Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.
1861-1979
Tinder pistol, England
1801-1899
Mechang pouch (chuckmuck), Tibet
Leaflet of white paper advertising Samuel Jones's Lucifer Matches
Box of "Pilot" Safety-matches; on top
Match box, Bryant and May Wax Vestas
A Promethean Match; similar to those of usual type
Tinder Box, Japanese, Brass
Tinder-tube
Fire-piston with cylinder of brass and piston of steel
Two sheets of amadou or "German tinder"
Fire-piston
Promethean match
Match box, Superior Congreve Matches
Fire-piston contained in a walking stick
Box of Superior Congreve Matches
Tinder made of agave flower stalk
Wheel-lock Tinder-box in form of a small case
Tinder-pistol combined with alarm clock, Austria
1701-1799
Pocket Tinder Box
Wooden tinder box, Norway
Iron mortar and pestle
Persian fire-steel
Fire stone and striker, Norway
Matchbox containing S Jone's Lucifers
Tinder-horn (length 5 ins)
"The Matchhog" pull matches
Thong fire-drill and hearth, Port Clarence, Alaska
Fire steel
Photograph of two Maori people using a fire-plough, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Tinder-tube (length 2 ins) of thick brass
Cardboard box, Bryabt and May Wax Vestas
Box, of '"Brymay" Special Safety Matches', within a matchbox holder
1935
Instantaneous Light Box (height 3 ins)
Thin iron matchbox containing 100 small wax vestas
1880
Match-box
Fire Steel
Fire-steel with hand-hold in form of a hound
Tinder Box of Iron
Carton, "Allumettes au "Phosphore amorphe" matches
Fire-drill and hearth
Match-box (70 x 40 x 35 mm); bottom sanded in blue; on top
One of several boxes of "Swan" White-Pine Vestas
Box of Wax Vestas, Safety type, about 1870.
Fire-piston (length 3 ins); cylinder of turned horn
Match-box (57 x 40 mm) of cardboard; cylindrical
Armadillo-tail Tinder-tube (length 3 ins)
Fire Steel, Scottish
