- Subject
- Firemaking
- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Bryant & May
- Provenance
- Presented by Mr A. G. Reynolds Said to have been obtained on a P&O troopship in 1914.
- Primary inscriptions
- Printed on top "BRYANT & MAY'S | P AND O | {crest} | BRYMAY | SPECIAL SAFETY MATCH | BRITISH MADE", with images of prize medal "1862 | LONDON | HONORIS | CAUSA".
- Object type
- Matches
- Dimensions
- Height: 72mm Width: 50mm Depth: 25mm Weight: 17g
- Inventory No
- 17050
- Accession Number
- 1964-58
Description
Card case and sliding box. Containing long wooden matches with phosphorus heads.
