Nosegay Enamel Sign, cica 1910.
 
Dimensions: tbc
 
This enamel sign features advertising for Nosegay pipe tobacco, a brand produced by Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, one of the major American tobacco firms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company was originally founded in 1873 and was long headquartered in St. Louis, a significant center of tobacco manufacturing during that period.
Nosegay was marketed as a fragrant, carefully blended pipe tobacco — its name reflecting the term for a small bouquet of flowers, a reference to its aromatic character. Like many tobacco brands of its era, it was promoted through bold, durable enamel signage designed for tobacconists and general stores.