Safety Matches
date: label: date made
content: 1874
name: label: maker
content: Bryant & May
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place matches made
content: United Kingdom: England, London, Bow
label: place label printed
content: United Kingdom: England, Nottigham
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of M. F. Savage
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.317201
label: catalog number
content: 317201
label: accession number
content: 67376
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: potassium chlorate (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: sulphur (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: aspen or pine (matchsticks; box sleeve and tray material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (box sleeve label and tray covering material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (box sleeve label material)
label: Physical Description
content: red phosphorus (striking medium material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.985 cm x 5.08 cm