Cigarette Case
Cigarette Case
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- Description
- Rounded rectangular case engraved overall with a dense network of bright-cut tropical leaves and five-petaled whorled flowers (possibly plumeria) with wrigglework between. Interior has two, white, elastic band retainers. Circular push-button catch. Inside back is struck with the raised Cyrillic letters "Д·Н" in a rectangle and a combined standard and city mark of "84" and St. George slaying the dragon in a conforming surround; inside lid is struck with assayer's mark "А·А / 1891", "84", and St. George slaying the dragon, all in clipped-corner surrounds with "Д·Н" in a rectangle at right.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- case, cigarette
- date made
- ca 1891
- place made
- Russia: Moskva, Moscow
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- brass (catch mechanism material)
- elastic (retainers material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 9.525 cm x 7.3025 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.2004
- catalog number
- 60.2004
- accession number
- 200122
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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