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Match Holders59 of 159Hanging oil lamp match holder I found this old lighter case and can't find anything about it can anyone help me out?
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    Posted 8 years ago

    Jfas
    (3 items)

    An old ad from pre 1800. Not sure what it means or the purpose it's like brand new looking people tell me they were used quite often to prevent fires

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    1. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 8 years ago
      why pre-1800? looks victorian to me.
    2. ho2cultcha ho2cultcha, 8 years ago
      rand drill wasn't formed till 1879 and acquired Imperial in 1907.
    3. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      That looks like a vesta case, for storing matches. Is there a strike plate on the bottom?
      What was used to prevent fires? Doesn't make any sense.

      http://company.ingersollrand.com/ircorp/en/discover-us/our-company/company-history.html
    4. TassieDevil TassieDevil, 8 years ago
      Looks like a vesta case (match safe) to me too...........that centre part with the advertising is probably celluloid!
      I think the vestas, which were the matches of the day, were known to catch fire spontaniously so Vesta Cases were made......

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