Various Strike-a-lights of hard flinty stones

PART OF:: Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.

Made:: Bow

Various Strike-a-lights of hard flinty stones (chert, jasper, quartz, chalcedony, etc.) used as flints; from Japan, Spain, Cape of Good Hope, India, and other countries; mostly rough unworked lumps; some slightly chipped; those from Japan cut to shape and polished.

Details

Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1937-682/162

type:: strike-a-light

credit:: Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

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