STOP this clock! I want to sleep 2 minutes more!

Another beautiful example of Antique ROCHE & CIE GRAND PRIX PARIS 1900 match candles holder - photos from the internet (sadly not mine...)

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The nice story behind the Antique ROCHE & CIE GRAND PRIX PARIS 1900 match candles holder

This beautiful antique box of match candles holder (I wish it was mine, but I am not willing to pay more than 100$ for it...), were said to be used by women in brothels, believe it or not....as a Timer!!. A man would pay his dues and then she would light the candle. Once the candle went out, the session was over. The candle is supposed to stay lit for roughly seven minutes.

More French antique beautiful matchbox labels dated 1850-1874

Variuos French manufacturers incl. ROCHE & CIE Marseille / Toussaint Caussemille etc. - French antique beautiful matchbox labels dated 1850-1874

More information and examples can be found here: http://boite.allumette.free.fr/

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Some of my labels also can be seen on this movie:

Old wooden matchboxes from Finland and France

Finland - thanks to my Facebook's friend Peter,
who sent me this matchbox

Finland - thanks to Avraham from "Tapuz" Israeli forum
of collectors, who sent me this matchbox.
It is made in Finland but for the danish market The text on the box is in danish. The comtesse boxes where sold in the Co-op (Brugsen) stores in Denmark in the 1960s.

France - thanks to my Facebook's friend Peter,
who sent me this matchbox

Very old wooden matchboxes from various countries

USSR

USA

UK - front side

UK - Back side

India ?

Tunisie

France - one side

France - other side

Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, Jamaica, Colombia

A big old kitchen matchbox from France dated 1959

Philuménie, la passion des boites d'allumettes - A youtube movie about the passion of Stephane: A french collector who collects only french matchboxes

Philuménie, la passion des boites d'allumettes - YouTube

The website of Stephane

My French series

Old aircraft (Matchboxes from France)