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14k Vesta Match Safe
Located in Montreal, QC
14k yellow gold Vesta match safe with elaborate work. Acid tested 14k. Measures 1 3/8 inches x 1
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Match Safes Antique
Materials
14k Gold
Victorian Sterling Etched Match Safe
Located in New York, NY
Lovely Victorian Sterling Etched Match safe from the late 1900's UK. Hand etched with ornate scroll
Category
Early 1900s Match Safes Antique
Antique Silver Golfing Match Safe, Vesta Case
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Golf Vesta case
A round antique silver golfing match safe with striker on the bottom. The match
Category
Early 1900s English Sporting Art Match Safes Antique
Materials
Silver
19th Century Sterling Art Nouveau Match Safe Collection
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Collection of six extraordinary sterling match safes. Largest 3" x 2", smallest 2 1/4" x 1 1/2
Category
Late 19th Century Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
An Art Nouveau Purest Silver Sterline Match Safe c.1900
Located in Stamford, CT
This match safe is made of the finest and most pure sterling silver known as sterline. The front
Category
Early 1900s English Art Nouveau Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Petite Bronze Dragon / Griffin Pattern Repousse Match Safe / Vesta
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique petite bronze dragon / griffin pattern repousse match safe / vesta with an ornate all-over
Category
Early 20th Century American Match Safes Antique
Materials
Bronze
H 1.75 in W 1 in D 0.25 in
English Victorian Antique Silverplate Barrel “Match Safe” Cane Walking Stick
Located in Shippensburg, PA
VICTORIAN SILVERPLATE BARREL-FORM "MATCH SAFE" HANDLED EBONIZED CANE
Underside of screw-on lid
Category
19th Century European Victorian Match Safes Antique
Materials
Silver Plate, Brass
H 35.5 in W 0.5 in D 0.5 in
Early 20th Century Sterling Silver Birmingham England Match Safe Repousse Sides
Located in Stamford, CT
Early 20th century sterling silver match safe with beautiful repousse sides made by WSH Birmingham
Category
Early 20th Century English Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 1.75 in W 1.5 in D 0.25 in
1910s Sterling Silver Blankinton Match Safe • Automobile Chauffeur Driver
By Blankinton & Co.
Located in Lancaster, PA
A striking and highly detailed sterling silver match safe, this c. 1910s example attributed to
Category
1910s American Art Nouveau Match Safes Antique
Materials
Silver
Antique Gilbert Sterling Silver Match Safe Vesta Case with Monogram #21300
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Antique sterling silver match safe/vesta case by F.S Gilbert & Co, with monogram.
Monogram appears
Category
19th Century Art Nouveau Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Two Dutch Mahogany And Satinwood Match Safes
Located in Essex, MA
Meant to hang on a wall. Barrel shape with alternating woods. Lift lid and cutout back to hang on a wall. Commonly referred to as treen ware.
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Match Safes Antique
Materials
Mahogany, Satinwood
Antique English Sterling Silver Heart Match Safe / Vesta by William Hair Haseler
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Edwardian figural matchsafe or vesta.
In sterling silver.
In the shape of a heart.
Made by William Hair Haseler of Birmingham, England in 1898.
With engraved leaf decorati...
Category
Late 19th Century British Edwardian Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 1.59 in W 1.43 in D 0.55 in
An Early 20th Century Sterling Silver Vesta Case in the Form of a Devil’s Head
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An amusing sterling silver novelty vesta case / match safe in the form of a devil's head. The face
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Other Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 1.63 in W 1.5 in D 0.88 in
Antique American Student Converted Twin Oil Lamp By Bradley & Hubbard 1800's
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Art Brass tables, call bells, candlestick holders, clocks, match safes, lamps, architectural grilles
Category
Mid-19th Century American American Classical Match Safes Antique
Materials
Brass
Sterling Art Nouveau Vesta Case
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This antique sterling silver match safe, also known as a vesta case, is a finely crafted example of
Category
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Dutch .833 Silver Figural Three Anchors / Barrel Matchsafe or Vesta
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Dutch match safe!
Date:
Late 19th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as-pictured, used
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Modern Match Safes Antique
Materials
Silver
H 1.48 in W 1.27 in D 1.3 in
VESTA CASE 1920 Germany Art Deco Matches Box In 14Kt Gold & Sterling Silver
By Louis Kuppenheim
Located in Miami, FL
fire and the hearth, although in the United States they are more prosaically know as match safes. The
Category
1920s German Art Deco Match Safes Antique
Materials
Gold, Sterling Silver
H 1.77 in W 2 in D 0.32 in
Antique Wang Hing Chinese Export Silver Vesta or Matchsafe
By Wang Hing & Co.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
silver match safe!
Date:
Late 19th or Early 20th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall good, as
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Match Safes Antique
Materials
Silver
Sterling Silver Native American Indian Motif "Note Holder" American, Circa 1880
Located in Incline Village, NV
left (see image). It is 2 7/8" high x 2" wide resembling and in the style of a match safe; probably
Category
1880s American Native American Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
H 2.88 in W 2 in D 0.35 in
Indian Chief Motif Porcelain Humidor, American, circa 1900
Located in Incline Village, NV
that topic; note cigar store "Indians", match safes, and humidors. This is a very desirable and item of
Category
Early 1900s American Native American Match Safes Antique
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Dog Kennel Silver and Enamel Vesta Case
By George Heath
Located in Newark, England
America the more original term “match safes” was used.
