Cigarette case, ca.1890
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca.1890
Cigarette case, ca.1890 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca.1890. The museum's brief description reads: Watered steel with gold mounts, Moscow, ca.1890. Museum description: Cigarette case of watered steel with the hinges and catch of gold The museum record gives material recorded as steel, gold; measurements Height 3.5 in; Width 3 in; place associated: Moscow. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- steel, gold
- Dimensions
- Height 3.5 in; Width 3 in
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Steel and gold
- Place recorded
- Moscow
Identification
- Museum object name
- Cigarette case
- Museum object number
- 325-1895
- Museum system number
- O239194
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm materials, dimensions, maker and wider type against the museum record and a specialist reference.