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Match-Box
Match-Box
Match-Box

Match-Box

Date1859
Where made London
MediumWood, paper
DimensionsObject/Work: 72 x 52 x 35 mm
ClassificationsFire/fire-lighting Equipment
Terms
    Object numberC08655
    DescriptionMatch-box decorated on one side with a bust of a man and "Lord Byron's Fusees"; on the other a picture of a hot air balloon and "The Great Balloon - Flames in Wind or Rain". Manufactured by C. Simlicks of Stratford, London. Brown, black and orange in colour. The box no longer contains matches.

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