File:"Smile!" Matchsafe, ca. 1900 (CH 18493811).jpg
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English: "Smile!" Matchsafe, ca. 1900
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Possibly by Paye & Baker Manufacturing Company |
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English: "Smile!" Matchsafe, ca. 1900 |
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English: Rectangular, rounded corners and sides, featuring raised decoration of man in hat, jacket and waistcoat behind waist-high wood fence, 3/4 view in lower left corner of grimacing dog facing the smiling man on opposite side, inscribed between the two "Tis easy enough to be pleasant when life goes by with a song but the man worth while is the man who will smile when everything goes dead wrong." Inscribed in raised letters on lid "Smile!" Reverse slightly concave. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom. |
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| Date | circa 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | silver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 6 x 4 x 1 cm (2 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 3/8 in. ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Product Design and Decorative Arts |
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1978-146-105 |
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| Credit line | Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Partial impression on reverse bezel resembling P & B, STERLING. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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