Silver Snuff Boxes
June 13, 2009 by admin
Filed under Snuff Boxes
Collecting snuff boxes is a wonderful hobby as these fascinating and useful objects have an interesting history.
At one time, these small decorative boxes were an indispensable fashion accessory for gentlemen, dandies, and aristocrats from the 1700s to the mid 1800s.
Silversmiths, jewelers and enamelers went to great lengths to make fine examples of these jewel-like yet utilitarian objects. Gentlemen of Quality all possessed collections of snuff boxes, some of which were very ornate and had golden frames encrusted with diamonds and other precious stones. Some, of course, were plain and made for a less well-to-do clientèle.
Besides silver and gold, one also finds boxes made of tortoise shell, mother of pearl, pewter or wood. The lids were often decorated with portraits, vignettes of various scenes and even miniature copies of paintings by Old Masters.
Snuff taking and snuff boxes remained popular among diplomats even after the practice had ceased to be popular in general. Heads of State kept the practice of giving snuff boxes as gifts to visiting diplomats as a form of honorific for many years.
For example, at the coronation of George IV of England, the court jewelers, Rundell and Bridge, were paid approximately $40,000 in today’s value for snuff-boxes given as gifts to foreign ministers.
Snuff boxes today are collected by people from all walks of life and are avidly sought by collectors and museums.
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 RUSSIAN IMPERIAL NIELO SILVER SNUFF BOX KHLEBNIKOV1879  US 9.00 |  Silver hallmarked pill box trinket box snuff box US $19.48 |
 An Unusual 18th c Silver Mounted Snuff Box US .22 |  ANTIQUE SILVER 800 SNUFF BOX CIGARETTE CASE US $175.00 |
 Bezalel Yad Avshalom Silver Snuff Box Jerusalem 1940s US 0.00 |  Rare Antique Silver Snuff Pill Box Germany Ca 1820 US $685.00 |
 Silver Table Book Shape Snuff Pill Box Europe Ca 1825 US 0.00 |  SUPER FRENCH ANTIQUE SILVER ENAMEL SNUFF BOX C1844 US $307.19 |
 ANTIQUE GEORGIAN AGATE SILVER GILT SNUFF PILL BOX NR US .75 |  ORNATE FLEUR DE LIS STERLING SILVER SNUFF PILL BOX US $25.50 |
 NEW STERLING SILVER SNUFF PILL BOX WITH 1 CT GARNET US .50 |  Silver Pocket Fitting Snuff Pill Box Belgium Ca 1840 US $650.00 |
 Antique Silver Garnet Snuff Pill Box Russia Ca 1910 US 0.00 |  Antique Silver Oval Snuff Pill Box Lisbon Portugal 1814 US $950.00 |
 Antique Dutch Silver Engraved Snuff Box 1830 US .53 |  Early Silver SNUFF BOX French France hallmarked 1700s US $50.88 |
 Fine Antique Sterling Silver Spanish Snuff Trinket Box US 9.00 |  Austrian Silver Oval Snuff Tobacco Box Vienna Ca 1880 US $585.00 |
 Austro Hungarian Silver Snuff Tobacco Box Vienna 1845 US 0.00 |  Joachim Sebald Silver Table Snuff Pill Box Germany 1800 US $750.00 |
 Antique Vintage Silver Snuff Pill Box US .99 |  Antique silver plated snuff box US $17.98 |
 An Edwardian Solid Silver Snuff Box HM London 1905 US .35 |  Rare Hand Made Jerusalem Silver Snuff Pill Box Tobacco US $459.00 |
 Antique Silver Snuff Box Henry Goodman New York US .00 |  GEORGIAN SILVER TOBACCO TRINKET POWDER SNUFF PILL BOX US $40.46 |
 Silver medicine Pill snuff trinket Box case vitamin NW US .89 |  Sm Silver medicine Pill snuff trinket Box case vitamin US $12.89 |
 Vtg Sterling SILVER Handmade Basket Snuff Pill Ring Box US .99 |  tibet SILVER ENGRAVE ONFOO DOG PATTERN SNUFF BOX US $.96 |
 Antique Snuff Box With Inlays Of Silver And Gold US 5.00 |  Sterling Silver VINTAGE Handsome Finery Pill Snuff BOX US $45.00 |
