Cigarette Case

Description:

Slim, rectangular box engraved overall with bright-cut, densely packed foliate scrolls and scattered flowers, interrupted only by a reserve at center of the chamfered-edge, hinged lid. Bottom underside is plain. Gold washed interior. Inside right side of collar is struck incuse with interlocked "JC" trademark, "STERLING" in sans serif letters, and "181".

Date Made: ca 1915 - ca 1935after 1850

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New Jersey, Newark

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.60.1776Catalog Number: 60.1776Accession Number: 200122

Object Name: case, cigarette

Physical Description: silver (overall material)gold (interior wash material)Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.0325 cm x 9.8425 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6d52-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_316435

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