Toothpick / match holder urn from Lyons Hall
National Museum of African American History and Culture

Toothpick / match holder urn from Lyons Hall

Empire Craft Corporation, American, 1930 - 1950 · 1930-1950

silver
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

This is a small urn with a wide rim. The rim has a raised rope pattern. The urn body narrows near the middle, with the middle portion bulges out in a narrow ring. Below the ring is a tapered base, wider at the bottom. The bottom of the urn has series of concentric rings with etched text in the center that reads "Empire/ STERLING/ WEIGHTED/ 52."

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