Tuesday, December 31, 2013

British Matches

An Antique Box of Masters Army & Navy British Made Safety Matches Manufactured by J. John Masters & Co. Ltd. of London, England

A Vintage Box of British Made Bryant & May's Pearl Matches

An Antique Box of British Made G.N. Brand Matches

A Vintage Box of the Pioneer Brand Matches Made in Sweden But Sold in Great Britain by J. John Masters & Co. Ltd. of London

A Vintage Box of British Made Rocket Brand Matches Manufactured by North of England Match Co. Ltd. of West Hartlepool, England

A Vintage Box of British Made Bryant & May's Special Safety Matches 


 An Antique Box of British Frontline Matches

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Promotional Matchboxes - Beverages

A  Small Gold Foil Matchbox Manufactured in Sweden in the 1960's Advertising Coca- Cola

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Pin-Up Matchboxes

Three Matchboxes of Recent Vintage Featuring Pin-Up Models Manufactured  & Distributed by Atlas Match, LLC

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Promotional Matchboxes - Food

A  Vintage Belgian-Made Matchbox From the 1960's Promoting Jackson's Pork Pies,  "The Pork Pie With Pork in It!"

A Matchbox Advertising Libby's Frozen Foods

A Swedish-Made Foil Matchbox From the 1960's Advertising Star-Kist Brand 
Tuna Fish 

Friday, November 29, 2013

Yugoslavian Matches


A Yugoslavian Matchbox from Early in the First Half of the 20th Century Featuring the Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

An Antique Box of Drava Brand Safety Matches Manufactured in Osijek, Yugloslavia (Now Present Day Croatia)
A Vintage Matchbox From the 1950's Produced  by Tvornica Šibica Dolac (Bosnian for The Dolac Match Factory) in Dolac, Yugloslavia (Now Present Day Bosnia and Herzegovina). Tvornica Šibica Dolac Still Exists Today, and is the Last Remaining Match Manufacturer in the Balkans


Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Promotional Matchboxes - Liquor

 Two Small Foil Matchboxes Manufactured in Sweden Promoting Brands of Blended Whiskey,  Cutty Sark, and Seagram's Seven Crown

A Welthölzer Matchbox Produced in Germany in the 1950's Advertising DAB Lager, " Das Bier von Weltruf " (The Beer of World Renown), Brewed by Dortmunder Actien Brauerei

 A Vintage Foil Matchbox From the 1960's Advertising Coors, "America's Fine Light Beer"

A Matchbox Promoting Busch Beer

A Vintage Matchbox Advertising Dewar's "White Label" Scotch Whisky

Monday, November 11, 2013

Danish Matches

A Vintage Matchbox With a Floral Theme Made in Denmark


An Antique Box of Tordenskjold Brand Matches Manufactured in Denmark by H.E. Gosch & Co.

Italian Matches

Italian-Made Golden Cameo Matches from the 1950's in Its Signature Cylinder Matchbox


 A Vintage Italian Matchbox from the 1950's Featuring a Scenic Picture of the Gulf of Naples


An Antique Box of The Tiger Brand Safety Matches Made in Italy Probably in the Late 1940's or Early 1950's

A Vintage Nautilus Brand Matchbox Manufactured in Italy

An Old Italian-Made Box of Lucky Charm Brand Safety Matches

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Promotional Matchboxes - Publishing

A Pair of Matchboxes Cleverly Designed to Resemble Miniature Law Books to Promote The Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Co.


German Matches

A Genuine Haushaltsware 5 Pfennig Matchbox Manufactured and Distributed By Deutsche Zündwaren-Monopolgesellschaft ("German Society for the Safety Matches Monopoly")

A Rather Shoddy Replica of a German Haushaltsware Matchbox from World War II

A Vintage Box of Riesaer Zündhölzer (Riesaer Matches) Manufactured in the 1950's in the Then East German Town of Riesa

Another Antique Riesaer Zündhölzer Matchbox Featuring a Different Logo Design

A Vintage Box of Welt-Holzer Matches From the 1950's, the Only Other Brand to Be Manufactured and Distributed By Deutsche Zündwaren-Monopolgesellschaft ("German Society for the Safety Matches Monopoly") Besides Haushaltsware

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Promotional Matchboxes - Cigarettes

A Small  Swedish-Made Foil Matchbox About the Size of a Large Postage Stamp
From the 1960's Advertising Montclair Brand Menthol Filter Cigarettes

"Come to Where the Flavor is"- A Promotional Matchbox Advertising Marlboro Cigarettes Manufactured by The Atlas Match Corp. and Distributed by Philip Morris in 1996


 Another Matchbox Promoting Marlboro Cigarettes

 Three Matchboxes Advertising More, Camel, and Bright Brand Cigarettes Made to Look Like Miniature Packs of Cigarettes



A Box of Wooden Kitchen Matches Promoting Doral Cigarettes Distributed by the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 1n 1996


My Research Could Not Uncover Much Information About This Old Matchbox or the Mysterious 'COMETE' Brand Cigarettes It Advertises. The Matchbox Label Features a Mix of French, Dutch, and English Words, and According to Catawiki, Was Most Likely Manufactured in Belgium

An Antique Matchbox (Made in Belgium in the 1950's) Featuring a Smoking Queen of Clubs Advertising Darcy Brand Cigarettes

A Vintage Box of Matches From the 1950's Promoting Boule D'Or (Golden Ball), a Belgian
Brand of Cigarettes

A Vintage Matchbox Advertising Pall Mall Cigarettes

A Vintage Matchbox Promoting Chunghwa, a Popular Chinese Brand of Cigarettes Produced by the Shanghai Tobacco Company

A Fliptop Matchbox Which Resembles a Miniature Pack of Marlboro Cigarettes

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Thai Matches

A Box of Recent Vintage "DRAGON" Brand Matches Produced by the GIF Thai Match Co. Ltd in Thailand



 (Top) The Front and (Bottom) Back of a Box of Elephant Brand Safety Matches Manufactured and Sold in Thailand




A Contemporary Souvenir Matchbox from Thailand Featuring The Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Misspelled as Emeral) on the Front (Top) and The Giant Swing on the Back (Bottom), Both Major Tourist Attractions Located in Bangkok


 Another Souvenir Matchbox from Thailand, This One Depicting the Train Station at Plearnwan, a Stylized Recreation of a Thai Seaside Village from the 1950's and 60's Featuring Old-Fashioned Shophouses


Contemporary Matchboxes Manufactured and Sold in Thailand Today