Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

BRASS/ SILVER/ CARDBOARD PANEL INSIDE

Dimensions

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

Longueur

6,3 cm

Largeur

4,5 cm

Hauteur

1,3 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

GOERTZ

Pays

United States of America

État/province

New Jersey

Ville

Newark

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

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.). THIS ITEM COMMEMORATES NATIVE CANADIAN (MOHAWK) DR. ORONHYATEKHA (1841-1907), BORN ON SIX NATIONS RESERVE NEAR BRANTFORD, ON. IN 1866 HE WAS FIRST NATIVE CANADIAN TO GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO WITH MEDICAL DEGREE. HE BECAME PRESIDENT OF GRAND COUNCIL OF CANADIAN CHIEFS IN 1874. IN 1881 HE BECAME CHIEF RANGER OF INDEPENDENT ORDER OF FORESTERS (REF. 4).

Fonction

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 CARRIED IN POCKET FOR PERSONAL USE.

Technique

INEXPENSIVE BOX OF NICKEL-PLATED BRASS MAY HAVE BEEN SPECIAL ORDER: IT HAS BEEN EMBELLISHED BY PLATE OF SILVER ATTACHED TO LID, WITH ENAMELLED U.S. & BRITISH FLAGS, AS WELL AS EMBOSSED INSIGNIA & DESIGNS. EACH END HAS STRIKER FOR FRICTION MATCHES & INSIDE LID IS PIECE OF SAFETY MATCH STRIKER. IT IS HINGED LONGITUDINALLY. AUGUST GOERTZ OF NEWARD, NJ WAS MAKER OF NOVELTIES & FILED PATENT FOR STAMP & MATCH BOX IN 1892. THIS BOX WAS MADE TO 1904 PATENT FILED BY BENNO VON EIGEN FOR GOERTZ (REF. 2)

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

RAISED LETTERING ON FRONT READS "ORONHYATEKHA"/ RAISED LETTERING ON BACK READS "TEMPLE BUILDING, TORONTO"/ INCISED LETTERING INSIDE READS "PAT. JAN.12.1904"

Manque

COMPLETE

Fini

NICKEL PLATED/ GOLD COLOURED WREATH/ RED, WHITE & BLUE PAINTED BRITISH & U.S. FLAGS

Décoration

RAISED MEDALLION IN CENTRE ON FRONT, CONTAINING BUST OF MAN & ENCIRCLED BY WREATH/ CREST, CROSSED & OTHER DESIGNS ON FRONT/ RAISED DEPICTION OF BUILDING ON BACK