Metropolitan Museum of Art Christmas ornaments.
In 1888, the Virginia-based tobacco company Allen & Ginter issued a series of 50 trade cards depicting various avian species. This cardinal, delicately perched on a rotating bough, nods to a commercial lithograph from that series titled
Birds of America
, which was designed to promote Allen & Ginter Brand Cigarettes.
To learn more about the Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, read our blog post here.
Details
- Metal
- Includes red ribbon for hanging
- 3 1/4” diam. x 1/8”D
- Polish with a soft, dry cloth
- Gift boxed
