Cleveland Portrait Match Case, 1888
- Title:
- Cleveland Portrait Match Case, 1888
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Cleveland, Grover, American (1837-1908), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- 1888
- Election Date:
- 1888
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0086
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0086.jpg
- Political Party:
- Democratic
- Work Type:
- decorative art (art genre)
portraits
Cases (Containers) - Materials/Techniques:
- Copper alloy
Casting - Subject:
- Portraits
Cases (Containers)
Cleveland, Grover
Politics
Promotional materials
Portraits
Busts - Measurement:
- 6.35 x 4.445 (Match case) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Copper alloy match case in the shape of a bust of Grover Cleveland. Base flips open to allow access to matches
there is a striker on the very bottom of the case. Manufacturing information PATD. OCT.9.88 is stamped on one side of the base. Item 2214.BB0082 is a matching Benjamin Harrison match case. - Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Relationships:
- Related to "Benjamin Harrison Portrait Match Case, 1888"
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- This digital collection and its contents are owned and operated by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library. Digital reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship and research use only and may not be downloaded for use in electronic or print publications (including web sites), exhibitions, or broadcasts, without permission. There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.