ASSORTED LIGHTING MATCH ARTICLES, UNCOUNTED LOT, comprising of six matchholders, including two glass figural examples with embossed patent dates of June 1876, depicting Columbia/Jenny Lind and a Jester example, two cast-iron figural beetle examples with hinged tops, a cast-iron scroll wall-mount example, and a wooden example. Two matches retain a handwritten note reading "D 1668 Two matches from Compass dated 1875. They are the same length as the compass drawer"; another grouping is fitted in original paper container. Fourth quarter 19th century. Matchholders 3 1/2" to 6 3/4" HOA.
Probably Published: Glass examples Thuro - Oil Lamps III, p. 230, fig. C and D; insects - Thuro - Oil Lamps III, p. 232, fig. A; cast-iron example - Thuro - Oil Lamps I, p. 36, fig. C; matches/rushlights - Thuro - Oil Lamps III, p. 230, fig. A and B.
Exhibited: Several articles in The Great North American Kerosene Lamp Exhibit and Forum, held at the Huntington Galleries in Huntington, WV, July 24, 1983 thru November 13, 1983.

From the Catherine Thuro Collection, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Glass examples with some scattered flakes/roughness, one beetle hinge broken, remaining articles undamaged or with some minute imperfections.