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Category
Collection
Object type
Maker
Place of origin
Date

Irradiation rig for the production of phosphorus 32, c. 1980.

1980

Sulphur mould, seated woman with dog

1790-1819

Sulphur mould, man and dog seated under tree

1790-1819

Compo cast, woman following Cupid on eagle

1790-1819

Amulet in form of cylinder of sulphur wrapped in hide tube

1900-1910

Collection of 85 wooden congreve matches

1840-1880

Bunch of eleven early safety matches

1855-1880

Seven pieces of massive sulphur, one large piece on stick form, foreign, 1830-1940

Seven pieces of massive sulphur

1830-1940

One Lucifer match, slender splint of pipe, rectangular in section, typed with a chemical head of sulphur potassium chlorate, European, 1829-1860

One Lucifer match

1829-1860

Chipboard "strike anywhere" match with grey sulpher head, narrow splint, accompanied by paper sheet inscribed "match from the box in Maidstone Museum", English, 1820-1880

Chipboard "strike anywhere" match with grey sulpher head

1820-1880

8 safety matches, six are round sticks with sulpher tipped coloured heads, two are paper spills with most of length coated in brown substance, inside envelope, marked "matches, Bradford", English, 1851-1900

8 safety matches

1851-1900

Plain envelope, rectangular containing 6 lucifer matches, pine splint ends covered in sulphur, tipped with phosphorus, English, 1828-1850

Plain envelope

1828-1850

A piece of brown paper dipped in Sulphur for use as Sulphur-matches. ? England.

Piece of brown paper dipped in sulphur

Two sulphur cups from the Sudan

Two sulphur cups from the Sudan

Bundle of three spills, paper strips tapered to a point at both ends, tipped with sulphur, European, 1750-1860

Bundle of three spills

1750-1860

Bundle of thirteen sulphur tipped spills, made by a Mrs Belcher of Oxford, English, 1892

Bundle of thirteen sulphur tipped spills

1892

Glass phial with cork stopper approximately half full of a sulphur preparation. (see note)

Phial containing sulphur preparation