A brass tinderbox with flint and steel Dutch eighteenth century.
€ 175
Ref.:
25189
A tinderbox complete with steel and flint. High 8 cm. Diameter 4,5 cm. The box divided by a steel sheet into two compartments, one for tinder and the other for a firestone. The outside nicely decorated with mythological birds, flowers and fruit. With a double set of hinges secured with silver solder. In good general condition with obvious signs of frequent use. Inside a sheet of paper with on both sides a description in Dutch. Holland, eighteenth century.