Cigarette Case
date: label: date made
content: 1888 - 1921
label: date made
content: post 1888
notes: label: Description
content: Rounded rectangular case relief-engraved on lid and underside with dense foliate scrollwork accented by grotesques; an empty, curvilinear shield is at one corner of the inset, snap-closure, hinged lid. Gold washed interior. Angled, pointed tab across lid front. Front of lid collar and inside bottom both struck with four marks, "G.A.S." in incuse sans serif letters, a hexagonal right-facing Diana head (Dianakopf) with "2" and "A", a combined crescent moon and imperial crown in a surround (Reichsmark), and "900".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Austria: Vienna state, Vienna
label: place retailed
content: Germany
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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.60.1941
label: catalog number
content: 60.1941
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 (interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.6675 cm x 8.5725 cm