Friction Matches
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1880
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia W. Hillyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.376784
label: catalog number
content: 376784
label: accession number
content: 136485
objectType: label: Object Name
content: matches
label: Object Type
content: slow-matches
label: Other Terms
content: Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: phosphorus (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: potassium chlorate (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: sulphur (match heads material)
label: Physical Description
content: aspen (matchsticks material)
label: Physical Description
content: pine (box and cover material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (striking surface material)
label: Physical Description
content: grit (striking surface material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper, wove (label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in x 7/8 in; 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.2225 cm