"The Luminous Match Safe"
"The Luminous Match Safe"
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- match safe
- Other Terms
- Match Safe; Fire Making Apparatus
- date made
- 1881 or later
- patent date
- 1881-12-13
- place made
- United States
- place patented
- United States: New York, Oyster Bay
- place used or place collected
- United States: West Virginia, Morgantown
- Physical Description
- tinned sheet iron (overall material)
- paint (exterior decoration; phosphorescent panel material)
- glass (phosphorescent panel material)
- paper (phosphorescent panel backing material)
- metal, white (ball feet material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in x 3 in; 4.445 cm x 8.255 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- DL.175466
- catalog number
- 175466
- accession number
- 30062
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. Walter Hough
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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