Black/Gold Matches
Black/Gold Matches
37b North Front St.
37b North Front St.
Kingston NY 12401
United States
MAKER: Fredericks and Mae
SIZE: 6" x 2" x 2"
COLOR: Black with Gold Match Tip
MATERIALS: matches, glass, and cork.
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Small matches (still larger than normal) - comes in a cork topped glass tube with a strike pad on the bottom.
A match is a tool for starting a fire. Prior to the use of matches, fires were sometimes lit using a burning glass (a lens) to focus the sun on tinder, a method that could only work on sunny days.