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OBJECT TYPE
WALL/ADVERTISING
DATE
1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER
2004.0060.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

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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

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