A few examples of appraisal values for
PORCELAIN SNUFF BOX MARKS

• A Continental Gilt Metal Mounted
  A Continental Gilt Metal Mounted Porcelain Snuff Box circa 1750 of oval form with a hinged gilt metal mount with gilt scroll borders and polychrome Deutsche Blumen on a white ground. Width 3 1/4 inches.
• A Continental Porcelain Oval
  A Continental Porcelain Oval Snuff Box The exterior of the box hand painted on the lid, sides and underside with peasants engaging in leisure pursuits, and the interior of the lid is well painted with a scene of Diana at her bath while Actaeon observes from behind a tree. It has gilt metal mounts around each rim. No maker's marks found. Measures approx. 3-1/2" x 2-1/4" x 2"H.
• A porcelain rectangular snuff box
  A porcelain rectangular snuff box base probably Meissen late 18th century finely painted with insects and flower sprays gilt interior unmarked 2.75in. Estimate ?150-200 There is a tiny firing crack to the top edge on one side of the box which can be seen as a feint hair crack extending 2 - 3mm into the glazed body there is some where to the enamels on one corner beneath and some scratching consistent with age obviously lacking mount and cover. FURTHER IMAGES ALREADY AVAILABLE AT WWW.GORRINGES.CO.UK Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Gorringes Conditions of Sale.Sold for ?160
• A Porcelain Snuff Bottle Of tapered
  A Porcelain Snuff Bottle Of tapered cylindrical shape with short neck. Hand painted underglaze iron red with three cockerels and sun in cloud. Unmarked. Approx. 2-3/4"T. Possibly 18th century.
• A Porcelain Snuff Bottle of
  A Porcelain Snuff Bottle of cylindrical form having underglaze blue and copper decoration depicting three figures having a scrolling underglaze blue ring to underside. Height 3 3/4 inches.
• A CHINESE EXPORT SNUFF BOX with
  A CHINESE EXPORT SNUFF BOX with pseudo-British marks, of rounded rectangular outline, scallop decoration throughout; together with a smaller snuff box, Birmingham 1806, prick engraved detail to the hinged lid with engraved initials; together with a vinaigrette, T.B. London 1800, with musical detail to the pierced grill(3)Width: 6cm, 5.3cm, 3.3cm
• A Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottle
  A Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottle Porcelain bottle of ovoid shape with polychrome. Small foot and coral stopper. Scenes in high relief of figures with a teal wave background. Brown four mark character mark on bottom. Apprx 2-5/8"T.
• Eleven Chinese snuff bottles and
  Eleven Chinese snuff bottles and three enamel boxes Comprising one green resin snuff, one resin 'lacquered' snuff, one true lacquer snuff, four painted porcelain snuffs of varying forms, three reverse-painted glass snuffs, one agate snuff, two hexagonal cloisonne boxes and one 5-tier, stackable cloisonne box. (14). Tallest H: 3 3/4 in. Chips, cracks, some missing stoppers -no major losses
• Matched Set Of Six Porcelain
  Matched Set Of Six Porcelain Snuff BottlesAll in orange field depicting antiques dragons Qulin and phoenix each with four character mark in underglaze blue and various shapes tallest 3.5''H and with custom fitted box circa 20th century.
• A French S??vres Style Enameled
  A French S??vres Style Enameled Porcelain Snuff Box 19th century of rectangular form with a cobalt ground and raised gilt decoration; the lid with a Bacchus scene with a scrolled border. Height 1 1/2 x width 3 1/2 x depth 2 1/4 inches.
• Chinese blue and red underglazed
  Chinese blue and red underglazed porcelain soft-paste box and snuff bottle kangxi blue six character mark, 19th century The circular soft-paste box cover is decorated to show a scholar and his consort among ruyi clouds and rock work, the snuff bottle is decorated with a red dragon. Box Dia: 3 1/2 in. Wear and condition consistent with age and use. 1/ 4 in. chip to lower rim, minor scratching to lower surface, 1/8 in. chip to base. Overall in fair condition.
• An 800 Silver Snuff Box With German
  An 800 Silver Snuff Box With German marks on the inner rim, approx. 2-1/4" x 1-1/4", with a repousse hinged lid depicting a swan in the waves with a lotus blossom at sunrise, and with an inner hinged lid hlding a small snuff spoon above the larger compartment. The interior is gold washed.
