Matchsafe with image of a Motor Car
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1902
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, curved corners, featuring raised decoration of male in suit and cap driving motor car with spoked wheels down country road, grassy hill, wooden fence and tree in background, as well as patch of grass in foreground. Some clouds evident on lid. Reverse features inscription WH, Nov.22, 1902. Lid hinged on side. Striker in recessed groove on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: 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: 1980-14-97
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: H x W x D: 5.8 × 4.3 × 0.9 cm (2 5/16 × 1 11/16 × 3/8 in.)