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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]

Provenance

Acquired 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.

Literature

Cf. similar specimens in PAS, LON-6357F6,LON71B542, from London in Leahy, K. and Lewis, M., Finds Identified, London, 2020, p.155.

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.

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LOT 1957

Medieval Iron Fire Starter Group

Sold for (Inc. bp): £33

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