Waching daily Oct 1 2017

This isn't the world's smallest champagne bottle.

It's an old-fashioned match safe.

Years ago, when people didn't have lighters, they used to carry around matches.

This tiny little bit of silver is a match safe, meant to keep those precious bits of

wood dry.

You rotate the bottom and it opens.

You could shake out your match, and then you could strike it

on the back.

This one is probably made between 1910 and 1920.

This one is a different kind of match safe.

It's silver, marked Winchester Wharf - in England - and July 1923.

Probably a souvenir or a gift that someone brought back from a trip.

It's a simple flip top operation.

There are markings on the inside.

Those marks mean that its from England, and they symbolize what town it was made in, that

it is sterling silver, and what year.

I love British and Irish silver.

The markings here read: "Morton's Patent" and "The Maze".

This is the striker portion on the champagne bottle.

Here is a close up of the markings.

The anchor stands for Birmingham, and the lion mark for sterling silver.