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Cartouche form w/ crowning fleur de lis and hole pierced in top for hanging. Carved basket weave motif overall. Center has small box w/ cartouche. Sandpaper oval strike plate below. Marked on back "Papa Coleman" (sic).
match safes
accessories
wood (plant material)
SAFE, MATCH
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
6.25 x 2.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.111
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