Cigarette Box
date: label: date sold
content: 1888 - ca 1920
notes: label: Description
content: Cylindrical, repousse chased container with a rounded-edge, friction-fit cover having an empty boss or domed C-scroll reserve at center. Rococo-style leafy volutes and flowers envelop body and cover. Underside of flat bottom is struck with three, small incuse marks around edge, "STERLING", a five-petal stemmed flower with script "D" crowned by a fleur-de-lis motif, and "SPAULDING & CO." Cover not marked.
label: Description
content: Made for Spaulding & Co. of Chicago, IL (in business, 1888-1973) by William B. Durgin Co. of Concord, NH, and Providence, RI (in business, 1853-1931; purchased by Gorham in 1924). Started as Spaulding & Co. by Henry Abiram Spaulding as a successor firm to S. Hoard & Co.; purchased by Gorham and named changed to Spaulding-Gorham Inc., 1920-1943; named changed back to Spaulding & Co. following its purchase by Gordon Lang. Also operated a Paris branch (catering to an American clientele) in the early 20th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Hampshire, Concord
label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
label: place retailed
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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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.61.0308
label: catalog number
content: 61.0308
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 10.795 cm x 9.8425 cm