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Maker(s):Unknown
Title:Match Box
Type:Lighting Tools and Equipment
Materials:wood, enamel
Measurements:2 7/8 in. x 2 1/8 in. x 1 1/4 in.
Accession Number:  MH SK B.13.A.44.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE: A little wooden black enameled covered match box, the bottom extended at the covered match box, the bottom extended at the front to form a roughened shelf for scratching the matches. Cover decorated with a hand painted bunch of flowers in green, blue, yellow, and white, and a butterfly in orange. Full length hinge. Last third 19th century. 2 7/8" x 2 1/8" x 1 1/4". Cat. 10/3/1936.

Subjects:
Enamel and enameling

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