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OBJECT TYPE: STAND-ALONE
DATE: 1909–1922
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2004.0075.001

MANUFACTURER: Crown Silver Plate Co.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 4.6 cm
Height: 5.4 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Domestic Technology
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Crown
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
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.). PRODUCT OF CANADIAN FIRM CROWN SILVER PLATE CO. OF TORONTO, WHICH OPERATED FROM 1909 TO ABOUT 1922 (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 TYPE WOULD BE SET ON DESK, TABLE, SHELF ETC. FOR PERSONAL OR HOUSEHOLD USE.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF METAL STAND-ALONE MATCH HOLDER CONSISTING OF CYLINDER WITH FOUR BALL FEET.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MARK ON UNDERSIDE READS "CROWN S.P. CO./ TRIPLE" [MARK OF CROWN SILVER PLATE CO.] WITH INCISED "139"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: SILVER PLATED
Decoration: INCISED SCRIPT READS "I'm Your Match" WITH INCISED FLOWERS ON EACH SIDE / LINE ENCIRCLING CYLINDER NEAR TOP

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Crown Silver Plate Co., Holder, match, between 1909–1922, Artifact no. 2004.0075, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0075.001/

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