Superb Quality Brand New Rare American Reed & Barton “Diamond Crown” Handcrafted Polished Spanish Cedar Hardwood Cigar Humidor Complete With All Original Instructions & Documents (3kg).
Breathtaking quality highly collectible brand new item. Absolutely marvellous solid cedar wood cigar humidor. In perfect condition. Please browse all 12 sets of photographs attached for size, weight and condition as they are self explanatory.
The esteemed Reed & Barton company were known for products of enduring design and superior quality and their products are now highly sought after collector’s items. The company are no longer in existence making their quality items highly sought after collector’s items particularly this cigar humidor having been made in limited quantities and amongst their top of the range items!
Would make a fantastic gift. A beautiful cigar humidor. Lovely weight and feel. Needs to be seen and handled to be fully appreciated as the photographs attached really do not do it justice. Work of a master craftsman of the highest order. Would grace the best of tables anywhere in the world.
Length: 15”/38cm
Width: 9”/23cm
Height: 5.5”/13cm
Weight: 3kg
Heavy item for its size but will be packed well to reach you safely anywhere in the world.
The cedar boxes or humidors don’t actually fragrance the cigars themselves, even though Spanish cedar compliments the tobacco aroma perfectly and has been the go to choice from the very first commercially packaged cigars. The name is also a little misleading as it’s neither from Spain nor a cedar! Spanish cedar or Cedro is in fact part of the Mahogany family and native to Central and South America.
The wood itself varies regarding aroma, colour and texture which is all determined by the country it’s grown in, the type of soil that is there and where cigars are produced. The wood is easy to work with, resistant to insects and contains fewer resins than other wood. Sadly, unregulated logging of these trees has resulted in a drastic decline, and now in many Caribbean and Central American countries, it is considered an endangered species! This makes Cedro an expensive wood to use. Thus only a handful of cigar manufacturers use solid Cedro for their packaging, cigar boxes and humidors. Instead, most use plywood sheets with a thin Spanish cedar wood veneer, with even the most expensive humidors using veneers too! Makers often use other woods with similar properties such as mahogany, okoumé, toona and guarea, which are sometimes treated with cedarwood oil to imitate the original Spanish cedar nuances.
Reed & Barton was originally a prominent American silversmith manufacturer based in the city of Taunton, Massachusetts, operating between 1824 and 2015. Its products included sterling silver and silverplate flatware and numerous other lines including handmade chests, cigar humidors, pen chests, and hardwood flatware. The company produced many varieties of britannia and silver products since Henry G. Reed and Charles E. Barton took over the failing works of Isaac Babbitt in Taunton. During the American Civil War, Reed & Barton produced a considerable quantity of weapons for Union Army soldiers and officers. In 1928, Reed & Barton merged with silversmith Dominick & Haff.
Reed & Barton was chosen to design and produce the official gold, silver, and bronze medals for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, of which there are samples on display at the Old Colony History Museum in Taunton. The company's products are used at the White House in Washington, D.C. Today, the company operated a factory store at the plant site, an outlet store at Wrentham Premium Outlets in Wrentham, Massachusetts, and an online store.
The company remained privately owned by the family of Henry Reed. Besides the flatware, Reed & Barton operated other brands:
Reed & Barton were at one point the world's largest manufacturer of handmade chests, cigar humidors, pen chests, and hardwood flatware. They also sold and were associated with Miller Rogaska Crystal, handmade stemware. The Reed & Barton “Sheffield Collection” started in 1908 and the Sheffield business was eventually purchased by them in 1973.
The firm manufactured high quality everyday stainless steel flatware designed for durability (and modern conveniences like dishwashers) and they were the exclusive American importer of Irish Belleek Fine Parian China and Aynsley Fine English Bone China Tableware.
The company's manufacturing complex in Taunton, USA, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sadly the esteemed Reed & Barton company that was established in 1824 ceased trading in April 2015 after 196 years of trading. After almost 200 years the operating assets of the company were finally acquired by Their competitor, the famous American Lenox Company, a competing maker of flatware and tableware.