Match Case, American, ca. 1889
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1889
Match case in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 41.140.3), catalogued by the museum's The American Wing department. The museum dates it ca. 1889 and records its origin as American; New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States. It is attributed to Tiffany & Co. (American, New York, NY, 1837–present). The museum records the medium as Gold, silver, brass, patinated copper, gold-copper alloy, silver-copper alloy, and patinated copper-platinum-iron alloy and the dimensions as 2 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in. (6 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm); 1 oz. 18 dwt. (59.7 g). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold, silver, brass, patinated copper, gold-copper alloy, silver-copper alloy, and patinated copper-platinum-iron alloy
- Dimensions
- 2 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 5/8 in. (6 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm); 1 oz. 18 dwt. (59.7 g)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Tiffany & Co.
- Place recorded
- New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States
- Culture recorded
- American
Identification
- Met object id
- 4988
- Museum object name
- Match case
- Museum object number
- 41.140.3
Catalogue references
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