51/583/1-4

Tinderboxes were used to create fire before matches. This is a very common form of tinderbox and consists of a round brass box with a loose lid, a candle holder and handle which enable it to be used as a portable candlestick, a flint and a steel, but no tinder.

1 tinder box: brass; round

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This is an example of the most common form of tinder box. It is a round brass box with a loose lid, a candle holder in the centre and a handle at the side, which enable it to be used asa [sic] portable candlestick. It contains flint and steel, but no tinder. // Lindsay (Iron and brass implements of the English house) dates this type of tinder box as 18th Century.', No Lavinia Smith No. recorded., Heritage of the Hendreds Exhibition 1969 - 'Catalogue of Exhibits // Number 75 // Tinder Box // Lent by Museum of English Rural Life' (The catalogue description could also refer to 51/608/1-4)

1700-01-01 - 1799-12-31

Eighteenth century

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)