Cigar Box, Dolly Varden
Datec. 1897
Credit LineGift of Mr. Robert B. Ward, London, Ontario, 1991.
Object number1991.019.022
Label TextWilliam Ward sold “Dolly Varden” cigars. Dolly was a character in Charles Dickens’ 1841 novel, "Barnaby Rudge." Perhaps Ward wished to evoke qualities associated with Dickens’ character: goodness and purity. Perhaps he was copying a fad. Everything from a dress to a dry goods store to a fish species was named after Dolly Varden.
NameBox, Cigar
