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Match Holder Strike

19th Century Black Forest Bear Head Carved Double Match Holder with Strike
Located in Atlanta, GA
A great addition to any cabin or collection! Double match strike with black bear head to center
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Antique Late 19th Century Wall-mounted Sculptures

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Wood

English Regency Ecrier and Match Strike in Patinated Bronze
Located in London, GB
and a woven basket strapped to his back. This basket is a match holder and strike. Very fine original
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Antique 1810s English Inkwells

Materials

Bronze

French Bronze Match Strike in the Form of an Old Soldier as a Water Seller
Located in London, GB
cistern acts as the match or taper holder and the strike is the naturalistic base.
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Grand Tour More Desk Accessories

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Bronze

Small naturalistic desk set with rabbit and barrels made of patinated metal
Located in Greven, DE
for ventilation, suggesting use as a match holder or strike-light container. The small tray was
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Antique Late 19th Century French Desk Sets

Materials

Metal

Antique Silver Hukin & Heath Sealing Wax Desk Set, London, 1920s, Art Deco
Located in Greven, DE
&Heath, and a silver mark "9025". Comprising: Seal, Match Strike & Holder, Candle Holder, Two Pen Rests
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Early 20th Century English Art Deco Desk Sets

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Silver

Aesthetic Design Antique Sterling Silver Chamberstick by Heath & Middleton 1891
By Heath & Middleton
Located in London, London
carries a registered design number. The pull off snuffer covers a match holder and strike. The handle is
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Antique 1890s English Aesthetic Movement Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

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Teal Blue Colored Crystal Match Holder / Match Strike, Marked British Sterling
Located in Southhampton, NY
A medium-sized mouth-blown crystal match strike in teal color. The rim is marked with the British
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2010s English Glass

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Orange Colored Crystal Match Strike / Holder Marked British Sterling
Located in Southhampton, NY
A medium mouth-blown crystal match strike in orange. The sterling silver rim is marked with the
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2010s English Glass

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Large Orange Colored Crystal Match Strike / Holder Marked British Sterling
Located in Southhampton, NY
A large mouth-blown crystal match strike of orange color. The sterling silver rim is marked with
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2010s English Glass

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Large Smoke Gray Crystal Match Strike / Holder Marked British Sterling
Located in Southhampton, NY
A large mouth-blown crystal match strike of smoke-gray color with wave design. The sterling silver
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2010s English Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Cased Purple Match Strike / Holder with British Sterling Assay Marks
Located in Southhampton, NY
A large mouth-blown crystal match strike of cased purple color. The sterling silver rim is marked
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2010s English Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Large Deep Blue Cut Ovals Crystal Match Strike / Holder Marked British Sterling
Located in Southhampton, NY
to strike the match. The sterling silver match holder is marked on the rim with the British silver
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2010s English Glass

Materials

Crystal

Beady Candle Stick and Match Holder Set by Evan Segota
Located in Los Angeles, CA
match holder offers a match strike near the bottom. Evan Segota is a furniture / product / object
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Candlesticks

Materials

Brass

Anitque Cast Metal & Brass French Match/ Match Strike or Toothpick Holder
Located in Ross, CA
Antique French match strike/ match or toothpick holder. Cast metal with a brass bucket and bass
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Early 20th Century French Late Victorian Serving Pieces

Materials

Metal, Brass

Handsome Brass Match Strike & Holder, Edwardian, c. 1900, English
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A handsome brass match strike & holder, Edwardian, c. 1900, English. Heavily weighted for stability
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Brass

Antique American Brass Matchbox Holder Flintlock Pistol Figural Match Strike
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique brass pocket sized matchbox holder decorated with a three dimensional flintlock pistol.  
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Early 20th Century Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Brass

Frank Whiting Art Deco Era Sterling and Glass Match Strike/Holder
By Frank M. Whiting & Company
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An Art Deco Era match striker by the Frank M. Whiting Company, founded in 1878 in North Attleboro
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Sterling Silver