• An Antique Hand Painted Snuff Box
  An Antique Hand Painted Snuff Box and Hand Gilt Ceramic Snuff Box The 3-1/2"D papier mache snuff box with lid has a hand painted 3/4 figure of a man on an ebonized ground most probably late 18th/19th century. The second is a ceramic snuff box with a glossy black surface gilt stripes around the edges and hand lettered initials in gilt with leafy springs apprx. 3-3/4"D.
• A 19th century ceramic Russian
  A 19th century ceramic Russian lacquer snuff box 9.5 x 5.5 x 3cm.
• A Sterling Silver Repousse Vanity
  A Sterling Silver Repousse Vanity Box and an Oval Snuff Box The cylindrical box has a lift off lid gold washed interior decorated in deep relief with foliate and other patterns Birmingham England marks inside the rim apprx. 3"H x 2-1/2"D total weight apprx. 3.28 toz. The oval snuff box also bears British silver marks measuring apprx. 1-3/8" x 1-3/4" x 1"H with a figural relief on the lid of Diana and with foliate designs around the sides. Gold washed interior. Total weight apprx. 7.64 toz.
• Three Porcelain Snuff Bottles one
  Three Porcelain Snuff Bottles one of rectangular form having figural decoration in blue and white with a coral stopper one of cylindrical form depicting an archer hunting birds and one of compressed flask form having polychrome enamel decoration depicting birds on blossoming branches bearing four-character Daoguang reign mark to the underside. Height of tallest 3 1/8 inches.
• A Rare Continental Enameled Snuff
  A Rare Continental Enameled Snuff Box Of rectangular form with canted corners, approx. 3-3/8"W x 1-5/8"D x 1"H, with engraved borders, cobalt blue basse taille enamels over scrolling engraving, with white borders and with oval reserves on the front, back and lid, minutely hand painted with scenes of cherubs in various activities. The most prominent scene is of a cluster of five cherubs at sea riding on the backs of dolphins, with an inner border of inset seed pearls. Possibly Swiss, ca. 1820.
• 3 porcelain snuff bottles, (1)
  3 porcelain snuff bottles, (1) black ground with enameled decoration, 4 character red underglaze mark, no stopper, (1) black ground with raised blue dragon decoration, coral stopper, (1) double with blue underglaze landscape decoration, ivory stoppers, tallest 3 1/2" Estimate $100-200
• TWO ANTIQUE CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN
  TWO ANTIQUE CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN FIGURAL SNUFF BOXES The first a German porcelain snuff box modeled as the head of a Turk, the hinged cover painted with a maritime scene to the interior, possibly late 18th century, with blue crossed swords mark (2 7/8 in.) (gilt metal mount and cover are detached from head, shallow old flake to edge of neck); the second in the form of a bearded man with crown (possibly Neptune), attributed to Samson of Paris, with blue crossed swords mark, likely mid-19th century and modeled after an 18th century Meissen example, with engraved gilt metal hinged cover (3 in.) (some wear to painted "hair," some chipping to points of crown, gilt metal mount likely re-attached).
• Five small boxes: one circular
  Five small boxes: one circular lidded Tunbridge ware, 1-1/4 x 3 in., loss to some micro inlaid elements, repaired rim crack; papier mache circular box, lid with painted decoration with two men dipping snuff, 2-1/2 x 4-1/2 in., losses ; snuff box, painted lid with man seated in armchair holding up two glasses of wine, 7/8 x 3-5/8 in.; cartouche shaped snuff box, toothless lady in white bonnet, 7/8 x 3-1/4 in.; cartouche shaped snuff box, smiling man with mustache, 1 x 3 in., British and Continental, late 18th and 19th century. All with surface wear, scattered small chips. Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina
• A Victorian Micromosaic and
  A Victorian Micromosaic and Enamel Snuff Box, ca. Late 19th Century Of a round bulbous shape cranberry red glass box with hinged lid. Lid decorated with beveled black glass inset with superb micromosaic depicting classical ruins. Glass body decorated with hand enemeled meandering foliate design. Unsigned and unmarked. Measures approx. 1-1/4"H x 2-1/2"D at the widest point.
• A Mixed Metals Snuff Box Of oval
  A Mixed Metals Snuff Box Of oval form, approx. 2-1/2" x 2" x 1-1/4"H, with the interior clad in tortoise shell, and with the exterior embellished with rose gold, yellow gold and possibly steel, worked with elaborate details inset into composite material with pictorial elements of urns, garlands, and tooled panels. There are very worn marks at the inside rim, most probably French. Approx. 72.9 gm.
