Name/Title
Pocket match holder of Ernest Thomas Edward Fenn, c. 1890sEntry/Object ID
2012.40.11Description
ACC. NO. 12.40.11
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ACCESSORIES, FASHION
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1890's
OBJECT: CASE, MATCH
DESCRIPTION: A POCKET SIZED MATCH HOLDER. RECTANGULAR SHAPED MATCH HOLDER WITH HINGED TOP. BODY OF HOLDER IS INCISED WITH A BRIGHT CUT DESIGN OF FLOWERS, LEAVES, AND INITIALS, "E.T.F." HOLDER IS STERLING SILVER AND APPEARS TO BE OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURE.
SIZE: L 2-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A POCKET MATCH HOLDER OWNED BY ERNEST THOMAS EDWARD FENN, BORN JUNE 30, 1875 IN LONDON, ENGLAND WAS A CARPENTER AND MARRIED JANUARY 1, 1895 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND DIED JULY 9, 1954 IN ALAMEDA. HE MARRIED MAUDE ELIZABETH McKEEVER, BORN JANUARY 7, 1876 IN SAN FRANCISCO AND DIED JANUARY 26, 1949 IN ALAMEDA, CA.
DONOR: ELIZABETH ANNE CATE
CATALOGED: JUNE 2, 2012
