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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 | Dutch Boy Painter | Tin, Embossed, 6 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Elephant | In Suit, Hands In Pockets, Bronze, 4 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Enterprise Glass Co. | Jenny Lind, Figural, c.1880, 4 3/8 x 2 5/8 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Flowers | Hanging, Cast Iron, 9 1/4 x 3 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Fly | Figural, Brass, 2 1/2 x 4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Game Animals | Horn, Pouch, 2 Red Men, Painted, Cast Iron, 5 x 11 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Girl | Japan, Pottery, c.1950, 5 1/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Girl | Vase On Back, Porcelain, Germany, 5 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Grover Cleveland | Bust, Embossed, Cast Iron, 5 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Hammered Sterling Silver | F.W.P. Monogram, Kalo, 1 x 2 In. 4 Piece | 2010 | | Match Holders | Hat | Brass, Art Nouveau, Wall Mount, 13 x 5 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | High Button Shoe | Cast Iron, 5 1/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Hogarth Boy | Majolica, Minton, 8 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Jennie Wade House | High Water Mark Monument, Hanging | 2010 | | Match Holders | Julie Marlowe | Porcelain, c.1890, 3 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Luzianne Mammy | Wall Mount, Ceramic, Painted, 11 1/2 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Man | In Slipper, Painted, Porcelain, 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Man | Laughing, Metal, 4 1/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Man | Wearing Cap, Hands In Pockets, Potbelly, Bronze, 4 1/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Monkey | Basket, Fence, Cast Iron, Marked, Corneau Fes Charleville, France, 8 x 5 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Nude | Art Deco, White Metal, Copper Patina, 4 3/4 x 11 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Old Hickory Wagons | Farm Wagon, Tin Lithograph, 4 3/4 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Old Woman | Basket On Back, Cast Iron, Slate Base, 6 1/8 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Oriental Man | Hat, Figural, Porcelain Insert, 4 x 4 1/2 x 3 In. | 2010 | | Match Holders | Outcault Comic Character | Serving Bread, Tin Lithograph, 6 3/4 In. | 2010 |
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