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Cigarette Case
- Material
- METAL/ALLOY-BRASS;
- Description
- A brass colored, rectangular metal cigarette case with a painted scene on the top and a scale-type pattern on the bottom. The scene painted on the top is of two multi-colored birds perched in the branches of a small bar on the front that, when pressed, cause the case to pop open. The inside of the …
- Category
- PERSONAL OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- PERSONAL GEAR
- Description
- A brass colored, rectangular metal cigarette case with a painted scene on the top and a scale-type pattern on the bottom. The scene painted on the top is of two multi-colored birds perched in the branches of a small bar on the front that, when pressed, cause the case to pop open. The inside of the case has a metal flap set on a spring used to hold down the cigarettes. Inscribed on the metal flap is 'Made In England/ Rosebery'.
- Public Description
- Used by Lillian McEwen in 1930's and 1940's.
- Material
- METAL/ALLOY-BRASS;
- Width
- 7.7
- Length
- 13.3
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1986.8.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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