"Full of the D"
date: label: Date
content: copyrighted 1888
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular, rounded corners and sides, featuring raised relief of devil poking his head and hand through a jagged or torn edged reserve, inscribed "Full of the D" on upper left of lid, just above his head. Reverse features raised relief of hand bursting through small torn edged reserve, clutching three burning matches, also visible is devil's tail bursting through area to the upper-left of hand, interwined around the matches. Lid hinged on side. Striker in recessed groove on bottom.
place: label: manufactured 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: 1978-146-693
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: 6.1 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm (2 3/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in. )