Kohn and Son. Great condition. $165.00.
"Vesta cases, vesta boxes, or
pocket match safes were small portable boxes made in a great variety of
forms with snapshut covers to
contain vestas (short matches) and
keep them dry. So called after the name of one of the early makers,
they came into use around the 1830s
and were produced extensively between
1890 and 1920. They coincided with an explosion in the popularity of
smoking.
The different patterns and types must
run into many thousands. As well as plain and decorated square, oblong
and round cases, a myriad of
novelty shapes have been recorded;
brass pigs with hinged heads were popular, as were vesta cases in the
form of Mr Punch, skulls,
musical instruments, boots and shoes,
bottles, ladies' legs and so on." Read more on the
history of match safes
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Wonderful Jolly Face Sterling Match Safe, marked Theo A. Kohn and Son. Great condition.
Space #8. Star Mall. $165.00.
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