Sampson Mordan Sentry Guard Match Safe PMSE-010

International Match Safe

Association and Museum

Sampson Mordan Sentry Guard

Seventeenth Lancers Trooper

IMSA#: PMSE-010

Estimated Date: 1886

Country of Origin: England

Manufacturer: Sampson Mordan & Company

Catalog No.:

Material: Sterling with enameling

Markings: Fully hallmarked including Sampson Mordan's maker's mark, London assay mark and 1886 date mark.

Patent/Design No.: Registered design #38283

Patent/Design Date: No date on match safe but registered design number dates to 1886.

Size (Inches): 2 3/8 x 7/8

Reverse: Plain. Some examples have engraved initials.

Description and Comments: Sentry guard match safe enameled with Seventeenth Lancers Trooper. This is one of at least 20 different sentry match safes/vestas know to exist. See Silver Magazine, January/February 2009 for a detailed article with identification information on all 20.

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