File:"Palace of Electricity, St. Louis World's Fair" Matchsafe, 1904 (CH 18503861) (cropped).jpg

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English: "Palace of Electricity, St. Louis World's Fair" Matchsafe, 1904   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Made by James E. Blake Co.
Title
English: "Palace of Electricity, St. Louis World's Fair" Matchsafe, 1904
Description
English: Oblong, with ornate curved sides, cinched where lid meets box body, featuring raised horizontal decoration depicting large pavillion-like building, inscribed "St. Louis 1904" above architectural rendering, and "Palace of Electricity" below. Inscribed on lid, and legible when box is turned long side up is "World's Fair", all decoration framed by winding, sinuous, fabric-like band that wraps around perimeter of box. Reverse features raised decoration of woman, seated in garden setting, dressed in long, Classical-style garment, drying her hair, probably based on figure of Venus, behind her is statue of a similar theme, all framed by c-curves and counter-curves. Lid hinged on upper, long side. Striker on bottom.
Date 1904
date QS:P571,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium metal
Dimensions 4.4 x 6.5 x 1 cm (1 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 3/8 in. )
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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Product Design and Decorative Arts
Accession number
1980-14-68
Credit line Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
Inscriptions STERLINE stamped on outside of lid.
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  • Type: Matchsafe
  • Country: United States
Source/Photographer Catalog Photo
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