Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tobacco premium
Object Number:
2002.1.2759
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Cloth
Dimensions:
3 x 2 in.
Description:
A black woven silk ribbon with fine gold top and bottom border lines and a flag with a gold border divided vertically into a white and a gold sections with the Papal emblem as a crest in the white section section above the word "Vatican City" in gold. 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.