加精了, 就多做點工作, 查了一下.: Early matches were unreliable and prone to ignite from rubbing on one another or spontaneously. Accordingly, most people carried a match safe to house their matches. Wealthy people had match safes made of gold or silver, while common folk had ones made of tin or brass.
Vesta cases were in great use between the 1860's and 1940's. They were carried predominantly by men in a waistcoat pocket or on a 'double Albert' chain, which held a pocket watch on one side and a vesta case on the other. The invention of the pocket petrol lighter initiated a decline in the need and use of the vesta case, during the first world war soldiers found the petrol lighter lasted longer and was easy to refill. 這回明白這個玩藝兒了....盡管當今不用它了, 但真滴挺喜歡滴......也可能是銀滴緣故, 當然也是真真切切滴古董(不用費盡心機去猜真滴還是仿滴..哈哈....)