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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 | Bird | Spread Wings, Nose Down, Figural, 5 x 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Boot | Cast Iron, 5 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Boot | Woonsocket Rubber Co., A Match For You, None For Woonsocket, 3 1/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Boy | Between Baskets, Watering Can, Porcelain, Austria, 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Boy | On Bucket, Concours Dlizy Oureq, Onyx Base, 5 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Boy | With Rabbits & Birds, Conta & Boehme, Porcelain, 5 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Brass | Elephant Shape, Head Opens, Scratch Back, Vesta, 2 1/4 x 1 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Brass | Mice In Boot, Marked, Peerage England, 1 5/8 x 3 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Butterfly | Yellow, Cast Iron, 4 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Camel | Reclining, Figural, 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 5 1/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Cat | On Kettle, Metal, Slate Base, 3 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Cat | On Tray, c.1911, 3 x 5 x 4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Ceresota Flour | Ceresota Kid Slicing Bread, Tin Lithograph, 5 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Cherub | Strike Under Lid, Metal, Footed, 4 x 5 5/8 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Chick | Rabbit Heads, Basket Form, Milk Glass, Hanging, 2 1/4 x 4 1/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Chickens | Stump, Brass, Nickel Plated, 2 3/8 x 4 3/8 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Child | In Boot, With Spur, Brass, 4 1/4 x 4 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Child’s Head | Painted, Bisque, Victorian, 3 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Coal Scuttle | Holyoke Coal & Wood Co., Tel. 137-2, Cast Iron, 5 x 3 7/8 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Columbia Mills | Woman In Patriotic Outfit, Tin Lithograph, 5 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Crescent Stoves | Cup, Attached Underplate, Japanned Metal, Cutout, 1901, 2 x 3 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Dog | Cast Brass, 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Dog | Top Hat In Mouth, Metal, Slate Base, 5 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Donkey | Figural, Cast Iron, Bryant & May, c.1860 | 2010 | | Match Holders | Dr Pepper | Green, Tin, P.N. Co., Fulton, Ill., 6 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 In. | 2010 |
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