Cigarette Case
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
notes: label: Description
content: Silver-gilt or vermeil, rounded rectangular case on oval link chain with spring-loaded, hinged lid featuring a vignette of a couple driving an open car on a country road, the man behind the right-sided wheel and woman holding her hat on her head; concave back is engraved "TGM" (or "JGM") in shaded script diagonally across center. Gold washed interior has two spring retainers, both stamped "STERLING / 925" on both sides. Push-tab catch. Right front edge of bottom half is struck "STERLING" in incuse sans serif letters. No maker's marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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.60.1987
label: catalog number
content: 60.1987
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 (gilt finish material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 in; 1.27 cm x 7.9375 cm x 5.08 cm