Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
label: date made
content: ca 1925
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular case with plain gold (yellow and rose) and engine-turned bands on the rounded lid and back; blank rectangular reserve at center of lid. Gold-washed interior; both halves are lipped to hold matches in place. Push-tab catch with triangular ring at front center; hinge at back. Holder is struck inside under right lip at center "NAPIER" and "14 K&STERLING" in incuse sans serif letters.
label: Description
content: Maker is Napier Co. of Meriden, CT; 1922-present (company purchased and Meriden plant closed in 1999, but jewelry under the Napier name is still being produced overseas by the Jones Apparel Group).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Meriden
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.60.2151
label: catalog number
content: 60.2151
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 (exterior decoration, interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.7625 cm