Matchsafe
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1880
name: label: Producer
content: Tiffany & Company, American, established 1853
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Matchsafe in Japanese style. Oblong, rounded corners, with overall hand hammered surface, featuring applied decoration of a copper maple leaf and brass maple seed on front side, small applied beetle on top corner of lid, stylized monogram (FD) in brass and copper on reverse. Lid, hinged on side, opens on the diagonal. Striker on bottom.
place: label: made in
content: New York, New York, USA
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1980-14-1296
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Hammered silver, copper, brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6.3 x 3.6 x 1.6cm (2 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 5/8in.)