Crocodile-tooth Tinder-tube (length 3 ins), with collar and hinged lid, both of silver; exterior of tooth beautifully carved; on the smaller end is represented a small figure of a man, apparently an ecclesiastic, seated, wearing long flowing vestments, an outer cape or cloak thrown back from the shoulders, right hand resting on knee, left hand (holding book or other object) raised shoulder-high; on larger end (covering about two-thirds of whole length) and on back is an elegant design comprising flowers, foliage, etc.; tip pierced for ring for attachment of chain securing steel (both missing). [One of thirteen specimens (nos 890-902). Each is made from a crocodile tooth. 'The open end of the tubes have a fixed collar, generally of silver, but sometimes of gold or brass ... The exterior of the tooth is, in most cases, beautifully carved, generally into the form of a lady attired in a European costume of the Eighteenth Century and holding a fan, the figure being curiously bent backwards following the curve of the tooth. In somes cases, however, the carving is either absent or of very poor artistic merit. The thirteen examples, all collected by Mr. Bidwell, comprise, with two exceptions, all that are known to exist anywhere. All came, Mr Bidwell believes, from Goa... and all are doubtless of native workmanship.']