Pocket Candle and Match Safe
Pocket Candle and Match Safe
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- match safe
- holder, candle
- Other Terms
- Lighter; Fire Making Apparatus
- date made
- ca 1890
- place made
- France
- place used
- United States: California, San Rafael
- Physical Description
- nickel plate (overall material)
- wax (candle material)
- cotton (candle wick material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 10.4775 cm x 2.8575 cm
- ID Number
- DL.64.0278
- catalog number
- 64.0278
- accession number
- 250307
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Louise A. Boyd
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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