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 piece of solid silver from the 18th century
Cut in two
For a system for cutting cigars
The blade is from the 1930s
In stainless steel
FRENCH jeweler
Weight...38 gr 2
Very beautiful snuff box in the shape of a book, the ribbed spine opening with silver hinges, made of precious materials. The back is titled and dated: VOLUME PR: MDCC XXVI (1726) Condition, good, tra[...]
Beautiful Dutch silver-plated copper snuffbox and unusual because it is nicely set with three garnets on its lid. The decoration is engraved with characters, animals, symbols, and lines of writing in [...]
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[...]
Tobacco grater:
Decorated with a floral motif with its grater stamped “P - VALANTIN - BRANCHE”.
Trapezoidal in shape with sides, extended by a shell-shaped spillway.
France,
Wrought iron,
17th ce[...]
Bronze tobacco grater decorated with "fame" and Gerrier attributes, complete with its sheet iron grid. beginning of the 18th century. Rare object in this material, wear and tear on the decoration and [...]
Tobacco jar in silvered bronze decorated with seven putti surrounded by fauna, grapes and foliage Slight desilvering from use on the edge of the lid Goldsmith hallmark "AB"
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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