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AN ENGLISH PATINATED BRONZE MATCH DEVICE
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, PATENTED 1867, BY BEWICKE AND ALEX BEWICKE BLACKBURN
Cast in the form of an Antique oil lamp with paired snake handles the hinged lid opening to a circular steel match dispenser device---2 3/4 in. (7cm.) high, 7 in. (18cm.) long, together with a patinated bronze oil lamp after the Antique---5 in. (12.5cm.) high, 9 1/2 in. (24cm.) long, including a patinated copper box with removable arched lid decorated with Egyptian motifs---2 1/4 in. (5.5cm.) high, 3 1/4 in. (8cm.) wide (3)
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, PATENTED 1867, BY BEWICKE AND ALEX BEWICKE BLACKBURN
Cast in the form of an Antique oil lamp with paired snake handles the hinged lid opening to a circular steel match dispenser device---2 3/4 in. (7cm.) high, 7 in. (18cm.) long, together with a patinated bronze oil lamp after the Antique---5 in. (12.5cm.) high, 9 1/2 in. (24cm.) long, including a patinated copper box with removable arched lid decorated with Egyptian motifs---2 1/4 in. (5.5cm.) high, 3 1/4 in. (8cm.) wide (3)