Cigarette Case Holder

Detail.
Description:

Open-top rectangular case with spring-hinged, ribbed sides and a single "X" accordion at bottom. Engine-turned bands decorate front and back; an empty rectangular reserve is on front. Bottom edge of front is struck incuse with "dunhill" trademark and "JAPAN" in sans serif letters.

Date Made: ca 1930

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Japan: JapanPlace Retailed: United Kingdom: England, London

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.60.1957Catalog Number: 60.1957Accession Number: 200122

Object Name: holder, cigarette case

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 3 1/8 in; .9525 cm x 7.3025 cm x 7.9375 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-12a2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_316456

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