Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description
content: Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal and covered with celluloid, advertises Trewella Bros., in Australia, and their patent log and stump jacks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1616
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1616
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.7 cm x 3.5 cm x .9 cm; 2 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 7/16 in; 6.0325 cm x 3.81 cm x 1.11125 cm