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Uploaded on:: 2017-11-30 15:56:58.0
File Size:: 2.49 MB
Extension:: jpg
Dimensions:: 4032 x 3024 pixels

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Digital Media Bank ID:	76146
Original Filename:	ha100472_d01.jpg
Description:	Strike-a-light and tinder box in the form of flint-lock pistol. Matches can be held in the brass barrel.
Categories:	Collections/ Local & Social History

Copyright & Re-use

Credit:	Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence:	CC BY-SA
Caption:	Strike-a-light

Object or Artwork info

Type (of Object or Artwork):	Tinder Lighter
Title (of Artwork / Object):	Strike-a-light
Creator (of Artwork / Object):	Not recorded
Date Created (of Object / Artwork):	c1800
Description (Object or Artwork):	This is a mid-18th to early 19th century strike-a-light (tinder lighter) disguised as a flintlock pistol. It was donated to Brighton Museum & Art Gallery in 1932 by Dr Charles Hedley Clarence Visick (1858-1939).
Source (of Object / Artwork):	Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Other Keywords:	strike-a-light, tinder box, flint, flint-lock pistol, pistol, gun

Media:	Image
Size:	2.49 MB; 4032 x 3024 pixels; 341 x 256 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation:	Landscape

Administrative info

Linked Accession no.:	HA100472
Date Created:	Fri Nov 24 16:11:00 GMT 2017