Vintage Wooden Wood Advertising Wills Golden Virgina Pub Crib Cribbage Board Card Game Circa 1940s

This is a original Vintage 'Will's Golden Virginia' Tobacco Advertising Hardwood Cribbage Scoring Board as used with pubs, Circa 1940s. The front of the board is stamped with the details - WILL'S GOLDEN VIRGINIA  A BLEND OF VIRGINIA & OTHER CHOICE TOBACCOS, the rear is stamped with the ITC (International Tobacco Company) No. 16193. The board must of been in a pub with no ashtrays or the tension was so much that they could not take there eyes of the board as there is burn marks to the edges where the players had once rested their cigarettes; damage? I think not, more like character. The Cribbage board does not come with pegs as it was extremly common to use matches as markers/pegs (Please see all photos). The Cribbage Board measures 12" by 3" and is in Good Used Condition, please note the burn marks as mentioned previous (please refer to photos). There is a charge of £1.50 for Postage & Packaging to all U.K. Residents (1st Class Mail Only, others P.O.A), will also ship Worldwide no problem but please check table below for price on Postage. If you have any questions please feel free to contact!

What was the International Tobacco Company (ITC)

The Imperial Tobacco Company was created in 1901 through the amalgamation of thirteen British tobacco and cigarette companies comprising W.D. & H.O. Wills of Bristol (the leading manufacturer of the time), John Player & Sons of Nottingham and 11 other independent family businesses, which were being threatened by competition from the United States in the form of James Buchanan Duke and his American Tobacco Company. First W. D. & H. O. Wills merged with Stephen Mitchell & Son of Glasgow. Subsequently other smaller companies including Lambert & Butler, William Clarke & Son, Franklyn Davey, Edwards Ringer, J & F Bell and F & J Smith participated in the amalgamation. In 1902 the Imperial Tobacco Company and the American Tobacco Company agreed to form a joint venture: the British-American Tobacco Company Ltd. The parent companies agreed not to trade in each other's domestic territory and to assign trademarks, export businesses and overseas subsidiaries to the joint venture. American Tobacco sold its share in 1911 but Imperial maintained an interest in British American Tobacco until 1980.

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