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Physical Description:
silver (overall material)
gold (interior wash material)
Measurements:
overall: 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.1275 cm
Object Name:
holder, matchbook
Place made:
United States: Rhode Island, Providence
Date made:
after 1850
ca 1920
Description:
Spring-hinged, rounded wedge-shaped, rectangular case with a small oval cutout on both sides near the small end. Finely grooved, engine-turned bands and a blank rectangular reserve at one corner on front; plain back. Gold washed interior has two retainer bars with small hooks, one in each half. Exterior of one side is struck incuse with trademark "W&H / CO" in a heart outline, "STERLING" and "PAT.APLD.FOR", all in sans serif letters. One of two matchboxes, DL*60.2126A-B.
Location:
Currently not on view
Credit Line:
Gift of Lucinda de Leftwich Templin, Ph.D., in memory of Ella Rice Templin
ID Number:
DL.60.2126A
Catalog number:
60.2126A
Accession number:
200122
See more items in:
Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-0b25-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_315706