Tinder box. Wooden tinder box with two inner compartments of equal size. The box has a triangular shaped wooden handle extending from one side which has a square hole perforated towards the edge. On one side of the box there is a metal 'L' shape attached to the top left hand corner. For the component parts see [.2

Collection type: Object
Description: Tinder box. Wooden tinder box with two inner compartments of equal size. The box has a triangular shaped wooden handle extending from one side which has a square hole perforated towards the edge. On one side of the box there is a metal 'L' shape attached to the top left hand corner. For the component parts see [.2 - .6] [SB [OPS Move] 30/3/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Buckinghamshire Winslow
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1898
Date collected: By 1898
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carpentered, Process Carved, Process Nailed
Dimensions: Depth: max 60 mm total, Depth: max 60 mm, Width: max 118 mm total, Width: max 118 mm, Length: max 287 mm total, Length: max 287 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1127.1 Other numbers: 1794 a-f
Research and responses: OED online: Steel: 8. As the name of various instruments made of steel. a. A piece of steel shaped for the purpose of striking fire with a flint. {dag}In a pistol or firelock, the piece of steel which is struck by the ‘cock’ carrying the flint. [AP 02/10/2006]