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Match Safe

Maker (English, active 1902 - 1924)
Retailer (Scottish)
Datec. 1908
MediumSilver plate, enamel
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 1 1/2in. (5.1 × 3.8cm)
ClassificationsPERSONAL ARTIFACTS
Credit LineGift of Dr. Theodore Max in Memory of the Fred Smith Family
Object number2017.20
DescriptionSilver plate match case with enamel decoration of a winter scene of two men curling and one man ice skating. Case has a ring hoop that at one time was affixed to something that would have attached to perhaps a belt loop. On the bottom of the case is a grooved area for striking matches.
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