Matchbox
John Fisher Memorial Museum
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| Object Name: | Matchbox |
| Category: | FURNISHINGS |
| Sub-category: | Temperature Control Equipment |
| Material: | wood Cardboard phosphorus |
| Accession Number: | 2012.495.001 A-B |
| Manufacturer: | The Moss Glen Manufacturing Company, (Ltd.) |
| Origin-Province: | New Brunswick |
| Origin-Country: | Canada |
| Use-Province: | New Brunswick |
| Use-Country: | Canada |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1885 c |
| Latest Production Date: | 1900 C |
| Description: | The box contains 200, more or less, wooden matches with pink heads of phosphorus. |
| History of Use: | Purchased for $50.00 by Gerald Erb at the Benefit Auction for Gerald Piers, 26 November 2011 and donated to the John Fisher Memorial Museum by Gerald Erb on 2 December 2011 |
| Length: | 13 |
| Width: | 6.7 |
| Depth: | 2.2 |
| Unit-Linear: | cm |
| Quantity: | 1 |
| Number of Components: | 2 |
| Component Part Names: | Matchbox and Matches |
| Marks/Labels: | 200 Red Cross Parlour Matches manufactured by the Moss Glen Manufacturing Company, (Ltd.) Moss Glen, Kings Co., N.B. Canada. On side: warranted in any climate. |
| Institution: | John Fisher Memorial Museum |
| Institution City: | Kingston |
| Institution Province: | New Brunswick |
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