Snuffbox
date: label: date made
content: 1874
label: engraved date
content: 1874-01-01
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular case with rounded ends and a rounded-edge, flat lid and bottom; the lid is engraved with a border of split scrolls between lines of fine reeding, scallops and dots around the inscription "Saengerbund. / to his / Leader Prof. F. Kley. / Jan. 1\st 1874.", while the bottom is plain. Box sides are made of a die-stamped band featuring birds perched on a continuous, undulating branch bearing different kinds of flowers and leaves. Gold washed interior. Bottom underside struck "ENGLISH STERLING" (curved) in incuse roman letters. No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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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.60.1803
label: catalog number
content: 60.1803
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: snuffbox
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 1/4 in x 3 3/8 in; 2.54 cm x 5.715 cm x 8.5725 cm