File:"Carrick Castle, Lochgoil" Matchsafe, ca. 1900 (CH 18495993).jpg

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English: "Carrick Castle, Lochgoil" Matchsafe, ca. 1900   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Made by William & Andrew Smith
Title
English: "Carrick Castle, Lochgoil" Matchsafe, ca. 1900
Description
English: Oblong, with short sides curved. "Pencil Box" type construction with 3 interlocking parts that swivel open on wooden pins. The first or upper layer features a black, transfer printed image of a castle in bucolic setting, inscribed "CARRICK CASTLE, LOCHGOIL" below. When uppermost layer is pivoted open, a coin-size, circular recess is revealed, possibly the area on which the match was struck; this second section or layer, when opened, reveals main body hollowed out for containing matches.
Date circa 1900
date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium wood, with transfer printed decoration
Dimensions 3.2 x 7.3 x 2.3 cm (1 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 7/8 in. )
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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Product Design and Decorative Arts
Accession number
1978-146-75
Credit line Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
Inscriptions No marks
Notes Type: Matchsafe
Source/Photographer Catalog Photo

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