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Description:
Up for sale is an exceptional piece of late 19th-century Gilded Age American tobacciana history. This is an authentic 1880s "Baronet" six-piece nailed-wood cedar cigar box featuring extraordinary, clear historical stamps on both the lid and the reverse base.Historical Provenance & Stamped Details:
* Distributor/Brand: Stamped on the bottom for The Samuel Woodside Co. (Cincinnati, Ohio), a prominent late 19th-century Midwest luxury tobacco distributor. The lid displays brilliant, ornate gold-leaf borders surrounding the cursive "Baronet" brand mark.
* Manufacturing Origin: Stamped "Factory No. 1307, 3d Dist. N.Y.", verifying production by Kaufmann Bros. & Bondy at their historic facility on 38th St & 1st Ave in Manhattan, New York.
* Capacity & Taxation: Stamped for 50 cigars. Features an intact, original U.S. Internal Revenue series tax stamp caution notice warning against the re-use of the box, complete with the faded, distressed illustrative portrait of Columbia / Lady Liberty.Condition:
Excellent antique condition for an item over 140 years old. The cedar wood structure is remarkably solid with tight nailed joints and no major splits or warping. The heat-stamped text and gold-gilt decoration are crisp and legible. Retains a wonderful, natural uncleaned wood patina. No modern chemical cleaners or liquids have been applied.Shipping:
This fragile antique cedar box will be wrapped with care in thick bubble
