£30 - £40
Conta and Boehme Pair of Child Musician Matchbox Holder Figures, both boy and girl dressed in a pastiche of adult late 18th century costume, the girl playing a hurdy-gurdy, the boy a primitive fiddle; behind each figure is a receptacle shaped to hold a box of safety matches, rather than the matches which had to be struck along a specially ridged part of the base or side, safety matches having been introduced by the mid 19th century; 8.25 inches high; green Conta and Boehme shield marks to undersides; a particularly well made and hand decorated pair of figures from this factory with the unusual matchbox features
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