"Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks"
date: label: Date
content: patented 1899
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Simons Bros. & Company
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, in the shape of an Elk's tooth, featuring a blue enameled clock dial with Roman numerals and set at 11:00, beneath which is a raised image of an elk's head, above the clock are the letters B.P.O.E., an acronym for the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. No decoration on reverse. Lid hinged on upper left. Striker on the reverse side of lid.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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: 1978-146-1170
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, enamel
label: Dimensions
content: 6.1 x 4 x 1.7 cm (2 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 11/16 in. )