Matchsafe
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Elongated oval matchsafe in a dark brown color. One side says "Rubber and Cotton The Gutta Percha & Rubber MFG. CO. 126 Duane St. New York Randolf St. Chicago". The reverse side has a cross and says "Fire Hose hose belting packing vaulves & co."
place: label: manufactured in
content: USA
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: 1980-14-530
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 rubber or gutta percha
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 7.6 x 3 cm (3 x 1 3/16 in.)