Lot 347
Four steel Flint Strikers Persia, 17th/ 18th Century (4)
29 April 2004, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,629 inc. premium
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Persia, 17th/ 18th Century
Persia, 17th/ 18th Century
swan necked, with terminals in the form of a bird, a dragons, a lion and an arabesque, with openwork and engraved decoration
the largest 16.8 cm. long(4)
the largest 16.8 cm. long(4)
Footnotes
These "fire steels" which are of extremely high quality, would have been struck agaisnt a flint to create enough sparks to set the fire.
For a full discussion, see Vittorio Cacciandra and Alessandro Cesati, Fire Steels, Milan, 1996.