Description
A Wedgwood Majolica earthenware pottery match holder and striker, Staffordshire, England – circa 1869.
For the hearth, kitchen or bedside, the holder is ribbed for lighting strike-anywhere matches, the bottom tray is for the spent sticks. The base is colored with a deep Cobalt blue, ochre, and brown mottled tortoiseshell glazing, a light brown rims the striking area.
4.75 in. Diameter x 3.25 in. H
Impressed Wedgwood with a date cipher, and the painters number 7 mark.
Overall crazing and signs of light wear.
