Museum Collections
Luce Center
Store display
Object Number:
2002.1.3641
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Metal, paper, celluloid
Dimensions:
11 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.
Description:
A metal cigar display stand and mechanical cigar cutter. The base has two holes in which the end of either a small or large cigar is placed and the unit pressed down activating an internal spring-loaded clipping blade. An embossed metal frame stands upright at the rear around a color print of a kneeling Native American man with a feathered headress and a bow in hand looking out from a high grassy peak. The frame is embossed and highlighted with red and green paint "Rocky Ford/ Delicious Flavor/ Cigar". Embossed in the rear base "The Brunhoff Mfg. Co./ Cincinnati, O."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.