Cigarette Case
date: label: date made
content: late 19th century
label: date made
content: 1920 - 1930
notes: label: Description
content: Rounded rectangular, blue and white champleve enamel case with snap-closure, hinged lid engraved "MT" in intertwined letters at center in a shield inside a rosette suspended between two griffins and bordered by garlands of overlapping leaves; lid has a bright-cut border, while case sides and underside are plain. Tabs at center front of lid and left front of case to open. Gold washed interior. Top left inside lid is engraved "AC" at top left and struck incuse "800" over "6" at center. No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
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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.60.2039
label: catalog number
content: 60.2039
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: case, cigarette
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 in x 2 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 5.08 cm x 7.3025 cm