Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: 1890 - 1910
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Europe
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Thomas G. Shearman in memory of Elizabeth Stillman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.385835
label: catalog number
content: 385835
label: accession number
content: 176775
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
label: Other Terms
content: Match Box; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: agate (case sides and lid material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, gilt (case mounts material)
label: Physical Description
content: phosphorus (match tips material)
label: Physical Description
content: potassium chlorate (match tips material)
label: Physical Description
content: aspen or pine (matchsticks material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in x 2 in; 1.5875 cm x 2.8575 cm x 5.08 cm