Thin iron matchbox containing 100 small wax vestas

Made:: 1880 in Bow

maker:: Bryant and May Limited

Thin iron matchbox containing 100 small wax vestas

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Thin iron matchbox containing 100 small wax vestas, Bryant and May, c1880

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Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1970-431

Materials:: iron and wax

type:: match box and vestas

credit:: Vollgraff-Roes, A.

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Thin iron matchbox containing 100 small wax vestas

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