Match Safe Patent Model
date: label: patent date
content: 1858-10-12
name: label: inventor
content: Merrill, Platt
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Michigan, Port Sanilac
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.331191
label: catalog number
content: 331191
label: patent number
content: 21,770
label: accession number
content: 88881
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
label: Other Terms
content: Match Box; Fire Making Apparatus
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: walnut, figured (front and back panels material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (case, all working parts of mechanisms, pins material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (pad at opening; gasket material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 4 1/8 in; 1.905 cm x 6.985 cm x 10.4775 cm