A Collection of Vintage Metal Advertising Cigar...

Box Openers and Tools. This collection consists of vintage metal tools designed for opening wooden cigar boxes, pulling nails, and hammering boxes shut. These functional premiums were distributed by various cigar brands and manufacturers from the late 19th through the mid-20th century. The assembly features multiple structural forms including scroll-handled (crook style) openers with embossed floral handles, claw hammers, ball-peen styles, a flat bar, and a combination tool featuring a bottle opener. Prominent branding and inscriptions include Fanny Davenport and Pawnee 5 Cent Cigar, Manuel Cigars, Fritz Bros. Fine Cigars, L.C. Tyler of Wooster, Ohio, Alexander Gordon of Detroit, Michigan, El Verso, Muriel Cigars, Charles Denby Cigars 5 Cent, Hava-A-Tampa, Eisenlohr's Good Cigar, Smoke Ori...