Unusual Victorian Sloped Base Threaded & Cut Glass & Silver Match Strike / Vesta

A good looking and novel Victorian silver and cut glass vesta with a pyramidal cut glass body with an elongated slice cut panel of threaded glass to act as the match striker. The shape is an unusual form with an angled base with the threaded section dominating the extended area of the wall. The well inside has been designed to work with the angled form, being heavily offset towards the shorter side to allow the matches to still stand vertically rather than flush with the opening as would be with a standard vertical model. The silver collar has an engraved initial E and is hallmarked for Birmingham 1897, makers Horton & Allday.