Snuffbox:
Shaker carved from openwork grape vines in high relief.
An animalized head with a bone closing tip and opposite a naive face.
France,
Corozo, bone, silver,
Nineteenth century.
Snuffbox:
In the shape of a shoe decorated with a clover on the lid.
Heel and sole studded with the initials “E E”.
France,
Walnut, ebony,
Nineteenth century.
Rare and curious group in fine earthenware used for pyrogen and cigarillo or cigarette holders, decorated with a bearded gnome sitting at the foot of a hollow tree.
Manufactured by Bosch Frères, mid-[...]
Snuffbox:
With double opening system with portrait of a woman under glass. Bone dovetail closure.
France,
Rosewood, bone, painting under glass,
Nineteenth century.
What a delicate object from the 19th century. I can see a Dandy taking this lovely little object out of his vest and using it not without pride... It is a pocket pyrogen called vesta in gutta percha, [...]
Small pipe in meerschaum and amber with a sculpted fox, 19th century Carved meerschaum representing a fox in the middle of foliage The bowl is in good condition Mouthpiece in amber With its original l[...]
Tobacco pot:
decorated with butterflies, dragonflies, fish, lizards in their natural environment, the motif of flowers and vines. Around the edge of the lid a serpent curls up.
Vendée,
lime tree,
[...]
Shell mounted in a snuffbox, the articulation of the lid being made by a silver mount.
19th century work.
Good condition, note visible cracks at the ends of the shell (See photos 1 & 3)
Lengt[...]
Black Forest* carved wooden cigar box or humidor, decorated with a bird (partridge type) on the lid, standing on a wall decorated with ivy leaves, interior space for 50 cigars, 19th century vintage. T[...]
Corozo snuff bottle depicting an animal with beaded eyes, decorated with a trophy, a dove, a wreath of flowers and a sitting dog.
France,
Nineteenth century.
Quick description
Rare and old tobacco pot, popular art around 1880.
Sculpture probably from Germany, in the shape of a skull in what seems to me to be elm.
A snake with glass eyes roams the room,[...]
Shell mounted in a snuffbox, the articulation of the lid being made by a silver mount.
19th century work.
Good condition,
Delivery possible worldwide on quote.
We present this pipe from our personal collection which is an object to be classified in the so-called Judaica objects. This pipe is certainly from the latter part of the 19th century, it is exception[...]
A snuffbox in rock cristal made in China during the second half of the 19th century.
Period : 19th century
Dimensions :
Height : 9,5 cm
Width : 6 cm
Condition : good.
A gold mounted tortoiseshell snuff box set with an agate intaglio.
English, early 19th century.
Measures 8.3 x 6.3 x 2.7cm.
The lid is set with a large, gold mounted agate intaglio carved wit[...]
Model niello and guilloché on all sides, good quality of realization.Very good condition, no shock, no accident, good condition of the niello.The box does not stay completely closed, has been used, di[...]
Charming tiny snuff box, Finely carved wood representing a heeled shoe with a snake's head on the front. Very well executed and realistic, the lid works perfectly to form a snuff box. Folk art! Tiny! [...]
We present this exceptional sculpted briar pipe. The sculptures are all inspired by the fables of La Fontaine. The handle is in cow horn, superb patina, it has probably never been used. Perfect condit[...]
A rare antique children's chair used in the manufacture of Cuban cigars with hand carved decoration. I bought it from a family who had lived in Cuba in the first half of the 20th century who told me[...]
Pipe en argent niellé et bois,
Russie, fin XIXème siècle
Le fourneau à facettes octogonale en bruyère a décor d’argent niellé, les facettes décorées de bouquetins et d’oiseux stylisés le tuyau g[...]
Beautiful Sèvres porcelain tobacco jar with hand-painted decoration of flowers on one side and marked tobacco in a white cartouche on the other side. Good condition. Note small chips on the screw thre[...]
Large model of porcelain hearth pipe with lid, brewery scene decor with innkeeper, customer seated with a mug, waitress and customer talking in his ear... The piping is turned and sculpted, in brown a[...]
Silver-mounted Debrecen-type meerschaum pipe (title mark and maker's mark).
Superb ebony stem decorated with mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell checkerboard with at the base a frieze of steel button[...]
Carved wooden snuff box, decorated on the lid with a comical erotic scene (zoophile) with a deer and a man lying on the ground, from the 19th century. This snuff box is in good overall condition. A no[...]
Rare tobacco box to smoke in lithographed zinc. ,Cameron and Caméron Richmond VA USA, this box is tricolor Rose yellow and green, the colors are a little passed, the text is good (readable) the upper [...]
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