Socket and Screw Top
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1850
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Turned, dark wood, in columnar form, with top that comes to a point, terminating with small, protruding, ivory socket that holds match; turned upper portion of box unscrews to reveal match container; small round of sandpaper adhered to bottom for striker. Round base slightly wider so that box may stand upright on table top.
place: label: made in
content: Portsmouth, England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1978-146-568
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: Wood, ivory, sandpaper
label: Dimensions
content: 6.1 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm