Vintage cigar tin with an image of galleons and the Tower of London

Vintage cigar tin with an image of galleons and the Tower of London.

• Maker: Champ, Clarck & Lugano Sigarenfabrieken N.V.
• Manufacturing date: 1960 - 1970

Description
Beautiful old quaint vintage tin with a hinged lid on the lid, a picture of the river Thames with some 18th century galleons. In the background the Tower of London. The sides of the can are reddish brown with gold details and sailing ships.

Sides of the tin are in reddish brown with gold details of sailing ship and anchor. The bottom and inside are gold colored. At the hinge the text: 12 MB container made in GT. Britain.

At the bottom of this tin is a sticker with, among other things, the text: "LONDON" Champ, Clarck & Lugano Sigarenfabrieken N.V.

Cigar maker used to be a profession with prestige. Good cigar makers were labeled as craftsmen.

From the year 1920 to about 1971 there was a large cigar factory in the center of Nieuwe Pekela. Champ Clark & ​​Lugano Sig.fabr. v / h R.H. King & Son. was located at Albatrosstraat 2-3.

The company disappeared in 1971 due to financial difficulties. The factory buildings were demolished a few years later

Condition
This tin is in a good vintage condition with possible traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Size

• Height: 5 cm.
• Length: 24.5 cm.
• Width: 18.5 cm.

The Tower of London, officially Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which is separated from the eastern edge of the square mile of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It was founded towards the end of 1066 as part of the Norman Conquest of England. 

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