Materials

Sterling Silver

Antique Match Strike from Whiskey Distillery in Glasgow
Located in Seattle, WA
Antique advertising trade match strike / holder from whiskey distillery in Glasgow. Useful for
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Antique 19th Century Barware

Brass Turtle, Match Holder with Advertising Piece for Furniture, circa 1920s
By Grand Rapids Brass Co.
Located in Petaluma, CA
This whimsical and unusual turtle has a lot going on for it. It is primarily a match holder with
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Brass

Vintage Wood Cigarette Box
Located in Pasadena, CA
Vintage wood cigarette box with match holder and strike. There are three rows which hold 18
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20th Century Cigar Boxes and Humidors

Vintage Wood Cigarette Box
Vintage Wood Cigarette Box
H 3 in W 6 in D 6 in
Handsome Brass Match Strike & Holder, Edwardian, c. 1900, English
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A handsome brass match strike & holder, Edwardian, c. 1900, English. Heavily weighted for stability
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Brass

1900s French Bistro Match Strike and Holder, Dubonnet Liqueur Advertising
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A French ceramic match strike and holder, circa early 1900s. These strikers were given to bistros
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Early 20th Century Small Hand-Crafted Porcelain Match Striker in Skull Form
Located in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
To be or not to be: Intricately-crafted, delicate bisque porcelain match strike and holder in the
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Early 20th Century German Other Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Porcelain

Alfred Dunhill Gilt Bronze Floor Standing Cigar Ashtray, circa 1920s
Located in Redding, CA
. The cup and under tray with dental detail, also provided on the tray is a handy match book holder with
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Vintage 1920s American Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Bronze

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Antique Cast Figural Medieval Knight in Armor Cigar, Pipe or Cigarette Lighter
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This figural cigar lighter is unsigned, but presumed to have been made in Austria in circa 1930. The lighter is a standing figural cast and cold-painted medieval knight in armor hold...
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Early 20th Century Austrian Medieval Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Spelter

Early 20th Century Japanese Cherry Blossom Screen by Kano Sanrakuki
Located in Kyoto, JP
Cherry Blossoms Kano Sanrakuki (1898-1981) Showa period, circa 1930 2-panel Japanese Screen Color, gofun and gold leaf on paper Against a backdrop of gold-leafed groun...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Paintings and Screens

Materials

Gold Leaf

Antique Black Forest Bear Bench w. Five Bear Sculptures & Carved Oak Leaf Seat
Located in Lisse, NL
Large and impressive, hand carved and demountable bench with five bear sculptures. This superbly hand carved bench is entirely made of solid wood and therefor too this stunning and ...
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Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Benches

Materials

Glass, Wood

Antique Swiss Black Forest Carved Bear Musical Childs Chair
By Black Forest
Located in Newark, England
Musically activated when sat upon From our Black Forrest collection, we are thrilled to offer this fine and rare Swiss Black Forest Bear carved musical child’s chair. The chair of b...
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Art Nouveau Children's Furniture

Materials

Wood

Hand Carved Wood Bear Head Nutcracker Brienz Switzerland
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Hand Carved Wood Bear Head Nutcracker Brienz, Switzerland A wooden carved nutcracker with a bear head. It is a fine antique Black Forest woodcarving with glass eyes. The nutcracker...
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Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear Chair
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Black Forest Swiss carved chair having bear on fallen log. Carved bear on lifting seat which once had a music box. Part of the Brienz collection plate 26. Origin: Swiss Period: Las...
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Antique Late 19th Century Swiss Black Forest Chairs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear Chair
19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear Chair
$6,500
H 38 in W 18 in D 18 in
Marching Military Soldiers Mechanical Toy
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Antique mechanical toy ambitiously crafted with a metal mechanism moved by a crank in the back, sending civil war union soldiers, carved in pine with their distinctive caps, marching...
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Early 20th Century American Campaign Toys and Dolls

