Cigarette Case
date: label: date made
content: after 1891
notes: label: Description
content: Slim, rectangular case with snap-closure, hinged lid repousse decorated with a horizontal oval, fasces-bordered vignette of a partially-clothed, reclining woman attended by two winged putti admiring herself in a mirror, the reserve supported by three putti holding floral garlands amidst scrollwork. Die-rolled bands of rosettes and fleur-de-lis and of grapevines and daisylike flowers form sides of lid and box. Plain, flat bottom. Tab at front center of lid. Gold washed interior. Underside is struck incuse near center "ITALY" in sans serif letters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
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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.60.1942
label: catalog number
content: 60.1942
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 2 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in; 1.27 cm x 5.715 cm x 7.3025 cm