Matchsafe
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1910
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, curved sides and lid, featuring raised dot decoration on rectangular, instrument-like form with projections on upper right and left. Reverse features raised rectangular shape with two vertical bands running through it, beneath which is inscribed "Wood Separator." "Chloride" inscribed on top of lid in upper case, gothic-style letters. Entire box black in color. Lid hinged on side. Striker molded into bottom.
place: label: probably made in
content: United States
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: 1980-14-182
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Molded vulcanite
label: Dimensions
content: 4.4 x 4 x 1.2 cm (1 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 1/2 in. )