Match holder
Macintyre & Co.
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1902
Materials
Earthenware with transferware print.
Measurements
67 mm (H)70 mm (D)
Place of origin
Burslem
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1652027
Summary
Earthenware match holder. Crested ware cylindrical shape with match well. Putty ground, crest celebrating the 1902 coronation of King Edward VIII with crown and royal standards. Made by Macintyre & Co. Ltd., Burslem, Staffordshire and marked for retail by E. M. Staniland tobacconists of Broad Street Oxford. c.1902.
Provenance
Collection William R. Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, by bequest to Nuffield College, University of Oxford, 1963, by transfer to National Trust, Nuffield Place, 2011.
Marks and inscriptions
painted ; in shield ; IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CORONATION OF HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII, AND HIS CONSORT QUEEN ALEXANDRIA ; ;
Makers and roles
Macintyre & Co., factory Staniland Tobacconist, retailer