Details
A brass tinder box, 18th century
the cylindrical case with domed ends, with chain suspension loop -- 4in. (10cm.) long
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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
Miller Christy The Bryant and May Museum of Fire-Making Appliances London 1926, a similar tinder box is illustrated as no.839 on page 215, thought to be Dutch.

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