Match Safe Patent Model
date: label: date made
content: 1875
label: patent date
content: 1876-07-18
name: label: inventor
content: Frankish, Charles
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kansas, Topeka
label: associated place
content: United States: Kansas, Topeka
label: associated place
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
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.331189
label: catalog number
content: 331189
label: patent number
content: 179,850
label: accession number
content: 88881
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
label: Other Terms
content: Match Safe; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (casing, base, lever material)
label: Physical Description
content: sheet brass (match clasps material)
label: Physical Description
content: asphaltum (exterior finish material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, emery (striking paper material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/8 in x 4 5/8 in; 16.1925 cm x 11.7475 cm