Match case presented to Captain Williams by the crew of Barque SKIDDAM
DateJuly 1864
Object number00049073
NameMatch Box
MediumMetal, leather, wood
DimensionsOverall: 62 x 36 x 18 mm, 30 g
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionAn oval metal and leather case for matches (three unlit matches inside) presented by the crew of the barque SKIDDAM to Captain Williams as a token of their esteem in July, 1864. Part of a set with smoking pipe 00049071 and its case 00049072.HistoryHerbert Edward (Bert) Young assembled a collection of maritime objects, books, papers, images and ephemera, and established Young's Maritime Museum from his home in Forestville, a suburb of Sydney, in the late 1960s. This private museum was short-lived and in 1972, Young presented his collection to the Department of Shipping and Transport to hold for incorporation into a future national maritime museum. The collection was transferred to the ANMM in1987.
1940-1970
Canadian Pacific Steamship Company
1921 - c 1950
Before 1857
Samuel J Hood Studio
July 1931