PUBLISHED WORKS
Books and articles by Neil Shapiro. The articles are available to read on this website and the books may be purchased directly from Neil Shapiro or from the International Match Safe Association (http://www.matchsafe.org).
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ARTICLES
American Match Safes
Gorham
- A Brief History of Gorham Match Safes
- Gorham's Martele and Paris Exposition Match Safes
- The Gorham Great Britain Connection
- Gorham's Signed Match Safes and Antoine Heller
- Mysterious Gorham Match Safes
- The Case of the Curious Gorham Marks
- Gorham Match Safes and their Archival Records
- Gorham's Unique Inlay Patents
- A Gorham Japanese Match Safe
- A Sarascenic Match Safe
- A Gorham Granulated Match Safe
- A Gorham Banko Iron Ware Match Safe
Tiffany
- A Tiffany Match Safe Story
- Identifying Unmarked Tiffany Match Safes
- Tiffany Safe Essay
- Cock and Fox Fable Match Safe
Other
- A Mixed Metal Whiting Safe in the Japanese Taste
- An Assyrian Revival Match Safe
- American Match Safe Masterpieces
- The Japanese Match Safe That Wasn't
- Japonisme: It’s Influence of Western Match Safes
- The Most Famous Horse in the USA in 1900
- A Motor Car Match Safe
- An American Match Safe with a Japanese Aesthetic
- Cannetille Wire Work
European Match Safes (Vestas)
United Kingdom
Japanese Match Safes
Global Match Safes
Match Holders
BOOKS
NIGHT LIGHTS & ENVELOPE SEALERS: European Metal Match Holders
In the 1800s Central European foundries were producing some of the finest commercial metal work in the Western world.
Two of the finest were the Hanau foundry of E.G. Zimmermann and the Vienna, Austria foundry of Joseph Glanz. Among their varied products were iron and bronze figural match holders that both companies sold throughout Europe and North America.
JAPANESE MATCH SAFES
The Japanese craftsmen were able to marry incredibly complex technical work with a grace and artistic simplicity that captured the essence of the subject. When the Japanese artist was working on a match safe this attention to craftsmanship, style and material was always carefully considered and is beautifully illustrated in this book.
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GORHAM MATCH SAFES
Gorham Match Safes is a new book written by Neil Shapiro and George Sparacio and published by the International Match Safe Association. It is an attempt to record all the known Gorham match safes in public, private and institutional collections as well as all of the archival images in the Gorham Archives in the John Hay library at Brown University.
BOOK REVIEWS
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