Quail and Floral Decoration
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1886
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oval, with upper and lower of left and right sides cinched slightly, featuring raised decoration of a pair of quails and lily flowers, all framed by double band of petal-like ornament. Reverse features rooster and hen among floral decoration. Lid hinged on side. Striker incised 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: 1980-14-43
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: 6.2 x 3.7 x 1.7 cm (2 7/16 x 1 7/16 x 11/16 in. )