Portable Lighter Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1875
label: patent date
content: 1875-06-15
name: label: inventor
content: Watson, John A.
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Mississippi, Lexington
label: associated place
content: United States: Mississippi, Lexington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.331190
label: catalog number
content: 331190
label: patent number
content: 164,620
label: accession number
content: 88881
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
label: Object Name
content: holder, candle
label: Other Terms
content: Lighter, Portable; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (case finish material)
label: Physical Description
content: abrasive paper (striking surface material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (candle material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (candle wick material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (matches material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, tissue (tinder? material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 4 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 2.54 cm x 11.7475 cm x 6.6675 cm