1930's Art Deco Ace of Spades Boxed Set Complete With Will's Woodbine's Cards

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1930's Art Deco Ace of Spades Boxed Set Complete With Will's Woodbine's Cards

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1930's Art Deco Ace of Spades Boxed Set Complete With Will's Woodbine's Cards. Great gift for the avid card player, or games fan. Dimensions are guesstimates. Woodbine was launched in 1888 by W.D. & H.O. Wills. Noted for its strong unfiltered cigarettes, the brand was cheap and popular in the early 20th century with the working-class, as well as with army men during the First and Second World War.[5][6] In the Great War, the British Army chaplain Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy MC was affectionately nicknamed "Woodbine Willie" by troops on the Western Front to whom he handed out cigarettes along with Bibles and spiritual comfort. In the 1890s, Woodbine cigarettes were offered at a margin of 19%, with a possible maximum discount of 10%. In the United Kingdom, the brand was sold at very low advertising costs and total expenditure on sales promotion for all cigarettes and tobacco brands in 1925 was only 2d per pound of tobacco sold.[7] The intricate nineteenth century packet design remained in use until the mid 1960s. Although Wills changed the packaging, Woodbine sales continued to drop. In common parlance, the unfiltered high-tar Woodbine was one of the brands collectively known as "gaspers" until about 1950, because new smokers found their harsh smoke difficult to inhale. A filtered version was launched in the United Kingdom in 1948, but was discontinued in 1988. Woodbines came in four different packs: 5 cigarettes, 10 cigarettes, 20 cigarettes and 50 cigarettes. They were often known as "Woodies".

Dimensions:
Height: 2.76 in (7 cm)Width: 7.88 in (20 cm)Depth: 3.94 in (10 cm)
Style:
Art Deco (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass,Mahogany,Paper,Inlay
Place of Origin:
United Kingdom
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1930's
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. In original condition, box is structurally sound there is patina to the brass in keeping with age and use. Card deck is complete, cars show wear in keeping again with age and use.
Seller Location:
High Wycombe, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: KF 1stDibs: LU8232235193892