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Safety Matches, by Bell & Black, English, c. 1875

Inventory Number 21450


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.21450

Subject
Firemaking
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Printed sheet stuck around box. Face 1: "BELL & BLACK'S / MAGIC LIGHTS". Face 2: "BELL & BLACK'S / MAGIC LIGHTS, / 15, BOW LANE, / LONDON.". Face 3: "USE BELL & BLACK'S / SAFETY MATCHES which are / NOT POISONOUS / BOXES PATENTED MARCH.1868."
Object type
Matches
Dimensions
Height: 33mm Width: 70mm Depth: 50mm
Inventory No
21450