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Tin tinder box oblong with hinged lid clasped at front

1790-1860

Small metal tinder box with steel incorporated round rim

1820-1900

Metal tinder box

1751-1870

Two circular tinder boxes; (i) one japanned (ii) one tinned iron, each with flint, steel, tinder and extinguisher. Formerly the property of Sir Samuel Bentham.

Two circular tinder boxes

Tinder box, complete with 2 steels, flint and charred rag tinder from a blacksmiths barge at Alfriston near Eastbourne, English, 1770-1835

Tinder box

1770-1835

Steel tinder box, formerly belonged to Henry Hill Hickman

Steel tinder box

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