Matchbook Holder
date: label: date made
content: after 1850
label: date made
content: ca 1920
notes: label: Description
content: Spring-hinged, rounded wedge-shaped, rectangular case with a small oval cutout on both sides near the small end. Imitation spot-hammered or planished exterior. Gold washed interior has one retainer bar with small hooks (second one is missing). Exterior of one side is struck incuse with trademark "W&H / CO" in a heart outline, "STERLING" and "PAT.APLD.FOR", all in sans serif letters. One of two matchboxes, DL*60.2125A-B (A has printed instructions for "SAFETY FIRST MATCH BOX" stored inside.)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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.60.2125B
label: catalog number
content: 60.2125B
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: holder, matchbook
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm