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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 | Powhatan | Indian Chief Head, Feathers, Arrows, Metal, c.1907 | 2012 | | Match Holders | Republican Elephant | Standing, Hands In Pocket, Marked, 4 1/2 In. | 2012 | | Match Holders | Satyr | Half Man With Horns & Hoofs, Holding Ram's Head, Metal, 3 x 7 In. | 2012 | | Match Holders | Sprenger Brewing Co. | Columbia, Pa., Barrel Shape, Cast Metal, 3 In. | 2012 | | Match Holders | Street Sweeper | Bronze, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 In. | 2012 | | Match Holders | Turtle | Shell Opens Striker Inside, Cast Iron, Brass Finish, 5 x 3 In. | 2012 | | Match Holders | Wolf | Bird In Nest, 4 3/4 In. | 2012 | | Match Holders | Work Pants Shape | Hinged Lid, Embossed, Metal, 2 x 1 In. | 2012 | | Match Holders | Bengal Furnaces | Bengal Tiger Tin H.D. Beach Co. Ohio 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Black Boy | Smiling Minstrel Bisque 2 1/4 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Ceresota Flour | Kid Slicing Bread Brown Pants Barrel 5 x 2 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Darling Mothers Worm Syrup | Grandma 2 Children | 2011 | | Match Holders | DeLaval | Cream Separator Die Cut Tin Lithograph Box 6 1/4 x 4 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Dewar’s White Label Scotch Whiskey | 1920s 4 x 5 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Drummer Boy | Civil War Uniform Die Cast Cigar Hinged Hat 7 1/2 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Dutch Boy Painter | Dutch Boy Embossed Die Cut Tin Lithograph 1915 6 x 3 1/2 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Elephant | Baby Mine Basket On Back Gold Trim E.A.P.G. 3 1/2 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Firkin | Playing Kittens Ceramic c.1895 4 1/2 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Flowers | Scrolls Hanging Hinged Lid Cast Iron 7 1/2 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Grapevines | Hanging Cast Iron Pat’d Mar. 12 1863 5 1/2 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Hunting Dog | Cast Iron Hanging Pat’d Mar. 12 1863 2 1/2 x 4 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Indian | Ashtray Striker Cast Iron Painted 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Man’s Head | Wide Grin White Metal Chicago Municipal Pier Plaque 4 1/2 x 3 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Old Judson | Girl Mom Dad Tin Lithograph J.C. Stevens 5 x 3 1/2 In. | 2011 | | Match Holders | Royal Gall Remedy | Modern Surgical Treatment For Animals Tin Lithograph 6 x 3 x 3 In. | 2011 |
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