Featured Art deco wooden cases.

Grabbed these two on the way home today. They are obviously meant to hold something. Not sure what though. I thought maybe playing cards but not quite the right dimensions. Maybe game pieces, trinkets or cigarettes? Container bits measure 78mm x 73mm on one and 80mm x 65mm on the other.

 

Art Deco stamp holders??

 

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/117...atch-safe?dd_referrer=https://www.google.com/

 

Could well be.

 

Stamps as in rubber stamps?

 

they look like they might belong to a desk set.......... so maybe a catch all..... but I don't really think matches..

 

maybe it went with something like this..

 

Possibly but why have the lid if the contents extend out of the top? Makes the lid a bit redundant. Not sure what 'match safe' means either

 

I'm just looking for complimentary stuff to suggest it was part of a set....

the pic above.... I don't guarantee it's use... or if it had a lid...or if a seller found a good use for it cuz they don't know better............

a match safe.........Match safes were designed to hold friction matches.

and usually metal...

 

Ah safe as in noun and not adjective.

 

Whatever it was would have to fit inside with the top on.
2 7/8" x 3.07".

 

Interesting they they've called it Cambridge ware. Gives it some identity.

 

My message was cut short for some reason. I thought that photo of the matches was an eye shadow kit.

 

looks like a desk set cigarette box to me ( unfiltered )

cigarettes were shorter too in the '30s

( could do with a wet cloth and a coat of polish ....

 

I think I might do that.

 

Other sellers of Cambridge Ware date it to the mid-century, and their items look from that period.

Here you probably have to do the usual copy and paste of the actual url:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=Cambridge+ware&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313

These should be alright as is:

https://laureldovevintage.com/produ...cidLqBdly6UPlECjXfUn45JuplRTyYgQkpnL4YogYBCE4

https://www.d4vintage.com/homewares/p/vintage-mid-century-cambridge-ware-small-chequered-fruit-bowl

https://www.retonthenet.co.uk/vinta...ca-1950s-different-laminated-woods-5688-p.asp

https://www.etsy.com/market/cambridge_ware

 

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Thanks. Haven't they sold that white dot yet? Cambridge wear seems to be have more square blocks whereas mine has more lines.

 

they don't want to sold it !!!!