Match box

Description

Vestas or match holders were carried by most men during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Matches were not bought in boxes as they are today, instead you would buy them individually. You would keep your vesta in your pocket and it would keep the matches dry.

Accession Loan No.

57/1958/2

Simple Name

box

Full Name

match box

Common Name

match box

Material

ivory or bone

Period Classification

Victorian (1837-1901)

Collection Class

Personal objects

Production Continent

Europe

Production Year Low

1850

Production Year High

1900

Created At

2016-10-13 15:45:58

Updated At

2016-10-13 15:45:58