- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Fire steel, with curved bottom edge and both ends curved back on themselves and turned inwards with terminal scrolls. [EH [OPS move] 6/9/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Scotland
- Cultural groups
- Scottish
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1939
- Date collected
- By 1939
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 5 mm, Width: max 24 mm, Length: max 64 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.35.603 Other numbers: 1285
Search terms: Fire, Fire Accessory
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