Bunch of eleven early safety matches

Made:
1855-1880
Bunch of eleven early safety matches

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Bunch of eleven early safety matches
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Bunch of eleven early safety matches, long flexible lightwood strips tipped with phosphorus over sulphur, English, 1855-1880

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655263
Materials:
pine, sulphur and phosphorus
type:
matches