Early 20th Century Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes

This striking 1920s Art Deco Jazz Age smoking box perfectly encapsulates the visual language, material culture, and social dynamics of the interwar period. The item features a vibran...

A fine antique German Art Deco period silver & enamel snuff box. Attributed to the workshops of Louis Kuppenheim in Pforzheim, Germany. In sterling silver. With a red enamel grou...

A striking Art Deco cigarette case dating from the early 20th century, crafted in 925 sterling silver and decorated with vivid green malachite-effect enamel. The gently curved recta...

Art Deco silver cigarette case, ca 1925. Rectangular; cover flat and hinged with tab and thumb rest. Sides and underside engine-turned; cover top central same band between lobing. Gi...

A cigar or desktop catchall box from Austria in the 1900s, made of patinated brass and wood, sounds like a unique and valuable antique. The fact that this particular box is an antique from the early 1900s adds to its value and collectability. Depending on the condition and other factors such as the brand or maker, it could be worth a significant amount of money to collectors of antique smoking...

Antique continental silver plate green jade keepsake / trinket / snuff box or casket featuring stone top and engraved leaf base. Dimensions: 4" x 3" x 1.25" (W x D x H)

Rare Art Deco Dunhill Silver-Plated & Lacquered Cigarette Case with Coquille d’Œuf Inlay – Circa 1930 This stunning Art Deco Dunhill cigarette case is a masterpiece of elegant desig...

St. Cloud style hen and chicken snuff box, by Samson. Large size, beautifully decorated.

Offered for sale is a risque Art Deco Sterling Silver Cigarette Case, often referred to as a "naughty" because of it's bawdy subject matter; that being; of ...

Joseph Maria Auchentaller enameled box for George Adam Scheid (1837-1921). An extremely rare box created in Vienna, Austria, at the silversmith atelier of Georg Adam Scheid, circa 1...

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...

A fine, antique Capodimonte porcelain table snuff box in the Meissen style. With a polychrome enamel Bacchanalian scene on the lid, neoclassical...

Offered is an Art Deco silver and hand painted enamel cigarette case; often referenced in "sin" and other tobacco collectible circles as a "naughty" themed accessory. While it could ...

Silver-plated snuffbox, Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik (WMF), Germany, end of 19th - beg. of 20th Century Additional Information: Materials: Metal, silver plating Vintage fr...

An antique Greek pure silver & cloisonne case, circa 1910. Despite this case dating circa 1910 it has a later engraved legend to the base "Greek Army Day Athens, 15th May 1946", from...

English tortoiseshell box. Ovoid shaped lidded snuffbox with integral handle of richly patterned tortoiseshell, England, circa 1900. Dimensions: 3.5...

French Art Deco cigarette box, France, late 1930s. Constructed with fine mahogany and birch woods. Designed by French ebeniste Marius Agogue Loiret. This very decorative box would ...

A handsome early 20th-century English sterling silver tobacco box by Percy James Finch, hallmarked in Birmingham for 1922. Crafted in solid sterling silver during the reign of George...

Elegant Tobacco Box in Bakelite in very period Art Deco, from the 1920s. Wear consistent with age and use.

An enameled pill-box for George Adam Scheid (1837-1921). A very fine antique pill box created in Vienna, Austria, at the silversmith atelier of Geo...

A rare carved antique Chinese lapis lazuli stone snuff bottle of the late Qing Dynasty. Finely carved from a solid piece of genuine lapis lazuli exhibiting rich and vibrant blue tone...

A fine signed antique Art Nouveau silver matchsafe or vesta. By R. Blackington & Co. In sterling silver. With repousse tropical flora throughout the body and lid and a blank carto...

A fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver cigarette / card case; part of our diverse Asian silverware collection. This fine antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) cigarette/card case has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners. The anterior cover is embellished with an embossed and chased decorated iconic Chinese dragon design amidst clouds, on a matte background, incorporating a shield shaped vacant cartouche. The posterior cover is ornamented with traditional embossed and chased plum blossom foliate and floral decoration, also on a matte background. The rounded sides of this antique silver cigarette case...

This charming engraved pewter snuff box, dating to circa 1900, is a beautifully preserved example of everyday Judaica—a personal object once carried a...

Antique Asian Silver Betel Nut Box in Foo Lion Form, Southeast Asia, 19th–20th Century A finely crafted antique South Asian silver betel nut box, ...

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...

A fine vintage Russian silver & gold cigarette box. By Konstantin Skvortsov. In 84 zolotnik (.875 fineness) silver. The lid with an engraved depiction of two horse's heads and...

French Majolica hound Medor tobacco jar Saint Clement, circa 1900.

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese silver tobacco box; an addition to our Chinese silverware collection. This exceptional antique Chinese silver tobacco box has a c...

A lacquered and eggshell case by Jean Trottin. An impressive and very rare case created in Paris, France, by the silversmith and artist Jean Trottin, circa 1925. This exceptional Ar...

