Lot 62 | Early 20th C. German, 2-Plate, Hinged Cigar Press

C-18816 c. 1910s/1920s; Welker & Wimmer - Wiesloch, Germany Solid oak cigar press constructed with a hinged two-plate clamping system, designed to shape and finish handmade cigars during rolling and curing. The interior faces are fluted with evenly spaced cigar channels, while the exterior retains a simple, rectangular form with chamfered edges and pegged corner construction. The top surface bears a stamped maker's mark for Welker & Wimmer, consistent with early 20th-century German cigar-making tools produced for professional and small-scale workshop use. Welker & Wimmer of Wiesloch specialized in cigar-making equipment and wooden forms during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, supplying tools to the cigar industry in Germany's Baden region, a historic center of European cigar produ...