Museum number:

APM 26.186

Subcollection:

vignetten en tabaksverpakkingen

Title:

wikkel

Keyword:

bust man with beard

Description:

Tabakswikkel van papier met in liggende rechthoek rechts in ovaal aankijkend het borstbeeld van een man met snor en baard, gekleed in colbert met vlinderstrik, eronder "SMITH, TAKE A FRESH CIGAR! JONES, THE TOBACCO JAR! HERE'S TO THEE, BACON! ODE TO TOBACCO (CALVERLEY), links "THE CALVERLEY MIXTURE SOLE MANUFACTURERS & BLENDERS BACON BROTHERS, CAMBRIDGE", eronder in smalle rechthoek "MEDIUM", erboven in smalle rechthoek op lint "ESTABLISHED 1805" met gekroond monogram van tweemaal de letter B, en bovenaan in rechthoek "THIS ORIGINAL SMOKING MIXTURE IS MANUFACTURED FROM MATURED ORIENTAL AND AMERICAN TOBACCOS, AND WILL BE FOUND TO BE COOL AND AROMATIC IN SMOKING. IT IS BLENDED IN TWO STRENGTHS, I.E. MILD, AND MEDIUM AND PACKED IN 1-LB1/2-LB and 1/4-LB TINS, ALSO IN 2-OZ. AND 1-OZ. SAMPLE FOLL PACKETS. EACH PACKAGE BEARS OUR REGISTERED SIGNATURE, THUS: BACON BROTHERS.". Twee identieke exemplaren.

Date:

Period

1920 - 1950

Dimensions:

General	Height	16,8 cm
	Width	12,5 cm