Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- Description
- Rectangular, with rounded corners, featuring printed advertisement for Cawston Ostrich Farm. The front displays image of man in tan suit and black bowler hat sitting astride an ostrich, both facing left; below image is the inscription "Cawston Ostrich Farm," "South Pasadena, California." Reverse with image of six ostriches standing before or behind a shrub in an open field, with rail fence and trees in background. Lid hinged at side. Striker in recessed groove on bottom.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
- ca. 1900
- Accession Number
- 1978-146-68
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- containers
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Matchsafe
- Type
- Matchsafe
- Medium
- Nickel-plated metal, printed celluloid
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 7 x 4 x 1.1 cm (2 3/4 x 1 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
- manufactured in
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1978-146-68
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq451eb0ca5-2a6c-40d0-9598-57a14ec98a3d
