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

  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

CO-0580 Miniature blanket chest inlaid with bone / ivory heart escutcheon and other shapes. Probably sailor made.  English c. 1850.

Size:  5 3/4" H x 7" D x 12" L

  NA-0115 Large carved rare snuff box ship "Warrior" with great pen work.  English c. 1840.

Size:  2 3/4" H x 6" L

    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

Treen Inlaid Heart Box "love token" inlayed & carved with symbols 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 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 early carved cedar box with a watercolor of HMS Boston. 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

       

 

 

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