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MATCHBOX

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

The background of the matchbox is dark red in color. Around the edge is a painted scroll in blue with a white flower at each corner on both top and bottom. In the center of the top is an empty medallion and on the bottom is a blue enamel medallion.

Object name:
MATCHBOX
Made from:
Enamel -- brass -- jade
Made in:
China
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
3 × 4.4 cm (1 3/16 × 1 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
15.217
Class:
ENAMEL
Signature marks:
MARK impressed on bottom: Made in China
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973