Steel for tinder box

Made:: 1820-1900

Steel for tinder box
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Steel for tinder box, thin oblong strip waxed at both ends attached to hollow tube, possibly a wick holder, steel, tin holder. English(?) 1820-1900

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A655300

Materials:: steel and tin

Measurements:: overall: length 61 mm
steel: width 18 mm
steel: thickness 1 mm
wick holder: diameter 10 mm

type:: steel

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Steel for tinder box

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