Cigar or Cigarette Box
date: label: date made
content: 1873 - 1891
name: label: maker
content: Tiffany & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Rounded rectangular box with friction-fit, hinged lid featuring repousse chased fern leaves nestled among roses, violets, zinnias and other flowers, all framed by acanthus at front and sides. Matching band of flowers and fern leaves forms box sides. Gold-washed interior with three, widthwise, equal-sized compartments. Box collar struck incuse along one side "TIFFANY & C\o" in serif letters and "STERLING-SILVER" in sans serif letters, and along the opposite side "7", "968", "M" and "4654".Rounded rectangular box with friction-fit, hinged lid featuring repousse chased fern leaves nestled among roses, violets, zinnias and other flowers, all framed by acanthus at front and sides. Matching band of flowers and fern leaves forms box sides. Gold-washed interior with three, widthwise, equal-sized compartments. Box collar struck incuse along one side "TIFFANY & C\o" in serif letters and "STERLING-SILVER" in sans serif letters, and along the opposite side "7", "968(?)", "M" and "4654".
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.60.1751
label: catalog number
content: 60.1751
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 5 5/8 in x 3 3/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 14.2875 cm x 8.5725 cm