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Match box with extra compartment

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:40 am
by JanGroen
Good day
Got this interesting box for while now and trying to find out some more about it. It is a small plated pewter box with 2 lids. What would its use be and when would it been made. I find no markings but it does have Dutch writing on it. STREICH ZU NU REENNT ET I think.
Any help will be helpful
Groete
Jannie

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Re: Match box with extra compartment

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:53 pm
by oel
(Fox)Hunting scene. Believe it to be German; Streich zu, nu brennt et or Strike now it burns
Extra compartment for extra matches. The matches had a specific length. Or for stamps or for a little snuff. You like to keep your matches, stamps and snuff at a dry place.


Peter