Locket-like Pistol Tinder-box (length 2 ins) of bright brass
Locket-like Pistol Tinder-box (length 2 ins) of bright brass; both valves of open-work pierced; bottom-ring of silver.[Nos 1140-1160 'all belong to an exceedingly well-marked form of the tinder-pistol which is confined entirely to Japan. Externally, most of them bear no resemblance ... to a pistol, ... the mechanism being enclosed in a locket-like box... The locket-case is always of metal ... Inside the box is the pistol action'.]
Details
- Category:
- Firemaking
- Object Number:
- 1937-682/1148
- type:
- tinder-box
- credit:
- Wilkinson Sword Ltd.