Match Safe

Date Made: 1880 - 1910

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life

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Credit Line: Gift of Myrtle Z. Hough

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.377829Catalog Number: 377829Accession Number: 136880

Object Name: match safematchsafeOther Terms: Match Safe; Fire Making Apparatus

Physical Description: tinned sheet iron (overall material)wire, iron (hinge pin material)Measurements: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 8.5725 cm x 12.065 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-f5e2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_307749

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