General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

TIN

Dimensions

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

Length

20.0 cm

Width

6.0 cm

Height

20.4 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

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

circa 1910+

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.). THIS EXAMPLE ADVERTISES CANADIAN METAL WORKING FIRM FLEURIE BROS.OF EGANVILLE, ON. IT WAS PROBABLY CANADIAN MADE & IS SIMILAR TO TYPE ILLUSTRATED IN 1910 T. EATON & CO. CATALOGUE (REF. 2). FOUNDED IN 1830S, VILLAGE OF EGANVILLE WAS NOT OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED UNTIL 1891 (REF. 3).

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, MOUNTED ON WALL FOR HOUSEHOLD USE, ADVERTISED CANADIAN BUSINESS.

Technical

THIS EXAMPLE OF TIN WALL MATCH HOLDER HAS MATCH RECEPTACLES SOLDERED TO BACK PLATE, RATHER THAN USING LUGS THAT PASSED THROUGH BACK PLATE TO BE BENT OVER AT BACK, AS WAS MORE USUAL & CHEAPER METHOD OF PRODUCTION. IT HAS TWO RECEPTACLES, ONE LARGER MOUNTED ABOVE SMALLER, & TWO STRIKERS NEAR LOWER EDGE OF BACK PLATE. SEE EXAMPLE OF MATCH HOLDER OF IDENTICAL CONSTRUCTION IN REF. 2.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STENCILLED BLACK? LETTERING ON LARGER UPPER RECEPTACLE READS "FLEURIE BROS./ EGANVILLE/ ONT." & ON SMALLER RECEPTACLE "STOVES RANGES/ TINWARE"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

PAINTED RED

Decoration

BLACK? STENCILLED STARBURST ON SMALLER RECEPTACLE