Antique “PORTUGAL” Celluloid Button Pinback Patented 1896 Whitehead & Hoag Co.

Description: Antique “PORTUGAL” Celluloid Button Pinback Patented 1896 Whitehead Hoag The front reads “PORTUGAL” featuring the Portugal flagMade for Advertising for Sweet Coporal Cigarettes The back paper insert reads “Sweet Coporal Cigarettes Standard For Years” Factory #42 4th District NCBy Early Whitehead & Hoag Patent July 21 1896 Newark NJ The paper insert seems to have been printed off center, see pics... Note: the pin sticks out slightly further than the button, (helping to date the pinback) unlike today’s pins that have a safety clasp covering the point. See pictures as part of descriptionComes in a protective gift box for shipping.Orders process in 1 business day.Save money, use combined shipping for multiple items, from your cart, send me a “request total” and I will send you an invoice with discounted shipping. Art History Note: Celluloid pinbacks, a type of button, were popular from the 1890s to the 1940s as a cheap way of conveying a political message or advertising anything from food and clothing to movies and tobacco. In 1896 the first pinback was a textile surface covered with a thin layer of transparent celluloid. Later on the textile was replaced with lithographed paper (cheaper), The celluloid was the first type of plastic used. Like miniature art, from a time when not only travel was romantic, but how things were made was romantic. To create an item that most likely was intended to throw away with the involved printing process of lithographs, is a romantic hands on process vs the machine made metal pin-backs of today. Some pinbacks are hard to find today because so many were simply worn and thrown away.

Price: 6.99 USD

Location: Osprey, Florida

End Time: 2025-02-06T23:17:05.000Z

Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD