Match box
Production date
1920s
Object detail
Accession number
2010.946
Description
A small silver match box. Concave shape. Hinged lid. Front of match box has an engraved stripe pattern with a circle in the centre. Striker strip on base in hollow. There are 18 wax match sticks with blue heads inside. The match box was designed for wax matches, and could be hung on watch chain via a small metal link. Typed note inside the box reads 'BOX for wax matches to hang on watch chain. Given to J.W. Laing by E.F. Flannigan before their marriage approx. 1922.
Marks
BOX for wax matches to hang on watch chain. Given to J.W. Laing by E.F. Flannigan before their / marriage approx. 1922. Label
Media/Materials
Credit Line
1920s. Match box, 2010.946. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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