Advertisement for "England's Glory Matches, S.J. Moreland & Sons"
date: label: Date
content: 1900–10
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Whitehead & Hoag Company
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, with rounded corners, featuring printed advertisement for S.J. Moreland & Sons. The front displays red, white and blue rectangular reserve with freighter boat illustrated in oval at its center, inscribed "England's Glory," "Buy Home Made Goods," "Moreland Gloucester," "Trade Mark"; "Use Matches" inscribed in blue outside rectangle. Inscribed in blue on reverse, "Compliments of S.J. Moreland & Sons, Gloucester. Manufacturers of Safety & Paraffin Matches, Also Wax Vestas." Lid hinged on side. Striker in recessed groove on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Newark, New Jersey, 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: 1980-14-1418
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: Plated metal, printed celluloid
label: Dimensions
content: 5.7 x 3.6 x 1 cm (2 1/4 x 1 7/16 x 3/8 in. )