Goblet, from the Novelties series (N228, Type 3) issued by Kinney Bros.
Medium
Commercial color lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet (Round): 1 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (4 × 4 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ephemera
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick
Accession Number
Burdick 218, N228.93
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century American advertising with *Goblet, from the Novelties series (228, Type 3)*, a diminutive yet delightful commercial color lithograph produced by the Kinney Brothers Company in 1889 Measuring just 1 9/16 inches in diameter, this round ephemera was likely tucked into cigarette packs as a collectible insert, enticing smokers with its eye-catching imagery of women and elegant drinking glasses. Part of a popular series, it exemplifies the era's booming trade card culture, where tobacco firms competed to charm collectors with whimsical novelties. Chromoli...
About the Artist
Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company · 1869–2011
**Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company (1869–2011)** Founded around 1869 by Francis Sherwood Kinney in New York City, the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company quickly rose to prominence in the burgeoning American cigarette industry. Francis, a pioneering tobacco manufacturer, experimented with hand-rolled cigarettes using blends of Turkish and Virginia tobacco, scaling to mass production by employing Europ...