Cigarette Case
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925 - 1950
notes: label: Description
content: Plain rectangular case with horizontal rectangular plaque engraved "-L-L-T-" in gothic or Old English script affixed at top center of the snap-closure, hinged lid. Gold washed interior. Exterior right side of box collar is struck incuse with a decorative "S" in shield to left of "STERLING" and "2246B", both in serif letters. Inside front side of lid and of box collar are both stamped "XVII".
label: Description
content: Maker is Simons Brothers Co. of Philadelphia, PA; 1840 to present. Firm was started by George Washington Simons (1819-1888) and continued under his four sons, John F., George W. Jr., Frederick M. and Edwin S. Acquired Peter L. Krider Co. in 1903; incorporated as Simons Brother and Company in 1905 (changed name to Simons, Bro. & Co.) and as Simons Brothers Co. in 1913. Manufactured a full line of sterling (flatware production stopped in 1908), but best known for their gold and silver thimbles; also manufactures jewelry and other novelties.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Smoking
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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.60.1945
label: catalog number
content: 60.1945
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: 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 7/8 in; 1.905 cm x 6.35 cm x 7.3025 cm