Match Safe
Match Safe
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- Description
- Slim, rounded rectangular case with side-hinged lid featuring low-relief stamped decoration of a rampant lion facing right and holding an empty scroll on one side and a large, leafy volute across the other. Strike plate at bottom. Gold washed interior. Collar is struck inside "STERLING" in incuse sans serif letters next to trademark "B" pierced by a right-facing sword and "848".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- match safe
- date made
- 1862 - 1900
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, North Attleboro
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- gold (interior wash material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in;.9525 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.2139
- catalog number
- 60.2139
- accession number
- 200122
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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