Matchsafe
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Flat rectangular brass form with hinged lid and rounded corners, the front with enamelled decoration composed of a red-tipped white match placed diagonally near the top, with blue enamel capital letters above and below, forming the rebus, "A (match) FOR YOU AT ANY TIME"; ridged striker on underside.
place: label: manufactured in
content: possibly 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: 1978-146-356
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Enamelled brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 5.3 x 3.6 x 1 cm (2 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 3/8 in.)