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1938.35.809

Pocket strike-a-light. [PRA [OPS move] 5/9/2017]

1938.35.809

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pocket strike-a-light. [PRA [OPS move] 5/9/2017]
Long description
Pocket strike-a-light consisting of a metal tube extinguisher, with a dome-shaped stopper. There is a flat, oval fire steel clamped to the front, with a butterfly-shaped clasp. A length of orange cord tinder passes through the tube. From the stopper is a metal chain which is attached to a roughly rectangular-shaped flint, brown in colour with a white patch. [PRA [OPS move] 5/9/2017]
Cultural groups
French
Person
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1895
Date collected
1895
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Steel Metal, Material Metal Wire, Material Flint Stone, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Material Tin Metal, Process Clamped, Process Cast, Process Coiled, Process Braided
Dimensions
Depth: max 15 mm, Width: max 16 mm, Length: max 170 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.809 Other numbers: 1521

Search terms: Fire, Vessel, Fire Accessory, Tinder

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