Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: after 1850
label: date made
content: ca 1900
notes: label: Description
content: Rounded rectangular case with serpentine side-hinged lid and bottom featuring a mythical, chimera-like creature with dragon's head, snake body and leafy scroll tail wrapped around its flat sides (repousse on front and applied on back); head faces left and has one small ruby-colored eye. Strike plate on bottom. Collar above creature's head is struck "STERLING" in incuse raised sans serif letters next to a figural mark of a fish or arrow, facing right.
label: Description
content: Attributed to Fishel, Nessler & Co. of New York, NY (1893-1937) on catalog card, but mark needs further research to verify (unlike other marks illustrated for that firm).
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
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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.60.2156
label: catalog number
content: 60.2156
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: stone (eye material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 1.27 cm x 6.6675 cm x 3.81 cm