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Zaise

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Old Matchbox Cover
« on: August 06, 2013, 10:10:12 pm »
Hi all, so I recently purchased an old looking Matchbox Cover from an antique shop out in Woodland, CA. It's in fairly used condition so I assume that if it's worth something, it won't be as much as it could. I couldn't get a good photo of it, but on the side, where the strike hole is, it reads "Puritan Pewter" on the top and "W. & S.B." on the bottom.

More than it's value, since I only paid $8.66 for it, I want to know the history of the brand/who W. and S.B were, as well as the era in which it might have been made. I found something with W.&S.B stamp on it that was dated back to the 1920s, but those were plates so I'm not entirely sure of the correlation.

Also, I wanted to know if there is a brand of match makers that still make boxes that could fit into it, and where I can buy them. The box that was in it, which is a Vulcan safety match box, measures about 1.5 inches by 1 inch by 0.5 inch.

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Re: Old Matchbox Cover
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2013, 10:13:30 pm »
Hey everyone sorry about the repeat posts, my internet likes to mess with me

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Re: Old Matchbox Cover
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2013, 12:04:10 am »
Apparently they like making matchbook covers!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/152998568/horse-matchbox-holder-vintage-tobacciana

Now, what is interesting is that Puritan Silver has been used by Oneida and International silver companies.  So, It is possible it was a way of selling items such as an outlet store.

W&SB is W. S. Blackinton Company which is also a silverplate company.
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Re: Old Matchbox Cover
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2013, 12:49:05 pm »
Just look at grocery stores usually around the area where charcoal and grilling items are for matches !! They have small boxes and the larger kitchen matches !!

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Re: Old Matchbox Cover
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2013, 04:45:14 pm »
Hey everyone sorry about the repeat posts, my internet likes to mess with me
more like the other way round....its a poor man the blames his tools.... :D
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Re: Old Matchbox Cover
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2013, 11:02:35 pm »
Hey everyone sorry about the repeat posts, my internet likes to mess with me
more like the other way round....its a poor man the blames his tools.... :D

I see your point, I guess I should have suspected when my web browser kept saying "sorry this site is not loading properly, please refresh" 

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Re: Old Matchbox Cover
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2013, 11:04:42 pm »
Apparently they like making matchbook covers!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/152998568/horse-matchbox-holder-vintage-tobacciana

Now, what is interesting is that Puritan Silver has been used by Oneida and International silver companies.  So, It is possible it was a way of selling items such as an outlet store.

W&SB is W. S. Blackinton Company which is also a silverplate company.

So I guess since it said Puritan Pewter would probably go under the same idea with the Puritan Silver. Thanks for telling me the name of the company. Now I can do some more research. Having just the initials made it a little difficult.