Advertisement Antique El Principe De Gales King Of Cigars Reverse Painted Glass

Description

"El Principe De Gales King Of Havana Cigars" Reverse painted glass beautiful gold on black 18" x 12"
"Fabrica De Tobacos" Some tiny chips on the glass edge, some black paint has come off on the edge, the paper on the back of the glass is very fragile but totally intact. (see photos)
This item comes from the Chris Krempel collection. Krempel was a part owner of the Maier/Zobelein Brewery of Los Angeles, Ca in the early 1900's
In 1856, Martinez-Ybor founded his own small cigar manufacturing company in
Havana, Cuba
and began selling his
El Principe de Gales
("Prince of Wales") brand.
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The brand quickly became popular, and Martinez Ybor's factory was soon producing 20,000 cigars a day.
Martinez-Ybor soon opened a new factory in Key West and resumed manufacturing his
Principe de Gales
brand, employing many Cubans who had also left their homeland due to the war. Ybor was one of the first manufacturers to create and market a "Havana clear" or "Cuban clear" cigar - a product made with Cuban tobacco by (mostly) Cuban workers in the United States, thus avoiding the high
tariff
on the importation of finished cigars from Cuba.
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