Envelope containing strip of fusee matches

Made:
1832-1860

Envelope containing strip of fusee matches, amadou fungus oblong strip divided into ten individual matches but joined at the base, phosphorus blobs at tip, made in Berlin, East Germany, 1832-1860

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655241
Materials:
amadou, nitre, phosphorus, envelope, paper and envelope, gum
type:
matches