This collection includes 41 Matchboxes from the 1960s, all with their matching boxes. What was the earliest manifestation of ...

“To me, there is little point collecting matchbooks… matchboxes belong to the two centuries that required a flame to light tobacco, candles and fires,” says Howse. I’m not sure those ...

“Matchboxes were being imported in Calcutta as early as the ... hurricane lamps and an Ambassador wall clock, belonging to the collection of Tapas Kumar Basu of Belgachhia, are also displayed, ...