Object Details
- Description
- Thin, open-top, engine-turned case with a removable snakeskin cover or insert slipped inside. Case has a concave rim with applied fasces decoration; its front features opaque blue enamel stripes and an empty, rectangular reserve applied at one corner. Struck incuse on front below rim at center "935". No other marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- early 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- enamel (decoration material)
- snakeskin (cover exterior material)
- leather (cover material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 8.255 cm x 7.3025 cm
- Object Name
- case, cigarette
