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Match Holders
Denis B. Alsford
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Description for Match Holders
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 689 color photos. BIC Classification: AKC; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 928.
The invention of the friction match in England in the 1830s helped to improve the daily lives of people in ways frequently overlooked. Match holders made their appearance by the 1850s in nearly endless, striking variety. Denis B. Alsford has complied fascinating historical influences, patents, marks and over 680 color photos to she light on the developments of match holders from their beginnings to their more recent forms as commonplace household items. A wide variety of match holders are depicted including pocket, "candle-in-a-box", stand-alone and wall hanging models. Paten drawings, discussions of major manufacturers, and copy from the British magazine ... Read more
The invention of the friction match in England in the 1830s helped to improve the daily lives of people in ways frequently overlooked. Match holders made their appearance by the 1850s in nearly endless, striking variety. Denis B. Alsford has complied fascinating historical influences, patents, marks and over 680 color photos to she light on the developments of match holders from their beginnings to their more recent forms as commonplace household items. A wide variety of match holders are depicted including pocket, "candle-in-a-box", stand-alone and wall hanging models. Paten drawings, discussions of major manufacturers, and copy from the British magazine ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887406331
SKU
V9780887406331
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Denis B. Alsford
Denis B. Alsford has been collecting match holders for fifteen years and is the retired Curator of Collections of Ethnology for the National Museum of Man in Canada; Denis and his wife live in Ontario, Canada.
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