Metal tinder box

Made:
1751-1870
Metal tinder box, with wick, steel and flint

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Metal tinder box, with wick, steel and flint
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Metal tinder box, with wick, steel and flint, rectangular with hinged lid, steel slotted into lid top, wick runs through tube soldered to side of box, flint inside, English, 1751-1870

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A14532
Materials:
brass, steel, flint and wick
type:
tinder boxes
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)