Block of slender wooden matches, United States, 1902

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

Made:: Bow and Bow and

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[One of] Five Blocks [2660-2664] (3/4 x 1 in square), each consisting originally of 100 slender wooden matches (lengths 2 - 2 1/2 ins), almost or quite complete, and five fragments of similar blocks; Matches heavily sulphur-dipped, with chocolate-coloured igniting-composition on their tips; made at Bridgeport, Maine, USA; date 1902. United States.

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Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1937-682/2661

type:: block

credit:: Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

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