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Thursday, April 07, 2016

open wide! two cats one matchbox

found on flickr, user wackystuff. creative commons attribution-noncommercial 2.0 generic
What do I know about this matchbox label?
1.  It is attributed to Japan circa 1910.
2.  It is terrific.
3. I wish I could translate it.
The art of vintage matchboxes is a rich trove for collectors.  Here's a short article from Collectors Weekly to introduce this affordable, inventive genre of creativity.
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2 comments:

  1. parlance3:26 AM

    Most interesting article about vintage matchboxes. I'm so old now that some of the matchboxes in my pantry are probably vintage. Literally. And I go to a holiday house with a wood-burning fire, where the pantry has some old, old matchboxes. What a pity to throw the boxes out. But I can't collect EVERYTHING, can I?

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  2. curator7:12 AM

    Maybe someone else would give them an appreciative home? I know, I can't collect everything either, but I hate to see lovely old things tossed.

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