Museum number:

APM 20.748

Subcollection:

tabakscuriosa

Title:

tinder box

Keyword:

fire steel, flint, wick

Description:

Chatelaine with lighting attributes consisting of a silver chain with small hook on which an inconspicuous ring with three chains with a tinder box of twisted coquia nut with barrel shape with screw cap and buttons on the bottom and lid with a silver locking chain, a fire stroke on a silver holder in which an orange-yellow cotton wick and thirdly, a flint in a silver band also on a chain.

Date:

Period 1800 - 1850


Dimensions:

GeneralLength27,5 cm
Other dimensions Diameter doos: 3,8 cm
Characteristics
Materialzilver (metaal)
Techniquegedraaid (draaibank)
Colourbruin, blank
Other materialsvuursteen (steen), smeedijzer (metaal), coquillanoot (organisch materiaal)
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContintentEuropa
Region InternationalWest-Europa
CountryNederland
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, <1975-2011, nr 443
Exhibition
Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, winkeletage.
Amsterdam, Pijpenkabinet, tentoonstelling "Light your pipe", 19 december 2012 - 14 februari 2013.
's-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, tentoonstelling "Uit verre landen, koffie, thee en andere koloniale waren", 5 juni 2015 - 13 september 2015.

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