Floral Repoussé Decoration
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1875
name: label: Maker
content: Samuel Kirk & Son, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1815 - 1979
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, rounded sides and corners, featuring over-all repoussé floral decoration on stippled ground; reverse features some variation in floral decoration with monogram "EM" engraved in small, open, central reserve. Small protruding button on side opens lid when depressed; lid hinged on opposite side. Striker on bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Baltimore, Maryland, 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: 1980-14-1182
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: 5.7 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm (2 1/4 x 1 5/16 x 9/16 in. )