Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Huntley, Boorne, & Stevens
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Rectangular, curved sides, snuff-box style container, featuring cover of black printed decoration on gold ground of bird with long feathered tail perched on flowered branch; thumb catch to right inscribed "Bryant & May's Wax Vetsas, Made in England", small cross design on rest of body. Striker on reverse.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
- 1870–80
- Accession Number
- 1980-14-571
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- containers
- Decorative Arts
- Object Name
- Matchsafe
- Type
- Matchsafe
- Medium
- Plated tin, printed , gilded
- Dimensions
- 4.6 x 3 x 1.2 cm (1 13/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in. )
- manufactured in
- 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_1980-14-571
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq496ccefc4-71e2-4503-9306-bebb3c9b246f
