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Title: Tinder-pistol (length 5 1/2 ins) of brass, with wooden butt; [Go to resource]
Description: Tinder-pistol (length 5 1/2 ins) of brass, with wooden butt; slightly decorated by engraving; no trigger-guard; 18th century. (It was probably a tinder-pistol of this type that Sterne says he had stolen from him at Siena, about 1765: see his "Sentimental Journey".) England. License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Source: Science Museum Identifier: 1937-682/1114 Go to resource More Like this...
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