51/608/1-4

A tinder box containing a damper, to extinguish the tinder after a sulphur match had been ignited from it, a flint and a steel, but no tinder.
Tinderboxes were used to create fire before matches. This is a round brass tinder box with a candle holder in the centre of the lid and a handle at the side. The box contains a damper, to extinguish the tinder after a sulphur match had been ignited from it, a flint and a steel, but no tinder.

1 tinder box: metal (brass); good condition

MERL 'Catalogue index' card – This is a round brass tinder box with a candle holder in the centre of the lid and a handle at the side. The height of the candle socket is adjustable by a slide. The box contains a DAMPER to extinguish the tinder after a sulphur match had been ignited from it. The damper is a flat metal disc with a wooden knob by which it could be held. The box also contains a flint and steel, but no tinder. // The tinder box measures 4.75 inches in diameter. // See also 51/583 L.', 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 51/583/1-4)

Rippon, Miss Dorothy May Lyddon (Agent)