Subject: Receptacle for holding sulphur matches, having been lit with flint and tinder, used in Brimstone (Sulphur) Refinery. Open lead box 2 1/4" x 4 1/2- x 3 1/4- with raised triangular back pierced for wall fixing. The letters BRIM REFY stamped twice. Contents: 17 matches (stout wooden spills 4" long dipped at both ends) and a manuscript label with description quoted above, c. 1850 (?) Original no X9. (See WASC 0200)
Description: Receptacle for holding sulphur matches, having been lit with flint and tinder, used in Brimstone (Sulphur) Refinery. Open lead box 2 1/4" x 4 1/2- x 3 1/4- with raised triangular back pierced for wall fixing. The letters BRIM REFY stamped twice. Contents: 17 matches (stout wooden spills 4" long dipped at both ends) and a manuscript label with description quoted above, c. 1850 (?) Original no X9. (See WASC 0200)
