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Match box holder (two stones)

about 1915–35
Marie Zimmermann
Height x length: 13/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 9/16 in. (2.1 x 5.7 x 4 cm)
Enameled copper, leaded enamel

Classification: Metalwork

Object Place: New York, New York, USA

Accession number: 2011.1862

Provenance/Ownership History: About 1925-1935, according to family tradition, made for L. Richard Bamberger (New York, NY); about 1970, given by L. Richard Bamberger to his daughter, Joan Bamberger, (Watertown, MA); 2011, gift of Joan Bamberger to the MFA. (Accession date: October 26, 2011)

Gift of Joan Bamberger Goodheart in memory of Matilda Block Bamberger