Bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: after 1924
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Distributed by
content: A.W. Company Limited, British
label: Owned by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: An A.W. Company Limited bottle opener from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The cast iron, crown seal bottle opener is constructed from a single piece of molded metal. The inverted triangular top of the bottle opener has a flattened tab at the bottom, designed to remove to bottle caps, and the bar at the top has been flatted and features embossed text that reads [RD70] and [2661]. The text is divided by a pyramidal shape designed to give the opener leverage when lifting a bottle cap. The handle is solid, narrow, with slightly convex sides that terminate in wider area with a centered keyring hole at the bottom. Embossed text across the handle reads [A.W. CO. LTD.]. The back of the handle is identical to the front but has the text [DIRECT SUPPLY] embossed across the length of the handle.
place: label: Place made
content: England, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Advertising
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2015.273.1.1.33
objectType: label: Type
content: bottle openers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cast iron
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 2 15/16 × 1 7/16 × 3/8 in. (7.5 × 3.7 × 0.9 cm)