File:Box, match (AM 1948.233-12).jpg

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Box, match   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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A M Pollak
Title
Box, match
Object type Classification: NM3.1696
Description
English: Feuer Beng brand match box with matches; green cardboard tube; top and base of emery; phosphorous containing friction matches with pink, yellow and green heads
Date 1860s
date QS:P571,+1860-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
; 1948; (1860s)
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height: 56mm

diameter: 40mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1948.233
Place of creation Vienna
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1948.233, col.0883, 30238
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Feuer Beng brand match box with congreves matches Pollak was an innovative industrialist who supported the development of scientific education. He established a match factory in Vienna in 1836 and is credited with a number of advancements in match manufacture. A brief biography can be found in the online Jewish Encyclopedia http-www.jewishencyclopedia.com-articles-12245-pollak-a-m-ritter-von-rudin A small amount of additional information is available in The International Exhibition of 1862 Catalogue, pp21-2, available to view on Google Books online.

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