Rooster's Head
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the form of a rooster's head, with comb on top, stylized feathers, orange glass eyes, open beak, front and reverse sides identical. Thin, flat lid located at base and opened by squeezing the hinged, lower beak. Suspension ring attached to back of neck. Striker on lid bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1980-14-1039
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Plated brass, glass
label: Dimensions
content: 5.2 x 5.9 x 1.8 cm (2 1/16 x 2 5/16 x 11/16 in. )