Old cigarette case from the late 19th-early 20th century, in tortoiseshell and silver-plated metal, opening with a hinged lid, beveled corners. Small chips to report under the case, the whole in good [...]
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[...]
Interesting bronze and iron pocket tobacco grater from the second half of the 17th century. Low relief decoration featuring an angel holding a laurel wreath in his right hand and a flag in his left ha[...]
Old engraved brass snuff box. Very beautiful lid decorated with a mythological scene depicting Europe on Zeus. The reverse is also decorated with a maritime scene. The edge is engraved with a motif of[...]
Boxwood rasp with pivot lid.
The lid carved with a count's crown (9 pearls) and his coat of arms (tared helmet front closed wing double-headed eagle) on the back the number "LG" under a duke's crow[...]
Its simple and sober shape like a pebble is very pleasant and soft in the hand, especially since particular care has been taken to create the perfectly smooth hinge which follows the shape just like t[...]
Snuffbox :
Eclesiastic, decorated on the lid of a crisifiction. On the box are represented all the instruments of the Passion.
Brass crimping and hinge.
France,
Horn, brass.
Louis XIV.
Snuffbox in "Piqué" marquetry, probably English, late 17th, early 18th century. Brass hinge, slightly veiled material that does not interfere with closing.
A silver tobacco box commemorating the Martyred King Charles I (c.1600-1649).
English, circa 1675.
Measures 8.1 x 6.4 x 2cm.
Weighs 103.4 grams.
The detachable cover of the box is set with[...]
Tobacco rasp in Limoges enamel representing a Benedictine with his crozier in his hand under a bunch of apples.
In the upper part a draped decoration and in the lower part a garland of apples toppe[...]
Large snuffbox of eventful shape, boxwood body dug in one piece, carved on all exterior faces: radiant shell on bottom, around: 4 Cherubim, carriers of palms, in beautiful attitudes, carved ronde bos[...]
Snuff box in wood called Saint Lucie, fruit wood from Lorraine (Saint Lucia, a former monastery near Sampigny where this wood was cultivated and worked by sculptors). The lid is carved with this formu[...]
Ivory tobacco rasp dating from the beginning of the 18th century.
Presence of a shell and a fruit basket in the upper part of the rasp.
In the centre is a man wearing a hat with a feather holdin[...]
"Embarkation for Kythera": rare finely carved ivory wedding rasp presenting a couple on pilgrimage to Compostela.
A cartouche with the arms of France under the fringes of a canopy and another of tw[...]
Scatological-themed ivory tobacco rasp representing a crouching man with his pants down.
Engraved "J. NICOT" at the base.
Grater missing.
Dimension: height of 17.8 cm.
Flanders dating from[...]
beautiful snuffbox snuffbox corozo object of very beautiful finely carved on the edge of three characters in a decoration of garlands of flowers, the harp player being the central character of the sce[...]
Rare tobacco box of colored marbles (arabescato White, black and red end of Rance) with classic décor. The body consists of four fluted and rudentées plates resting on a base composed of two marble sl[...]
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