Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: after 1850
label: date made
content: 1891 - 1902
notes: label: Description
content: Rounded rectangular case with side-hinged lid formed of four plaited bands of ribbing; a square inset of a steam locomotive racing forward is on one side and the intertwined, twig-patterned letters "AC" are applied on the other. Gold washed case interior. Small jump ring at top center of lid. Strike plate at bottom. Collar is struck incuse on monogram side with "STERLING" in sans serif letters to left of an outline of a four-leaf clover and "5424"; opposite side is lightly scratched with a series of numbers and figures.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
setName: label: See more items in
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.60.2141
label: catalog number
content: 60.2141
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 3 in x 1 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 7.62 cm x 3.4925 cm