This rare -- perhaps unique -- enameled cigarette case or compact features a cartouche with a kneeling Egyptian figure surrounded by symbols and hieroglyphics on its lid, all in tone...

Art Deco "naughty" sterling silver novelty item; a cigarette case depicting a reclining nude woman on a bed in suggestive pose; hand painted enamel on oval raised plaque; with bright...

This is an antique poodle tobacco jar. An English, fruitwood dog-shaped treen, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Fascinating treen ware, wit...

This French gold cigarette case is a splendid specimen of early 20th century style and refinement. The 18-karat yellow gold accessory is surrounded by exquisite "pinstripe" white enameling with a line of channel-set blue sapphires running along the façade and thumb press. Smoking accessories...

Ceramic and silver plate biscuit box. Art Deco period, circa 1920. Probably German, signed in the silver plate G.A.

This is a small antique tobacco tin. An English, copper and silver plate lidded box, dating to the Edwardian period, circa 1910. Pleasingly time ...

A unique brass cigarette container from the 1920's hand made in Austria. On top of the lid is a glass stone in turquoise colour. the lid fits tightly into the container. From the bot...

A fine signed antique Art Nouveau silver matchsafe or vesta. By R. Blackington & Co. In sterling silver. With repousse tropical flora throughout the body and lid and a blank carto...

An impressive Chinese export solid silver dragon box, crafted circa 1880–1920 from substantial heavy-gauge silver, 900 purity and intended for the Western market. The rectangular fo...

Sterling Silver Machine Turned Engraved Cheroot Case W H Haseler Ltd. 1920 Hallmarked W.H.H Birmingham V Hallmark Engraving to front 85 grams

The brass body showing a hinged lid rising up to a faceted receptacle with an engraved hinged cover, overtop a hinged open compartment which then lifts to reveal an interior fitted ...

Edwardian sterling silver cigarette case, ca 1910. Hinged and rectangular. On front, horizontal enamel fox hunting scene with two hounds running ahead of whip-bearing man on gallopin...

A French art deco modernist cigarette case. This is a gorgeous cigarettes case created in Paris France during the art deco period, back in the 1925-1930. The case has been crafted i...

A charming vintage wooden tobacco box featuring a distinctive hand-carved portrait of a pipe-smoking gentleman. Beautifully crafted with contrasting wood tones, a geometric inlaid bo...

Sterling silver cigar box marked Hung Chong (or Cheong) & Co., silversmiths & retailers, Canton, China, circa 1860-1930. Classic intertwined ...

A good antique composition tortoiseshell and gilt metal singing bird box, German circa 1900 Going-barrel movement Setting the birds free... When wound and the sta...

A monochrome enamel panel set into the front cover depicts a sturdy St Bernard standing squarely on an open lawn, positioned in profile against a backdrop of stone steps, manicured b...

A painted enamel portrait of a fashionable young woman defines the front of this compact personal case. Depicted in bust profile facing forward, she wears an elaborate draped headsca...

Two Boston terriers form the focal point of the hinged lid, delicately hand-painted within a creamy white oval reserve. One dog is shown in black and white with a studded tan collar,...

A geometric grid of deep purple guilloché enamel defines the lid of this continental silver cigarette case. The translucent enamel is laid directly over an intricate engine-turned gr...

A hand-painted vitreous enamel plaque dominates the front cover of this sterling silver pocket cigarette case. The portrait depicts a characterful young woman with dark curls smiling...

A finely executed enamel plaque dominates the front face of this solid silver pocket case, depicting a half-length portrait of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, the twenty-fourth Maharaja of M...

A hand-painted polychrome enamel plaque dominates the curved lid of this solid silver cigarette case, depicting a young woman on a tranquil sandy beach. Rendered in finely graded vit...

A polychrome enamel panel across the front cover shows a veteran open-top motor car speeding along a winding country lane, carrying two figures bundled in motoring hoods. The car’s r...

A vibrant hand-enamelled plaque mounted to the front lid depicts two period footballers contesting a traditional laced leather football. Rendered in a naive illustrative style, one p...

A painted enamel panel depicting a pensive young woman forms the focal point of this silver cigarette case. Rendered against a terracotta red ground, the figure is shown in a pale ev...

Two saddled horses, one bay and one grey, look out across the timber half-door of a stall on the finely executed vitreous enamel front plaque of this pocket cigarette case. The compo...

A detailed polychrome enamelled plaque mounted to the front lid depicts two association football players competing for possession of a brown leather ball. Rendered with fine illustra...

A detailed polychrome enamel plaque is set neatly into the face of this solid silver cigarette case. The painted panel depicts a coaching scene with four chestnut horses pulling an o...

A pictorial sepia enamel plaque dominates the front of this slim rectangular pocket case, depicting the historic thatched forge and cottages of Cockington in Devon. The monochrome sc...