Tinder Box of Brass

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

Tinder Box of Brass, with ember tongs and candle in coil form.

Details

Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/666E
type:
tinder-box
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

Related Objects

[One of ] A Series of thirty-one Fire-steels (lengths of most 3 to 4 ins); all believed to be Scottish; similar in general to English steels, but on the whole more ornate (a result, no doubt, of former intercourse with France), the tang or tangs at back being more often and more ornamentally twisted or coiled; one type, having curious thumb-piece at top, represented by five examples (nos. 308-312) and unknown in England, was probably introduced from France or Flanders, where it occurs; another type, believed to be exclusively Scottish, and represented by two examples (nos. 313-314), is roughly rectangular, with a striking face on each edge, a pipe-pricker hinged on to one end, folding down into a groove on one side. Scotland.

One of a series of thirty-one fire-steels

Ronson lighter
Tinder-box (length 2 3/8 ins) of nickel; rectangular (almost square), with steel on back; quite plain. [One of 34 examples (nos. 730-763) ... of various shapes and materials. All are of iron unless otherwise described. Some are plain, but most are more-or-less elegant, both in shape and decoration. All are probably European.]

Tinder-box (length 2 3/8 ins) of nickel; rectangular (almost square)
[One of] A Series of eighty-one Fire-steels (most being from 3 to 4 ins long and from 1/8 to 1/4 in thick); all believed to be English; all perfectly plain and destitute of ornamentation, other than slight twisting or coiling of the tang or tangs forming the hand-hold at back; all range in date from the 16th to the 19th centuries, most being probably of the 18th century; many clearly made from old files; one (no. 234) obviously made from portion of an old kettle-tilter; most show signs of use, the striking-face in front being worn away by frequent contact with the flint; some show obvious signs of long use, the striking-edge being deeply cut away; one (no. 236), bought in Chester, has striking-edge almost completely destroyed; many take by chance the form of letters of the alphabet, U (inverted) being most common, C (reversed), D (reversed), and O being common, and R (reversed) occasional. England.

One of a series of eighty-one fire-steels
Wheel tinderbox of japanned tin (spark produced by revolving the steel with a string).

Tinder box
Flint hydraulic unit for butane pocket lighters, 1966

Flint hydraulic unit for butane pocket lighters