Matchsafe
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, rounded corners, with tortiseshell veneer over bone. Where bottom edge of lid meets upper egde of box body are seams of bone. Round gold release button on side. Lid hinged on opposite side. Striker recessed into box bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1978-146-304
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Shaped tortoiseshell, bone, gold, metal
label: Dimensions
content: 6 x 4.2 x 1.2 cm (2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in. )