Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Oblong, vertical sides curved, with image of a swallow in flight, rendered in inlaid woods and black paint, under which is the inscribed word "Souvenir" in black. Inscribed in black on reverse is "Nice." Simple flat lid, attached to metal pin, hinged on left side. Striker of sandpaper is recessed into bottom of box.
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- 1900–10
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
- Medium
- Inlaid wood, enamel, sandpaper
- Dimensions
- 6.3 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm (2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 9/16 in. )
- Type
- containers
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Matchsafe
- Type
- Matchsafe
