| The pictures below show a front and back view of all (3) 1896 Cigarette Advertising Premium Hawaii Country Flag Celluloid Pin Back Buttons in this lot. These pinback buttons were part of a large 1896 collection of pinback buttons that we had acquired. Two of these were used as a premium with packages of Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. The different one was probably from a different brand or another set. It is unknown how many are in the complete set. Each of these pin back buttons have an image of a Hawaiian country flag from the Victorian era. There are a Sweet Caporal, Whitehead & Hoag Company, and Horace Partridge Company advertising paper inserts in the back. The pin back buttons have slightly different flags and they are marked as follows: HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.
THE HORACE PARTIRDGE CO.,
55 HANOVER ST.,
BOSTON, MASS.
W. & H. CO. PATENTS
JULY 17, 1894
APRIL 14, 1896
JULY 21, 1896
PAT. JULY 21, 1896 (on the edge) HAWAII
SWEET CAPORAL CIGARETTE
BUTTONS MADE BY
THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO.
NEWARK, N.J.
PAT. JULY 21, 1896
PAT. APRIL 14, 1896
PAT. JULY 17, 1894 HAWAII
SWEET CAPORAL CIGARETTE
BUTTONS MADE BY
THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO.
NEWARK, N.J.
PAT. JULY 21, 1896
PAT. APRIL 14, 1896
PAT. JULY 17, 1894 The pin back buttons each measure 7/8'' wide. They appear to be in good to excellent condition with some wear, spotting, or rusting as pictured. |
