Matchbox and Packaging [Patent Safety Matches]
Maker and role
R. Bell and Company, Manufacturer
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Accession number
2017.23.1
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Description
R. Bell & Co. Safety Matches, box and packaging. Taken to Scott Base, Antarctica during the Terra Nova Expedition (early 1910s) and returned to New Zealand with Sir Edmund Hillary's Team after the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).
1. Packaging for matches is black paper with large yellow label attached to top "PROTECTION FROM FIRE / TRADE MARK. / CHEMICALLY PREPARED. / SAFETY MATCH / MADE IN LONDON BY / R. BELL & Co. LIMITED / LIGHTS ONLY ON THE BOX."; and two smaller labels for side "A PERFECT MATCH / STRIKE LIGHTLY, and a / brilliant flame is produced. The / wood being specially prepared, / the burnt portion has no after- / glow, and does not drop off, thus / ENSURING PERFECT SAFETY / NO POISON - NO SMELL". Packaging formerly would have house several matchboxes.
2=4: Matchbox. Matchbox is wooden with yellow paper label printed with black text "PROTECTION FROM FIRE / R. BELL & Co's / TRADE MARK. / PATENT SAFETY MATCH / ESTABD / 1832 / LIGHTS ONLY ON THE BOX"; Blue paper covered wooden sliding draw holds full box of matches with red striking heads.
1. Packaging for matches is black paper with large yellow label attached to top "PROTECTION FROM FIRE / TRADE MARK. / CHEMICALLY PREPARED. / SAFETY MATCH / MADE IN LONDON BY / R. BELL & Co. LIMITED / LIGHTS ONLY ON THE BOX."; and two smaller labels for side "A PERFECT MATCH / STRIKE LIGHTLY, and a / brilliant flame is produced. The / wood being specially prepared, / the burnt portion has no after- / glow, and does not drop off, thus / ENSURING PERFECT SAFETY / NO POISON - NO SMELL". Packaging formerly would have house several matchboxes.
2=4: Matchbox. Matchbox is wooden with yellow paper label printed with black text "PROTECTION FROM FIRE / R. BELL & Co's / TRADE MARK. / PATENT SAFETY MATCH / ESTABD / 1832 / LIGHTS ONLY ON THE BOX"; Blue paper covered wooden sliding draw holds full box of matches with red striking heads.
Marks
PROTECTION FROM FIRE / R. BELL & Co's / TRADE MARK. / PATENT SAFETY MATCH / ESTABD / 1832 / LIGHTS ONLY ON THE BOX Printed
PROTECTION FROM FIRE / TRADE MARK. / CHEMICALLY PREPARED. / SAFETY MATCH / MADE IN LONDON BY / R. BELL & Co. LIMITED / LIGHTS ONLY ON THE BOX. Printed
A PERFECT MATCH / STRIKE LIGHTLY, and a / brilliant flame is produced. The / wood being specially prepared, / the burnt portion has no after- / glow, and does not drop off, thus / ENSURING PERFECT SAFETY / NO POISON - NO SMELL Printed
PROTECTION FROM FIRE / TRADE MARK. / CHEMICALLY PREPARED. / SAFETY MATCH / MADE IN LONDON BY / R. BELL & Co. LIMITED / LIGHTS ONLY ON THE BOX. Printed
A PERFECT MATCH / STRIKE LIGHTLY, and a / brilliant flame is produced. The / wood being specially prepared, / the burnt portion has no after- / glow, and does not drop off, thus / ENSURING PERFECT SAFETY / NO POISON - NO SMELL Printed
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Credit Line
R. Bell and Company. Matchbox and Packaging [Patent Safety Matches], 2017.23.1. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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