Envelope containing strip of fusee matches
- Made:
- 1832-1860
Envelope containing strip of fusee matches, amadou fungus oblong strip divided into ten individual matches but joined at the base, phosphorus blobs at tip, made in Berlin, East Germany, 1832-1860
Details
- Category:
- Smoking
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A655241
- Materials:
- amadou, nitre, phosphorus, envelope, paper and envelope, gum
- Measurements:
-
strip: length 61 mm
match: height 21 mm
match: width 6 mm
match: thickness 2 mm
envelope: length 120 mm
envelope: height 92 mm
- type:
- matches
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