Match Safe
Match Safe
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- Description
- Asymmetrical, wavy-sided, rectangular case with side-hinged lid featuring repousse C scrolls and small flowers on front surrounding a raised reserve engraved "Oct 31\st / 1903" in script. Plain, concave back. Serrated bottom edge for striking matches. Gold-washed interior. Front side of collar is struck incuse with the initials "UB" superimposed in an outlined circle and "STERLING 925 FINE" in sans serif letters.
- Maker is Unger Bros. of Newark, NJ; in business, 1872-1919.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- match safe
- date engraved
- 1903
- inscribed date
- 1903-10-31
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Newark
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- gold (interior wash material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in;.9525 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.2132
- catalog number
- 60.2135
- accession number
- 200122
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
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- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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