Photo of the back of the humidor, which matches the front (front has a lock) and the sides. We have seen three or four of these rare humidors over a twenty-plus year period. A pretty neat piece. There are two sizes documented, this being the larger (we have never seen the smaller) and measures 6 7/8/" in width, 5 3/8" in depth and 3 1/2/" in height.
The two photos above show the major element of the design, which are the reverse of one another on the humidor and in the print. The second photo is the source of the design, an 1887 print of a Scotland V. England rugby football match. This same print, by 1890, distributed by a New York lithographer was now "Americanized", showing American flags in the scene, and renamed "Football". By the time of this humidor's manufacture, over one third of the two dozen designers at R&B were English or European, accounting for their design choices and sources.
