Brass case

[youngtug]

Is the lid slightly concave then?      Interesting object.   I wonder if there is a reason for that shaped lid?    Not vesper/a box - no rough side?   (How does one spell vesper/a ?   - I've heard it often enough but not seen it spelt)

Wiggy   

Vespa or rather Vesta, unless you want to go for ride

[nanny jan]

Hi,

How much do you know about W Sansum? Could it be connected with his/her occupation?  Have you found any significant event in 1865?

Nanny Jan

[groom]

According to Wiki  "A distinguishing characteristic of match safes is that they have a ribbed surface, usually on the bottom, for lighting the matches."

[youngtug]

Hi,

How much do you know about W Sansum? Could it be connected with his/her occupation?  Have you found any significant event in 1865?

Nanny Jan

He was an ag lab and then a blacksmiths striker. He had a brother who was a brass worker. This is hand made, of brass.

[youngtug]

According to Wiki  "A distinguishing characteristic of match safes is that they have a ribbed surface, usually on the bottom, for lighting the matches."

All the surfaces are smooth.

[Janette]

What about the matches that men used to strike on the sole of their boots?

[groom]

I'd go more with the snuff box idea.

[Seoras]

Could I suggest a snuff box made by his brother, the brass worker, that's if the dates fit.

[groom]

Looking at images for vesta boxes, most opened a different way so that you took the match out by the head.