Playing Cards
date: label: Date
content: 1885–86
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Cornelius Saunders & Frank Shepherd
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, with curved corners, snuff box type container featuring polychrome decoration of a fanned hand of playing cards: from left, first card is ace of spades in black and white enamel, followed by king of spades, queen of spades, jack of spades, all in red, blue, yellow, black, white enamel, ace of hearts in red and white enamel. Underside of box features elaborate monogram (AE). Lid hinged on back panel. Striker on right panel.
place: label: manufactured in
content: London, 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: 1978-146-228
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: 2.4 x 4.6 x 1.1 cm (15/16 x 1 13/16 x 7/16 in. )