Description
Great circa 1923 Monarch Breakfast Cocoa lithographed tin. The center depicts a lion's head and surrounding it reads: "OUR HIGHEST QUALITY TRADE MARK REGISTERED" and "MONARCH COCOA REID, MURDOCH & CO. ESTABLISHED 1853 CHCAGO, ILL. U.S.A.". Along the top it reads: "BREAKFAST", "NET WEIGHT 16 OUNCES" and the bottom of each side features a different city name: "BOSTON", "LOS ANGELES", "PITTSBURGH", and "NEW YORK".
VINTAGE:Circa 1923.
SIZE:Approximately 6" in height x 3" in width x 3-1/8" in width.
CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS:Lithographed tin.
MARKINGS:"OUR BEST QUALITY TRADE MARK REGISTERED U.S. PAT. OFF", "MONARCH COCOA REID, MURDOCH & CO. ESTABLISHED 1853 CHCAGO, ILL. U.S.A.", "A.C. CO. 70-A"
ITEM NOTES:This is from a decorative collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VAJX16 LDEX11/16 psEJX11/16 SEJX09/12/24
CONDITION:7- (Very Fine-): The tin shows moderate wear, some areas of oxidation (mostly to bottom), much of the lithograph remains intact, overall very fine condition.
GUARANTEE:As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.