Letter opener received by Cab Calloway
date: label: Date
content: 1980-1989
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Tiffany & Co., American, founded 1837
label: Issued by
content: The Northeasterners, American, founded 1930
label: Received by
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
notes: label: Description
content: A Tiffany & Co. letter opener received by Cab Calloway from the New York chapter of The Northeasterners. The letter opener is from a single piece of molded sterling silver. It has a short, roughly rectangular handle and a blunt, elongated blade. The blade is long and tapers to a point at the top. On the back is molded text that reads [TIFFANY & CO. / STERLING]. The handle is thicker and embellished with sets of thin molded stripes divided by thin flutes. At the center of the top of the handle is a plain silver box with a description that reads [To Cab Calloway / The Northeasterners N.Y.].
place: label: Place used
content: New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Band (Music)
label: Topic
content: Composers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Conductors (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Cabell “Cab” Calloway III Collection
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: A2015.273.1.19.1
objectType: label: Type
content: letter 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: sterling silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 1/16 × 13/16 × 9 1/4 in. (0.2 × 2 × 23.5 cm)