Product Overview
Add historic tobacciana appeal to your collection with this authentic early 20th-century lithographed hinged cigarette tin from M. Melachrino & Co. Celebrated as a premier luxury brand of Egyptian cigarettes with its original factory in Cairo, the exterior displays ornate royal crests, royal warrants, Egyptian statuary vignettes, and major depot cities (London, Cairo, Shanghai, New York, Montreal). The inner lid reveals vibrant scarlet and gold lithography proclaiming factory origins and authenticity warnings, while the back features script storage guidance alongside Factory No. 649, 1st District New York tax notices and partial original revenue stamp remnants. In very good antique condition with tight, functioning hinges and rich inner graphics, showing expected authentic exterior age patina including edge wear, surface scratches, light scattered spotting, and minor corner rubbing.
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