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Date1800s
Terms
- Sulfur Matches
Dimensions6.35 × 7.62 cm (2 1/2 × 3 in.)
MarkingsMother \ from Maveau[?] Inscription partially obscured by identification label
Credit LineGift of Mr. Allen French (1941)
Object numberH2240D
Description6 component parts: 2 packages of small card matches, 2 paper coverings for matches, all in a round tin box (with lid). From file: "Cards of matches, in use before the more modern matches came in, that strike with a flame. These matches when rubbed ignited slowly from the phosphorus to the sulphur, the smell of the latter giving them the slang name of 'hell-stick'". Identification tag stuck on top of inscription.
Object number: B1162
