File:"Chuck Luck Pocket Match Safe and Dice Box" Matchsafe, patented 1893 (CH 18502729).jpg
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English: "Chuck Luck Pocket Match Safe and Dice Box" Matchsafe, patented 1893
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English: "Chuck Luck Pocket Match Safe and Dice Box" Matchsafe, patented 1893 |
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English: Oblong, with rounded corners, featuring central, raised decoration of two donkey heads, each facing the other, between them is inscription "Three Of A Kind", all framed by twisted ropework. Plain case lid flips open at left of decoration by pressing small metal button on top, upper left. At right is plain slip-off cover that conceals pair of miniature dice. Reverse features raised decoration of delicate arabesques surrounding a central, empty, oval reserve that is framed with ropework, all reverse ornament framed again with twisted ropework. Striker is on bottom of slip-off cover. |
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| Date | patented 1893 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | plated brass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 3.4 x 7.5 x 1.1 cm (1 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 7/16 in. ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1980-14-17 |
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| Credit line | Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | PAT'D APR.11.1893 stamped on right side of case body, visible when slip-off cover is removed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | Catalog Photo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
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