This is a porcelain match striker (used with strike-anywhere matches).
Karlis
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Branstner, Mark C <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I hope this works, as I have never used Flickr before. You may have to
> copy and paste this link:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/155075880@N02/28082979689/in/
> dateposted-public/
>
> You will find two photos of what I am assuming to be a porcelain insulator
> of some sort, received from an incinerator dump associated with the Chicago
> World's Fair, ca. 1893. But you know what they say about assuming ...
>
> If anybody can help us ID this artifact more specifically, please respond
> to the list or to my wife (Paula Porubcan Branstner) at
> [log in to unmask]
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Mark
>
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