- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal, copper; metal, brass; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0064
- Description
- A wooden box with a hinged lid that is overlaid with brass and inlaid with copper in a geometric design. Written in black ink on the bottom is “P.A. Moore” (Philip Augustus Moore). The copper inlay is shifting and oxidizing. The wood frame is shifting and warping, and the wood is stained.
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- Title
- Cigarette Box
- Date
- 1900 – 1940
- Material
- metal, copper; metal, brass; wood
- Dimensions
- 4.0 x 9.0 x 9.0 cm
- Description
- A wooden box with a hinged lid that is overlaid with brass and inlaid with copper in a geometric design. Written in black ink on the bottom is “P.A. Moore” (Philip Augustus Moore). The copper inlay is shifting and oxidizing. The wood frame is shifting and warping, and the wood is stained.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0064
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- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- metal, brass
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0138
- Description
- A shallow matchbox, with a hinged lid, that still contains the original matches "Wax Vestas". The matches are damp-proof and will burn for more than a few seconds. The lid depicts a gaff-rigged sloop sailing into the wind with another ship on the horizon. The scene also includes birds and a shore…
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- Title
- Match Holder
- Date
- 1900 – 1920
- Material
- metal, brass
- Dimensions
- 1.3 x 3.3 x 4.7 cm
- Description
- A shallow matchbox, with a hinged lid, that still contains the original matches "Wax Vestas". The matches are damp-proof and will burn for more than a few seconds. The lid depicts a gaff-rigged sloop sailing into the wind with another ship on the horizon. The scene also includes birds and a shoreline bluff. Both ends of the box bear the words “Jahncke’s Patent”. A grater-like striking surface panel is on the bottom of the box.
- Subject
- households
- decorative
- smoking
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.0138
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