Tinder-box (length 7 1/4 ins) compartments contain flint

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

Made:: Japan

maker:: Maru-Masa

Tinder-box (length 7 1/4 ins) of wood; rectangular; plain; two
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Tinder-box (length 7 1/4 ins) of wood; rectangular; plain; two compartments contain flint (a piece of chalcedony), steel (mounted on a wooden handle, on which is burned the name of the maker, Maru-Masa), and sulphur-matches (in the form of broad square-ended shavings). Japan.

Details

Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1937-682/621

type:: tinder-box

credit:: Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

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