Object Details
- Manufacturer
- T. Johnson
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- In the form of a turtle with head, legs and tail extended, its back molded from tortoise-shell colored celluloid, eyes enameled red. Head (lid) flips backwards at uppermost part of shell, hinged on underside. Ridges of underside serve as striker.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
- ca. 1881
- Accession Number
- 1978-146-128
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- containers
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Matchsafe
- Type
- Matchsafe
- Medium
- Plated brass, celluloid, enamel
- Dimensions
- 5.9 x 4.9 x 1.4 cm (2 5/16 x 1 15/16 x 9/16 in. )
- manufactured in
- London, England
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1978-146-128
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq42eb9d103-dd3a-42f0-ae1a-50f933a5e777
