"Scientific American"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1890
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Enos Richardson & Company
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the form of a rolled and wrapped copy of Scientific American, front of the wrapper enameled with a New York, 1896 postmark and a blue one cent stamp, the reverse enameled with 3 red dots to simulate sealing wax. Wrapper inscribed "Mr. Fred Smyth, 15 West 46th St." Lid (left end of rolled paper) hinged on long, bottom edge. Both left and right ends, where paper appears to be coiled in a roll, likely also intended as strikers.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Newark, New Jersey, 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: 1978-146-190
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, enamel
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 2.7 x 5.6 x 1.3cm (1 1/16 x 2 3/16 x 1/2in.)