Paper Label or Wrapper (2 7/8 x 2 3/4 ins) from side and top of a Hertner's "Eupyrion"

Paper Label or Wrapper (2 7/8 x 2 3/4 ins) from side and top of

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Paper Label or Wrapper (2 7/8 x 2 3/4 ins) from side and top of
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Paper Label or Wrapper (2 7/8 x 2 3/4 ins) from side and top of a Hertner's "Eupyrion" (see no. 1271)... paper brownish-buff; printed in black, from type, on side, "100 Eupyrion Matches. The last improvement of "Hertner's Eupyrion. - Please to mind the larger printed words "of this direction, even if you should know how to use similar "things" and, on top, "Directions for Use ... Hertner's "Eupyrion Manufactory, London"; date about 1835. England.

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Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/1271A
type:
label
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.