Floral Decoration
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong oval, featuring all-over polychrome, cloisonné, floral decoration, dominant oval reserve displays chrysanthemums and other floral motifs on mottled yellow ground with surround of blue beading, all sides display delicate floral motifs on iron-red ground, reverse features oval reserve with assortment of butterflies on deep green ground, punctuated with specks of metalic copper, and surrround of blue beading. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
place: label: made in
content: China
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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: 1978-146-56
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: Brass, cloisonné enamel
label: Dimensions
content: 5.8 x 3.3 x 1.2 cm (2 5/16 x 1 5/16 x 1/2 in. )