Matchsafe with Chrysanthemums and Butterfly
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, curved sides and corners, featuring raised ornament of chrysanthemum flowers and foliage, some leaves highlighted with silver and copper, a single butterfly on lid, variation of floral ornament on reverse. Lid hinged on side. Oval shaped striker on bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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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: 1978-146-1014
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: brass, silver, copper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 × 2.7 × 1.1 cm (2 3/8 × 1 1/16 × 7/16 in.)