Tinder box with lid, two steels, flint and rag tinder, England, 1770-1835

Made:
1770-1835 in England

Tinder box, complete with 2 steels, flint and charred rag tinder from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

Details

Category:
Smoking
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655322
Materials:
tinder box, tin, steels, steel, flint, flint and tinder, cotton, charred rag
Measurements:
diameter 113 mm
height 34 mm
length 68 mm
width 35 mm
thickness 16 mm
steel, max: length 85 mm
steel, max: width 58 mm
steel, max: thickness 7 mm
type:
tinder boxes
credit:
Blacksmiths Forge

Parts

Tinder box with lid from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

Tinder box with lid, England, 1770-1835

Tinder box with lid from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

Measurements:
diameter 113 mm
height 34 mm
length 68 mm
width 35 mm
thickness 16 mm
steel, max: length 85 mm
steel, max: width 58 mm
steel, max: thickness 7 mm
Materials:
tin (metal)
Object Number:
A655322 Pt1
type:
tinder boxes
Charred rag tinder for tinder box, from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

Charred rag tinder for tinder box

Charred rag tinder for tinder box, from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

Measurements:
diameter 113 mm
height 34 mm
length 68 mm
width 35 mm
thickness 16 mm
steel, max: length 85 mm
steel, max: width 58 mm
steel, max: thickness 7 mm
Materials:
cotton (textile) and tinder
Object Number:
A655322 Pt2
type:
tinder
One steel for a tinder box from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

One of two steels for a tinder box, England, 1770-1835

One steel for a tinder box from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

Materials:
steel (metal)
Object Number:
A655322 Pt3
type:
tinder boxes
One steel for a tinder box from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

One of two steels for a tinder box, England, 1770-1835

One steel for a tinder box from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

Materials:
steel (metal)
Object Number:
A655322 Pt4
type:
tinder boxes
Flint for a tinder box from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

Flint for a tinder box, England, 1770-1835

Flint for a tinder box from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

Materials:
flint (calcium carbonate)
Object Number:
A655322 Pt5
type:
tinder boxes

Related Objects

Tobacco pipe imitating Dutch clay pipe

Wooden tobacco pipe

Kaffir pipe imitating Dutch style

Tobacco pipe stem

Tobacco pipe with cylindrical bowl and tubular stem

Small tobacco pipe pot-shaped bowl