New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

"Boot" Match Holder

Manufacturer Bryce, Higbee & Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1885

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 4 1/4 x 3 x 1 1/2 in. (10.8 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.1002

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 21

DescriptionColorless pressed in the shape of a wornout boot with the toe separating from the sole and an American flag-like decoration forming the strike plate at the top of the boot; flat patterned back has a hole at top for hanging on the wall.

Published ReferencesIllustrated in Bryce, Higbee catalogue as a "Tramp Match Safe"; Kamm, Book VIII, p. 130, ill.; R.W. Lee. _American Pressed Glass_. p. 91-92.