Match Safe
date: label: date made
content: ca 1904
label: patent date
content: 1904-11-29
notes: label: Description
content: Rounded, imitation spot-hammered or planished, rectangular case with engine-turned bands and rectangular reserve engraved "W / M / H" at top left on the spring-loaded lid. Inside back has two small tabs at bottom corners to hold matches in place. Push-tab catch at front center; hinge and jump ring at back. Inside bottom right tab is struck "W.M.CO" in raised block letters in individual surrounds above "066". Right edge inside lid is struck "PAT. A.R.T. MFG. CO." and "PAT. RE. NOV.29-1904" in incuse sans serif letters.
label: Description
content: Patented by A.R.T. Mfg. Co. of New York, NY; firm made pieces for the retail trade, including Tiffany, Gorham and others. Maker identified as Watrous Manufacturing Co. of Wallingford, CT, 1896-present; successor to Maltby, Stevens & Co., 1890-1896, and was one of the companies that founded International Silver Co. in 1898. Not known when this mark was used; needs further research.
label: Description
content: "PAT NOV 29-04" is a reissue (USRE12290) for U.S.Patent No. 749,539, granted to Harold A. Dodge for his "improved match-box".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Wallingford
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
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.60.2152
label: catalog number
content: 60.2152
label: accession number
content: 200122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: match safe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (interior wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 7/8 in; .9525 cm x 6.6675 cm x 4.7625 cm