Austrian Tabak Regie Superfein Türkischer Rauchtabak Tin, Circa 1900s-1910s

Lithographed tin for "Superfein Türkischer Rauchtabak" (superfine Turkish smoking tobacco) from the Austrian state tobacco monopoly, the Tabak-Regie. The lid shows a man smoking a long pipe before a domed mosque and minaret inside a mosaic-pattern border. Austro-Hungarian monopoly tins of this period are well documented and collected. Shows wear, paint loss and spotting consistent with age.