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Match holders were made to hold the large wooden matches that were used in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries for a variety of purposes. The matches were dipped in sulphuric acid and wrapped in sandpaper, before being pulled out of the paper and igniting. The kitchen stove and the fireplace or furnace had to be lit regularly. One type of match holder was made to hang on the wall, another was designed to be kept on a tabletop. Of special interest today are match holders that have advertisements as part of the design.
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| Category | Pattern or Item | Description | Year Priced | | Match Holders | Black Head | Exaggerated Features, Chalkware, Painted, 1920s, 4 1/4 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Black Man Grins | Figural, Matches In Top, Ceramic, 1880s, 3 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Black Man Playing Accordion | Bisque, 8 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Black Man Waving Hat | Bisque, 5 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Black Man's Head | Ruffled White Collar, Striker On Back, Ceramic, 3 1/2 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Blackamoor | Screaming, Bust, Porcelain, Painted, Austria, 1890s, 2 3/4 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Blackamoor Boy | Basket, Painted, Pedestal, Majolica, Austria, 1880s, 6 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Boy Carrying Basket On Back | Ashtray, Original Paint, Hubley, No. 311, C.1900, 6 1/2 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Boy With Crashed Bicycle | Bisque, Cigar Compartment, Germany, C.1890, 8 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Bucket Form | Copper, Silver Crab, Aesthetic Movement, Gorham, C.1883, 2 X 2 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Buffalo Brewing Co. | Embossed Cowboy, Buffaloes, Celluloid, 2 3/4 X 1 1/2 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Chicago School | Copper, Oak, Prairie School Backplate, Wooden Tile, 8 X 8 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Cigarette | Black Baby In Basket, Hand Painted, Bisque, Austria, 1890s, 3 1/4 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Climax Horse Collars | Tin, Brown Horse Wearing Collar, 4 X 3 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Dead Game | Cast Iron, Brass Wash, 1870, 8 3/4 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Delaval Cream Separators | Tin Lithograph, Die Cut, Box, 6 1/4 X 4 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Devil | Entrapped, Cast Iron, C.1900, 6 1/2 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Embossed Scroll Design | Silvered, Late 19th Century, 3 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Grotesque Face | Embossed Gothic Style Back Plate, Cast Iron, 7 1/4 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Lyre | Wreath, Guitar, Tambourine, Scroddleware, 5 1/2 X 6 3/4 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Merry War Lye | Wash Woman, Lithograph, 5 1/2 X 3 3/4 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Milwaukee Harvester Machines | Tin Lithograph, 5 1/2 X 3 3/4 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Mother's Worm Syrup | Tin, Grandmother, Child, 6 3/4 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Natural Gas | Promotion, Embossed, Turn Off Burner When Not Using, C.1900, 8 In. | 2007 | | Match Holders | Rastus | Hand Painted, Bisque, Schafer & Vater, 1890s, 4 3/4 In. | 2007 |
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