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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass => Topic started by: Lustrousstone on June 07, 2008, 04:48:49 PM
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I'm having a splurge today. Must be my turn ;D
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
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Just a little bump... ;D
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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. 8)
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The nice little ridges down the corners of the base with nice plain bits front and back to hold? Will add dimensions later.
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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.
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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 (http://www.slate.com/id/2177109/)
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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. ;)