver and a Black Onyx Bead.
A compliment to any desk, or discreetl...
Category
20th Century Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Onyx, Sterling Silver
French Hand-Crafted and Painted Ceramic Trinket or Jewelry Box
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful hand-crafted ceramic lidded trinket or jewelry box.
Mid-20th century, French.
Used as decorative item, this piece would enhance any shelf or tabletop.
Measures: 6 1/8...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Ceramic
$490 Sale Price
24% Off
Sterling Silver and Bone Box
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver and bone box. Antique Continental dark bone/horn fitted case with sterling silver mounts and central oval for monogram; originally a t...
Category
Mid-19th Century European Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver
Snuff Box "Soap" Shaped with Horse
s Head Sterling Silver Enamel 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...
Category
1980s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Cigarette Box Red Polkadot Art Deco Werkstatte Argentor Vienna Austria
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Stamped into coin shaped feet, 273 and, Made in Austria. Chips to paint, tarnish to brass, oxidation to lid surface. Functioning properly.
W 4 x D 3 x H 1.5 in.
Category
1930s Austrian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Metal
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Moroccan Brass Berber Tribal Flask
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Great decorative Moroccan Tribal flask..
African decorative brass with front richly decorated with embossed brass and overlay.
The valve stem turns and open.
Truly a conversation mu...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Folk Art Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Brass
Snuff box Enamel Stripes and miniature Sterling Silver 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 Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
19th Century Lucky Horseshoes Cigar Humidor Blackened Wood Brass Tin Lined
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Presented in unrestored condition a 19th century survivor, a Cerused Oak Cigar Humidor with Brass Script & 4 Horseshoe Adornments, Original Working Lock and Skeleton Key. Tin Lined ...
Category
Mid-19th Century American High Victorian Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Wood
Snuffbox with miniature of Venice, English Queen Anne style, 925 silver Salimben
Located in Firenze, FI
Octagonal snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with English Queen Anne style borders and sides with translucent fired enamel on hand engraving similar to wood grain. On t...
Category
1980s Italian Queen Anne Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Snuffbox Vessel Miniature Hand-Painted Sterling Silver Enamel Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Shaped snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fired enamel inserted in a fine hand engraving and with round miniature diameter cm. 3.3 hand painted always with fire enamels depicting a sailing ship. Early 19th century Viennese Baroque style. Fine hand engraving on all sides and bottom. Measurements cm. 7.5 x 7.5 x 2. Weight gr. 151. Designed by Franco Salimbeni in 1976 on inspiration of ancient original artifacts and manufactured in Florence at the Salimbeni company headquarters in several specimens, also with different colors and miniatures, with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slabs and large reinforcements suitable for supporting 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
1970s Italian Baroque Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-18th Century Decorative Lacquered Wooden Tobacco Snuff Box Black
Located in Brescia, IT
This fine wood lacquered wood case is painted both on the sides: there is the elegant portrait of a pretty woman on one side and on the other side, a natura...
Category
Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Fabric, Wood, Lacquer
$713 Sale Price
20% Off
Snuffbox female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing Salimbeni
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver gold plated with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting a female face wearing Art Nouveau style clothing, hand-...
Category
1970s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Sterling Silver Machine Turned Engraved Cheroot Case W H Haseler 1920
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Sterling Silver Machine Turned Engraved Cheroot Case W H Haseler Ltd.
1920
Hallmarked W.H.H Birmingham V Hallmark
Engraving to front
85 grams
Category
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Silver
Snuffbox Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York hand painted Sterling Silver
Located in Firenze, FI
Rounded rectangular snuffbox in 925/1000 sterling silver with fine hand-painted fire-enamelled miniature depicting the Head of the Statue of Liberty in New York. Dimensions cm. 5.5 x 7 x 1.8. Weight gr. 105. Designed by Giorgio Salimbeni in 1975 in Art Deco style and executed in numerous specimens, at the specific request of the firm Tiffany
Co., in Florence in the headquarters of the Salimbeni firm with completely manual execution by artisan artists with thick slab and large reinforcements suitable for sustaining 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...
Category
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Sterling Silver, Enamel
French School 1790 Louis XVI Oval Snuff Box in 18kt Gold with Miniature Portrait
Located in Miami, FL
Presentation Snuff box from the 18th century French School.
A very important and rare Neoclassical oval box, made in Paris, France circa 1790. It was crafted with translucent natu...
Category
1790s French Neoclassical Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Gold
Early 19th Century Georgian Burr Birch Pocket Snuff Box, England, circa 1820
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A very handsome early 19th century Georgian pocket snuff box, the richly figured burr birch case inlaid with ebony stringing and an ebony shield-shaped cartouche, the functioning lid opening on wooden...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Hand-Crafted Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
Materials
Birch
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