One Vesuvian match
- Made:
- 1855-1900
One Vesuvian match, slender cylindrical stick covered in cotton braid and glue, large oval shaped head of sawdust nitre, powdered charcoal and bark, phosphorus tip, English, 1855-1900
Details
- Category:
- Smoking
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A657003
- Materials:
- pine, cotton, braid, nitre, sawdust, charcoal, powdered, gum, head and phosphorus, tip
- Measurements:
-
length 42 mm
max: diameter 7 mm
stem: diameter 3 mm
- type:
- matches
