For sale is a 1920s era MAYO’S CUT PLUG TOBACCO TIN from the P. H. Mayo & Brother, Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia. This distinctive black and gold colored lunch box tobacco tin has a hinge lid with a clasp closure and a carry handle. This antique tin is in very good condition with a nice rusty patina. The tin is marked with the company’s trade mark which was registered in 1878. The tin measures approximately 8 inches long by 3 3/4 inches wide and 4 7/8 inches tall. A great tobacco collectible tin.
The P.H. Mayo & Bros. Tobacco Company is credited with bringing cigarette manufacturing to Richmond in 1874. Plug cut tobacco is a type of pressed pipe tobacco, essentially flake pipe tobacco before it’s been cut into flakes. Tobacco tins were common among miners who would chew “twist” tobacco due to fire risks in the mines.
