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Tinder Lighter
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Tinder Lighter

anonymous · c. 1850 - c. 1900 · cutting; bronze (metal); iron (metal); copper (metal); wood (plant material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Tinderbox with copper rectangular lockplate and wooden diamond-grooved stock. The cock is of iron and has a round pin on the head that can be screwed to clamp the flint properly; the flint is of iron and hangs above a round opening where the tinder was placed. The base of the tinderbox is of iron and has two legs on which the tinderbox can rest; the base has a round hole with three smaller holes above it. The trigger is of iron and has a small bend so that the finger has better grip.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineTinder Lighter. c. 1850 - c. 1900. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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