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Lot 223

A Flintlock Tinderlighter
Early 18th Century

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £562.50 inc. premium

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A Flintlock Tinderlighter
Early 18th Century

With iron box-lock body with external mechanism (springs expertly replaced, sear spring loose), hinged side-plate with hook-catch, later bipod and candle-holder, scroll trigger, and globose highly figured rootwood butt
18.4 cm.

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Provenance:
W. Keith Neal Collection, A16
Christie's London, Antique Arms and Armour Including Property from the W. Keith Neal and Albert Littler Collections, 18 July 2002, lot 11

Sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour and Modern Sporting Guns, 27 July 2006, lot 499

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