Friction Matches
date: label: date made
content: 1885 - 1895
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.376781
label: catalog number
content: 376781
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matches
label: Object Type
content: slow-matches
label: Other Terms
content: Matches; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: phosphorus (match tips material)
label: Physical Description
content: potassium chlorate (match tips material)
label: Physical Description
content: aspen or pine (matchsticks; box sleeve and tray material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (box sleeve label and tray covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (box sleeve label material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (striking surface material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 7/8 in x 2 in x 3 in; 4.7625 cm x 5.08 cm x 7.62 cm