Curated by PFK: The Wainwright Collection of Vesta Cases

Silver 'Dog Head' vesta case with integral striker, marked 925, 34 grams

Victorian silver 'Four Cigar' shape vesta case by P. P. LTD, Birmingham 1898, 23 grams

Unusual Victorian silver combined vesta case and cigar cutter with 'basket weave' engine turning and circular cartouche by F.D., London 1892, 40 g...

Early 20th Century white metal vesta case with champlevé floral enamelling

Late Victorian white metal mounted brown leather ovoid vesta case

Early 20th Century white metal pig vesta case

Early 20th Century embossed brass bird and toad vesta case

Early 20th Century embossed brass owl vesta case

Early 20th Century brass elephant head vesta case

Early 20th Century brass hoof vesta case with push button and maker's mark 'L.C.'

Early 20th Century embossed brass Mr Punch vesta case

Early 20th Century K.55 .50 calibre bullet vesta case with screw body

Early 20th Century marbles American brass cylindrical vesta case, base stamped Marbles Gladstone Mich. USA PAT'D 1900

Late Victorian silvered brass fist vesta case (silvering worn)

Late Victorian brass ewer vesta case

Late 19th Century American embossed brass vesta case worded 'The John Hauck Brewing Co. Cincinnati'

Late Victorian brass sentry box vesta case, door opening to reveal silvered seated porter figure

Late Victorian brass shoe vesta case with integral cigar cutter

Late Victorian brass barrel vesta case

Victorian white metal mounted cartwheel penny vesta case, formed of a split coin

20th Century Italian Sorrento Ware rectangular vesta case with sliding drawer

Early 20th Century tin advertising vesta case, lid worded 'Bell's Waterproof Way Vestas'

Victorian plated vesta case with simulated tortoiseshell, oval cartouche, hinged back (slight dents)

Early 20th Century silvered brass vesta case worded 'A (match) for you at any time' (enamel loss)

Early 20th Century chromed metal and celluloid 'Molassine' advertising vesta case (slight loss to plating)

Late Victorian brass and champlevé enamel vesta case, the hinged lid decorated with Egyptian style figures

Early 20th Century enamelled brass vesta case, lid decorated with a dancer

Early 20th Century chromed metal and celluloid advertising 'Scarborough' vesta case

Four late Victorian 'Aesthetic' vesta cases, three brass, one plated, variously decorated with birds and leaves

Two Victorian large ovoid vesta cases, one brass, the other plated with open buckle cartouche

Edwardian Art Nouveau plated vesta case with scrolled body and one other plated vesta case

Late Victorian plated vesta case, engraved with leaf scrolls and stamped with maker's mark 'FD' and one other plated vesta case

Late Victorian Aesthetic brass book pattern vesta case, cast with flowers and an engraved brass vesta case

Four Victorian plated vesta cases, including 'The Beacon'

Late Victorian plated vesta case and a ditto steel box with sprung closure and integral cigarette holder

Late Victorian ladies plated and brass 'purse; style vesta case with clover pattern case and a similar gentleman's 'Gun Metal' vesta case

Late Victorian brass vesta case with blue enamelled relief set letter 'P' and one other Victorian brass vesta case

Late Victorian stained wood vesta case with double opening, engraved with flowers and open cartouche (old chip), and a pressed horn 'hoof' vesta v...

Late Victorian brass combined vesta case and desk seal, with reeded ovoid body matrix engraved with letter 'L'

Two 19th Century brass vesta cases with plain tapered bodies

Victorian 'Gun Metal' steel vesta case, lid set with cabochon blue stone and a Victorian copper vesta case with shaped body

Three enamelled plated/chromed vesta cases - city of London, Windsor and Bruges (latter worn)

Late Victorian plated ovoid vesta case with patent sliding lid, one other Victorian plated vesta case and an Edwardian plated vesta case, body eng...

Late Victorian pressed horn book pattern vesta case with double closure and a ditto hoof pattern vesta case, front set with miniature oval photogr...

Victorian brass vesta case, the 'strike' set to lid and modelled as a razor clam, and one other Victorian brass vesta case

19th Century Continental floral carved sycamore ovoid vesta case with lifting lid

19th Century continental sycamore rectangular vesta case with floral relief carving and faux opening, hinged tray opens from side

Two 'Edward VII' vesta cases - plated with enamelled armorial and pressed horn set with circular miniature photograph

1920s brown Morocco leather vesta case with internal 'strike' mechanism and a Bryant & Mays 'Harlequin Matches' vesta case/match box still retaini...

Early 20th Century plated and celluloid advertising vesta case, worded 'John Jeffrey & Co Heriot Brewery Edinburgh' and one other celluloid vesta ...

Two Edward VII vesta cases, one brass book pattern worded 'Long Live The King', the other plated (later dented)

Two Victorian bone vesta cases, one engraved to side with fisher woman, the other with imitation whist marker (latter chipped)

Plated and faux tortoiseshell penknife pattern vesta case

Victorian brass shell pattern vesta case

George V silver vesta case by H.W.L., plain body, Birmingham 1913 (slight dent)

White metal violin pattern vesta case (dented)

Victorian plated vesta case of Aesthetic Japanese Design, engraved with birds

Late Victorian brass and hardstone vesta case, lid and case inset with sectional coloured agate pieces, hinged internal strike plate

Victorian plated and agate book pattern vesta case and two other vesta cases set with faux hardstones

Victorian plated and champleve enamel vesta case (slight chipping and minor dents)