- Object number56/20/1-4
- Collection
- DescriptionThis tinderbox is made of tinned iron and has a side handle. It contains a steel and damper but no flint. Tinderboxes were used to create fire before matches. The donor purchased it from an old cottage in Yateley, Hampshire, where it was originally in use.
- Physical descriptionTinder box
- Object name
- Material
- Associated subject
- Associated person/institutionRumble, Claude Douglas (Collector)
- External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_1317.tif - High resolution image