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Sterling Silver matchbox | Kirk Silver1 of 1 |
Posted 2 years ago
beau5278
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I've seen old matchboxes in a lot of variations,this one is sterling with a golf bag on the front,most are missing the tray.The writing on the back says S.Kirk & Sons/sterling/then it looks like a 90,I'm not sure what the number is,if it's missing a number possibly and I don't see the decimal so I'm not sure if the number missing would be before or after.
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Kirk SilverSamuel Kirk apprenticed as a silversmith in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bef…
Match HoldersMatch holders, also known as matchsafes or vesta cases, date to the mid-19t…
I don't think you could put a regular matchbox in this one,this one has looks like it had a little cardboard box in it with strikers on each side,the strikers are wore out but I hate to try taking the box out because the newer boxes seem to be a little bigger and I don't think they would fit in.The other gold colored one that I have is three sided and that one looks like you could slip it right over a box of matches.