Rugby Player
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, with rounded edges and corners, featuring polychrome enamel decoration of rugby player, surrounded by etched foliage ornament. He wears red and white striped, long sleeve jersey, white, knee length playing pants, red and white knee socks. Behind him is a brown goal post, beneath a green and brown grass-like reserve. Lid, hinged on left, features abstract, etched ornament on front. Striker in recessed groove on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: England
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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: 1978-146-407
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-plated metal, enamel
label: Dimensions
content: 4 x 3 x 1 cm (1 9/16 x 1 3/16 x 3/8 in. )