Wax Taper Matches
date: label: date made
content: ca 1880
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place box made
content: Italy: Lombardy, Milan
label: place matches made
content: Italy: Liguria, Genoa
label: place owned
content: United States: Connecticut, Hartford
label: place owned
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: matches
label: Subject
content: Smoking
label: Subject
content: Souvenirs
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Alexius McGlannan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.380825A
label: catalog number
content: 380825A
label: accession number
content: 156797
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matches
label: Object Type
content: slow-matches
label: Other Terms
content: Matches; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: phosphorus (match tips material)
label: Physical Description
content: potassium chlorate (match tips material)
label: Physical Description
content: wax (matchsticks material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (matchsticks material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (striking surface material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (box, tray, label material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (box decoration, label material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber band (opening mechanism material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in x 2 in; 1.27 cm x 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm