Hi All, Hard to believe… I had be looking for a solid silver snuff and a friend of mine has a lot of silver items. He agreed to a trade and here I am using a antique silver snuff Box made in 1844. It was made in Birmingham, England by Thomas Shaw. It is engine turned and highly decorated in a simple and elegant style. The 165 year old box now carries one of the newest snuffs in the world: Toque Coke. It is 3.5 inches x 2 inches and is about .75 inches deep. Needless to say it holds a lot of snuff. Looks like new with a tight lid, Wow!
Very nice indeed!
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It is a amazing how new it looks. Must have been in storage somewhere for most of those years. Now, it is back doing what it was made for.
Congrats!! A very nice little piece of history!
Nice one!
Wow thats a beauty, congrats.
Man that is a beauty. Inspires me to find a wonderfull snuff box.
Perfect. I got something similar form Ebay, what did you pay if you don’t mind me asking?
That’s very cool. It’s a beautiful box, and a little piece of history.
Oh, that’s gorgeous, and a real find. I’m jealous!
I would love to own a box like this. Unfortunatily they are very scares and to find one in such mint condition requires a lot of luck. A friend of mine, who is a manufacturing jeweller, offered to make me one. I will now show him this pictures and maybe he will be able to copy it. Btw, I like the little smash boxes from Dholakia but had problems pinching from it because of my thick fingers. I’ve now found the solution to that problem: Just press the sides, it becomes oblong and it’s easy to get your fingers inside of it.
Thank you for your wonderful comments. I have to say that it keeps my snuff fresh and flavorful. Not bad for such an old piece. To Snuffster I traded for this box, but on Ebay, it would go for over $300.00 Since it is hallmarked, made by a known Silversmith and it’s subtle design/condition is 98 percent perfect. The shape it is in for such an old piece is the key element that would drive the price up.
Silver is a great material for snuff boxes an my own of similar age and type keeps the snuff in mint condition, well done indeed…
Very nice bigbuyer, is that a gilded interior or just the way the reflection is?
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Hi Troutstroker, It is gilded a gold color inside. And the finish inside is a good as the outside.
why does silver make snuff awesome??? snuff smells better off of my silver fake antique spoon.
The interior of your snuffbox is washed with high karat gold. Silver will oxidize and the smell tarnishes the snuff. The best silver snuff boxes all have a gold wash inside since gold does not tarnish. I’ve yet to see a modern box sport this refinement. Your box looks like a very fine antique piece indeed.
So Phillip, would you recommend routine cleaning of a silver interior box? I like shiny silver.