Match-Box

Match-Box

Object name: Match-Box
Date: 1859
Dimensions:
72 x 52 x 35 mm
Medium: Wood, paper
Where made London:
Object number: C08655
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.