Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: late 19th or early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Scroll-bordered rectangular case with triple-scalloped, side-hinged lid and bottom with strike plate; identical, symmetrical, repousse decoration on front and back features a five-lobed shell above a raised oval reserve framed by pairs of opposing C scrolls. Gold washed interior. One side of collar (hinge at right) struck outside "STERLING" in incuse sans serif letters. 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.60.2157
label: catalog number
content: 60.2157
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 5/8 in; .9525 cm x 6.6675 cm x 4.1275 cm