Tinder box

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
type:
tinder boxes
credit:
Blacksmiths Forge

Parts

Charred rag tinder for tinder box

Charred rag tinder for tinder box

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

Materials:
tinder, cotton, charred rag
Object Number:
A655322 Pt2
type:
tinder