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Unusual Antique Elephant Vesta Case

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Code: 12788

Dimensions:

W: 5cm (2")



Unusual Brass Vesta Case Shaped like an Elephant with Turquoise Eyes.

Vesta Cases are Small Portable Boxes made to Contain Matches to Keep them Dry.

They Take their Name from the Roman Goddess Vesta who was the Goddess of Fire and the Hearth.

In the United States they are more Commonly known as Match Safes.