Sterling Silver is an alloy composed by weight of
Category
Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Match Safes Antique
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Bradley & Hubbard Bookends-Ancient Greek Temple Columns & Arch
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Downingtown, PA
measuring tapes and match safes during the war years.
The discovery of oil in Pennsylvania in 1859 also
Category
Early 20th Century American Craftsman Match Safes Antique
Materials
Iron
Louis Kuppenheim 1900 Germany Neo Classic Vesta Oval Box In .900 Silver Pill Box
By Louis Kuppenheim
Located in Miami, FL
States they are more prosaically know as match safes. The first successful friction match appeared in
Category
Early 20th Century German Neoclassical Match Safes Antique
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
H 1.81 in W 0.98 in D 0.67 in
GEORG ADAM SCHEID 1905 Austria Mechanical Vesta Wick Case In 900 Sterling Silver
By Georg Adam Scheid
Located in Miami, FL
they are more prosaically know as match safes. The first successful friction match appeared in 1826
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Edwardian Match Safes Antique
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
H 2.75 in W 1.77 in D 0.63 in
Antique American Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Lorelei Match Safe
By William B. Kerr & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver match safe. Made by William B. Kerr in Newark, ca 1890. Shaped with
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unger Brothers Art Nouveau Match Safe with Ethereal Nymph Lighting Up
By Unger Brothers
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver match safe. Made by Unger Bros in Newark, ca 1900. Shaped rectangle
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unger Bros Art Nouveau Loves-Me-Loves-Me-Not Daisy Match Safe
By Unger Brothers
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling silver match safe. Made by Unger Bros in Newark, ca 1900. Curved with whiplash
Category
Late 19th Century American Art Nouveau Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Glazed Ceramic Hunting Theme Match Safe
Located in Cookeville, TN
We are offering a unique early 20th century ceramic hunting theme match safe with polychromed
Category
Early 20th Century French Folk Art Match Safes Antique
Materials
Ceramic, Paint
Antique Gold Match Safe/Pill Box
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully textured hinged match safe. Heavy gauge 14K yellow gold. Allover nailhead pattern. 2
Category
Early 1900s American Match Safes Antique
Materials
14k Gold
Antique Gunmetal and Copper Match Safe
Located in New York, NY
Antique match safe: gunmetal, with applied copper horse and rider. The clasp is set with a bezel
Category
Early 1900s American Match Safes Antique
Materials
Turquoise, Base Metal
Antique Sterling Silver Snake Match Safe
Located in New York, NY
A great figural sterling silver match safe. A double-sided representation of a snake. Well
Category
1890s American Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Art Nouveau Match Safe Pendant Necklace
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Fantastic, sterling silver Art Nouveau match safe pendant. In a highly intricate repousse design of
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
American Advertising Art Match Safe Men's Jeans
Located in Chicago, IL
This is an advertising piece for Yondorf Brothers clothiers and furnishers.
Category
19th Century American Match Safes Antique
Materials
Metal
Ithaca Sign Works Mirrors ca.1909
By Ithaca Sign Works
Located in Solebury, PA
signs; novelties like yard sticks, match safes, knife sharpeners, fly swatters, and spare tire covers
Category
Early 20th Century American Primitive Match Safes Antique
Set of Hound-Form Cast Iron Andirons
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
over the years produced Art Brass tables, call bells, candlestick holders, clocks, match safes, lamps
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Match Safes Antique
Materials
Iron, Wrought Iron
Antique Turn of Century Ivory Sex Netsuke (Bonerific)
Located in Brunswick, ME
goods including sewing machines, call bells and match safes. In 1859, with the discovery of oil in
Category
Early 20th Century Match Safes Antique
Materials
Brass
Bradley Hubbard B&H Gold/Gilded Bookends Federal Neoclassical Building w/Columns
Located in Brunswick, ME
goods including sewing machines, call bells and match safes. In 1859, with the discovery of oil in
Category
Early 20th Century American Match Safes Antique
Materials
Iron
H 3.5 in W 5 in D 1.25 in
Fine/Detailed Gilded Antique B&H Cast Polo Players on Horseback Antique Bookends
Located in Brunswick, ME
added other lines of household goods including sewing machines, call bells and match safes. In 1859
Category
Early 20th Century American Match Safes Antique
Materials
Iron
H 5.75 in W 4.25 in D 3 in
Sapphire Gold Match Safe
Located in Napoli, NA
18K yellow gold match safe set on the front with a single sapphire. it is in excellent all
Category
1910s Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sapphire, 18k Gold
Tiffany & Co. Edwardian Gold Match Safe
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1915 Tiffany & Company 14K yellow Gold match safe in original Presentation Case. Pristine
Category
20th Century American Edwardian Match Safes Antique
Materials
Ruby, 14k Gold
Match safe in the form of shoes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A pair of English pewter inlaid papier mache shoe form match safes, circa 1870.
