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by dfsckl
Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:01 pm
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Match Safe - Fairchild & Co or Leroy C. Fairchild Co or ???
Replies: 1
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Match Safe - Fairchild & Co or Leroy C. Fairchild Co or ???

I have another match safe that's confounding me. This one is marked with a simple "F" in a shield, and I believe it to be made by some variation of Fairchild & Company or perhaps Leroy C. Fairchild Co, roughly in the late 1800s. There are no other markings that I can find, so I'm hopin...
by dfsckl
Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:30 pm
Forum: Sterling Manufacturers ~ American after-1860
Topic: Possibly Gorham match or lighter case? Or who?
Replies: 3
Views: 828

Possibly Gorham match or lighter case? Or who?

I have this match (or less likely, lighter) case. Is relatively small, 1.25" wide by 2.325" tall, with a sprung lid. Is marked "Sterling" with three stamped makers marks that I __think__ might be Gorham, mid 19th century. However, reverse side is marked "1090" in very c...

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