Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Oblong, rounded corners and sides, featuring an overall ground of simulated alligator skin, on top of which are superimposed silver coins; front features quarter dollar coin on lower right, with American eagle, inscribed United States of America, smaller coin on lid at upper left with worn image of a seated Lady Liberty, dated 1853 below; reverse features larger coin on lower right with image of a seated Lady Liberty, dated 1877 below, small dime on lid at upper left. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
- 1888
- Accession Number
- 1980-14-274
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- containers
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Matchsafe
- Type
- Matchsafe
- Medium
- Silver
- Dimensions
- 6.6 x 3.7 x 1 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/16 x 3/8 in. )
- made in
- Providence, Rhode Island, 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_1980-14-274
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq478c36911-b7df-40c2-844e-db9a95ad4748
