Vintage La Flor de García y Vega Elegantes Cigar Box
Viridian Eclection
The Piece
An empty cigar box for La Flor de García y Vega Elegantes, built of lightweight wood with a hinged lid and printed paper labels.
The palette of the labels runs cream, brown, black, red, and gold. The exterior carries La Flor de García y Vega and Fine Cigars Since 1882, along with the original warning label and a retail price sticker.
Inside, the lid is printed Elegantes, Natural Leaf Wrapper, and Fine Cigars Since 1882.
History & Provenance
García y Vega is the brand, Elegantes the line, and the box carries the firm's claim of fine cigars since 1882.
The box dates most likely to the late twentieth century or the early 2000s. The dating rests on the printing, the warning label, and the retail sticker rather than on a dated stamp, and the country of manufacture is not clearly marked in the visible photographs.
Wooden cigar boxes of this kind were made to be discarded once emptied, which is why survivors with intact labels, warning text, and price stickers are collected as printed ephemera as much as for the box itself.
Product Details
| Item | La Flor de García y Vega Elegantes cigar box |
| Form | Empty cigar box, usable as a decorative storage box |
| Brand | García y Vega |
| Line | Elegantes |
| Era | Likely late twentieth century to early 2000s |
| Origin | Not clearly marked in the visible photographs |
| Materials | Lightweight wood, printed paper labels, hinged lid |
| Color | Cream, brown, black, red, gold |
| Interior Markings | Elegantes, Natural Leaf Wrapper, Fine Cigars Since 1882 |
| Exterior Markings | La Flor de García y Vega, Fine Cigars Since 1882, original warning label, retail price sticker |
| Dimensions | To be confirmed |
| Weight | To be confirmed |
| Condition | Vintage used condition with surface wear, label wear, scuffing, light staining, and age related handling marks |
| Use | Bar cart styling, office storage, shelf decor, cigar lounge accent |
Why It Belongs in Your Home
The box still works as a box. The hinged lid closes, and the interior takes matches, cards, keys, cables, pens, or small desk clutter that wants hiding.
On a bar cart, a desk, or a shelf, the cream and gold labels and the red and black type give a plain surface a note of print history without needing a frame.
For a dealer it places easily in a study, a cigar lounge, or a masculine vintage interior, and the surviving labels are what give it character over a plain wooden box.
Every piece is packed with professional-grade materials: multiple foam layers, double-boxing, directional and fragile handling labels. For large furniture we use custom timber crating. We photograph packing before dispatch and can provide images on request.
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