Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks vintage coffee mug which also owned and operated

which also owned and operated the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros and The King Bros

I have found mention of a Morning Star Stove Manufacturing Company established in 1918 in Grand Rapids Michigan

Used for sure but in overall very good condition with hinges firmly attached

" noted by Phil S

or just piled up

Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks vintage coffee mug which also owned and operatedI'm super into this tin (and its contents), which I have found no other example of out there, though I have found mention of the product (and a trade card matching the lithograph covering the tin) in a feature published by the Ephemera Society of America titled "Fire! Victorian Advertisers Capitalize on Danger." Here's a link. The c. 1880s tin (1882 patent) certainly shows plenty of wear and aging (almost as if having been through a fire itself!) but