Coins on Simulated Alligator Skin
date: label: Date
content: 1888
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, rounded corners and sides, featuring an overall ground of simulated alligator skin, on top of which are superimposed silver coins; front features quarter dollar coin on lower right, with American eagle, inscribed United States of America, smaller coin on lid at upper left with worn image of a seated Lady Liberty, dated 1853 below; reverse features larger coin on lower right with image of a seated Lady Liberty, dated 1877 below, small dime on lid at upper left. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom
place: label: made in
content: Providence, Rhode Island, 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: 1980-14-274
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: 6.6 x 3.7 x 1 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/16 x 3/8 in. )