H1858: A tapered cylindrical match-box of polished horn

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Description

Title: H1858: A tapered cylindrical match-box of polished horn
Creator: From the Collection: Gimbel, Richard
Contributor: From the Collection: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
From the Collection: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878
Published / Created: before 1870
Description: A tapered cylindrical match-box of polished horn, 7 cm. tall by 4 cm. in diameter at the top, tapering down to 3 cm. in diameter at the base. Dickens's initials are engraved on a silver stud that is fixed into the cap of the match-box. It is accompanied by the following certificate of authenticity: "I certify that this horn match box was always used by my brother-in-law Charles Dickens at Gad's Hill until the time of his death--9th June 1870--and that it always stood on his desk and is shown in the picture of 'The Empty Chair' by Sir Luke Fildes, R.A., and has since stood on my desk and been used by me. Georgina Hogarth."
Provenance: Gift of Richard Gimbel, circa 1920-1969.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French
Italian

Repository

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Call Number

GEN MSS 1998

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Container / Volume

Box 114

Access: Public
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Citation: Manuscripts in the Richard Gimbel Collection of Charles Dickens. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.