Cigarette Case
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
label: date made
content: early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Clipped-corner, rounded rectangular case with spring-loaded, hinged lid featuring engined-turned ribbed bands and a rectangular reserve at top left engraved "HS" in block letters; plain concave back. Gold washed, engine-turned interior has two, pierced scroll spring retainers. Push-tab catch. Top and bottom inside edge of lid are struck "STERLING" in incuse sans serif letters next to trademark of a superimposed "W" and "Co" pierced horizontally by a right-facing feathered arrow.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, North Attleboro
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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 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.60.2023
label: catalog number
content: 60.2023
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case, cigarette
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 7.9375 cm x 6.35 cm