Locket-like Pistol Tinder-box length 1 3/4 in) of frosted brass; on top
- Made:
- Bow
Locket-like Pistol Tinder-box length 1 3/4 in) of frosted brass; on top, a diminutive Japanese landscape in relief, in silver and copper, inlaid.[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:
- 1937-682/1151
- type:
- tinder-box
- credit:
- Wilkinson Sword Ltd.