Pierrot Figure
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the form of a Pierrot figure, with small pointed hat, wide, saw-tooth edge collar, large buttons down front of baggy, one-piece costume, small pointed shoes; he has hands in pockets, pulling costume outward, exagerating his girth. Head and collar, hinged at back, flip open as lid. Link attached to upper part of right arm. Striker situated on reverse side, just beneath character's buttocks. Matchsafe may stand upright.
place: label: manufactured in
content: Europe
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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: 1982-23-635
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: Brass
label: Dimensions
content: 6 x 4 x 2.1 cm (2 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 13/16 in. )