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English Matchboxes
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Title
English Matchboxes
Description
2000? Set of five English matchboxes, each with a black-and-white image on one face and the corresponding fable text on the obverse. "AV 30." Made in Japan. Cornish Match Company, Cornwall, St. Ives, GB. $50 from Leonie Walker, Derbyshire, England, through eBay, Feb., '12.
A quick guess says that these are Bewick illustrations. The fables presented are OR, TH, CP, AD, and "The Countryman and the Snake."
Source
$50 from Leonie Walker, Derbyshire, England, through eBay, Feb., '12.
Date
2000?
Tags
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Matchboxes
Citation
“English Matchboxes,”
Creighton University Libraries: Archives & Special Collections
, accessed October 16, 2024,
https://creightonarchives.omeka.net/items/show/450
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