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Description: | Tinder-pistol (length 4 1/2 ins) of iron, with short wooden butt, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, etc.; tinder-compartment in side, having engraved on lid two dragons' (?) heads, facing opposite ways, rising from one neck; trigger a long tongue emerging from mouth of a snake; apparently made by some member of the Descos family; probably early 18th century. France or Flanders. [Nos 1047-1075 are all of iron or brass and have wooden butts. All have external mechanisms]. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Source: | Science Museum | Identifier: | 1937-682/1061 | Go to resource |
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