Stamp Case
date: label: date made
content: 1890 - 1910
notes: label: Description
content: Slim, rectangular, hinged case with identical, repousse chased covers featuring an asymmetrical, ruffled shell reserve at center and smaller triple-ruffled shells at sides surrounded by fruits, flowers and C scrolls. Retainer band fixed lengthwise inside one cover; small wire attached along hinge. Snap closure with pin. Inside front of back cover struck incuse to left of closure "STERLING" in roman letters. No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.1856
label: catalog number
content: 60.1856
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case, stamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 3 7/8 in; .635 cm x 3.4925 cm x 9.8425 cm