Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tobacco premium
Object Number:
2002.1.2764
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 x 2 in.
Description:
A black woven silk ribbon with fine gold top and bottom border lines with a flag consisting of blue, gold and red vertical bars with a central red, silver and blue shield crest above the words "Andorra/ Standard" in gold and blue. Andorra is a tiny nation situated in the Pyrenees Mountains between Spain and France. One in a series of collectible ribbons featuring Flags and Standards of the World. Given as a collectible premium by cigarette manufacturers, a paper label on the reverse reads "The American Tobacco Co., Inc./ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.