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Description: | Flint-lock tinder pistol, in brass, combined with a brass rectangular container for tinder and a small cup for holding a candle. Lock is in steel. Used in making fire.
"Tinder pistol Aberdeenshire (18th cent)."
Author: Inglis,Jim & Curtis,Neil Date: 1990 Purpose: Encyclopaedia of the North-East
"Before matches were available fires and lights were kindled in various ways and with difficulty. Either embers or a spark had to be made that would ignite kindling, which could then be blown into a larger fire. Tinder pistols were developed at the same time as the flintlock pistol, using the same mechanism. This is a brass tinder pistol. Sparks could be produced by the striking of a steel against a steel plate when the trigger was pulled. The kindling is flock stored below in the rectangular container. The small brass cup holds a candle. It dates from the 19th century and was an expensive item, so would have belonged to a more affluent household in Aberdeenshire."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 1999 Purpose: SCRAN
Acquisition source: Ffiske, Mrs C E | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1800-1900 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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