Cigar box

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Cigar box

Entry/Object ID

SS.2002.1

Description

Wooden box with paper labels glued to all six sides and to all interior faces except bottom: top of box is hinged to base with cloth tape; top label: "Washington Irving" in banner over an oval head-and-shoulders portrait of a young man with brown hair, dark blue-green coat, fur collar, and high, wrapped-collar white shirt; portrait oval has red background and is surrounded by foliage wreath; flowers to left of portrait outside oval; bottom of this label is obscured by another label of blue-green that originally wrapped around four sides of the box and which reads "12 CIGARS" "TAX PAID STAMP" "U.S INTE..[torn]..OR CENCELLAT..[torn] ACT OF OCTOBER..[torn] SERIES OF 1891." "TWELVE CIGARS" and has an oval portrait of Henry Clay. Side label on surface above Irving's head is tan and black and reads "COLLOSSUS CIGAR FACTORY" "Established 1851" "TRADE MARK" all enclosed in a circkle which also contains a picture of an Indian holding an arrow and a torch. Foliage surrounds trademark. Label on bottom of box reads "Factory No. 4, 3rd District, New York. Notice: THE MANUFACTURERS OF THE CIGARS HEREIN CONTAINED HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW EVERY PERSON IS CAUTIONED NOT TO USE EITHER THIS BOX FOR CIGARS OR THE STAMP THEREON AGAIN, NOR TO TRMOVE THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOX WITHOUT DESTROYING SAID STAMP, UNDER THE PENALTIES PROVIDED BY LAW IN SUCH CASES. Interior label on underside of lid is identical to label on top, but bottom is not obscured by tax stamp' label in interior side directly below it reads "...CTORY No. 4, 3rd Dist. MAKERS N..." "FINEST GRADE" In half of a circle is the top of a man's face and "WASHINGTON"; label on left of interior face reads "Washington Irving"; bottom of this label is torn off. Printed on the wood on exterior bottom "Factory No. 4, 3rd Dist. N.Y. 12", on left side "FLOR-FIN...", on bottom side "Boutique". "1883" in ballpoint pen on bottom.

Collection

Sunnyside Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1891

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

See description

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

1-3/8 in

Width

4-1/8 in

Length

4-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 4 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (3.5 x 10.5 x 12.1 cm)

Material

Wood, Paper

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Washington Irving (1783-1859)

Notes

Subject

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

"1883" date conflicts with tax stamp date on object.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 13D

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial