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ANTIQUE SPAULDING & MERRICK SWEET BURLEY DARK TOBACCO CANISTER
Measures 11 inches tall 8.5 inches wide.
Offered is an original antique Spaulding & Merrick Sweet Burley Dark Fine Cut Tobacco canister/store display container.
This is the large advertising-style tobacco canister that would have been used as a countertop/store display container for tobacco packets. The front prominently features DARK SWEET BURLEY TOBACCO, while the reverse displays the original Spaulding & Merrick Sweet Burley Dark Fine Cut tobacco package artwork.
The canister has wonderful original early-20th-century lithographed graphics, including the red background, wheat/laurel decoration, large period lettering and decorative side panels.
Maker: Spaulding & Merrick Tobacco Co., Chicago
Brand: Sweet Burley
Type: Dark Fine Cut
Item: Large tobacco store/display canister
Material: Lithographed metal/tin
Era: Early 1900s / first quarter 20th century
