[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]
56/324/1-5
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
This tinderbox was found in a bricked up chimney when a cottage in Mortimer West End, Hampshire, was modernised about 1900. The box is round, with a handle at the side. It contains flint, steel and tinder, and there is a damper but no lid.
[nb-NO]Physical description[nb-NO]
tinder box: metal?
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – 'This tinder box was found in a bricket up chimney when a cottage in Mortimer was modernised about 1900 by Edwin Merrick, a builder. The box is round measuring 4 inches in diameter and 1 1/4 inches in height. It has a handle at the side. The box contains flint, steel and tinder. There is a damper but no lid.'
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO]
1900
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]
[nb-NO]External document[nb-NO]
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_1581.tif - High resolution image
