Tinder pistol, England
1801-1899
Mechang pouch (chuckmuck), Tibet
Box of "Pilot" Safety-matches; on top
Leaflet of white paper advertising Samuel Jones's Lucifer Matches
Match box, Bryant and May Wax Vestas
Bryant & May's "Ship's Lifeboat Matches"
Tinder Box, Japanese, Brass
Box of 'Brymay' Safety Matches.
1936-1937
A Promethean Match; similar to those of usual type
Bryant & May's "Harlequin" matches
Match box, Superior Congreve Matches
Two sheets of amadou or "German tinder"
Tinder-pistol combined with alarm clock, Austria
1701-1799
Fire-piston
Fire-piston with cylinder of brass and piston of steel
Tinder-tube
Fire-piston contained in a walking stick
Box of Superior Congreve Matches
Promethean match
Wheel-lock Tinder-box in form of a small case
Tinder made of agave flower stalk
Tinder-horn (length 5 ins)
Persian fire-steel
Pocket Tinder Box
Fire stone and striker, Norway
Thong fire-drill and hearth, Port Clarence, Alaska
Wooden tinder box, Norway
Matchbox containing S Jone's Lucifers
Box of Bryant & May's 'Vesuvians' cigar match
Box, for holding Sulphur-matches, inscribed with ‘Bryant & May’s Patent Safety Matches', 'Prize Medals’
1880-1890
"The Matchhog" pull matches
Iron mortar and pestle
Fire steel
Tinder Box of Iron
Instantaneous Light Box (height 3 ins)
Photograph of two Maori people using a fire-plough, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Box of Wax Vestas, Safety type, about 1870.
Match-box
Tinder-tube (length 2 ins) of thick brass
Chuckmuck
Tinder Box of Pewter
Carton, "Allumettes au "Phosphore amorphe" matches
Match-box (57 x 40 mm) of cardboard; cylindrical
Fire-steel with hand-hold in form of a hound
Instantaneous Light Box
Fire-drill and hearth
Fire-piston (length 3 ins); cylinder of turned horn
one box - Bryant & May's "Swan Vestas" (modern)
