Snuff/Tobacco Boxes
and
Other Boxes

A small selection from our inventory

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      Item
Number
Item
Description
  CO-0579
Small inlaid Star box with compartments inside on brass ball feet. English c. 1810.

Size:  2 1/6" H x 4 3/16" D x 6 9/16" L

  FA-0164

Painted sweet log cabin trinket / jewelry box with inside mirror. American, 19th Century.

Size: 7 1/2" H x 7 1/2" W x 5 1/2" D

 

 
  BF-0557
Oversized carved box shaped as a faux naturalist tree stump with mushrooms and moss; intricately and beautifully carved. Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  16" H x 17" W x 12 1/2" D

  NA-0115 The largest ship snuff box I've ever seen. Boxwood carved & with great pen work with "Warrior" written on back of the boat. Condition -- is good, it is slightly worn as appropriate with the age.  English, Early 19th Century.

Size:  2 3/4" H x 6" L

  CO-0624
American Elaborately inlaid valuable's box with basket of flowers & continuous diamond & geometric motifs. Late 19th Century.

Size: 5 1/2" H x 12 3/4" L x 8 1/2" D

  CO-0661 Rare snuff box shaped as a shoe dated 1854 with PIQUÉ decoration. English.

Size:  1 1/4" H x 3 1/4" L

  FA-0168 Inlaid valuables box with star and geometric motifs with green felt inside. American, Late 19th Century

Size: 6 1/2" H x 13" L x 9" D

  CO-0614
Carved coquilla nut figural snuff box. English, Early 19th Century.

Size: 3" H

  CO-0618
Carved wood cigar box shaped as a book with two drawers and brass plaque that reads, "Historie Des Cigares". Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size: 10 1/2" H x 7" W x 2 1/4" D

  FA-0171 Nautical motif dovetailed box probably sailors work with hearts and pinwheels. American, Late 19th Century.

Size: 10" H x 7" W x 2" D

 
      BF-0345

Dog with Bone.  Small carved box with glass eyes. Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  3 1/2" H x 2 1/2" W

 

CO-0559

A rare hunting gentleman's shirt collar box in the shape of a horseshoe with brass engraving and a lock mechanism. English c. 1860.

Size:  5" H x 7 3/4" D

  CO-0240
Trick opening book box with erotically decorated flask with a Victorian lady dressed in under-garments of the period and appropriately titled name on the book, "Drops of Forgetfulness, Vol 2" on the spine.  English c. 1860.

Size:  6 1/2" x 4 1/2"

    CO-0466
Wooden Book Box with a religious cross and slide-out compartment.  English c. 1870.

Size:  3 1/2" H x 2 1/2" W

  CO-0532

Heart shaped "love token" box inlaid & carved with symbols and inscribed inside "To Her I love"  English c. 1840.

Size:  1 1/2" H x 3 1/2" L x 3" W

      CO-0422

Exceptionally carved bank in the form of a beautiful Victorian shoe on a base. English c. 1880.

Size:  6" H x 8" L x 4" D

  CO-0473

Rare miniature chest of drawers with Marquetry turnbridge inlay. "Tumbling Dice" decoration all over. English c. 1850.

Size:  15" H x 13" W x 8" D

  BF-0327
Well carved Heart shaped box - valentine/love token.  French, Late 19th Century.

Size:  3" H x 2 3/4" W x 1 1/2" D

      BF-0283
A small carved "cuddly cat" box.  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  2" H x 3" L

    CO-0419
Unusually carved Trompe L'Oeuil Box shaped like an old leather travel luggage.  Fine details.  French, Late 19th Century.

Size:  4 1/2" H x 6" L x 5" D

  FO-0009 "The mysteries of Paris".  Shaped like a stack of books on a stand.  This box can act as a small coffee table.  Inside there is a candle draw made out of papier-mâché and wood.  French, Late 19th Century.

Size:  19" H x 17.5" L x 13.5" W

      CO-0019
Miniature card box shaped as a sideboard/dresser with great color.  English c. 1860.

Size: 2.5" H x 4" L

    GT-0023 Bank/money box (MacLachlin ware) shaped as a house.  Scottish, Late 19th Century.

Size:  3" H x 3.5" W

  CO-0070 Finely carved Arts and Craft lattice-top box.  English c. 1900.

Size:  2.5" H x 9 3/4" W x 6 3/4" D

    CO-0274
Book box (bank) with a trick opening at the base of the spine.  English c. 1880.

