Woman smoking
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular with rounded corners, featuring relief ornament of woman's head in profile holding a cigarette to her lips, smoke swirling around her face, her hair pulled up loosely with flower, long tendrils fall around her shoulders, all framed by elastic, ribbon-like decoration with whiplash curves. Reverse undecorated except for monogram (H?). Lid hinged on side. Striker in recessed groove on bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Possibly Newark, NJ, 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: 1978-146-1248
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: Cast and chased silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5.7 x 4.3 x 1cm (2 1/4 x 1 11/16 x 3/8in.)