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Reise's loves130 of 7477Mystery Knife---Twin AA Cutlery Co. Abilene, KansasChipped die error 1992 quarter
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    Posted 24 days ago

    jscott0363
    (1022 items)

    Hello everyone!!
    As I own only three of these one of these leather covered match vestas, this would be the last one of them. Again, not quite as fancy as the first one I posted, but still a nice example of the Victorian era craftsmanship. As with my previous post, it's not marked with the W. Leuchars hallmark, but I do believe this too was made by W. Leuchars, in England, sometime during the mid to late 19th century. It too is missing the small match container, but otherwise in nice condition. As with my others, once the button is depressed on the side, the spring loaded top pops open to reveal the striker plate. As you can see, under the striker plate would have been a small match container. This one measures 2 1/8" long and 1 3/4" tall.

    W. Leuchars was a London-based company that made dressing cases. The company was founded in 1794 by James Leuchars and was later run by his widow, Lucy, and their son, William.

    Thanks very much for taking time to stop in for a look!!

    Scott

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    Comments

    1. DejaVu2 DejaVu2, 23 days ago
      You have many great items and these match vestas are some of them!
    2. Newfld Newfld, 23 days ago
      How cool to have three of these elegant leather match vestas they're wonderful
    3. jscott0363 jscott0363, 20 days ago
      DejaVu,
      Thanks so very much for the kind words!!
    4. jscott0363 jscott0363, 20 days ago
      Jenni,
      Thanks!! I got a fantastic deal on all three.
    5. jscott0363 jscott0363, 20 days ago
      Vynil,
      kwqd,
      fortapache,
      Dave,
      Tilted,
      Merrill,
      Kevin,
      OldDust,
      DejaVu,
      sherrilou,
      SEAN,
      vcal,
      Reise,
      Jenni
      and
      JJansen,
      Thank you all so very much for the loves, kind comments and for taking time to stop in!!

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