Ossipoffs' match factories

  

Feodor Ossipoff factory Dozen label of "parlour" (sans-sulfur) matches (Initially in Russia the words "parlour matches" meant "sans-sulfur" safety matches, that did not give characteristic for earlier matches "scent of the devil". When production of so-called "sans-sulfur" matches became common, the word went off the use. Later the word "parlour" or (as recommended by BML&BS - the were no such a habit in England) "parlor" was used for special big boxes, intended for use in "smoking parlors" (were in wide use in Austro-Hungary and Poland). Text on the label: Спички Кабинетныя Фабричная марка фабрики Ф.И. Осипова в имѣнии Софiевка Label size 76x60 mm