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Lot 143

Two Flintlock Tinderlighters
18th Century

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £625 inc. premium

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Two Flintlock Tinderlighters
18th Century

Each of pistol form, the first with russet iron box-lock body sparsely chased along the top, external mechanism and trigger on one side, hinged side-plate engraved with initials 'I.H' and with spring-catch at the rear, U-shaped bipod, tubular candle-holder, and swelling rounded butt; the second of russet iron, with box-lock body tapering to form a slender curved handle with spherical terminal, rectangular pan (candle-holder missing), external mechanism with scroll trigger, and scrolled bipod (2)
18 cm. and 20.5 cm.

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