The term 'Wax-Stemmed Match' refers to a type of match invented by the English chemist John Walker in 1826. The match was made of a wooden splint with a wax coating on one end, and a tip of sulfur-tipped antimony sulfide on the other. The matches were ignited by striking the wax-coated end against a rough surface, such as a brick or stone. The term 'VESTA' is derived from the Roman goddess of the hearth, VESTA, and is used to refer to these wax-stemmed matches.