Tiffany lighter from the USS

From the exhibition:
Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now

New Mexico History Museum

In 1918, the state of New Mexico presented a 56-piece Tiffany silver service set to the battleship USS New Mexico. The set contains this lighter, as well as a number of plates, each of which has a different scene – Coronado’s Expedition 1540-42; San Miguel Chapel – Oldest Church in the US; and the First Locomotive through Raton Pass – 1879.
The USS New Mexico served as the first flagship of the United States Pacific Fleet, and was a vital part of U.S. operations in the Pacific Theater of WWII. After the battleship was decommissioned in 1946, the service was used on the carrier Midway and the flat-top Bon Homme Richar  before it was donated to the Palace of the Governors.

On display in the History Museum’s main exhibit, Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now.

Photo by Blair Clark, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs


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