Tortoiseshell matchsafe
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, with curved lid and rounded corners, semi-transparent, featuring gold piqué work in cross-like pattern all over box body, small gold shield attached to front. Lid hinged on left side. Gold release button on right side. Striker carved into box bottom.
place: label: made in
content: probably France
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: 1978-146-298
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: Tortoiseshell, gold
label: Dimensions
content: 6.6 x 3.7 x 1.6 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/16 x 5/8 in. )