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Jewelry cleaning kit

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Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

19th C to early 20th C

GUSN

GUSN-174758

Description

Jewelry cleaning kit (a-d) enclosed in purple box (a). Metal yellow container (no accession) holds a small brush (d), a yellow cloth (no accession number), a bar on pink soap (no accession number). Also includes a pamphlet on jewelry cleaning (b) and a sample of silver-white polish (c).

Details

Descriptive Terms

kits (sets)
paper (fiber product)
metal
Kit, Tool

Inscription

"Jewelry Cleaning Casket / Trade Mark / Directions for Use."
"Jewelry Cleaning Casket / Trade Mark"
"Jewelry / Soap/ Sam M. Miller / New York."
"Silver and Jewelry; / How to clean them"
"Sample of Silver-White. Try it!" (Also includes directions and emblem for silver white product)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 19 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Wood

Accession Number

1995.398

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