Matchbook Holder
date: label: date made
content: after 1850
label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description
content: Spring-hinged, rounded wedge-shaped, rectangular case with a small oval cutout on both sides near the small end. Imitation spot-hammered or planished exterior. Gold washed interior has two retainer bars with small hooks, one in each half. Printed instructions for "SAFETY FIRST MATCH BOX" stored inside. Exterior of one side is struck incuse with trademark "W&H / CO" in a heart outline, "STERLING" and "PAT.APLD.FOR", all in sans serif letters. One of two matchboxes, DL*60.2125A-B.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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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.60.2125A
label: catalog number
content: 60.2125A
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: holder, matchbook
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (interior wash material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (instructions material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (instructions material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm