Two cardboard strips of fusee matches

Made:
1840-1870

Two cardboard strips of fusee matches, divided in the same way as book matches today, phosphorus-coated tips, Samuel Jones, patentee English, 1840-1870

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655317
Materials:
cardboard and phosphorus, coated tips
type:
matches