Amerith jewelry box
date: label: date made
content: ca 1929
name: label: maker
content: Celluloid Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: A jewelry box made of orange celluloid with a pearlescent finish. The Art Deco style box has a hinged lid which is decorated with a tulip motif. The bottom of the box is lined with felt. It has the Amerith trademark. Amerith was a tradename of the Celluloid Corporation. It is also marked with the pattern name, Brinkley, which was introduced in 1929.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Clothing & Accessories
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1675
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1675
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jewelry box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: felt (lining material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 13.5 cm x 8.8 cm; 1 9/16 in x 5 5/16 in x 3 7/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 13/16 in x 5 5/16 in x 3 1/2 in; 4.60375 cm x 13.49375 cm x 8.89 cm