"Bryant & May's Royal Wax Vestas" Go-to-Bed Matchbox
date: label: date made
content: 1871 - 1897
name: label: maker
content: Bryant & May
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London, Bow
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.376783
label: catalog number
content: 376783
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matchbox, go-to-bed
label: Other Terms
content: Match Holder; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tinned sheet iron (container, cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (container and cover finish material)
label: Physical Description
content: bone or celluloid (vesta holder material)
label: Physical Description
content: phosphorus (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: potassium chlorate (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (matchsticks material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (matchsticks material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in; 6.35 cm x 4.7625 cm