General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

EARTHENWARE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

9.2 cm

Height

7.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Lighting Technology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Beardsmore

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Fenton

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Canada

ITEM FROM COLLECTION OF DENIS B. ALSFORD (1929-2004). BORN IN BRITAIN, MR. ALSFORD WORKED AT BRITISH MUSEUM UNTIL EMIGRATING TO CANADA IN 1968, BECOMING WELL KNOWN FIGURE IN CANADIAN MUSEUM COMMUNITY. HE WAS CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS FOR ETHNOLOGY DIVISION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MAN IN OTTAWA FOR TWENTY YEARS, PLANNED ARTIFACT STORAGE FACILITY IN NEW MUSEUM OF CIVILISATION IN GATINEAU WHICH OPENED IN 1989, & WAS FELLOW OF CANADIAN MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION. HIS COLLECTION OF MATCH HOLDERS NUMBERED OVER ONE THOUSAND; HE WAS ACTIVE MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MATCH SAFE ASSOCIATION & AUTHORED SEVERAL BOOKS & ARTICLES ON SUBJECT (SEE BIOGRAPHY IN 2004.0024 SUPP. INFO.). THIS BRITISH MADE MATCH HOLDER IS PAINTED WITH CANADIAN CREST OF PRE-1905 CONFIGURATION [BEFORE ALBERTA & SASKATCHEWAN JOINED CONFEDERATION] (REF.2).

Function

CONTAINER FOR MATCHES WHICH COULD BE USED TO LIGHT CANDLES & LAMPS, START FIRES IN STOVES & FIREPLACES FOR HEATING & COOKING, FOR MELTING SEALING WAX FOR LETTERS, & FOR LIGHTING CIGARETTES, PIPES ETC. THIS TYPE MAY HAVE BEEN USED IN PUBLIC INSTITUTION.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ENGLISH MADE GLOBULAR EARTHENWARE "BALL STAND" MATCH HOLDER. AREA AROUND TOP ISROUGHENED TO SERVE AS STRIKER. SIZE SUGGESTS THAT THIS MAY BE TYPE USED IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. FRANK, BEARDSMORE & CO. OF FNETON, STAFFORDSHIRE, WAS IN BUSINESS FROM 1903 TO 1915 (REF. 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PARTIALLY ILLEGIBLE BLACK LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "[?]AND PAIN CO", "FRANK BEARDMORE & CO./ FENTON" & "SUTHERLAND ART WARE"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

GLAZED WHITE/ ROUGHENED & BLACKENED STRIP AROUND TOP OPENING SERVING AS STRIKER

Decoration

MULTICOLOURED CANADIAN COAT OF ARMS PAINTED ON SIDE WITH BLACK "CANADA"/ RED & GREEN MAPLE LEAF DESIGN PAINTED AROUND INSIDE OF TOP OPENING