Cigar Tin
Torbay Museum
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| Object Name: | Cigar Tin |
| Classification: | man-made artifact |
| Category: | Tools and Equipment for Materials |
| Sub-category: | Cigar Making Tools and Equipment |
| Discipline: | history local history |
| Material: | paper tin |
| Technique: | cast screwed painted printed |
| Accession Number: | 990.31.6 |
| Manufacturer: | Henri Wintemans |
| Origin-Country: | Netherlands |
| Origin-Continent: | Europe |
| Use-Province: | Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Use-Country: | Canada |
| Culture: | European |
| Geo Cultural Area: | Europe |
| Cultural Context: | smoking |
| Latest Production Date: | c 1975 |
| Period: | Late-Twentieth Century |
| Description: | The cigar tin consists of a rectangular tin box, to which is hinged a tin lid. The tin is painted gold. The lid is beige and gold, and on it is printed a number of designs: The Henri Wintermans logo, which consists of a gold lion on a red background, a cup of coffee to indicate the café crème flavour, and a lighted cigarillo. The inside of the lid contains the same designs, only brown on a beige background. Inside the tin is a paper label which provides additional information about the Café Crème product. |
| Narrative: | Henri Wintermans began his cigar-making enterprise with his brother, Sjaak, in 1904. By 1934, the company had come to dominate the Dutch domestic market, and Henri split from his brother and established a factory at Eersel, where he would concentrate on the export market. Café Crème cigarillos were first produced in the early 1960s, and quickly became the best-selling cigarillos in the world. The tin is one of many similar containers from a wide variety of tobacco products held at the Torbay museum. |
| History of Use: | These cigarillos were purchased and smoked in approximately 1975. |
| Height: | 0.8 |
| Length: | 9.2 |
| Width: | 8.7 |
| Unit-Linear: | cm |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Number of Components: | 3 |
| Component Part Names: | lid label tin |
| Marks/Labels: | These cigars are made of the richest tobaccos originating from the best estates in the world Henri Winterman's, Eersel, Holland Café Crème 10 café crème cigars |
| Institution: |
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| Institution City: | Torbay |
| Institution Province: | Newfoundland and Labrador |
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