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Nice Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver & Textured Glass Match Striker – London, 1902
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Nice Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver & Textured Glass Match Striker – London, 1902

1900 - 1920
Description

A Nice Antique Edwardian Match Striker with a hand-cut, textured glass body designed to strike matches and a solid silver collar fully hallmarked for London, 1902. This piece would have once graced a mantelpiece, writing desk, or gentleman’s smoking room. Now, it serves as a distinctive collectible or unique decorative accent.

* Crafted by Mappin & Webb, one of Britain’s most esteemed silversmiths and royal warrant holders.

Measurements:

Height: 2 1/2" (approx. 6.5cm)

Diameter at widest point: 3 1/4" (approx. 8cm)

Total weight: 326g

In good condition – minor age-related dents and tarnish to the silver, and some light wear to the glass, consistent with age and use – as shown in photographs for accuracy.

Physical Dimensions
Height
6.5cm (2.56")
Width
8cm (3.15")
Declaration

Kingsdown Antiques has dated this Sterling Silver Match Striker to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1177028
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P51888
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A Nice Antique Edwardian Match Striker with a hand-cut, textured glass body designed to strike matches and a solid silver collar fully hallmarked for London, 1902. This piece would have once graced a mantelpiece, writing desk, or gentleman’s smoking room. Now, it serves as a distinctive collectible or unique decorative accent.
fig 1. An Edwardian spherical glass match striker featuring a textured rib outer surface and a hallmarked sterling silver collar at the top aperture.
fig 1. Nice Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver & Textured Glass Match Striker – London, 1902

Crafted by Mappin & Webb, one of Britain’s most esteemed silversmiths and royal warrant holders.

Measurements:

Height: 2 1/2" (approx. 6.5cm)

Diameter at widest point: 3 1/4" (approx. 8cm)

Total weight: 326g

In good condition – minor age-related dents and tarnish to the silver, and some light wear to the glass, consistent with age and use – as shown in photographs for accuracy.
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Height
6.5cm (2.56")
Width
8cm (3.15")
Date of Manufacture

Kingsdown Antiques has dated this Sterling Silver Match Striker to the 1900s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1177028
Dealers Internal Ref
P51888
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Archive I An Edwardian spherical glass match striker featuring a textured rib outer surface and a hallmarked sterling silver collar at the top aperture.

Nice Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver & Textured Glass Match Striker – London, 1902

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An Edwardian spherical glass match striker featuring a textured rib outer surface and a hallmarked sterling silver collar at the top aperture.
Nice Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver & Textured Glass Match Striker – London, 1902
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An Edwardian spherical glass match striker featuring a textured rib outer surface and a hallmarked sterling silver collar at the top aperture.
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Match strikers gained widespread popularity during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as functional tabletop accoutrements for home lighting and smoking. Designed to hold matches internally, the textured glass or pottery exterior provided a friction surface to ignite strike-anywhere matches.

Match strikers were predominantly constructed from heavy cut or molded glass, stoneware, or marble, often finished with hallmarked sterling silver or silver-plated collars around the top rim.

Authentic British silver match strikers feature clear hallmark stamps on the silver mount, including a makers mark, the lion passant for sterling silver, a town mark such as the leopards head for London, and a specific date letter.

A match striker serves as a practical decorative accent placed on a mantelpiece beside modern candles, arranged on a coffee table tray, or styled on a gentlemans library desk.

Clean the silver mount gently using a soft silver polishing cloth to remove tarnish without submerging the piece, while using a damp cotton swab to clean residual dust or strike marks from the glass ridges.
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