{"product_id":"rare-antique-el-principal-embossed-cigar-label-1900s-treasures","title":"Antique 1900s El Principal 🚬 Gold Embossed Cigar Label","description":"\u003ch2\u003eWhat Was El Principal? 🚬 El Principal \"Mild Quality\" Gold Embossed Cigar Label\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\" x 6 1\/4\" ~ Some very slight rippling and edge wear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width:315px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:177.78%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DrnLT4bENeY\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmazing Gold embossed label. The whole sheet is printed to look like a polished orange wood cigar box, grain and all, and right in the middle sits a big gold-embossed oval with El Principal in white on a black band, MILD above and QUALITY below, framed in gold filigree and a beaded rim. Most companies at the time used gold leaf or bronze flakes in the embossing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere isn't a lot of info left out there about this company, unfortunately. You can still find their strip label out there, but these large ones are not available anymore. A great addition to any collection while I have them available! I do not have a lot of them. This has some very slight rippling\/edgewear. Never see it in a frame but please see pictures and judge for yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🏷️ What's Printed on It\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMILD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEl Principal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQUALITY\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe back is blank cream paper with the oval embossed through in reverse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🌳 Printed Wood Grain\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's printed to look just like the polished wood of a fine cigar box. Gold embossing was a whole trade of its own: in the late 1800s cigar labels were embossed and gilded with gold leaf or bronzing, and in 1889 Weidman Bros. \u0026amp; Moyer went into business as cigar box makers specializing in gold embossing on wood as well as printing cigar labels, with factories in Womelsdorf and Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania by 1909. By 1905 there were 70,000 small cigar factories registered, every one of them needing labels just like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🖼️ Display\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImagine hanging this antique advertising on your wall as home decor in any room! Cigar labels show you what antique advertising is all about with the wonderful graphics that Lithography provided that modern printing just can't reproduce. This was a lost art after the 1920s unfortunately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy pictures seriously don't do it justice. These had to be done on heavy paper stock which makes them stay vibrant and new looking for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of these artists were very good but desperate for work during that era and got paid very little and received no recognition for their work. Unfortunately, the majority of these artists will remain unknown but we can keep their art alive forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"relatedBlock\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e🔎 More From The Vintage \u0026amp; Antique Gifts Archive\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/rare-antique-1900s-1920s-signal-gold-embossed-cigar-label-treasures\"\u003eAntique “Signal” Gold Embossed Cigar Label 🚬 American Lithographic Co 1900s 1920s NOS\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/1900s-antique-large-lucky-bill-embossed-cigar-label-victorian-boy\"\u003eAntique 1900s Lucky Bill Gold Embossed Cigar Label 🎩 Large Victorian Boy Art\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/antique-garcia-embossed-inner-cigar-label-1900s-1920s-treasures-gifts\"\u003eAntique 1900s - 1920s Garcia Gold Embossed Cigar Label 🚬 Americana\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42036227408104,"sku":"VAG-7440869949672","price":5.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/il_fullxfull.3506819119_7vsi.jpg?v=1785356146","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/rare-antique-el-principal-embossed-cigar-label-1900s-treasures","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}