Grant Metal Portrait Match Holder, ca. 1868
- Title:
- Grant Metal Portrait Match Holder, ca. 1868
- Collection:
- Political Americana
- Political Figure:
- Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), American (1822-1885), Presidential Candidate
- Date:
- ca. 1868
- Election Date:
- 1868
- ID Number:
- 2214.BB0096
- Collection Number:
- 2214
- File Name:
- 2214BB0096.jpg
- Political Party:
- Republican
- Work Type:
- metalwork (visual works)
decorative art (art genre)
portraits
match holders
wall hangings - Materials/Techniques:
- Metal
Casting
Painting (coating) - Subject:
- Portraits
Match holders
Wall hangings
Grant, Ulysses S. (1822-1885)
Politics
Promotional materials
Portraits
American flags
Cannons
Cannonballs
American Civil War
Stars
Busts - Measurement:
- 14.605 x 10.16 (Match Holder) (centimeters)
- Description:
- Silver-painted iron match holder with portrait of U.S. Grant with two holes for wall mounting. Matches would be stored in opening in the top of Grant's head
roughened area below head was used to light matches. Item donor Susan H. Douglas dates match holder to the 1868 Presidential campaign. - Cite As:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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