For two centuries, every time someone heard the phrase “cigar box” a vision of a wood rectangle covered with paper labels popped into their head. It should. Hundreds of millions of boxes like that have been made. They’re descriptively called “nailed wood boxes” by the people who make them. They were manufactured in an almost endless variety of shapes and sizes from barely over one inch to more than two feet wide. Clicking on <Nailed Wood> will introduce you to a selection of common and uncommon sizes and shapes.

  

        But nailed wood boxes aren’t the only wooden containers in which cigars were packed. This chapter will also introduce you to other types of wooden boxes that are more rare, less rare, more valuable and worth less.


        I think you’re in for some pleasant surprises.


Links to other Packaging Exhiibits

 

Types of Wooden Boxes

A Cigar History Museum Exclusive

© Tony Hyman


Modified: July 7, 2011


Wood was by far the most popular material for making

cigar boxes.


TYPES OF WOOD BOXES



Earliest_boxes

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Nailed_Wood

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Labels_and_trim

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Wooden_with_hinges

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Boite_Nature

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Cuban_chests

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Boxes_of_250

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Boxes_of_12

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Assortments_and_choices

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Novelties

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Depression era novelties

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Hinges_and_clasps

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