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Pocket Type Match Safes - Orientalia RETURN TO POCKET TYPE PMO-036 Japanese Man Smoking a Pipe   [+] Enlarge [+] Enlarge   IMSA #: PMO-036 Estimated Date: 1890 Country of Origin: USA Manufacturer: Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI Catalog No.: 176 Material: Copper and Sterling Markings: Bezel marked "Sterling", "176" and Gorham maker's mark Patent/Design No.: No Patent/Design Date: No Size (Inches): 2.63 x 1.17 Reverse: Floral motif with raised insect and flower. (Note, the red dot is a pressure sensitive label that was added in the 1970's.) Description and Comments: Floral motif with raised Japanese design of a flower and a man smoking a pipe. Ribbed striker on bottom. Submitted By: From the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Gift of Carol B. and Stephen W. Brener.