What is an edwardian silver tobacco box?

An edwardian silver tobacco box is a small container made between nineteen hundred and nineteen ten to hold pipe tobacco for personal use. These pieces were carried in pockets or travel bags by gentlemen who smoked pipes throughout the day.

How do you use a squeeze tobacco box?

A squeeze tobacco box opens when pressure is applied to the sides, releasing the spring-loaded lid for quick access. This specific mechanical design allowed smokers to retrieve loose tobacco with one hand while holding a pipe in the other.

What materials are used besides silver?

Many tobacco and cigar boxes feature wooden bodies made from English oak combined with sterling silver mounts or shields. Other surviving examples incorporate crocodile leather wraps, silver plate, or internal gold washes known as silver gilt.

How can I tell the date of a box?

Makers stamped official hallmarks directly onto the metal, indicating the specific assay office and year of manufacture. Reviewing these tiny stamped letters alongside the listed period helps determine whether the piece originates from the Edwardian era or adjacent decades.

Were these boxes only made for tobacco?

Silversmiths produced similar portable containers sized appropriately for snuff, cigars, and cigarettes using identical manufacturing techniques. While sharing functional similarities with cigarette cases and snuff boxes, true tobacco boxes generally offered a larger capacity for pipe leaf.

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An edwardian silver tobacco box is a pocket-sized metal container built for holding pipe tobacco, prized by collectors for tactile finishes and period hallmarks.

A Fabulous Edwardian Silver Gilt Snuff/ Tobacco Box

1900 - 1920

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A Fabulous Edwardian Silver Gilt Snuff/ Tobacco Box

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1900 - 1920

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Antique Silverplated Cigar Box.

From George James Antiques

£225

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1900 - 1920

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Exceptional Silver Cigar Box / Smoking Compendium by Mappin & Webb

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£6,500

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19th century

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Fabulous Antique English Oak & Silver Plated Drum Form Biscuit Box / Barrel C.1890

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A Fabulous Edwardian Silver Gilt Snuff/ Tobacco Box

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Exceptional Silver Cigar Box / Smoking Compendium by Mappin & Webb

Fabulous Antique English Oak & Silver Plated Drum Form Biscuit Box / Barrel C.1890

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