Cigarette Case
date: label: date made
content: late 19th or early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Rounded rectangular, gilt and champleve enamel case with stamped lid and bottom identically decorated with a rectangular reserve of opaque blue and green with translucent light blue accents bordered by a wide band of translucent red scrollwork. Box sides are two die-rolled bands of foliate scrolls seamed at front and back. Snap-closure, hinged lid has notched tab at center front. Gold washed interior; inside lid is fitted with a narrow compartment and small retainer. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
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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.60.2016
label: catalog number
content: 60.2016
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case, cigarette
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gold plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire, steel (torsion spring hinge material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 8.255 cm x 6.6675 cm