LONDON 1896 AND 1897
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A set of five late Victorian matchbox holders
London 1896 and 1897
Of oblong form, each die-stamped with grotesque masks, birds, scrolling foliage and vacant cartouches, the reverses engraved: "Paddockhurst"; and three further matchbox covers on ball feet, one engraved with initials, another with a crest with motto, the third plain
2¾in. (7cm.) (8)
London 1896 and 1897
Of oblong form, each die-stamped with grotesque masks, birds, scrolling foliage and vacant cartouches, the reverses engraved: "Paddockhurst"; and three further matchbox covers on ball feet, one engraved with initials, another with a crest with motto, the third plain
2¾in. (7cm.) (8)