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Hexagonal cigarette box

Designed by: Lurelle Van Arsdale Guild (American, 1898–1986)
Manufactured by: Kensington Ware (American, 1934–1970)
1935
Object Place: East Kensington, PA

Medium/Technique Aluminum
Dimensions Overall: 15.2 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm (6 x 3 x 3 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Francesca Turchiano and Robert Bumcrot
Accession Number2015.2226a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsMetalwork

DescriptionAluminum cigarette box, with hexagonal vessel and domed lid with gold finial
Marks Stamped on the underside with Kensington Mark of an armorial crest of a stag head.
ProvenanceFrancesca Turchiano and Robert Burncrot, Boston, MA; 2015, gift of Turchiano and Burncrot to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 2015)