Box (60 x 40 x 15 mm) of Vestas

PART OF:: Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.

Made:: Bow

Box (60 x 40 x 15 mm) of Vestas; of thin chip; sliding;

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Box (60 x 40 x 15 mm) of Vestas; of thin chip; sliding;
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Box (60 x 40 x 15 mm) of Vestas; of thin chip; sliding; exterior covered with white paper, elaborately printed with designs and views (Italian and Chinese) in colours, also inscriptions in Italian and Chinese; made by the Fabbriche Riunite di Fiammiferi, Milano, apparently for the Chinese market; bears 4-cent. Italian tax-stamp; contains very small and slender Vestas, with brown heads. Italy.

Details

Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1937-682/1873A

type:: box - container

credit:: Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

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