Ashtray with Matchbox Holder
date: label: date made
content: after 1922
label: date made
content: 1922 - 1933
notes: label: Description
content: Serpentine square ashtray with vertical rectangular matchbox holder mounted on a flared circular pedestal at center and concave cigarette holders at corners of its shallow, everted sides. Oval-and-double-bead molding along rims of holder and tray. Spring mechanism inside bottom of holder. Tray underside struck with three incuse marks, each at center of three sides, facing inward: trademark "L" hanging in a "C", "STERLING" in sans serif letters, and "1315".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
label: place owned; place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Smoking
label: Subject
content: Tobacco Use
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.307672.0001
label: catalog number
content: 307672.0001
label: accession number
content: 307672
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ashtray
label: Object Name
content: holder, matchbox
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/8 in x 4 5/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 7.9375 cm x 11.7475 cm x 12.065 cm