Gardemeles Museum

Sunday, 6 December 2020

Matchbox

Bryant and May Ltd. Tiger matches, C1920's

balsa wood, 3.5" long

the matchbox filled with a collection of Sunday School cards

found in the secret compartment of Peter Fotheringham's chest of drawers

Rusness, Sanday

By rosey at December 06, 2020

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Gardemeles - house on the sands - the old name for Stove; situated on Sanday, one of Orkney's Northern Isles. This is where the Museum takes place. At the heart of the collection are the found objects that belonged to previous inhabitants of the house.

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