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LOT 1957
Medieval Iron Fire Starter Group
CIRCA 15TH-18TH CENTURY A.D.
2 - 2 3/8 in. (148 grams total, 52-62 mm).
Including fire steels of various types with ornamental shaping. [5, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired 1990s-early 2000s.
East Anglian private collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. similar specimens in PAS, LON-6357F6,LON71B542, from London in Leahy, K. and Lewis, M., Finds Identified, London, 2020, p.155.
FootnotesFire 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.
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