On View
Not on viewCigar Cases
Date1800 - 1899
Terms
- Leather
- Tortoise Shell
- England
Dimensions76.2 × 78.74 cm (30 × 31 in.)
MarkingsCase is inside cardboard box labeled "Tortoise Shell / Cigar Case / Belonged to grandfather / Wm. S. Lincoln." A note in case reads: "Given to Theodore March 10--1927." [Note removed to object files.]
Credit LineGift of Stephen L. Smith (1993)
Object number1994.3
DescriptionTortoise shell, leather cigar case. Case made of tortoise shell front and back, pleated middle section of leather; another leather case inside accordion section. In box with colorful floral scene on lid, with handwritten label: "Tortoise Shell / Cigar Case. / Belonged to grandfather / Wm S. Lincoln [William S. Lincoln]."
