"Charles Baker & Company's Stores: Match & Pin Box"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1885
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Thomas Turner & Company
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, curved corners and sides, the front inscribed "CHAs BAKER & Cos Stores, Match & Pin Box, Price Two Pence, 271 to 274 High Holborn, 41 & 43 Ludgate Hill, 137 to 140 Tottenham Court Rd St. [T.Turner's manufacturer's trademark stamped on lower left; Rd. 26844 on lower right.] Reverse inscribed "Gentlemens & Boys Superior Clothing, Hosiery, Shirts, Hats, Boots & C. 25 Per Cent Under Usual London Prices to Keep Pace with the Civil Service Stores." Interior match container revealed when inscribed exterior sheath is pulled open at side; both exterior and interior pivot on attached pin at bottom center. Striker recessed on side.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Wolverhampton, England
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: 1982-23-1
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: 5.4 x 3.1 x .9 cm (2 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/8 in. )