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Collection of 23 paper spills

Collection of 23 paper spills

1851-1900
Four wooden spills soft pulpy sticks of varying lengths

Four wooden spills soft pulpy sticks of varying lengths

1801-1900
Plain white envelope containing five coiled paper spills

Plain white envelope containing five coiled paper spills

1851-1900
4 incensed (?) spills, short sticks covered for up

4 incensed (?) spills, short sticks covered for up

1800-1900
Bundle of long slender spills in paper wrapping, bristle stems, two-thirds coated in light brown combustible substance, European, 1850-1940

Bundle of long slender spills in paper wrapping

1850-1940
14 paper spills coiled into small funnels and dipped in some brown substance at ends

14 paper spills coiled into small funnels and dipped in some brown substance at ends

Spills in container, part 1

Spills in container

Six pine wood spills, flat sticks tapered to a point at each end, sulphur tipped at both ends, English, 1750-1840

Six pine wood spills

1750-1840
Bundle of thin oblong spills, the ends dipoped with sulphur, bound together by grass string, English, 1750-1860

Bundle of thin oblong spills

1750-1860
Two paper spills wrapped in a piece of paper, two strips cut from a letter or document, English(?) 1780-1900

Two paper spills wrapped in a piece of paper

1780-1900
Spill made from the stem of a plant, soft porous with cave-like exterior

Spill made from the stem of a plant

Spill made from a dry coiled leaf tied near tip, funnel shaped

Spill made from a dry coiled leaf tied near tip

Wooden spill, stake, square in section with tapered tip, English(?) 19th century

Wooden spill

Half a wooden spill known as a sulphur match with sharpened point and sulphur tip

Half a wooden spill known as a sulphur match with sharpened point and sulphur tip

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

Bundle of thirteen sulphur tipped spills

1892
Number of straw sulphur tipped spills, many broken, incomplete, cylindrical or slender rectangular if broken, English, 1750-1850

Number of straw sulphur tipped spills

1750-1850
Four pine wood spills, thin straight sticks tapered to a point at both ends, sulphur tipped at both ends, English, 1750-1850

Four pine wood spills

1750-1850
Paper envelope containing five paper spills, narrow strips cut from a sheet of music, English, 19th century

Paper envelope containing five paper spills

1801-1900
Bunch of spills dried plant stems, light, dry and hollow tipped at both ends with sulphur, English, 1750-1870

Bunch of spills dried plant stems

1750-1870
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