Valise
date: label: Date
content: 1883–84
name: label: Probably
content: George Unite
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, curved sides, top and bottom, resembling a valise with leather straps that wrap from front to back, buckles on each strap on both sides, front features incised decoration of leaf motif, shield reserve at center inscribed "From [illegible monogram]", part just above strap opens as lid, hinged on side, thumb catch opposite, top of lid inscribed "A. Huttenback, 20th July, 1884." Same leaf motif with flowers at center incised on reverse. Striker on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Birmingham, 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: 1982-23-1139
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: 5.2 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm (2 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in. )