White rectangular match holder with canted unglazed sides and a reclining lion on the lid.
match holders
earthenware
ironstone (pottery)
Holder
Holder, Match
Holder, Match
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
Unknown
4 x 4 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.1876
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