2 Vtg CHRISTMAS MATCH BOOKS Handmade Green Bow & Red Lights 1970’s Excl’t Cond for Sale

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2 Vtg CHRISTMAS MATCH BOOKS Handmade Green Bow & Red Lights 1970’s Excl’t Cond For Sale

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2 Vtg CHRISTMAS MATCH BOOKS Handmade Green Bow & Red Lights 1970’s Excl’t Cond:
$28.00

This pair of Holidaythemed hand decorated match book covers (with original wood matches) date back to the late 1960’s or 1970’s.

One matchbox featres a lush green velvet bow with a single clear rhinestone I itscenter on a turquoise blue background.

And the second features a string of red Christmas lights on a Forrest green background.

They were handmade and there’s no makers mark or other identifying marks. However if memory serves,they were bought at an Arts & Crafts Holiday Fair in the Fort Mason area in San Francisco.

Materials appear to be felt, velvet ribbon wire and perhaps paper mache for the lightbulbs.

What really makes there two match books so special is how beautifully and skillfully they have been created; simple, bright, bold and playful.

Not to mention their excellent condition with only some slight discoloration on the strike side of the actual match box.

Otherwise the decorations, the boxes’ structure (both cardboard) and matches remain strong, undamaged and ready for display.

Note ; while I didn’t make much effort to discover the matchbox brand under the decoration for fear of harming them, it is more than likely the decorations were applied directly on the surfaces of ordinary cardboard matchboxes of the era.

Measurements approx. 2 in long x 1 in wide x ½ in tall

It’s never too early to be thinking about the holidays!

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-Jason