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Description: | Tinder-pistol (length 7 1/4 ins) of brass, with mechanism of iron and wooden butt; butt engine-turned; candle-socket at side; ornamental brass foot; receptacle for tinder and sulphur-matches in short brass barrel in front, closed by a hinged lid at end; no decoration; 18th century. Belgium. [Nos 1078-1097 have the pistol-action mechanism enclosed in the body of the pistol]. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Source: | Science Museum | Identifier: | 1937-682/1096 | Go to resource |
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