PMO-036 Japanese Man Smoking a Pipe

International Match Safe

Association and Museum

Japanese Man Smoking a Pipe

IMSA#: PMO-36

Estimated Date: 1890

Country of Origin: USA

Manufacturer: Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI

Catalog No.: 176

Material: Copper and Sterling

Markings: Bezel marked "Sterling", "176" and Gorham maker's mark.

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Size (Inches): 2.63 x 1.17

Reverse: Floral motif with raised insect and flower. (Note, the red dot is a pressure sensitive label that was added in the 1970's.)

Description and Comments: Floral motif with raised Japanese design of a flower and a man smoking a pipe. Ribbed striker on bottom.

Submitted BY: From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Carol B. and Stephen W. Brener.

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