Old Climax Tobacco Plug Tin spiral snake 24 collotype plates

24 collotype plates

would originally have been a decorative pane on a large clock

reading now as a very dark blue-black

the form super elegant

Old Climax Tobacco Plug Tin spiral snake 24 collotype platesJust for funand for storing a tiny thing or two that gives one pleasure!:) A bit of history: Climax tobacco Climax plug (chewing) tobacco was manufactured by the P. Lorillard Company, begining in the 1870s. The P. Lorillard Company was founded in 1760 by Pierre Lorillard I, and is the United States oldest tobacco company. It began by manufacturing snuff at the snuff mill that is now part of the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx! Pierre Lorillard