Chuckmuck (length 2 3/8 ins); small

PART OF:
Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.
Made:
Bow
Chuckmuck (length 2 3/8 ins); small, elegant

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Chuckmuck (length 2 3/8 ins); small, elegant
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Chuckmuck (length 2 3/8 ins); small, elegant, and kidney-shaped; on the flap are two fishes (the Chinese emblem of Felicity and Fertility) and either a helicoid molluscan shell or the yin and yang emblem, representing the positive and negative (or male and female) elements in the Universe, all in silver, excellently engraved; at top, a suspension-ring, also in silver; a cord of orange silk attached to ring; bought from a Mongol Llama, in Kalgal, Mongolia. China.

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Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/963
type:
chuckmuck
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.