General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

TIN & BRASS/ SYNTHETIC (CELLULOID) COVER

Dimensions

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

Length

6.6 cm

Width

3.8 cm

Height

1.1 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Environment control

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MERGOTT

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Newark

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

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.). AMERICAN MADE POCKET MATCH HOLDER THAT ADVERTISES POOL ROOM IN MOOSE JAW, SK OWNED BY G.H. TURNER.

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 EXAMPLE, OF TYPE USUALLY CARRIED CARRIED IN POCKET FOR PERSONAL USE, ADVERTISED POOL ROOM.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF THREE-PIECE BOX IN WHICH BODY IS FORMED OF ONE PIECE & METAL WITH SEPARATE LID & BASE CAP, MOSTLY USED AS FORM OF COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING OR CHEAP SOUVENIRS OF EVENTS OR PLACES. AROUND 1900 METAL PLATES OR CELLULOID OR LEATHER COVERS WERE ADDED TO CARRY ADVERTISING. THIS EXAMPLE IS MARKED "PAT. NOV. 17 .03" WHICH WAS PATENT FOR TRICK LID FOR MATCH HOLDER, HELD BY JULIUS E. MERGOTT OF NEWARK, NJ. & INDICATING THAT MERGOTT MADE BOX. MERGOTT ESTABLISHED NOVELTY BUSINESS IN 1882 & FIVE PATENTS RELATING TO THREE-PIECE MATCH HOLDERS WERE FILED BETWEEN 1903 & 1910. THIS MATCH HOLDER HAS TRICK LID (REF. 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON ONE SIDE READS "Compliments of/ G.H. TURNER/ Crescent/ Pool Room/ MOOSE JAW, SASK."/ BLACK LETTERING ON SIDE READS "The Canadian Art Works, Limited, Montreal, Que."/ BEZEL STAMPED "PAT. NOV. 17.03"

Missing

PART OF COLOUR DRAWING ON BACK

Finish

PLATED METAL/ WHITE COVER

Decoration

RAISED ROPE TWIST BEAD CLOSE TO TOP & BOTTOM EDGES/ BACK HAS COLOURED DRAWING OF RECLINING NUDE WOMAN HOLDING MIRROR WITH NUDE CHERUBS