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Description: | Tinderbox resembling flintlock pistol with wooden body with round knob on end as handle and carved scrolling on top, where steel mechanism is attached. This has trigger which by system of springs operates hammer which has sharpened flint held in clamp, to knock open lid of tinder pan and sent spark onto tinder. The lid is in open position. The mechanism is exposed on one side and on the other side is a small candle socket attached to door of inner compartment, probably a matchbox. Two feet are attached to underside.
Material: metal, iron (steel)
Material: wood
Material: stone (flint) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.decorativeart&design.2763 |
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