 Sterling Silver Inlaid IRISH SNUFF PILL BOX VintageRare US .00 |  Georgian Silver Double Hinged Snuff Box Ca1810 US $124.00 |
 VINTAGE 1900s BRASSSILVER GILT AGATE STONE SNUFF BOX US .97 |  handy antique silver plate snuff tobacco box 4 roll ups US $15.81 |
 VINTAGE SOLID SILVER SNUFF BOX HALLMARKEDLOW START US .47 |  VINTAGE ANTIQUE OLD SILVER SNUFF OPIUM BOX INDIA US $109.00 |
 Antique Austro Hungarian Silver Snuff Tobacco Box 1846 US 5.00 |  Vintage SILVER round snuff box US $29.96 |
 Antique SILVER medal Style Snuff Box US .42 |  GEORGE III LONDON 1798 SILVER SNUFF BOX US $61.44 |
 VINTAGE EPNS SILVER SNUFF BOX US .98 |  GEORGE III SILVER SNUFF BOX BIRM 1813 SAMUEL PEMBERTON US $53.93 |
 GOOD ANTIQUE NIELLO CONTINENTAL SILVER SNUFF BOX US .46 |  Victorian Silver SNUFF BOX 1846 Nathaniel Mills US $67.43 |
 1882 VICTORIAN TOBACCO PEBBLE SNUFF BOX SOLID SILVER US .98 |  Lk Vtg Sterling SILVER Flower Snuff Jewellery Big Box US $20.50 |
 tibet SILVER ENGRAVE ONFOO DOG PATTERN SNUFF BOX US $.99 |  ANTIQUE RUSSIAN SILVER NIELLO SNUFF BOX US $325.00 |
 VICTORIAN PAPIER MACHE STG SILVER SNUFF BOX US .38 |  BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE TORTOISE AND SILVER SNUFF BOX US $250.00 |
 SUPER VINTAGE SILVER SNUFF BOX ENAMEL OF ST MARKS SQ US .99 |  VINTAGE CIRCA 1898 SILVER AGATE STONE SNUFF BOX RARE US $13.47 |
 Victorian Silver Snuff Box by George Unite US 4.78 |  EARLY DUTCH SILVER PILL SNUFF BOX US $55.44 |
 ANTIQUE GEORGIAN PAPIER MACHE SILVER DOG SNUFF BOX US .80 |  CROWN STAFFORDSHIRE SILVER JUBILEE SNUFF TRINKET BOX US $1.48 |
 SILVER HUNTING DOG PILL BOX SNUFF BOX US .74 |  SILVER HORSE HEAD PILL BOX SNUFF BOX US $4.95 |
 IMPORTANT DR SAMUEL JOHNSON 18TH C SILVER SNUFF BOX US 4.38 |  SILVER MASONIC PILL BOX SNUFF BOX US $4.06 |
 OLD SILVER SNUFF OR PILL BOX IRAN US .00 |  SILVER SNUFF BOX CASE ITALY US $9.99 |
 ANTIQUE SILVER TOBACCO SNUFF BUTTON BOX US .48 |  Chinese Silver Snuff Box NR US $94.41 |
 GOAT SNUFF BOX SILVER BRONZE C1850 US ,090.00 |  SOLID SILVER ENAMELED BRITISH BULLDOG PILL SNUFF BOX US $38.00 |
 MASONIC SILVER PILL BOX SNUFF BOX US .31 |  SILVER RACE HORSE PILL BOX SNUFF BOX US $1.48 |
 LARGE OLD FRENCH SILVER SNUFF PILL BOX CASE US .50 |  Antique Dutch Solid Silver Shaped Snuff Box dated 1875 US $103.40 |
 Victorian Sterling Silver Cattle Horn Snuff Box Mull US .47 |  EDWARD VII SILVER SNUFF BOX MARKET RASEN CHESTER 1902 US $17.23 |
 ANTIQUE INDIAN SILVER BOX SPICE SNUFF TRINKET CASKET US .96 |  DAVID HOCKLEY SILVER SNUFF BOX HORSE CHARIOT ANTIQUE US $227.77 |
 STUNNING FRENCH ART DECO SILVER ENAMEL SNUFF BOX 1925 US .93 |  Antique Italian 800 Silver Trinket Snuff Box US $195.00 |
 Rare Scottish Rams Horn Snuff Mull Box w Silver Fitting US .53 |  Antique 925 Mexican Silver 2 x 15 Pill Box Snuff Box US $19.99 |
 STERLING SILVER FIGURAL LUNCH PAIL SNUFF OR PILL BOX US .99 |  FIGURAL SHAKER BASKET STERLING SILVER SNUFF OR PILL BOX US $16.00 |
 STERLING SILVER HEART SHAPED SNUFF OR PILL BOX 9 US .99 |  STERLING SILVER STEAMER TRUNK SNUFF OR PILL BOX 9 US $22.50 |
 STERLING Silver Triquetra CELTIC KNOT Snuff PILL BOX US .00 |  NR VINTAGE 800 SILVER HAND WORK SNUFF BOX EXCELLENT US $49.99 |
 RUSSIAN 84 STERLING SILVER NIELLO ENAMEL SNUFF BOX 1829 US .00 |  ANTIQUE EBONY WOOD SNUFF BOX w SILVER INLAY US $9.95 |
 QUALITY CHINESE EXPORT SILVER ENGRAVED SNUFF BOX c1840s US 0.00 |  Sterling Silver Curled Horn Snuff Box RARE US $180.00 |
 HANDSOME AUSTRO HUNGARIAN SILVER SNUFF BOX 1870s US 5.00 |  WOOD HUGHES COIN SILVER GREEK KEY SNUFF BOX c1850s US $195.00 |
 Antique SNUFF BOX Silver Plate Brightcut Engraving NR US .00 |  Rare antique silver snuff pill box Germany Ca 1750 US $675.00 |
