Nodules of Iron-Pyrites

PART OF:
Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.
Made:
1926 in Surrey

Nodules of Iron-Pyrites (some whole, some split in half), as used anciently for fire-making; from lower strata of Chalk formation at Coulsdon, Surrey, 1926.

Details

Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/132
Materials:
iron-pyrites
type:
nodule
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.