23 strips of fusee lights

Made:: 1832-1860 in Finsbury

maker:: John Hynam

23 strips of fusee lights, nitre-soaked cardboard

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23 strips of fusee lights, nitre-soaked cardboard
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

23 strips of fusee lights, nitre-soaked cardboard, phosphorus tipped heads, up to 20 matches joined at base per strip, Hynam, London, English, 1832-1860

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A655565

Materials:: cardboard, nitre and phosphorus, head

type:: matches

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