Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Mid-20th Century Unknown Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
2010s Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Metal
1910s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Early 20th Century German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Cedar, Ebony
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
2010s Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Leather, Walnut, Cedar
1830s British Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver, Bronze
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Glass, Cedar
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Early 20th Century French Napoleon III Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
Early 20th Century French Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1960s British Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
19th Century English Georgian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
1920s German Other Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
1890s European Late Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
19th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Ceramic, Faience
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Ebony
Early 1900s American Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
1910s British Art Nouveau Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1950s American American Craftsman Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Maple, Cedar
1920s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Bronze
Early 20th Century German Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Enamel, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Ebony
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass, Pewter
1840s British Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
19th Century English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Oak
1950s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver
Mid-20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1870s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1890s French Majolica Pottery Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Majolica
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
1680s Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
20th Century English Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary French Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Nickel
1930s French Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Other
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Early 20th Century European Chinoiserie Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Composition
2010s Italian Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Ebony, Animal Skin, Wood
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Wood
21st Century and Contemporary French Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Nickel
Mid-20th Century French Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Leather, Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Copper
20th Century English Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century English Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Oak
1840s English Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Brass
20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Austrian Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary European Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Lapis Lazuli, Metal, Silver
1920s English Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Silver, Sterling Silver
1930s Danish Art Deco Vintage Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Antique Cigar Boxes and Humidors
Cigars were not always packaged in what we now know as the antique cigar boxes and humidors that have over time become eye-catching decorative objects as well as collector’s items.
Outside the United States, cigar boxes are said to have originated in the 1840s when a German businessman, Hermann Dietrich Upmann of H. Upmann Cigars, bought a cigar factory and opened a bank in Havana, Cuba. Upmann reportedly handed out cedar cigar boxes branded with advertising for the bank as gifts to his banking clients. In the early 1860s, after years of cigars being shipped in big crates or barrels, cigar boxes became a requirement when the United States passed a law that mandated the use of boxes for tobacco producers, which was part of a broader effort to regulate the tobacco industry and generate revenue for the war effort. Humidors, which are moisture-controlled storage boxes that allow a cigar enthusiast to store, organize and preserve a larger collection of cigars, were very popular accessories during the early 1900s onward.
As the use of cigar boxes and humidors became widespread, all kinds of options materialized over the years, with particularly vibrant editions of these decorative objects emerging during the Art Nouveau, mid-century modern and other eras. Visionary designers like Isamu Noguchi popularized the idea of tobacco accessories as art with projects such as his decorative ashtrays.
Today, not unlike antique and vintage ashtrays, cigar boxes are more than practical objects. In fact, there are many uses for an old cigar box even after the cigars are gone. They can be used as planters, tissue boxes or can support your long-delayed effort to organize your sewing and craft supplies. During the Great Depression, an emptied cigar box — perhaps a walnut Art Deco-style cigar box with inlays in bronze and hand-carved decorative geometric patterns adorning its exterior — was occasionally repurposed as a jewelry box.
Antique and vintage cigar boxes — made of wood, metal or other materials — are valuable treasures in some corners of the collecting world, and in your home, they’re exquisite desk ornaments and colorful flourishes to add to your bookcase or mantel. On 1stDibs, find a variety of antique and vintage cigar boxes and other decorative boxes today.