Matchbook Holder
date: label: date made
content: 1905 or later
label: Date made
content: DELETE
label: Date made
content: DELETE
label: patent date
content: 1904-01-12
label: patent date
content: 1905-08-15
notes: label: Description
content: Slim, wedge-shaped, rectangular case with pull-out cigar cutter in the larger rounded end; snap-closure, hinged cover is engraved with a scrollwork border and "D.S.F." at center; plain back. Folded tabs inside back at sides and bottom hold matchbook in place. Narrow, flat end is struck incuse "A.R.T.MFG.CO / NEW YORK" and "PAT. JAN.12-04. / AUG.15-05."; outside back is struck incuse at bottom "STERLING" and "246".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
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.60.2124
label: catalog number
content: 60.2124
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: holder, matchbook
label: Object Name
content: matchsafe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (cigar cutter material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; .9525 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.445 cm