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OBJECT TYPE: STAND-ALONE
DATE: 1835
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0058.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD (LIGNUMVITAE)

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 4.5 cm
Height: 9.1 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1835+
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 TYPE WOULD BE SET ON DESK, TABLE, SHELF ETC. FOR PERSONAL OR HOUSEHOLD USE.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF EARLY MATCH HOLDER FROM PERIOD WHEN HOLDERS HAD LIDS TO PROTECT USER FROM EASILY COMBUSTIBLE EARLY MATCHES. THOUGH UNMARKED, IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY HENRY BERRY OF LONDON, ENG, WHO PRODUCED MATCH HOLDERS FROM 1820S. THIS EXAMPLE MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY BEEN INTENDED TO HOLD MATCH SPLINTS & VIAL OF SULPHURIC ACID TO IGNITE THEM & BEEN MODIFIED BY REMOVAL OF ACID CONTAINER & ADDITION OF MATCH SOCKET & SANDPAPER STRIKER WHEN FRICTION MATCHES CAME INTO USE. IT HAS SCONCE FOR SMALL CANDLE & SOCKET FOR MATCH, ENABLING IT TO BE USED TO PROVIDE SMALL LIGHT, OR HOLD MATCH TO MELT SEALING WAX FOR LETTERS. (REF.2)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: NONE
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: WOOD PAINTED BLACK
Decoration: TURNED TO FORM SHAPE OF CHESS PIECE

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Unknown Manufacturer, Holder, match, circa 1835, Artifact no. 2004.0058, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0058.001/

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