Cupids and Scroll Work
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1896
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Unger Brothers, Newark, New Jersey, 1872 – 1919
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, rounded sides and corners with irregular curves and counter-curves along four sides, upper portion of box wider than lower, with lid slanted on the diagonal; box features neo-rococo, repoussé decoration with c-scrolls, flowers and two cupids above a cartouche; reverse features no decoration except an irregularly shaped reserve inscribed "Beth to Ceph, Xmas '96"; reverse side also concave in form. Lid hinged on side. Slightly concave striker on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Newark, New Jersey, USA
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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: 1980-14-426
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: Silver
label: Dimensions
content: 7 x 4.5 x 1.1 cm (2 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 7/16 in. )