Matches Collection

The Last Match, 1887, (1912). Artist: William Small
The Last Match, 1887, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

'The Woman With The Matches', 1879-1953. Creator: Francis Picabia
'The Woman With The Matches', 1920. Lindy and Edwin Bergman Collection. Francis Picabia's early works are in the Impressionist style

Recueil des modes de la cour de France, Le marchand d'Allumettes, after 1674

The tinder-box with its et ceteras, 1860. Creator: Unknown
The tinder-box with its et ceteras, 1860. The brimstone-matches, the tinder-box, and the flint and steel...are now amongst the matters of the past

Match Safe, c. 1940. Creator: Maurice Van Felix
Match Safe, c. 1940

Match Safe, c. 1940. Creator: Amelia Tuccio
Match Safe, c. 1940

Match Safe, c. 1940. Creators: Amelia Tuccio, Gordon Sanborn
Match Safe, c. 1940

Match Holder, c. 1939. Creator: Selma Sandler
Match Holder, c. 1939

After the Bullfight, 1873. Creator: Mary Cassatt
After the Bullfight, 1873

Slipper Match Box, c. 1938. Creator: Regina Henderer
Slipper Match Box, c. 1938

Match Safe, c. 1936. Creator: Thomas Holloway
Match Safe, c. 1936

Match Holder, 1935 / 1942. Creator: Edward L Loper
Match Holder, 1935/1942

Toothpick / match holder urn from Lyons Hall, 1930-1950
This is a small urn with a wide rim. The rim has a raised rope pattern. The urn body narrows near the middle, with the middle portion bulges out in a narrow ring

Mannliches Bildnis mit Aufgestütztem Arm (Portrait of a Man Smoking), 1916
Mannliches Bildnis mit Aufgestutztem Arm (Portrait of a Man Smoking), 1916

My Gems, 1888. Creator: William Michael Harnett
My Gems, 1888

A soldier blowing on a match, from the Musketeers series, plate 40, in Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)

A soldier on guard shaping the match between his thumb and his forefinger, from the Marksmen series, plate 41, in Wapenhandelinghe van Roers Musquetten Ende Spiessen (The Exercise of Arms)

Lunch in the Garden, 1879, (1937). Creator: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Lunch in the Garden, 1879, (1937). Scene at a Parisian restaurant: one of Renoirs favourite models, Ellen Andree, raises a glass as the artists brother lights a cigarette

Table of concordance of the four gospels, biblical references are framed between columns crowned with horseshoes, capitals and bases decorated with human and animal heads

Machine for the header and making of wooden boxes for matches, 1940

Manufacture of matches, packaging and affixing of seals, engraving in l Illustration, 1895

Do you want any Matches?, Cries of London, c1870
Do you want any Matches? Match sellers standing in the street. A woman and a young boy selling matches, with a dog in the foreground and a coach behind them. From Cries of London, c1870

Matches, Cries of London, 1804
Matches. A match seller standing in front of Mansion House. A young boy stands on the street corner, with holes in his shoes

Matches, Mansion House, London, 1805. A copper plate representing the itinerant traders of London, from Modern London; Being the History and Present State of the British Metropolis

Sailor smoking a pipe and drinking rum, 1900. From a private collection

Diamond Golf Tee book of matches, c1900

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