WadsworthWatchCaseCo Vintage 1950s Custom Engraved Brass / Silver / Gold Cigarette Case (Multiple Styles) (NO LONGER MADE IN USA)

" Gold is where you find it, but you don’t have to look very hard or very far to find it within the extensive plant of one of Kentucky’s unique and most substantial industries, The Wadsworth Watch Case Company of Dayton. The precious yellow metal is, in fact, the stock-in-trade of this nationally known manufacturer of fine watch cases, compacts, cigarette cases, watch bands and kindred products. A visitor to the plant who shares the universal human respect for gold is apt to be surprised, however, at the matter-of-fact way in which glittering bars of the stuff are handled by those who work with it every day in fabricating hundreds of styles, sizes and shapes of the many items Wadsworth manufactures. " -NKYViews

Company History(NKYViews); https://www.nkyviews.com/campbell/text/wadsworth.html Photographed Special Model(Wikimedia); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vintage_Wadsworth_Cigarette_Case,_Measures_5.5_Inches_Wide,_A_Mobilgas_Award_For_Balanced_Selling_(29325166083).jpg Online Store(EBay); https://www.ebay.com/itm/397011987274?itmmeta=01K81WQRCPA1R9W0KTP4NA3QP5&hash=item5c6fc22b4a:g:HAIAAeSw1f9otLTw&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAABAFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1dGpK7UF0qpssJ91X9DyoIAT7zR3G3Islq%2Bald085z6xB%2FRRqZQwaEawz%2BqYVY7ebVDqnaG4HoplSHXA7RV3grSxSmiabMXdwo%2FWFRScau5F%2B1wJ9PxyJ%2FO2iDTPoBm9sNH4njrhfKLH60koB6lyGcnsv9mCgmLPWohZYLpfSZy9b7kZzzwbyEJFi5--gcBEi0eba4ZrQTxbw0caGoIKHmIVtRCCSRfGBIWFepDSCCvjhBML4%2FMwpegBZYjTPdfrniIHRWHZchhngpwf2Wxofk7fcuWuLeydGM5k4D3baxu3jXrxy2rDQNUvHTVJ0qnhX8%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8KG37zAZg Online Store(EBay); https://www.ebay.com/itm/336141568119?itmmeta=01K81WQRCP4QHSQA77VFA0YFRW&hash=item4e43994877:g:r2gAAeSw4MBoqhNt&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAABAFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eSvk3Ri%2BmfaHrXwyEYgByogKOKr%2FA5x0EM0WyCYHwdd7I0Mw9x9WVQe3JsEuskdXzl%2FkQSljSMBI2dDoxK0jMVReuCN7rJixbgm7TFh7cQ7SwoD%2FfTx5BzAC329VhaK58afseX4%2B7tZJ%2FlwybG2QzgTpwt%2Bw5paXivBkf9f2%2F75plO4XnVymHEBbSjFbPKdRDKOljxfBzbckVKN0iW7Gyw60a9fhxaQMqRmbWLjgUZoZIQZr1%2FCVSwaay7dLyq1iBsK16F1wwJ31EP9CYiJgaBdv9Fu%2BE5KcXKZtak80pUt%2FMh2FT1EB930agApSnLaA8%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8CG37zAZg Online Store(EBay); https://www.ebay.com/itm/356379592705?itmmeta=01K81WQRCP1NFHFG5FW25CR6F2&hash=item52f9e10801:g:mnUAAOSwq7JnDYWJ&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAABAFkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1fNikK1%2Bb3WRAq4NkmucE147ERdpIjDXbkXlFdwl3vrkfqzejweznIDCYpd9LmmQLkn2ilt8%2FNCDl0oplWa0aGVvfpIHjVxxyR30vJoCqxCBbJTd5RBaU5Koyk3y4xTDrUdK2jBe%2FWHqWW1kDBuwkzS7i1J1fANBsCtO4zDSeerp1eb4NRYIJXbj4PzFML6CklE3UBPkcVgffEs5U3fTVImVh%2F8LT1sp5nMvItHnwbcht2jZ2FGNmrVHH8wnWPJERni3sfERyL4iZfQHffiv4BPpowYCX%2BkJSvjPKMFwlUbF6NBmH%2FofmEVRo%2F2XxNWio4%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8CG37zAZg Online Store(Poshmark); https://poshmark.com/listing/Vintage-Wadsworth-US-States-Map-Etched-cigarette-case-Compact-14k-Gold-Plate-Lid-68c5e4503509d19f9814c137 Product Review; " Check out the Company History link above, it'll tell you more than I can about Wadsworth, but in short, they had a legendary run making top of the line watch cases (back when people wore pocketwatches), and cigarette cases (back when people smoked cigarettes) even having involvement in military commissions during World War 2, and creating honored ceremonial or commemorative giftpieces such as the one in the photo above, an award to MobilGas company, made from solid 24karat gold. The model of wadsworth cigarette case I owned was obviously one of their more affordable designs, made from hammered brass - though still of observable quality - even if dirty with secondhand wear bought from EBay. The simplistic utilitarian assembly still homehow coveys a beauty that is almost universally appreciated - of the polished clean lines and angles made from only rare metals - designed and refined with the intent to survive centuries and through global firefights. Whatever you intend to store in these cases, they will clamp shut strongly and keep the cargo protected like only a durable metal can, or to collectors, these timecapsules of american history (each often engraved with unique enscriptions, making some of real interest to historians) can be highly sought after, so keep an eye out next time your're perousing the local antiques shop - they really dont make like Wadsworth used to !" -MadeInUSAReview