Description: Item/Description: Entitled, "Welcome Nugget" this fabulous chromolithograph tobacco ad for the T.C. Williams Co. Manufacturers, Virginia depicts a triumphant gold miner holding up a sparkling lump of coal, the mine in the background. The description on the right reads, "As the 'Welcome Nugget' weighing 2217 ounces exceeds in purity and value any lump of gold ever found, so this brand surpasses in quality any tobacco made." The image is a reference to the largest gold nugget, found on June 9, 1858 at Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The T.C. Williams Co. established in the 1870s would become the largest manufacturer of tobacco for export in the country. No visible signature on the print; illustrator unknown. (Tobacco label. Gold Rush. Tobacco Advertising. Miners.)

Dimensions: 10 1/2" x 10 1/2"

Condition: Excellent. Free of rips, tears or creases.

Age: 1850s-1860s.

Provenance: Private Estate.

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Buyers premium: 18%