Steel tinder box

Made:: 1780-1880

Steel tinder box, oval with tightly fitting hinged lid
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Steel tinder box, oval with tightly fitting hinged lid, loop handle at side, English(?), 1780-1880

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Category:: Smoking

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A654584

Materials:: steel

Measurements:: height 25 mm
length 98 mm
width 55 mm

type:: tinder box

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Steel tinder box

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