Match Safe

Description:

Repousse and etched figural case in the shape of a frog with head hinged at back of neck for lid. Matte silver interior. Collar struck incuse at throat with trademark anchor in rectangle, "GORHAM CO." in sans serif letters, and "045". Inside back of head and inside underbelly both stamped "29".

Date Made: after 1850ca 1900

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Rhode Island, Providence

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.60.2146Catalog Number: 60.2146Accession Number: 200122

Object Name: match safe

Physical Description: silverplate (overall material)Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.4925 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-138f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_315729

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