Antique Redskin Brand Chewing Tobacco Promotional Spittoon Red Bud The parrots hold the light

The parrots hold the light sockets in their mouths

This piece was one of a set of roadside advertising signs produced for Burma-Shave

- Belvidere

a formerly prominent business in Richmond

Antique Redskin Brand Chewing Tobacco Promotional Spittoon Red Bud The parrots hold the lightEmbossed brass spittoon advertising Redskin Brand Chewing Tobacco Cut Plug, featuring a raised profile of a Native American figure surrounded by period lettering. This heavy gauge brass vessel exemplifies early American tobacco advertising, combining functional saloon ware with promotional branding. The wide flared rim and rounded basin form were typical of general stores, hotels, and bars from the turn of the century through the 1920s. Shows tarnish