Carved wood tobacco rasp - 1780's, France
Superb, finely carved walnut tobacco rasp from 1780, a unique example of 18th-century French craftsmanship. This object is richly decorated:
Delicately [...]
18th century Dutch brass tobacco box with hinged lid engraved with five circular medallions containing the busts of male noblemen figures with inscriptions and dates, the most recent date is 1748. Dut[...]
Brass table box or snuffbox with engraved decoration of two cupids framing a flaming heart. Beautiful foliage and scroll ornamentation. Very good condition, original functional hinge. Bottom and sides[...]
Marble jobacco jar - 18th Century
Superb tobacco jar in red and white breccia marble, dating from the end of the 18th century.
It is a sophisticated piece that testifies the refinement of the time[...]
Delft
Second half of the 18th century
Workshop: De Lampetkan
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of tobacco.
The brand name, Martiniek, is painted in a floral cartouche. The bra[...]
Delft
Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of snuff tobacco.
The brand name: F Rappe, is painted in a floral cartouche. Rappé is [...]
Delft
Second half of the 18th century
Workshop unknown
A genuine blue and white tobacco jar for the storage of snuff tobacco.
The brand name: Rappee, is painted in a floral cartouche. Rappé is[...]
Louis XVI style pomponne snuffbox dating from the end of the 18th century or the very beginning of the 19th century.
The box is rectangular, the four sides are decorated with a half of dots on a g[...]
Magnificent and extremely rare conch-shaped snuffbox dating from the first third of the 18th century.
The snuffbox is in the shape of a bivalve shell.
The lid is decorated with a natural scallop s[...]
Superb silver snuffbox, entirely chiseled, from the Louis XV period.
The box is rectangular in shape.
The hinged lid is decorated with a rich romantic rocaille decoration of characters in a garden[...]
Oval tortoiseshell snuffbox with silver mount. Domed lid and body, wide silver border drawn in threads. The hinge is imposing, offset in shape, scalloped on the two inner faces in a thick silver plate[...]
PERSIAN CERAMIC HUKA or HOOKAH BASE (present-day IRAN)
EARLY QAJAR PERIOD (late 18th century)
Gray-beige cracked enamel background,
stylized geometric and floral decoration in deep blue.
Very be[...]
Licentious snuffbox, representing a monk, composed of two compartments, one for tobacco, and the other revealing the monk's phallus. The latter was supposed to stand up when the compartment opened, bu[...]
A partially fire gilt silver Chinoiserie snuff box.
English or Dutch, early 18th century.
Measures 8.7 x 7.2 x 2.5cm.
Weighs 130.5 grams.
There is a small duty mark to the inside rim of th[...]
Brass snuffbox from the 18th century of Dutch origin attributed to Peter Holm. Sailor's snuffbox. You can find more information about this snuffbox on the website: rundale palace museum. Length 17.5 c[...]
Carved wooden snuffbox from the 18th century representing a crotteux, the hat is removed, the feet are missing as well as the rear hatch. To be restored. Height 11 cm
Silver snuffbox
Solid silver
Partially gilded engraved decoration [wear]; vermeil interior
Naples, last quarter of the 18th century
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Crowned NAP hallmark
Control striche
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L ~5.9 cm
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Germany or England Snuff box Mother of pearl and pomponne mount Louis XV period, circa 1750 H. 4 x 8 x 6.5 cm Rare snuff box with cage mount (the rarest) in pomponne and sculpted mother-of-pearl. It i[...]
ULM type boxwood and silver pipe with horn and ivory stem.
The bowl on the theme of hunting with two dogs chasing two deer in the forest, and also with the presence of two other animals in the uppe[...]
Lovely snuff box from the Directoire period, late 18th century. Interior in vermeil (gilded silver), numerous revolutionary hallmarks. Good general condition, wear, small scratches. Dimensions: length[...]
A silver and carved mother of pearl snuff box.
Chinese and English, early 18th century.
Measures 8.3 x 6.7 x 1.4cm.
The lid of the snuff box is set with a mother of pearl plaque carved in rel[...]
