Match Safe
date: label: Date made
content: 1909-1910
label: Date made
content: 1910
name: label: depicted
content: Slazenger, Ralph
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal with celluloid inserts, has the words “RALPH SLAZENGER / 1909-10 / SHERIFF OF LONDON” on one side, and a colored portrait on the other. Ralph Slazenger (1844 – 1910) and his brother made and sold sports wear in London. He served as sheriff in 1909.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1023
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1023
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Match Safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 4 cm x 1 cm; 1 15/16 in x 1 9/16 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 7/16 in; 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm x 1.11125 cm