Vices Theme, with Woman Smoking
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, with curved sides and corners, featuring raised decoration representing a variety of vices, including woman in profile smoking, the cigarette smoke extending up and around parts of the background, at bottom is long serpent, above on left are playing cards, at center champagne bottle, at right a champagne glass, on lid are 2 racing horses, identical decoration on reverse. Lid hinged on side. Striker 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: 1980-14-358
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: 6.5 x 4 x 1 cm (2 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 3/8 in. )