Cigarette Case
date: label: date made
content: late 19th or early 20th century
label: date made
content: ca 1910 - 1920
notes: label: Description
content: Thin, rectangular case with spring-loaded, hinged lid featuring a bright-cut engraved, triple-loop bowknot with leaves springing out above and vertical, engine-turned bands below; plain, angled sides and flat back. Rectangular push-tab catch. Gold washed, engine-turned interior has one T-shaped spring retainer. Outer inside edges of lid and back as well as retainer obverse are all struck incuse "STERLING SILVER" in sans serif 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.60.2032
label: catalog number
content: 60.2032
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: 3/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in; .9525 cm x 9.2075 cm x 8.255 cm