Antique Birmingham 1911 solid silver vesta case rolaston bros

1911 solid silver vesta case rolaston bros The Lion is the mark for sterling silver. The makers mark, 'R.B.s' was registered at Chester by the Rolason Brothers, John & Joseph, who had a factory at Vyse Street, Birmingham.

4 1/2 cm tall 3 cm wide

We have 4 vesta cases May sell together please contact us for pricing etc

vesta case, or simply a “vesta”, is a small box made to house wax, or "strike anywhere", matches. The first successful friction match appeared in 1826, and in 1832 William Newton patented the "wax vesta" in England.[1] It consisted of a wax stem with embedded cotton threads and a tip of phosphorus. Newton named his matches after Vesta, the Roman goddess of fire and the hearth. Small containers to house these friction matches were introduced shortly afterwards (in the early 1830s), to guard against accidental combustion. In England these containers took their name from the term Newton used for his invention, and they became known as "vesta cases", "vesta boxes" or simply "vestas". In America the more prosaic yet more descriptive term "match safes" was chosen.

We have 4 vesta cases for sale May sell together please contact us for pricing etc