Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

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Description générale

TIN & BRASS/ SYNTHETIC (CELLULOID) COVER

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

6,6 cm

Largeur

3,8 cm

Hauteur

1,1 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Technologie domestique

Catégorie

Contrôle de l'environnement

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

MERGOTT

Pays

United States of America

État/province

New Jersey

Ville

Newark

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Saskatchewan

Période

EARLY 20TH CENTURY+

Canada

ITEM FROM COLLECTION OF DENIS B. ALSFORD (1929-2004). BORN IN BRITAIN, MR. ALSFORD WORKED AT BRITISH MUSEUM UNTIL EMIGRATING TO CANADA IN 1968, BECOMING WELL KNOWN FIGURE IN CANADIAN MUSEUM COMMUNITY. HE WAS CURATOR OF COLLECTIONS FOR ETHNOLOGY DIVISION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MAN IN OTTAWA FOR TWENTY YEARS, PLANNED ARTIFACT STORAGE FACILITY IN NEW MUSEUM OF CIVILISATION IN GATINEAU WHICH OPENED IN 1989, & WAS FELLOW OF CANADIAN MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION. HIS COLLECTION OF MATCH HOLDERS NUMBERED OVER ONE THOUSAND; HE WAS ACTIVE MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL MATCH SAFE ASSOCIATION & AUTHORED SEVERAL BOOKS & ARTICLES ON SUBJECT (SEE BIOGRAPHY IN 2004.0024 SUPP. INFO.). AMERICAN MADE POCKET MATCH HOLDER THAT ADVERTISES POOL ROOM IN MOOSE JAW, SK OWNED BY G.H. TURNER.

Fonction

CONTAINER FOR MATCHES WHICH COULD BE USED TO LIGHT CANDLES & LAMPS, START FIRES IN STOVES & FIREPLACES FOR HEATING & COOKING, FOR MELTING SEALING WAX FOR LETTERS, & FOR LIGHTING CIGARETTES, PIPES ETC. THIS EXAMPLE, OF TYPE USUALLY CARRIED CARRIED IN POCKET FOR PERSONAL USE, ADVERTISED POOL ROOM.

Technique

EXAMPLE OF THREE-PIECE BOX IN WHICH BODY IS FORMED OF ONE PIECE & METAL WITH SEPARATE LID & BASE CAP, MOSTLY USED AS FORM OF COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING OR CHEAP SOUVENIRS OF EVENTS OR PLACES. AROUND 1900 METAL PLATES OR CELLULOID OR LEATHER COVERS WERE ADDED TO CARRY ADVERTISING. THIS EXAMPLE IS MARKED "PAT. NOV. 17 .03" WHICH WAS PATENT FOR TRICK LID FOR MATCH HOLDER, HELD BY JULIUS E. MERGOTT OF NEWARK, NJ. & INDICATING THAT MERGOTT MADE BOX. MERGOTT ESTABLISHED NOVELTY BUSINESS IN 1882 & FIVE PATENTS RELATING TO THREE-PIECE MATCH HOLDERS WERE FILED BETWEEN 1903 & 1910. THIS MATCH HOLDER HAS TRICK LID (REF. 2).

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

BLACK LETTERING ON ONE SIDE READS "Compliments of/ G.H. TURNER/ Crescent/ Pool Room/ MOOSE JAW, SASK."/ BLACK LETTERING ON SIDE READS "The Canadian Art Works, Limited, Montreal, Que."/ BEZEL STAMPED "PAT. NOV. 17.03"

Manque

PART OF COLOUR DRAWING ON BACK

Fini

PLATED METAL/ WHITE COVER

Décoration

RAISED ROPE TWIST BEAD CLOSE TO TOP & BOTTOM EDGES/ BACK HAS COLOURED DRAWING OF RECLINING NUDE WOMAN HOLDING MIRROR WITH NUDE CHERUBS