Size:  6 1/2" H

  BF-0278
A carved detailed house tea caddy that tells a story… "the rabbit delivering a letter to the fox". Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  9" H x 6 1/2" W x 6" D

 

  CO-0280 A box in a shape of a miniature slant-front desk.  English c. 1860.

Size:  6" H

    AP-0035
Terracotta Tobacco Box Shaped as bound bunch of Cigars.  Austria c. 1900.

Size:  4 1/2" H

CO-0093

Rare box (lap desk) with a writing slope, made by J. W. Tallen (signed) possibly for George Chatterton.  English, dated 1851.

Size:  7 1/2" H x 13 1/2" D x 18 1/2" L

BF-0057 A Monkey visiting a cat House an amusing Tobacco Box. (The door swings open).  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  7.5" H x 8" L

  BF-0166 A puzzle/trick faux log box.  Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  2 2/34" H x 5 1/4" D x 7 1/4"

  CO-0015 A decanter box shaped as a pile of books with two decanters and glasses.  French, Mid-19th Century.

Size:  7" x 11" (approx.)

    CO-0021 Heart shaped straw-work love token box. French c. 1900.

Size:  3 1/2

    CO-0022
Carved wood heart shaped box; a valentine or snuff box.  English c. 1860.

Size:  3 1/2" L

    CO-0064
Double shoe snuff box. English c. 1830.

Size:  3.5" H x 3" W

  CO-0462
Rare tortoiseshell " Love Token" hinged box with silver piquet decorations. English c. 1730

Size: 1/2" H x 2" W x  2 1/4" L

  CO-0086 Painted tin (tole) box with a hidden erotic insert.  German c. 1850.

Size:  4.5" H x 3" W

    CO-0217
Love Token Scandinavian book box. Decorated and chip-carved. c. 1800.

Size:  4 3/4"x 2 1/2" x 1 1/2"

    CO-0233 Round snuff box with Greek key carved decorations.  English c. 1850.

Size:  3 3/4" D

    CO-0290 Carved wooden box with the initials J.R. in brass and surrounded by a brass-plate design.   English c. 1860.

Size:  2 1/4" H x 5 1/2" L x 3 1/4" D

    CO-0294 Carved box in the shape of bound faux logs.  Swiss c. 1870.

Size:  4" H x 10 1/2" L x 4 1/2" D

    CO-0430 Snuff shoe box/valentine with piquet work spelling the word “LOVE”.  Welch c. 1830

Size:  2" H x 4" L

    GT-0014 "Doll's Bank". Shaped as a letter box. Painted metal and brass.  English c. 1890.

Size:  6" H

  GT-0114 Wooden magician's box for magic tricks.  English, Late 19th Century.

Size:  4 1/2" H x 4" D x 7 3/4" L

    CO-0547
Tasteful fernware card box.  English c. 1860.

Size:  1 3/4" H x 4 1/2" L x 3 1/4" D

    CO-0503 Brass and copper book box.  English c. 1900.

Size:  8" H x 5 1/2" W x 2 7/8" D

    CO-0540 Brass Heart motif shape box.  American c. 1910.

Size:  4" H x 3" D x 3 1/4" W

  CO-0551
Donkey Paper Mache Box - "Axe My Ass".  English c. 1890.

Size:  1" H x 1 1/2" D x 3" L

  AP-0249
Reserved
Very Unusual terracotta tobacco box decorated with butchers' cuts of meat, sausages and butcher's tools.  French c. 1880.

Size:  5" H

  FA-0130
Superb cedar box with pinwheel carvings and inserted watercolor of a 3-mast ship inscribed "Boston" (some paint loss). Possibly sailor work. American or English c. 1820.

Size:  2 3/4" H x 9 3/4"L x 5 3/4" D

  CO-0458
Hand carved oak "Military" trinket box.

Size:  11" L x 14 1/2"W x 4"H

  BF-0558
Carved faux "tied bunch of logs" box with rope motif and branch handle. Swiss, Late 19th Century.

Size:  17 1/2" H x 23" L x 14 1/2" D

  CO-0625 Chinese export gilt decorated black lacquer rectangular writing box. The sides depicting buildings in river landscape views within palm frond & guilloches borders, on leaf-capped ball feet. Chinese, Late 19th Century.

Size: 4 1/2" H x 11" L x 6 1/2" D

      GT-0143 A faux money bank in the form of a "wall clock" design done in wood covered in printed paper.  English c. 1860.

Size:  6" H

           

 

 

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