{"product_id":"vintage-breakstone-bros-cottage-cheese-advertising-tin-with-discovery-collection-of-vintage-advertising-matchbooks-including-hotel-st-regis-new-york-pippins-cigars-new-china-cafe-vallejo-california-and-others-20260326","title":"Lot 054 - Vintage Breakstone Bros. Cottage Cheese Advertising Tin with Discovery Collection of Vintage Advertising Matchbooks Including Hotel St. Regis New York, Pippins Cigars, New China Cafe Vallejo California, and Others, 7-3\/8\" W x 7-1\/8\" H","description":"A vintage lithographed tin for Breakstone Bros. Inc., New York, issued for Breakstone's Pasteurized Popcorn Style Cottage Cheese, net weight ten pounds, in blue and cream vertical stripes with a central circular label in red, white, and blue script. The reverse bears a second circular vignette depicting a powdered-wig figure in profile against a red ground with a classical pavilion and waterscape. The tin is lidless and was repurposed to store a collection of vintage advertising matchbooks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe matchbook collection numbers approximately 40 to 50 pieces and includes examples from Hotel St. Regis, New York; Pippins Cigars; New China Cafe, Vallejo, California; Ohio Blue Tip Matches; Savings Bank Life Insurance; Diamond Plan Home Ownership; D.D. Bean \u0026amp; Sons Co. matchbook manufacturers; Maryland Match Co.; and various other advertising and novelty examples. The majority retain their covers; match content varies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe tin shows light surface wear and scratching. The matchbooks show varying degrees of age wear and handling.","brand":"Memory Hole Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52477373940001,"sku":"20260326-LOT054","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0073\/9101\/9067\/files\/20260326-0295_78012402-2252-45fb-97a9-6c5915feaa1b.jpg?v=1774297440","url":"https:\/\/graniteunionauction.com\/products\/vintage-breakstone-bros-cottage-cheese-advertising-tin-with-discovery-collection-of-vintage-advertising-matchbooks-including-hotel-st-regis-new-york-pippins-cigars-new-china-cafe-vallejo-california-and-others-20260326","provider":"Granite Union Auction Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}