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- OBJECT TYPE
- WALL/ADVERTISING
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.0078.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
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
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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
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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
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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
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Unknown Manufacturer, Holder, match, circa 1910, Artifact no. 2004.0078, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2004.0078.001/
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