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Arts & Crafts Large Poker-work Match Box (1 of 7)
Jeff Sims Antiques
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Based In Suffolk, Jeff Sims antiques specializes in quality Silver, Glass and decorative items, with an emphasis on usable tableware and objets de vertu. With over 40 years experience in the antiques business, customer satisfaction is a priority and great care is taken in the description and authenticity of each item offered.
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Arts & Crafts Large Poker-work Match Box

REF: JMS / LA496417
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Description
Poker-work is the art of burning into wood to create a decorative effect on an object. Popular in the Arts & Crafts era, this unusual example is a large match box cover. The top features a cat looking over the frame and the body is made of boxwood. It would probably have originally contained a card matchbox, but that has been replaced with a vintage paper covered box with a striker to the side. A charming and collectible object.
measurements
Height:
3.5 cm
Width:
7.8 cm
Depth:
5.7 cm
declaration
Jeff Sims Antiques has clarified that the Arts & Crafts Large Poker-work Match Box (LA496417) is genuinely of the period declared with the date/period of manufacture being c.1920
condition
Excellent, with no breaks or losses. There are a few surface blemishes, commensurate with age and use. The inner box is a replacement.
location
This Arts & Crafts Large Poker-work Match Box is located in Suffolk, United Kingdom
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