Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

STERLING SILVER

Dimensions

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

Longueur

5,9 cm

Largeur

5,0 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

GORHAM

Pays

United States of America

État/province

Rhode Island

Ville

Providence

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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.). POCKET MATCH HOLDER COMMEMORATING CANADIAN NEWSPAPERMAN. GEORGE HAMM WAS JOURNALIST WHO BECAME ADVERTISING MANAGER OF CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY (REF. 2).

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 EXAMPLE, OF TYPE CARRIED IN POCKET FOR PERSONAL USE, WAS SOUVENIR OF PRESENTATION DINNER.

Technique

EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN MFD. POCKET MATCH HOLDER MADE OF STERLING SILVER. IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLAIN ON BOTH SIDES & WAS ENGRAVED FOR SPECIAL OCCASION; PLAIN FORM OF BOX WAS PRODUCED UNTIL AT LEAST 1911. GORHAM MFG. CO. OF PROVIDENCE, RI, WAS FOUNDED BY JABEZ GORHAM IN 1865 & CONTINUES TODAY AS GORHAM CORP. FROM 1868 GORHAM USED DISTINCTIVE TRADEMARK DERIVED FROM BRITISH HALLMARK SYSTEM (REF. 2).

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

INCISED LETTERING ON BEZEL READS "B5" [GORHAM TRADEMARK] ON ONE SIDE, WITH THREE HALLMARKS/ INCISED LETTERING ON ONE SIDE READS "Souvenir/ Dinner/ Tendered/ Geo. H. Hamm/ BY THE/ NEWSPAPER MEN/ OF/ MONTREAL/ Dec. 13th/ 1905"

Manque

APPEARS COMPLETE

Fini

Finish: POLISHED SILVER

Décoration

ON ONE SIDE ENGRAVED REPRESENTATION OF TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING CO. BUILDING IN MONTREAL