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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 372214, member: 5833"]Number looks like 79 to me, with the 7 written in the European manner, so a veteran of the American Civil War seems an unlikely subject. Think that's the right track though, an aging, impoverished war veteran. There's something about him that brings Garibaldi to mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>How big is the piece? Would holes be large enough for cigars? not that this would be a good way to hold them. I thought the history of matches might give a clue to age, but friction matches, which this was meant to hold, & safety matches have had a long coexistence, so no help there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seems likely he was smoking, although another possibility is that he sells matches to make a living.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 372214, member: 5833"]Number looks like 79 to me, with the 7 written in the European manner, so a veteran of the American Civil War seems an unlikely subject. Think that's the right track though, an aging, impoverished war veteran. There's something about him that brings Garibaldi to mind. How big is the piece? Would holes be large enough for cigars? not that this would be a good way to hold them. I thought the history of matches might give a clue to age, but friction matches, which this was meant to hold, & safety matches have had a long coexistence, so no help there. Seems likely he was smoking, although another possibility is that he sells matches to make a living.[/QUOTE]
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