• Vintage 30s Eggyolk Bakelite Cheroot Holder • Souvenir Zillertal, Hamburg–St. Pauli
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Vintage 30s Eggyolk Bakelite Cheroot Holder • Souvenir Zillertal, Hamburg–St. Pauli

Vintage 30s Eggyolk Bakelite Cheroot Holder • Souvenir Zillertal, Hamburg–St. Pauli

£45.00 GBP
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Oh my, the stories this vintage 1930s bakelite cheroot holder could tell. Picture 1930s Hamburg, Germany, a renowned bierhaus club called “Zillertal”, in Hamburg’s infamous St. Pauli district, the city’s famous red-light and nightlife district. Frequent visitors to the area were; cabaret performers, nightclub regulars, tourists specifically seeking the wild side of Hamburg, and rakish sailors. I'm picturing something along the lines of Cabaret are you?.

This cigar holder conjours up a wonderfully raunchy atmospheric piece of mid-century European nightlife history. This amber-marbled (egg-yolk) Bakelite (Catalin) cheroot holder was made as a souvenir for the Zillertal beer house — the Reeperbahn area known for sailors, cabarets, jazz bars and long, smoky nights.

Cheroot holders were an essential gentleman’s accessory from the 1930s to the 1950s, used to keep the smoke cool and the fingers clean. This one would have belonged to a stylish, worldly traveller or a sailor enjoying a night out in Hamburg before bringing home a keepsake from the beer hall.

A characterful piece of European bar ephemera — perfect for collectors of Bakelite, tobacciana, or 1930s German beer hall curios.

  • Amber-egg-yolk Bakelite / Catalin cheroot holder. It passes bakelite rub-n-smell test.
  • Circa 1930s.
  • Marking: “Zillertal – Hamburg–St. Pauli”.

Condition: Good vintage condition with light surface wear consistent with age. But oh, the sights it must have witnessed, the wild stories it could tell.

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  • Fabric Bakelite
  • Type Vintage
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6232-34"24"
8432-34"26"
10634-36"28"
12836-38"30"
141038-40"32"
161240-44"34"
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