- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Flintlock tinder lighter. [PRA [OPS move] 14/9/2017]
- Long description
- Flintlock tinder lighter, made of brass. It consists of a rectangular section with an elongated clip attached to one side [trigger] and a suspension ring on the other. Joined to a cylindrical tinder container. Both the frizzen [flat steel] and hammer [curved clamp] are exposed. With black tinder included inside. [PRA [OPS move] 14/9/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1913
- Date collected
- By 1913
- Acquisition information
- Bequeathed: 1939
- Materials and processes
- Material Brass Metal, Material Iron Metal, Material Silk Yarn Animal, Material Plant Fibre, Process Burnt, Process Cast, Process Jointed, Process Clamped
- Dimensions
- Height: max 36 mm, Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 58 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1938.35.869 Other numbers: 1581
Search terms: Fire, Box, Fire Accessory, Tinder, Lid
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