with Coin and Stamp Compartment
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, curved sides and corners, featuring overall incised, decorative scroll pattern, front reveals coin compartment hidden beneath cover located at lower half, hinged at center, with thumb catch at bottom, stamps may be stored on underside of compartment cover; revealed when matchsafe lid is opened at top are 2 long metal cylinders vertically recessed inside (possibly for pencil and toothpick), reverse of box has same overall decorative pattern with open, circular reserve at center, link on side. Lid hinged on side. Striker recessed in top of lid.
place: label: manufactured in
content: probably England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1978-146-1214
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
label: Dimensions
content: 6.5 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm (2 9/16 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in. )