Materials

Metal

Marching Military Soldiers Mechanical Toy
Marching Military Soldiers Mechanical Toy
$3,600
H 13.5 in W 30 in D 5.5 in
Pair of Rustic Black Forest Walnut Bear Side Chairs
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Rustic Black Forest (19th Cent) walnut side chairs with floral carving and bear figure on back with faux wood carved seat and legs (1 having music box seat)
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Antique 19th Century German Black Forest Side Chairs

Materials

Walnut

Pair of Rustic Black Forest Walnut Bear Side Chairs
Pair of Rustic Black Forest Walnut Bear Side Chairs
$16,500 / set
H 37.5 in W 17.5 in D 20.5 in
Black Forest glass eye Bear 1920s Germany .
Located in Den Haag, NL
Very nice Hand carved Black Forest Wooden Bear ,Glass Eyes ,
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Vintage 1910s German Black Forest Animal Sculptures

Materials

Fruitwood

Black Forest glass eye Bear 1920s Germany .
Black Forest glass eye Bear 1920s Germany .
$1,141
H 5.12 in W 7.88 in D 2.76 in
Vienna Bronze Wall Hanging Devil Figure Match Holder
Located in Danville, CA
This is a rare whimsical Devil figure wall hanging match holder. The winged devil is holding a large vase in front of his chest. The vase can be used to store matches. His long stret...
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20th Century Austrian Decorative Art

Materials

Bronze

Vienna Bronze Wall Hanging Devil Figure Match Holder
Vienna Bronze Wall Hanging Devil Figure Match Holder
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
H 10 in W 4.5 in D 2.5 in
Art Deco Small Spelter Female Table Lighter, C1930
Located in Devon, England
An original 1930's Art Deco cold painted spelter figure strike lighter. Depicts a young woman dressed in the fashion of the day night slip holding a draped shawl, with a gold cold-pa...
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Mid-20th Century European Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Onyx, Spelter

circa 1900 Miniature Model of a Black Forest Bear Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
circa 1900 Miniature Model of Black Forest Bear Bench. "Black Forest" is a term to describe elaborate, realistic wood carvings from an area in southwest Germany in the state of Baden...
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Early 20th Century German Black Forest Animal Sculptures

Materials

Walnut

Military in discussion
Located in Genève, GE
Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 54 x 45 x 4.5 cm
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Early 20th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Military in discussion
Military in discussion
$2,271
H 15.36 in W 11.82 in D 0.2 in
Antique Black Forest Bench Hallway Swiss Bear Carved 20th Century Sofa Loveseat
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Make sure you always come home with a warm welcome with this marvelous Black Forest sofa in your hallway. Carved out of solid wood by a master carver this Black Forest bear hallway...
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Early 20th Century Swiss Black Forest Benches

Materials

Oak

Chinese Yellow and Russet Jade Mythical Beast, Ming Dynasty or Earlier
Located in Austin, TX
A superb Chinese yellow and russet nephrite jade carving of a mythical beast, Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644) or earlier, China The mythical beast is portrayed with feline features, i...
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Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Jade

19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear Chair
By Black Forest
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Black Forest Swiss carved chair having bear on fallen log. Carved bear on lifting seat which once had a music box. Part of the Brienz collection plate 26. Origin: Swiss Period: Last...
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chairs

Materials

Wood

19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear Chair
19th Century Black Forest Carved Bear Chair
$9,000
H 38 in W 18 in D 18 in
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Match Holder Strike For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic match holder strike available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, ceramic and bronze, every match holder strike was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a match holder strike — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A match holder strike is a generally popular piece of furniture, but those created in Victorian and neoclassical styles are sought with frequency. Many designers have produced at least one well-made match holder strike over the years, but those crafted by Wedgwood, Charles & George Asprey and Heath & Middleton are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much is a Match Holder Strike?

A match holder strike can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $425, while the lowest priced sells for $180 and the highest can go for as much as $2,670.