Scored this little dandy. Anyone else out there interested in this stuff?
Victorian Silver Match Safe / Vesta Repousse
- Thread starter GCW
- Start date
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
Site Sponsors
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
I love all that stuff, and had been thinking of buying some just for the pleasure of ownership,
but I never use matches.
but I never use matches.
Unfortunately, the striker on the bottom will not ignite the stick matches I use.
I had one on my watch chain but when they got rid off Swann Vesta strike anywhere matches I discovered Bic lighters. I have always wanted to try the mid Victorian matches that had a little glass tube of acid and some other shit. A buddy found a bunch of them when he demolished a row of cottages and the idiot just chucked them in the trash container!
Fantastic! I'm exterting self control and will not ask how much you want for it.
right you never tried them. You're just covering the fact you have a time machine, it's how you get all those old meer cuttys. We figured it out.
I love this sort of stuff!
The clam posted above is awesome!
Somewhere I have a small matchbox decorative sleeve recreation that hold the small boxes that many stores/restaurants give away. It looks little like this antique one:
Something that would be really cool to have is this one made by Thomas Whitehouse in London 1892 (it sold for £260 at auction about 3 years ago):
I've been looking for one that looks like the Necronomicon but haven't found one yet. Picture something like this one but looks like the book instead:
The clam posted above is awesome!
Somewhere I have a small matchbox decorative sleeve recreation that hold the small boxes that many stores/restaurants give away. It looks little like this antique one:
Something that would be really cool to have is this one made by Thomas Whitehouse in London 1892 (it sold for £260 at auction about 3 years ago):
I've been looking for one that looks like the Necronomicon but haven't found one yet. Picture something like this one but looks like the book instead:
Price for sterling silver clam shell match safe approximately between $250 to $350. But this westa not for sale ( at least ,for now).