Oyster Shell
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the form of an oyster shell, with a cluster of seaweed near bottom on front. Wide, upper part (lid) flips back, hinge on reverse. Striker on canted side.
place: label: manufactured in
content: probably Europe
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1982-23-66
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 brass
label: Dimensions
content: 6 x 5.5 x 1.4 cm (2 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 9/16 in. )