"The Luminous Match Safe"
date: label: date made
content: 1881 or later
label: patent date
content: 1881-12-13
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place patented
content: United States: New York, Oyster Bay
label: place used or place collected
content: United States: West Virginia, Morgantown
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Walter Hough
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.175466
label: catalog number
content: 175466
label: accession number
content: 30062
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
label: Other Terms
content: Match Safe; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration; phosphorescent panel material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (phosphorescent panel material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (phosphorescent panel backing material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, white (ball feet material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 3 in; 4.445 cm x 8.255 cm x 7.62 cm