Match Safe
Match Safe
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- Description
- Repousse chased, wavy-sided, rectangular case with side-hinged lid. One side (hinge at left) features an asymmetrical, Nouveau-style design of streamers issuing from five-petaled flowers engulfing the head of a woman, while the opposite side has symmetrical C scrolls framing an empty raised central reserve. Convex strike plate at bottom. Gold washed interior. "STERLING" is struck in incuse sans serif letters within top right C scroll. No other marks.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- match safe
- date made
- early 20th century
- place made
- United States
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- gold (interior wash material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in;.9525 cm x 6.6675 cm x 4.445 cm
- ID Number
- DL.60.2144
- catalog number
- 60.2144
- 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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