Medieval Iron Fire Starter Group

CIRCA 11TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.

2 1/8 - 3 1/2 in. (165 grams total, 55-88 mm).

Including fire steels of various types with ornamental shaping. [5, No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.

Literature

Cf. for similar Viking Iron fire starter Arbman, H., Birka I: Die Gräber, Uppsala, 1940, pl.144 (no.3a-3b-6).

Footnotes

Fire steels were used to generate a spark from a 'strike-a-light' (a piece of flint or pyrite). The spark was directed into a tinder box containing a dry, flammable material such as charred linen until a flame was kindled.

CONDITION

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