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Rock Island RR Promo Item, original? "Click" to Login or Register 
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Rock Island Vesta box promotional item, original or a reproduction?
The dimensions are - 2 3/16" x 1 3//8" x 3/8" tin box and I think with celluloid advertising panel.
On the side is written - The Whitehead & Hoag Co. Newark N.J.

 
Posts: 535 | Location: Innisfil in Ontario, Canada | Registered: November 04, 2014
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other side

 
Posts: 535 | Location: Innisfil in Ontario, Canada | Registered: November 04, 2014
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side

 
Posts: 535 | Location: Innisfil in Ontario, Canada | Registered: November 04, 2014
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I would say its original. A great piece.

regards,
bb
 
Posts: 6376 | Location: Texas in the USA | Registered: July 27, 2009
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I agree with Buster, original and an excellent find.


You learn something every day. Vesta = The goddess Vesta, Roman diety of fire and the hearth. Vesta Case
 
Posts: 2093 | Location: British Columbia in Canada | Registered: March 02, 2011
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Hello Buster and Lorne, thanks for your opinion. It is in very good condition which made me wonder about originality. I did read that the Whitehead & Hoag Co. closed business about 1965, this piece just may be a survivor.

Regards
Rick
 
Posts: 535 | Location: Innisfil in Ontario, Canada | Registered: November 04, 2014
Picture of Brian C.
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Original.
 
Posts: 1857 | Location: Epsom, New Hampshire USA | Registered: December 14, 2002
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Wonder what was in the box. Perhaps complementary soap?
 
Posts: 1114 | Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia in the USA | Registered: February 08, 2015
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Mike, the matches were in the box. I don't think they are original but are cut to fit the box.

Rick

 
Posts: 535 | Location: Innisfil in Ontario, Canada | Registered: November 04, 2014
IHC Member 2030
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Very good!
Makes perfect sense. Where is my cigar?
 
Posts: 1114 | Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia in the USA | Registered: February 08, 2015
Picture of Brian C.
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These were called match safes. Here's one I have advertising the Waltham Horological School

scan0023
 
Posts: 1857 | Location: Epsom, New Hampshire USA | Registered: December 14, 2002
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Hello Brian, that's a very nice one. I do like these items with the advertising.

Rick
 
Posts: 535 | Location: Innisfil in Ontario, Canada | Registered: November 04, 2014
Picture of Brian C.
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Thanks Rick.
 
Posts: 1857 | Location: Epsom, New Hampshire USA | Registered: December 14, 2002
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They're really nice items, and usually VERY expensive when found at antique stores or shows (at least when I find them).

Last one I saw that was watch related had an advertisment for a jeweler who sold Hampden watches, but they were asking $225 for the thing! Eek

Needless to say, it was left where I found it. Roll Eyes

Regards! Mark
 
Posts: 3831 | Location: Estill Springs, Tennessee, USA | Registered: December 02, 2002
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Hello Mark, I get the expensive part, the asking price on this one wasn't that bad but so I made an offer I could live with and not offend the vendor. He said he had it in his collection for awhile and it was time for it to move on. So all was well.

Rick
 
Posts: 535 | Location: Innisfil in Ontario, Canada | Registered: November 04, 2014
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Picture of Mark Cross
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WELL done! Smile

Regard! Mark
 
Posts: 3831 | Location: Estill Springs, Tennessee, USA | Registered: December 02, 2002
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Very Nice find!


RLVV
 
Posts: 178 | Location: Placentia, California in the USA | Registered: August 29, 2018
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I like it, Thanks for sharing.

Gary
 
Posts: 1012 | Location: Western Pennsylvania in the USA | Registered: February 17, 2007
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Robert/Gary, thank you and you're welcome.

An "amuse bouche"- a small appetizer or more loosely translated - a small delight.
Some times it's just the small things in life that amuse us the most.

Regards
Rick
 
Posts: 535 | Location: Innisfil in Ontario, Canada | Registered: November 04, 2014
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That is a special find , I keep an eye out for them , I find them called vesta's, with nice silver one's bringing 200 +
 
Posts: 1574 | Location: Maryland in the USA | Registered: June 04, 2015
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I've had these for a number of years now both are hallmarked and are sterling sliver, the smaller one is dated 1907 and made in Birmingham UK

 
Posts: 535 | Location: Innisfil in Ontario, Canada | Registered: November 04, 2014
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Hi Rick , That is what I was talking about ! The silver one's are plentiful , the rock island is rare
 
Posts: 1574 | Location: Maryland in the USA | Registered: June 04, 2015
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