Cigar Box Label, Engagement, F.X. Smith's Sons, Original Lithograph, Vintage NOS

• Pattern:  Vintage Cigar Box Label, Engagement Brand, Original Lithograph
• Made in USA 
• Vintage:  1930's
• Details:  Gorgeous label, heavily embossed and gilded stone lithograph.  It shows  a young man smoking a cigar while looking at a picture, perhaps thinking, of his fiancée.  He has an open box of "Engagement" brand cigars on his desk.  Engagement cigars were made by F.X Smith's Sons of Sherrystown, PA, (more on the company below).  This label is a great example of the high quality embossing, gilding, and the beautiful colors that were achieved with a lithograph.  Lots of details to look at, notice the light over his desk, those are back in style today!  This label is in pristine condition, original, unused, suitable for framing, and recommended to maintain condition.   Great as a collector's item, for a cigar aficionado, collector.  Would look wonderful framed and hung in a study, library,  man-cave or bar.  Makes a unique gift for someone getting engaged who is also a cigar smoker.
• Material:  Paper
• Dimensions:   9.5 inches Long and 7.0 inches Wide
• Condition:   Vintage - NOS (Guaranteed Original).  This is an original, New Old Stock item, never been used, mint condition.  The paper is yellowing, more noticeable on the back side, but this is consistent with its age.  Please review all pictures and make sure you love this item before purchasing, we can't accept returns.  Please remember these are VINTAGE and ANTIQUE items, every effort has been made to show any scratches, wear and tear and imperfections.  

Chromolithography is a unique method for making multi-color prints.  It became the most successful of several methods of color printing developed by the 19th century.

F. X. Smith’s Sons Co of McSherrystown PA was started in 1862 by Francis Xavier Smith in his basement in Irishtown.  Eventually moving to McSherrystown and growing to six factories, employing five hundred workers rolling over six million cigars a year.  For 156 years they manufactured their cigars in the USA.  By the year 2000, they were the only cigar makers left in the area; due to stringent regulations, cigar makers were faced with either closing or moving outside the country, but FX Smith stayed.  However, by 2018 they could no longer survive financially and moved the operations to the Dominican Republic.