Parker match Safes
Gary here are a couple pictures of my Parker Match Safes. Sorry for the glare on the first picture.
They can be found on eBay fairly often and seem to range nowadays from $50 all the way to $150 although I have seen a few for less than that.
You don't see your wife's family's match safe, which is one of the earliest models, all that often. It is a Model 2, for regular size matches, and cost a whopping $0.14 each or $20.00 to the gross, according to the 1886 Charles Parker catalog.
You can see the various types in Volume II of the Parker Story on page 893. Cheers JG
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