Cigarette Case
date: label: date engraved
content: 1942
label: engraved date
content: 1942-01-17
name: label: maker
content: Tiffany & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Square case with alternating plain gold and guilloche bands running depthwise around exterior. Gold washed interior; inside of hinged lid is engraved "ADELAIDE S. LUSK / JANUARY 17, 1942" in shaded block letters. Notched tab at center front of lid. Box collar is struck incuse on front "TIFFANY&CO.", "STERLIN[G]", and "14K" in sans serif letters, on right side near hinge with trademark of an "M" over elongated "G" next to "5", and on left side near hinge "1474". With case, DL*60.1937B.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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.60.1937A
label: catalog number
content: 60.1937A
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 (decoration, interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.0325 cm x 7.3025 cm