Matchbox holder |530| Producer Reinhold Merkelbach

Reinhold Merkelbach - mold 49

From the collection of Reinhold Merkelbach

A friendly visitor of this website informed me that this is a matchbox holder.
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type	other, see description	material	stoneware
producer	Reinhold Merkelbach producer info	mold	49
designer/decorator
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design date	1880-1900

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comment added by Roland John on 2021-10-20 (13:29 hrs)

Hi, I suggest this is a matchbox holder. I saw something similar in combination with a candlestick in plain unmarked porcelain. If you put the matchbox on, it remains half-open, so you can easily pick a match and light it, and after lighting put the used match on the plate like on an ash tree.

comment added by Reinhold Merkelbach on 2021-10-20 (13:58 hrs)

Excellent, thank you for your comment! Paul (webmaster)

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