A GEORGE III SHEET IRON CANISTER TINDER BOX CANDLESTICK

A GEORGE III SHEET IRON CANISTER TINDER BOX CANDLESTICK

LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY

the gently dished cover with an open seamed candle socket, the body with a moulded band, the interior with a damper with a loop handle and a steel

9.7cm high, 10.2cm diameter

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Literature

See John Caspall. 'Making Fire & Light in the Home pre-1820', p.21, fig. 12 for a similar example.