Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: 1892 - 1893
notes: label: Description
content: Souvenir matchsafe commemorating the World's Columbian Exposition in the shape of a flattened egg broken at its tip with strike plate at bottom. Repousse chased case with side-hinged lid has "COLUMBUS' / EGG" on one side (hinge at right) above a view of the Nina under the date "1492"; the other side has "SOUVENIR / 1893" on lid and an empty, asymmetrical, beaded C-scroll reserve below. Collar outside is struck above Nina "STERLING" in incuse sans serif letters. No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2150
label: catalog number
content: 60.2150
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; .635 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.445 cm