SCARCE LATE 19TH C GLOBE 1882 ANTIQUE TOBACCO HUMIDOR W/AMBER GLASS BODY/TIN LID

Description

SCARCE
LATE 19TH CENTURY
GLOBE TOBACCO COMPANY,
DETROIT, MICHIGAN,
CIRCA 1882, AME
RI
CAN
ANTIQUE TOBACCO HUMIDOR,
with
EMBOSSED AMBER GLASS BARREL BODY, ORIGINAL TIN SCREW LID
&
WIRE HANDLE
with
LATHE-TURNED WOOD HAND GRASP PAINTED
in
BLACK ENAMEL,
DETROIT, MICHIGAN,
featuring
GLASS PRODUCTION STRETCH
MARKS
in
BARREL
[Patented Oct. 10th, 1882]
(Circa 1882)
Late 19th century
Ame
ri
can
antique
primitive glass & tin lid, decorative
tobacco humidors
for
cigars
& pipe tobacco
DIMENSIONS:
7" Height (handle down) x 9 1/2" Height (handle up)
x 4 5/8" Width (Barrel) x 3 7/8" Width (tin lid)
Weight:
1 lb. 13 oz.
DESCRIPTION:
For sale is this very nice and very well-preserved,
late 19th century
Ame
ri
can
antique
primitive, pressed amber glass with tin screw lid, wire handle and lathe-turned, black enamel painted wooden hand grasp, tobacco humidor,
produced by the
Globe Tobacco Co.,
Detroit, Michigan, circa 1882.
It was recently discovered here in a southern
New Hampshire
estate along the
Massachusetts
border and is without any cracks or noticeable glass loss. The amber glass has naturally occurring stretch marks in its glass sidewalls, a sign of early, pre-20th century glass production. Its form is meant to resemble a staved wooden barrel cask for storing any number of things in. The screw-on tin lid is original to the glass body and is intact, without dings, dents, loss or deformities and only has some very slight, minimal signs of oxidation on its tin surfaces. The front glass sidewall of the humidor is clearly embossed with the raised typography
'Globe Tobacco Company, Detroit, Michigan,
Pat. Oct. 10, 1882.'
In glorious, well-preserved overall antique condition. Very handsome. Fine.
CONDITION:
Very Good to Excellent overall antique condition.