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box, cheroot

human history
  • Description

    cheroot box,

    [tin] cigar box with hinged lid; exterior lid has a circular blue enamel plaque with six black enamel [clovers] or [bows] around edges, metal detailing on plaque; raised border around edge of lid; interior of box is lined with wood, with a wooden divider in the centre of the box; interior of lid has a gold printed design of a sphinx with text: SPHINX below.

  • Place
    New Zealand
  • Associated Place

    New Zealand

  • Accession Number
    1973.15
  • Accession Date
    23 Jan 1973
  • Other Id

    col.2825 (colonial)

  • Department

    History

    Social History

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Images

  • box, cheroot, col.2825, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 22 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, cheroot, col.2825, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 22 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, cheroot, col.2825, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 22 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, cheroot, col.2825, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 22 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, cheroot, col.2825, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 22 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, cheroot, col.2825, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 22 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, cheroot, col.2825, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 22 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, cheroot, col.2825, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 22 Aug 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • box, cheroot [col.2825] ruler view
  • box, cheroot [col.2825] top view
  • box, cheroot [col.2825] inside view
  • box, cheroot [col.2825] detail view

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