Collection Highlights
Mount Rushmore National Memorial
ca. 1941
1987.16
Plaster with purplish red-brown stipple finish
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish: possibly match box holder/ashtray
Object name
Dish: possibly match box holder/ashtray
Date
1924
Medium
Whiteware
Dimensions
Overall: 3 1/2 x 6 x 4 1/4 in. ( 8.9 x 15.2 x 10.8 cm )
Description
Whiteware match holder with cylindrical upright section in middle of oval dish; upright section for holding matchbox has rectangular holes in top and sides to expose striking surface; upright section decorated foliate wreath and initials in Cyrillic (?) alphbet; gilded edge.
Object Number
INV.13619