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Vintage  Wooden Hinged Cigar Box - Price Restricted to 8 - 15 cents - No Brand

$ 2.63

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

Vintage Wooden Hinged Cigar Box - Price Restricted Notice of 8 - 15 cents - No Brand. Condition is "Used".
This handsome cigar box has been handed down to me through the years along with other family treasures.
The box measures:  8 3/4" x 7" x 1 3/4" in size.  It is wooden with the appearance of inlaid wooden design on top.  That is the appearance; not the reality.   Actually appears to be a decal that has been attached and varnished over.
Photos show the aging crazing of the decal on top surface.  Hinges are secure.  The clasp on the front is very tight but does work.  Apparently someone in the past used a tool to open the clasp.  This is apparent in the photos; showing scratches in the surface near the clasp.
I am not familiar with cigars or their history.  Did a bit of research and discovered that cigars were priced at 15 cents back in the 1950's.
The label on the underside reads:  The Cigars herein contained were manufactured to retail "at more than EIGHT cents each and not more than FIFTEEN cents each.  That label is how I judged that the cigar box was from the 1950's.
Another part of that label states:  Factory No. 111  6th Dist. Calif.
There is no mention of a brand name anywhere on the item.
Would like to see this item in someone's collection of vintage cigar boxes.  Good luck with your bidding.