Category
19th Century English Match Safes Antique
Materials
Pewter
1904 Unger Bros, Sterling Silver Match Safe
By Unger Brothers
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Unger Bros. Love's Dream 1904 pattern sterling silver match safe. Art Nouveau. Period inscription
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
German Jugendstil Enamel Candelabras and Match-Safe
Located in Astoria, NY
German Jugendstil period pair of three-armed candelabra with match-safe, created in Germany around
Category
Early 1900s German Jugendstil Match Safes Antique
Materials
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Enamel
Victorian French Sapphire Diamond Gold Trefoil Match Safe
Located in Narberth, PA
An interesting and unusual match safe from the Victorian (ca1880) period! This unique piece is made
Category
Late 19th Century French Victorian Match Safes Antique
Materials
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Glass and Sterling Silver Match Safe, Hallmarked 1926
Located in London, GB
A fine glass match safe with sterling silver collar hallmarked, London, 1926.
Dimensions: 9 cm/3
Category
1920s British Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Brass Corset Shaped Vesta or Match Safe
Located in Baltimore, MD
Victorian match safes were used to carry matches before the invention of the safety match in order
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Match Safes Antique
Materials
Gilt Metal
Exquisite 19th century Ivory and tortoise match safe nude woman
Located in Palm Springs, CA
An Exquisite 19th century German match safe made of Ivory and what we believe is tortoise shell. It
Category
19th Century German Match Safes Antique
Materials
Tortoise Shell, Ivory
Trompe l'Oeil Porcelain Deck of Cards Match Safe
Located in Essex, MA
form of a deck of cards, the lid with domino handle/finial, the interior designed as a match safe with
Category
Early 20th Century Italian Match Safes Antique
Late 19th Century Sterling Silver Skull and Serpent Match Safe 'Vesta'
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Offered by Zena Kruzick.
Late 19th century sterling silver skull and serpent match safe (Vesta
Category
Late 19th Century British Victorian Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Shiebler Silver Match Safe in Gold Vermeil
By George W. Shiebler & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Exquisite Shiebler sterling silver match safe / vesta case in gold vermeil in beautiful leaf design
Category
Late 19th Century American Match Safes Antique
Materials
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Antique Match Safe with Man Peeking Out of a Basket
Located in Petaluma, CA
This most unusual match safe features this poor fellow peeking out of a basket that will hold your
Category
Early 20th Century American Other Match Safes Antique
Materials
Metal
Pocket Vesta Pig Match Safe Case in Sterling Silver
Located in Montreal, QC
Superb Rare Antique Figural Vesta Case Match Safe in the form of a Tooth with a Pig/Hog on top of
Category
18th Century and Earlier Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Antique Whiting Sterling Silver World Expo 1892 Vesta Case Match Safe #16527
By Whiting
Located in Washington Depot, CT
Antique sterling silver vest case/match safe by Frank Whiting.
This match safe/vesta case is a
Category
19th Century Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century French Painted Ceramic Barbotine Bulldog Mantel Match Safe
Located in Dallas, TX
. Crafted in France circa 1890, the match safe sculpture features a bulldog wearing a hat with match and
Category
Late 19th Century French Match Safes Antique
Materials
Ceramic, Majolica
English Sterling Silver Piano Cigarette Box and Match Safe Fabulous Hollowware
Located in Big Bend, WI
Fascinating English sterling silver cigarette box with match safe. The combo is in the form of a
Category
Late 19th Century British Match Safes Antique
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Brass Temple Form Match Safe
Located in Essex, MA
In the form of a temple with lid for storing matches.
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Match Safes Antique
Materials
Brass
Novelty English Silver Cigar Box with Match Safe and Striker Dated 1899
Located in London, GB
A novelty English silver cigar box with fold down side to reveal a cigar cutter & match safe by
Category
19th Century English Match Safes Antique
19th Century English Silver Vesta Case, Pocket Match Safes for Shabbat Lights
Located in New York, NY
Sterling silver vesta case, pocket match safes, made in England, 1864.
Engraved on the cover with
Category
1860s English Match Safes Antique
Materials
Silver
H 1.97 in W 2.37 in D 0.79 in
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Match Safes Antique For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic match safes antique available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, silver and sterling silver, every match safes antique was constructed with great care. Your living room may not be complete without a match safes antique — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. A match safes antique made by Art Nouveau designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one match safes antique that is appealing in its simplicity, but Gorham Manufacturing Company, Gorham and Joseph Gloster produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Match Safes Antique?
Prices for a match safes antique can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $80 and can go as high as $8,950, while the average can fetch as much as $800.
Questions About Match Safes Antique
- What is a match safe?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertOctober 19, 2021A match safe is a small portable box that is designed to hold matches and keep them dry. In the early 19th century, these boxes were very popular since matches were known to ignite unexpectedly when carried without a protective cover.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021It is important to get reputable professional advice on the value of your safe but some antique pie safes can be worth more than $1000.
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