Cigarette Box
date: label: date made
content: 1756
notes: label: Description
content: Rounded rectangular lidded box with heavy cast bands of overlapping laurel leaves applied along the top and bottom of all four sides; its flat lid engraved with a crest depicting a horned goat's or deer's head erased, facing left with coronet around its neck rising from a heraldic wreath. Lid has a reverse-cyma tab at front and is attached with one long hinge at back. Bottom underside struck with three marks, a crowned leopard's head in rounded shield, a raised gothic or Old English "A" in shaped shield, and crossed keys in shaped shield; "D771" lightly incised above stamps. Portion of a circular paper label adhered with yellowed and cracked cellophane tape inside lid. Heavy.
label: Description
content: Marks not identified; needs further research. Catalog card suggested this box was silver, made in London, possibly 1756. However, the crowned leopard's head appears to be a pseudo-hallmark and crossed keys could indicate silver plate. Crest not identified; needs further research.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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.61.0318
label: catalog number
content: 61.0318
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box, cigarette
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 3 7/8 in; 4.445 cm x 14.2875 cm x 9.8425 cm