Match Safe
date: label: date engraved
content: 1903
label: inscribed date
content: 1903-10-31
notes: label: Description
content: Asymmetrical, wavy-sided, rectangular case with side-hinged lid featuring repousse C scrolls and small flowers on front surrounding a raised reserve engraved "Oct 31\st / 1903" in script. Plain, concave back. Serrated bottom edge for striking matches. Gold-washed interior. Front side of collar is struck incuse with the initials "UB" superimposed in an outlined circle and "STERLING 925 FINE" in sans serif letters.
label: Description
content: Maker is Unger Bros. of Newark, NJ; in business, 1872-1919.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
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.60.2132
label: catalog number
content: 60.2135
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 (interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; .9525 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm