Alpacas and Llamas Found In Tea Boxes

By Cathy Spalding
www.gentlespiritllamas.com

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Is there any one of us enjoying the experience of alpacas and/or llamas roaming about the area of land we call home, any one of us who has been wholly able to resist collecting their likeness in some fashion? There is so much to choose from! There are full body plush ones and porcelain ones and ones made of wood, brass, bronze, silver or glass. There are collector plates, paintings, etched wine glasses and bowls, pewter beer steins, salts, spoons and cocktail forks. There are tie clasps, cufflinks, earrings, broaches, necklaces, belt buckles and belts. There are socks, scarves, sweaters, shawls, ties, gloves and hats. There are games, books, note cards and bookmarks. There are welcome signs, mailbox ornaments, weather vanes, garden statues and planters. And, most of us have acquired a good many more than just one of the above!

Alpaca, Players Cigarettes

A more obscure and rare alpaca and llama collectible can be found in the area of tobacco silks and Cartophily. Cartophily specifically defines the collection of cigarette cards though the modern definition has expanded to include the collection of other product trade cards. A cartophilic item is a specific card that is given away as a promotional or advertising aid. The cigarette cards usually have a specific theme such as animals, castles, famous people or trains. The front of the card pictures the subject matter while the reverse of the card carries additional advertising or in the case of a series, the title, card number and brief description of the picture. Other trade cards such as one for a specific brand of sewing machine often picture a scene on the front involving the product with more specific information on the back.

THE LLAMA, No. 17 of a series of 25 in a set entitled
"ANIMALS in the Service of Man" issued in London, England.

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