Spectacles Case
Spectacles Case
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- Description
- Oblong case with flat, snap-closure, hinged lid engraved "F.A.W." in flecked script. Die-stamped band of tripartite leaves in pointed arches applied at sides. Plain, flat bottom. Interior of lid and case lined with blue velvet. No marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- box
- date made
- ca 1815 - 1820
- place made
- United States
- United Kingdom: England
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- velvet, silk (lining material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 6 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.905 cm x 15.5575 cm x 3.4925 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.1737
- catalog number
- 60.1737
- accession number
- 200122
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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