Matchsafe Hand Holding Cigar Amid Smoke and Man Blowing Smoke
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, rounded corners and sides, featuring raised decoration of hand holding a cigar amid smoke swirls that decorate entire surface. Reverse features male in profile, blowing smoke, his curly hair blending in amid smoke swirls that decorate entire surface. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1980-14-344
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: 5.7 x 3.6 x 1.3 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/16 x 1/2 in. )