Stamp Box
date: label: date made
content: after 1888
notes: label: Description
content: Stamp box in the shape of a Swiss chalet, hinged at back along top balcony; slanted interior plate. Box is attached to a raised base in imitation of rocky terrain. Base underside is struck incuse "DEPOSE" in sans serif letters above a six-pointed star adjoining six-spoke wheel ("Wheel of Mainz" or "Mainzer Rad") next to a combined crescent moon and imperial crown (Reichsmark) over "800"; "38" stamped at lower right.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Rhineland Palatinate, Mainz
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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.60.1853
label: catalog number
content: 60.1853
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box, stamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 2 in; 4.7625 cm x 4.445 cm x 5.08 cm