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
