"Speak No Evil, See No Evil, Hear No Evil"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
name: label: Possibly
content: Paye & Baker Manufacturing Company, American, 1901–ca. 1965
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, rounded sides and corners, featuring raised decoration of 3 seated monkeys, with hands over mouth, ears, and eyes, inscribed beneath each respectively "Speak No Evil", "See No Evil", "Hear No Evil", all framed by decorative cartouche. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: North Attleboro, Massachusetts, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1980-14-84
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: 6.3 x 4.2 x 1.1 cm (2 1/2 x 1 5/8 x 7/16 in. )