"HAVONE" Cigarette Case
date: label: date made
content: ca 1908
label: date made
content: ca 1908 - 1913
label: patent date
content: 1908-06-16
notes: label: Description
content: Rounded rectangular case with spring-loaded, hinged lid engraved "G. A. B. / to / W. H. W." in script; plain back. Gold washed, engine-turned interior contains a 10-cigarette holder, held equidistant from both lid and back, with a spring retainer and individual spaces for five cigarettes on each side. Push-tab catch. Front retainer is stamped incuse with retangular "HAVONE" trademark above "PAT.JUNE 16.08." and "STERLING / SILVER" in sans serif letters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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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.60.2036
label: catalog number
content: 60.2036
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: Physical Description
content: steel (catch mechanism material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 3 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 6.985 cm x 8.5725 cm