Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Repousse chased, wavy-sided, rectangular case with side-hinged lid. One side (hinge at left) features an asymmetrical, Nouveau-style design of streamers issuing from five-petaled flowers engulfing the head of a woman, while the opposite side has symmetrical C scrolls framing an empty raised central reserve. Convex strike plate at bottom. Gold washed interior. "STERLING" is struck in incuse sans serif letters within top right C scroll. No other marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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.60.2144
label: catalog number
content: 60.2144
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 2 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 6.6675 cm x 4.445 cm