Topic: Cut glass match holder

[Lustrousstone]

I'm having a splurge today. Must be my turn 

A cut glass match holder, lots of base wear. Not top quality cutting but quite nicely designed. Who, when and where would be nice please

[Lustrousstone]

Just a little bump...

[Bernard C]

Christine — Where do you strike the matches?   Why not a toothpick?   I presume it's too small for a spill vase — the Derbyshire "spell" vase is about the smallest size for a spill, as a good spillmaker can produce spills much longer than it can comfortably hold.

Can't help you with attribution.

Bernard C. 

[Lustrousstone]

The nice little ridges down the corners of the base with nice plain bits front and back to hold? Will add dimensions later.

[Frank]

I don't think they are suitable for striking a match on, even if it is only as high as the thumbnails, you don't gove the size - but if much bigger no chance. A quick test would eliminate that but try striking up as striking down there is a good chance you will hit the table and break the match, if it does strike you could end up with a burnt table.

[Lustrousstone]

Does a match holder necessarily have to have a striking area?

It could be a toothpick holder, but I'm sure I read that toothpick holders were more of a US phenomenon than a UK one. As an aside here is the history of the mass-produced toothpick

[Frank]

I think the striker is was gets them classed as match holders. Not much use with safety matches, or in a "real man" space - where the thumbnail, chin, sole or backside would be the preferred striking zone. I never qualified as I could never achieve any of those.