Very finely rectangular in shape surrounded by a rose gold net, with a rounded corner and hinge, this sublime snuffbox is made of pressed horn powder, tinted and lacquered black on the outside and yel[...]
Dutch copper snuffbox representing the different battles fought by Alexander Souvoroff, commander of the armies of the Russian Empire against the Ottomans. Dated August 10, 1774. No welding.
Porcelain with a blue background and white reserves with decoration of exotic birds and insects Good condition (very slight missing one leaf from the lid grip) Signed: with a Gold anchor
Beautiful stand-up lighter, quite spectacular and well finished, flintlock pistol system, of which it has kept the general shape, 18th century or early 19th century.
Engraving features, and signature[...]
Fabulous carved boxwood snuffbox from the 18th century in the shape of a sexual lying lion; The splendid beast is adorned with glass eyes, an elaborately sculpted mane, an open mouth, a tail swept bac[...]
A very rare and early Japanese horn tobacco pipe carved with a fierce tiger, Edo period.
Period - 18th century or earlier
Condition - Good condition
Measurement - Length 14 cm
SOLD [...]
Iron pipe with its stove cover surmounted by a red copper fretel dome with godrons.
The pipe ends with a key panel.
Two-vent hinged oven cover with drilled with small grip pin.
Provenance, Sw[...]
Snuffbox commemorating the Battle of Minden (August 1, 1759)
Copper and stamped brass
Johann Heinrich Giese (1716-1761)
Germany, Iserlohn, circa 1760
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L 16.5
P 5.2
H 3
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On the lid, [...]
Superb entirely chiseled silver snuffbox, from the Louis XV period.
The box is rectangular in shape with scalloped edges.
The hinged lid is decorated with a scene to identify presenting three char[...]
Snuffbox representing a pretty elegant woman in miniature.
The curved glass, the gold circle and the tortoiseshell interior.
Dimension: diameter of 7.9 cm.
Condition: very good general condit[...]
Large wooden table snuff box (“timber” from the Royal George ship 100 guns) in the shape of a shoe (right foot).
Various decorations stitched in brass with 5 bone buttons.
Presence of an old pap[...]
Boxwood snuff box carved in relief with the crucifixion and objects of the passion.
German, late 18th century.
Measures 9.3 x 6 x 3.9cm.
The lid is mounted with a silver hinge.
Beautiful and rare tobacco box in veined Griotte red marble. This box is reminiscent of the so-called “viscera” boxes, taking the tomb shape but in a smaller size. It presents a beautiful molded ornam[...]
Snuffbox :
From a compagnon carpenter. Fleurs de lys on the back, axe, planing bench and saw on the back of the snuffbox. Floral motifs around the shell-shaped lid.
France,
Horn, brass,
18th centu[...]
Very rare double-compartment sun in Corozo carved with decorations of Asian characters carved on the two lids with different scenes.
Interior separated by a plate of blonde horn.
Small slits
[...]
Snuffbox in "Piqué" marquetry, probably English, late 17th, early 18th century. Brass hinge, slightly veiled material that does not interfere with closing.
Tobacco pear or betel snuff box
Tibet, late 18th century
Silver and coral
H.: 13.5cm - W.: 8.5cm - D.: 6cm
The front features silver repoussé decoration: a ram, a horse, an ox and a donkey in a[...]
Miser's snuffbox :
Engraved on all sides. On the lid, above the date 1745?, a naive mermaid is depicted.
At the back of the snuffbox two buildings frame a large porch with a Byzantine tower at the b[...]
Gold and enamel oval-shaped hinged box. The lid, the base and the rim are decorated with swirling medallions of green and blue colors in the style of lapis lazuli on a guilloche background of striated[...]
Copper plated frame, rib with hinged cover. Colorful decoration on all sides and in the inner cover, with scenes from the story presence of jumps, rough parts 6.5 X 4.5 cm
Silver and silver-gilt snuffbox with bevelled edges, decorated with mythological scenes in embossed work, on both sides and sides. The interior.is in silver
Legth : 7cm,
Wide 5cm.
Hight 2 cm
We[...]
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