Tinder-pistol (length 9 ins) of bright steel
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Tinder-pistol (length 9 ins) of bright steel, with wooden butt; tinder-receptacle in side; no candle-socket; has apparently never been in use; probably 18th century. Sweden. Nos 1047-1075 are all of iron or brass and have wooden butts. All have external mechanisms].