2 matchboxes containing Hynamo perfumed fuses for lighting cigars

Made:
1845-1870 in London
maker:
John Hynam
2 matchboxes containing Hynamo perfumed fuses for lighting

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2 matchboxes containing Hynamo perfumed fuses for lighting
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2 matchboxes containing Hynamo perfumed fuses for lighting cigars, by J. Hynam, 50 Wilson Street, Finsbury, London, England, 1845-1870.

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655550
Materials:
chipboard, paper, sandpaper, fusee, cardboard, fusee, nitre and fusee, saltpetre
Measurements:
length 66 mm
width 36 mm
depth 15 mm
fusee strip: length 62 mm
fusee: height 29 mm
fusee: thickness 2 mm
type:
match boxes

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