Ferris Wheel, World's Fair, Chicago
date: label: Date
content: 1893
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Oblong, rounded top and bottom, featuring incised image of ferris wheel, inscribed above, on lid, "World's Fair, Chicago, 1893" and below image, "The Great Ferris Wheel". Reverse features raised imaged of domed building, inscribed above it, "Administration Building" and inscribed above that, "World's Fair", and below, at bottom, "1492-1893". On reverse lid is raised image of long, columned building, inscribed above "Art Palace". Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
place: label: manufactured in
content: 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: 1980-14-1115
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: Plated brass
label: Dimensions
content: 7.3 x 4 x 1 cm (2 7/8 x 1 9/16 x 3/8 in. )