General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

TIN PLATE

Dimensions

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

Length

9.5 cm

Width

2.7 cm

Height

15.9 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

SAVAGE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

New York

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

EARLY 20TH C.

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.).

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, MOUNTED ON WALL FOR HOUSEHOLD USE, ADVERTISED AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT MFR.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ADVERTISING WALL MATCH HOLDER MADE IN SHAPE OF PRODUCT IT PROMOTES, IN THIS CASE CREAM SEPARATOR. LINNAEUS T. SAVAGE WAS ISSUED 1908 PATENT FOR DELAVAL SEPARATOR CO. MATCH HOLDER; IT WAS PRODUCED IN AT LEAST THREE VERSIONS, EACH PRINTED WITH NUMBER OF SEPARATORS CLAIMED TO BE IN USE (REF. 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GOLD? LETTERING NEAR BASE READS "1,000,000 IN USE" WITH BLACK LETTERING BELOW READING "THE DELAVAL SEPARATOR/ NEW YORK CHICAGO/ MONTREAL/ SAN FRANCISCO WINNIPEG/ PAT'D JULY 28'08 L.T. SAVAGE N.Y."

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

LITHOGRAPHED? BLACK, GOLD, GREEN

Decoration

N/A