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c. 1905 Colorful Lithographed Advertising Sign on Tin George Washington Birthday

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:240.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
c. 1905 Colorful Lithographed Advertising Sign on Tin George Washington Birthday
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c. 1905 C.D. Kenny Co. Coffees & Teas George Washington's Birthday Tin
c. 1905, Colorful Lithographed Advertising Sign on Tin, George Washington's Birthday Premium, Self-Framed, Extremely Fine.
This is a wonderful, original Kenny Company, Lithograph Portrait Sign on Tin. It measures 4 7/8” x 6 7/8" and features an embossed border in the form of an elaborate, gold gilt, gesso frame. This plaque features a classic, striking bust portrait of President George Washington at its center, surrounded by a laurel wreath, and surmounted by a spread wing Heraldic American Eagle perched upon a Federal shield. A banner below the portrait has text that reads "Pater Patriae."

The only other text is written in small letters on the inner edge of the raised "frame" at the bottom which reads, “Compliments of C. D. Kenny Co.” It is marked at the bottom on the inner edge of the raised "frame" with the name of the manufacturer, "Kaufmann & Strauss Co. N.Y. - 1355". The Chromolithography is of excellent quality as would be expected from the outstanding craftsmen employed by this premier maker of tin lithographed advertising items.

This beautiful Washington's Birthday, Premium Advertising Sign / Plaque is an original, given away as a Washington's Birthday Premium to promote their line of coffees and teas, as well as their retail stores in Baltimore, Maryland. The lithography is bright, crisp and colorful, making an outstanding display piece. There are a few very small and scattered surface nicks on the central image area within the embossed "frame" and some more extensive surface nicks on the edges of the Tin outside the raised "frame" that are unobtrusive and this Sign / Portrait displays beautifully. Very scarce.


The C.D. Kenny Co. was founded by Rochester, N.Y., native C.D. Kenny, who arrived in Baltimore in 1872 and opened a coffee, tea and sugar store at Lexington and Greene streets. The Store and Kenny's wholesale distribution business flourished for more than 65 years until it was purchased by Nathan Cummings in 1939. In 1954 the Company was renamed "Consolidated Foods Corporation" and in 1985 it became "Sara Lee Corporation" - and the rest, as they say, is history