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1938.35.726

Tinder pouch with fixed steel. [EH [OPS move] 5/9/2017]

1938.35.726

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Collection type
Object
Description
Tinder pouch with fixed steel. [EH [OPS move] 5/9/2017]
Long description
Kidney-shaped leather tinder pouch, with folded flap and top handle with kidney shaped hole and incised decoration. Three circular silver mounts on the back of the pouch, and a narrow oval shaped silver plate with a Chinese inscription in pierced openwork with green silk behind on the flap. Curved steel attached to the sides and bottom of the pouch. [EH [OPS move] 5/9/2017]
Geographical reference
China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Beijing
Person
Field collector Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1922
Date collected
1922
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Steel Metal, Material Silver Metal, Material Silk Textile Animal, Process Inscribed, Process Woven, Process Incised
Dimensions
Depth: max 18 mm, Width: max 62 mm, Length: max 97 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.726 Other numbers: 1438

Search terms: Fire, Bag, Writing, Fire Accessory, Tinder, Inscription