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Brass Tinder Box
Brass tinder box. This one has a candle socket on the cover. The candle would be lit from the top and used to transfer the fire to other candles or to light a fireplace. Tinder box is complete with doubter, striker and flint. The disc is a doubter used to put out char cloth used to light the candle. Not a common piece.
PERIOD: 18th Century
ORIGIN: East, United States
SIZE: 10 1/4" across handle, 5"D, 1 5/8"H
Brass tinder box. This one has a candle socket on the cover. The candle would be lit from the top and used to transfer the fire to other candles or to light a fireplace. Tinder box is complete with doubter, striker and flint. The disc is a doubter used to put out char cloth used to light the candle. Not a common piece.
PERIOD: 18th Century
ORIGIN: East, United States
SIZE: 10 1/4" across handle, 5"D, 1 5/8"H
$385.00
Original: $1,100.00
-65%Brass Tinder Box—
$1,100.00
$385.00Description
Brass tinder box. This one has a candle socket on the cover. The candle would be lit from the top and used to transfer the fire to other candles or to light a fireplace. Tinder box is complete with doubter, striker and flint. The disc is a doubter used to put out char cloth used to light the candle. Not a common piece.
PERIOD: 18th Century
ORIGIN: East, United States
SIZE: 10 1/4" across handle, 5"D, 1 5/8"H
