Match Safe
Match Safe
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- Description
- Match safes were designed to hold friction matches. This one, made of metal with celluloid inserts, has the words “RALPH SLAZENGER / 1909-10 / SHERIFF OF LONDON” on one side, and a colored portrait on the other. Ralph Slazenger (1844 – 1910) and his brother made and sold sports wear in London. He served as sheriff in 1909.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Match Safe
- Date made
- 1909-1910
- 1910
- depicted
- Slazenger, Ralph
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- cellulose nitrate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 cm x 4 cm x 1 cm; 1 15/16 in x 1 9/16 in x 3/8 in
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 7/16 in; 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm x 1.11125 cm
- ID Number
- 2006.0098.1023
- accession number
- 2006.0098
- catalog number
- 2006.0098.1023
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- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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