General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

WOOD BACK & CYLINDERS/ BRASS HARDWARE/FABRIC SUSPENSION LOOP

Dimensions

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

Length

12.3 cm

Width

3.2 cm

Height

18.8 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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

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.). EXAMPLE OF CANADIAN MADE ADVERTISING PIECE, PROMOTING C.B. TALLMAN OF LYNDHURST, ON, WHICH WAS HARDWARE & TINSMITH BUSINESS THAT OPERATED FROM 1895 TO 1939. PENCILLED INSCRIPTION ON BACK INDICATED THIS WAS GIFT FROM ONE OF TALLMANS (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 THIS EXAMPLE, OF TYPE MOUNTED ON WALL, ADVERTISED HARDWARE BUSINESS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF WOOD WALL MOUNTED MATCH HOLDER FROM C. 1910 WITH TWO HALF-CYLINDER MATCH RECEPTACLES ATTACHED TO WOOD BACKPLATE BY MEANS OF STRIPS OF PLATED BRASS (REF. 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON BACK BOARD READS "You will have to SCRATCH to find a/ better place than/ G.B. TALLMAN/ for/ Stoves, Furnaces, Tinware, Roofing,/ Iron Piping, Etc./ Lyndhurst, Ont."/ PENCILLED INSCRIPTION ON BACK READS "THis [sic] Match Safe/ Was given To Berlee/ by Mr. Bert Tallman"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BACK STAINED LIGHT BROWN & COATED/ CYLINDERS STAINED TWO SHADES OF BROWN & COATED/ GOLD COLOURED BRASS/ BROWN LOOP

Decoration

N/A