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Pocket Type Match Safes - Figural & Novelty RETURN TO POCKET TYPE PMFN-014 Figural Face with Large Tongue   [+] Enlarge   IMSA #: PMFN-014 Estimated Date: 1900 Country of Origin: USA Manufacturer: Whiting Mfg. Co., Providence, RI. This is an unsigned example, maker's name based on another identical example that was signed. Catalog No.: 1539 Material: Sterling Markings: Bezel marked "Sterling" and "1539" Patent/Design No.: No Patent/Design Date: No Size (Inches): 2.53 x 1.52 Reverse: Blank Description and Comments: Figural face with large tongue. Ridges on tongue serves as striker. Submitted By: From the collection of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Carol B. and Stephen W. Brener.