Tinder box

Made:
1770-1835

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

Tinder box

Tinder box, complete with 2 steels, and flint 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:
flint (calcium carbonate) , steel (metal) and tin (metal)
Object Number:
A655322 Pt1
type:
tinder boxes
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

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

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