Chuckmuck (length 4 3/4 ins); on flap

Chuckmuck (length 4 3/4 ins); on flap, three steel mounts

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Chuckmuck (length 4 3/4 ins); on flap, three steel mounts
Science Museum Group
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Chuckmuck (length 4 3/4 ins); on flap, three steel mounts, secured by rivets of copper; that at each corner bears conventional design of foliage, damascened in gold; that in centre bears a large Swastika, also damascened in gold; contains tinder (plant-down) and flint (a minute splinter of quartz); attached to ring by a leather thong, a foot long, is a heavy hollow hemispherical iron button for use as a toggle and tinder-holder to hold the tinder whilst flint and steel were being struck together over it.

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Category:
Firemaking
Object Number:
1937-682/985
type:
chuckmuck
credit:
Wilkinson Sword Ltd.