From a Tampa kitchen in 1912 to one of the world's most acclaimed cigar names. This box is part of that story.
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Maker: Arturo Fuente
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Materials: Wood, embossed & gilded paper labels
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Dimensions: 8.75" × 7.0" × 1.75" tall
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Origin: Dominican Republic
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Era: Circa 1990s (pre-2001 packaging change)
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Condition: Vintage, used, very good. Mark on outer label from a removed sticker; slight scuffing on gilded areas. Very clean inside and out. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.
This is an empty Arturo Fuente Spanish Lonsdales Imported Maduro wooden box — embossed and gilded labels inside and out, featuring the two-lions logo and the Cuban Shield, an homage to founder Arturo Fuente's homeland. The exterior label carries the two-lions crest and Cuban Shield with the same formal elegance the Fuente brand has always brought to its packaging; open the box and the inner lid reveals the same imagery at a larger, more elaborate scale, deeply embossed and gilded. This box is dateable to the 1990s with confidence: from 2001 onward, Arturo Fuente added a humidifier pouch and a blue water droplet illustration to their packaging, and the absence of both here places production firmly before that change.
Today it serves beautifully as a keepsake box, a desk organizer, a playing card or small game storage container, or a bar catchall. A wonderful find for an Arturo Fuente collector, a Cuban-American heritage enthusiast, a tobacciana collector, or anyone who appreciates the craft and history behind one of the great cigar family dynasties.
Arturo Fuente began in 1912 when a young Cuban immigrant started making handmade cigars in West Tampa, Florida, founding Fuente y Compania. More than a century later, his namesake brand is one of the most critically acclaimed in the world — still family-owned, still handmade, still carrying the Cuban Shield as a tribute to the country he left behind.
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