Go to bed
Go to bed match holder fashioned into the shaped of a peasant woman carrying a basket. The matches were contained in the basket with a match striker located underneath. The lit match was then placed in the hole at the top allowing time to get into bed and get comfortable before extinguishing
Picture No
11042329
Media ID
46898207
Size
2645px x 3808px
(1.3MB)
Credit
(c)Maurice Collins Images Collection /Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph of an original object in the Maurice Collins Collection
Date
circa 1900s
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