Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: American Art Works
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal and covered with celluloid, has an image of W. K. Mathewson, purveyor of cigars and cigarettes, candies and soft drinks, in Coatesville, Pa.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Coshocton
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1241
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1241
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 2 13/16 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.11125 cm x 7.14375 cm x 3.81 cm