Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

SILVER WITH GOLD APPLIQUE

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

4,6 cm

Largeur

4,3 cm

Hauteur

1,1 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie domestique

Catégorie

Contrôle de l'environnement

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Inconnu

Pays

England

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Inconnu

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

1907+

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.).ARTICLES ON SUBJECT. THIS EXAMPLE WAS APPARENTLY MADE FOR CANADIAN MARKET AS IT HAS APPLIED GOLD MAPLE LEAVES IN EACH CORNER. PURCHASED FROM RYRIE BIRKS OF TORONTO FOR WILFRED HICKS, PHARMACIST AT SUNNYBROOK HOSPITAL (REF. 2).

Fonction

CONTAINER ORIGINALLY FOR WAX VESTA 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 CARRIED IN POCKET FOR PERSONAL USE.

Technique

EXAMPLE OF SILVER POCKET MATCH HOLDER OF TYPICAL BRITISH STYLE, RECTANGULAR WITH ROUNDED CORNERS; ITHAS APPLIED PANELS OF GOLD IN CORNERS & SHIELD IN CENTRE. IT WAS PURCHASED FROM RYRIE BIRKS OF TORONTO; RYRIE BROS. & HENRY BIRKS & SONS CONSOLIDATED IN TORONTO TO FORM RYRIE BIRKS FROM 1905 TO 1924 (REF. 2). EXAMPLE OF SILVER POCKET WAX VESTA MATCH HOLDER WAX VESTA MATCHES WERE MOSTLY MANUFACTURED IN BRITAIN & ELSEWHERE IN EUROPE BUT BY 1895 E.B. EDDY OF HULL, PQ HAD BEGUN TO PRODUCE THEM.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

RAISED LETTERING ON BEZEL READS "S & BM" WITH HALLMARKS FOR CHESTER, ENG.

Manque

APPEARS COMPLETE

Fini

SILVER WITH GOLD COLOURED HEARTS

Décoration

APPLIQUE PANELS OF GOLD IN FORM OF SHIELD IN CENTRE & MAPLE LEAF IN EACH CORNER, ON ONE SIDE/ INCISED FLOWERS ON FRONT & BACK