Museum number:

APM 26.185

Subcollection:

labels and tobacco wrappers

Title:

wikkel

Keyword:

bust man with beard

Description:

Tabaksverpakking van papier met in staande rechthoek boven het midden in cirkelvorm aankijkend afgebeeld het borstbeeld van een man met snor en baard, gekleed in colbert met vlinderstrik, erboven in boogvorm "THE CALVERLEY" en eronder "SMITH, TAKE A FRESH CIGAR! JONES, THE TOBACCO JAR! HERE'S TO THEE, BACON! (CALVERLEY, 1862). MIXTURE SOLE MANUFACTURERS & BLENDERS BACON BROTHERS, CAMBRIDGE." en langs de onderrand "MEDIUM", langs de randen links "THIS LABEL IS ISSUED EXCLUSIVELY BY BACON BROTHERS." en rechts "REGISTERED TRADE MARK NO. 268557", op smalle rechter flap handtekening "BACON BROTHERS" en links in staande rechthoek "THE CALVERLEY MIXTURE. THE SAME INFINITE CARE IS EXERCISED IN THE SELECTING AND BLENDING OF OUR TOBACCOS AS IN THE DAYS TO WRITE THE FAMOUS "ODE TO TOBACCO" FROM WHICH THE FOLLOWING ARE EXTRACTS: SWEET WHEN THE MORN IS GREY; SWEET WHEN THEY'VE CLEARED AWAY LUNCH; AND AT CLOSE OF DAY POSSIBLY SWEETEST: CATS MAY HAVE HAD THEIR GOOSE COOKED BY TOBACCO-JUICE; STILL WHY DENY ITS USE THOUGHTFULLY TAKEN ? WE'RE NOT AS TABBIES ARE: SMITH, TAKE A FRESH CIGAR! JONES, THE TOBACCO JAR! HERE'S TO THEE, BACON!". Drie identieke exemplaren.

Date:

Period

1920 - 1950

Dimensions:

General	Height	3.54 in (9 cm)
	Width	8.27 in (21 cm)