Fire-steel (length 2 1/2 ins) slender and of unusual shape

PART OF:: Bryant and May collection of fire-making appliances.

Made:: Bow and Bow and

Fire-steel (length 2 1/2 ins) slender and of unusual shape; the

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Fire-steel (length 2 1/2 ins) slender and of unusual shape; the two recurved tangs form two rings in centre of back, not at the ends; labelled as found in the Château de Potelières (Gard) (label defaced and name largely illegible); believed to be of the 15th century; bought in Paris. France.

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Category:: Firemaking

Object Number:: 1937-682/336

type:: firesteels

credit:: Wilkinson Sword Ltd.

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