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1938.35.1105

Pistol-tinder-box. Shaped like a long pistol. Brass mountings and iron mechanism with wood body. The tinder box and mechanism are a good distance from the trigger. On one side of the tinder box, towards the front of the object, the following words are engraved: 'BRANDER & POTTS 70.MINORIES LONDON'. The mechanism is mainly hidden, but there is a piece of flint, wrapped in ?leather in situ in the hammer. The body is smooth and polished and the butt is curved and slightly thickens towards the end. [MOBB [OPS move] 01/08/2016]

1938.35.1105

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pistol-tinder-box. Shaped like a long pistol. Brass mountings and iron mechanism with wood body. The tinder box and mechanism are a good distance from the trigger. On one side of the tinder box, towards the front of the object, the following words are engraved: 'BRANDER & POTTS 70.MINORIES LONDON'. The mechanism is mainly hidden, but there is a piece of flint, wrapped in ?leather in situ in the hammer. The body is smooth and polished and the butt is curved and slightly thickens towards the end. [MOBB [OPS move] 01/08/2016]
Cultural groups
English
Person
Maker Brander & Potts
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: 1802-1840
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Brass Metal, Material Iron Metal, Material Wood Plant, Material Flint Stone, Material Animal Hide Skin, Process Incised, Process Inscribed, Process Jointed, Process Polished, Process Carved
Dimensions
Height: max 90 mm, Width: max 35 mm, Length: max 790 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.1105 Other numbers: 1772
Research and responses

According to various websites it seems Martin Brander and Thomas Potts were gunsmiths who worked around 1802-1840 [AP 23/04/2007]

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

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