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Title: Box (3 x 2 x 1 ins) of thin chip; sliding; exterior and slid [Go to resource]
Description: Box (3 x 2 x 1 ins) of thin chip; sliding; exterior and slide both covered with pale magenta paper; on top, printed in black, "Punch's Superior Congreves", with a large portrait of Mr. Punch; on bottom, a strip of sand-paper; contains square wooden sulphur-dipped Matches, with very small quantity of inflaming-composition on tips; no maker's name; date about 1842. England. License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Source: Science Museum Identifier: 1937-682/1538 Go to resource More Like this...
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