Object Details
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1878
- engraved date
- 1878-10-20
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Louise A. Boyd
- Physical Description
- gold (decoration, interior wash material)
- quartz (decoration material)
- brass (support, hinge, interior mechanism material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.905 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.175 cm
- Object Name
- match safe
- Other Terms
- Match Box; Fire Making Apparatus