• A Signed Porcelain Snuff Bottle
  A Signed Porcelain Snuff Bottle Of flattened rounded shape with gilt flared rim; green with red cabochon stopper. Depicting cranes among trees on yellow background. Signed underneath. Approx. 2-3/4"T.
• German porcelain metal-mounted
  German porcelain metal-mounted snuff box possibly Meissen circa 1780 rectangular hinged case molded scrollwork enclosing coastal landscapes as well as scenes on top and underside inside cover opening to reveal very finely painted hunt scene mounts with cutwork decorations. H2'' W3'' D2'' Provenance: Estate of the late Francis D. ''Skeeter'' McNairy Savannah Georgia. Nicks and imperfections to interior edges. Back    Inquiry      Previous Item   Next Item © Charlton Hall Auctions.  Images descriptions and condition reports used on this site are original copyright material and are not to be reproduced without permission. For further information telephone 803.779.5678     © 2012 CHARLTON HALL GALLERIES INC.
• A small patch box Chinese marks and
  A small patch box Chinese marks and a snuff box unmarked both silver. Approx. weight 3.6 oz.
• Two Porcelain Snuff Bottles With
  Two Porcelain Snuff Bottles With carved stoppers; squat form with polychrome enamel, the other with black enamel and gilt base. Both signed, approx. 2-3/4"T and approx. 2-1/2"T.
• An Antique Enameled Snuff Box or
  An Antique Enameled Snuff Box or Bonbonniere Ovoid shell shape hinged lid snuff box with gilt brass rims elaborately hand enameled in tan with multicolor flowers on a plum ground oval image of Cupid holding two arrows on top of the lid interior of lid with similar decoration in reverse of colors with a white dove within the oval reserve interior base decorated with a tracery of flowers and vines on a beige background. No markings were found.
• (1) White porcelain cylindrical
  (1) White porcelain cylindrical snuff bottle, enameled overglaze polychrome landscape decoration, filigree metal stopper set with turquoise and jade beads, 4 character red underglaze mark, 4" h, 20th c, in a modern presentation box Estimate $100-150
• An Antique Silver Dutch Snuff
  An Antique Silver Dutch Snuff Box, ca. 1859 With several stamped marks distributed over the surface, gold washed interior, hinged lid and incised and tooled decorations with a crow in the center, approx. 3"W x 1-3/4"D x 5-8"H.
• A Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottle the
  A Molded Porcelain Snuff Bottle the pink colored bottle having applied white porcelain decoration of birds on flowering branches having conforming stopper and impressed Qianlong mark on the underside. Height overall 3 inches.
• Five brass snuff boxes: one oval
  Five brass snuff boxes: one oval engraved with flying bird below rising sun; one oval with wading shore bird; one rectangular with canted corners and curved body with two-initial script monogram; one rectangular with curved body and adjustable calendar with days of week and months; one square with canted corners, worn inscription on lid interior "W Howe", all British and/or Continental, probably 18th or early 19th century, 2-1/4 in. to 3 in. All in good condition with polished surfaces. Private Collection, Charlottesville, Virginia
• (3) various porcelain snuff
  (3) various porcelain snuff bottles, each with blue underglaze dragon seeking flaming pearl decoration, one with an archaic seal mark, one with 6 character mark, 2 with jade stopper, 3" to 3 1/2" h, 19th/20th c Estimate $300-500
• A Blue & White Prunus Snuff
  A Blue & White Prunus Snuff Bottle in Relief Porcelain bottle with blue enamel and raised white enamel decoration having prunus branches and birds red ring at foot and rim with green stone stopper having spoon intact bottom stamped with three character mark.
• An early 20th century Viennese
  An early 20th century Viennese 900 standard silver gilt and guilloche enamelled snuff box of oval form with inset Essex type crystal with conifer branch makers mark OH 3 in. Estimate ?300-500 Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Gorringes Conditions of Sale.Sold for ?340
• A Large Porcelain Snuff Bottle
  A Large Porcelain Snuff Bottle Cylindrical shape with a flared rim over short neck and wide shoulders; coral cabochon stopper in metal mounts. Hand painted underglaze in red and blue on white background. Unmarked. Approx. 3-7/8"T x 1-1/2"D.
• (3) porcelain snuff bottles with
  (3) porcelain snuff bottles with blue underglaze decoration, (1) dragon seeking flaming pearl decoration, (1) figures in landscape, both with 4 character marks, (1) hexagonal with figure in landscape decoration, no stoppers, tallest 3 1/4" h, 19th/20th c Estimate $100-200