Period:Unknown Production date:19thC
Materials:fibre, steel, flint,
Technique:
Dimensions:Height: 0.20 centimetres (fire-steel d) Height: 1.10 centimetres (tinder a) Height: 1.20 centimetres (tinder b) Height: 1.50 centimetres (tinder c) Weight: 222 grammes (a-e including mount) Width: 3.60 centimetres (fire-steel d) Width: 6 centimetres (tinder a) Width: 7.90 centimetres (tinder b) Width: 7.40 centimetres (tinder c) Depth: 1.70 centimetres (fire-steel d) Depth: 7.10 centimetres (tinder a) Depth: 10.30 centimetres (tinder b) Depth: 10 centimetres (tinder c)
Description:
Mounted set of fire-lighting equipment, comprising 3 pieces of tinder, a fire-steel, and 2 flints. Made of fibre, steel and flint.
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![图片[1]-tinder; fire-steel; flint BM-As-+.62.a-e-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_01382909_001.jpg)
Comments:Register comment: ‘China. Specimens of tinder, with two flints and a steel for ignition. 1. White tinder, from Pekin [sic]. 2. Black, from Japan. 3. Brown, from Shanghai. 4. Steel, with a flint on each side. Dr Lockhart 1865. From the Royal Gardens at Kew. February 1. 1877.’According to David Watson, the Japanese sample is likely to be dried mugwort (Artemisia princeps) or amadou. It is said in some traditional homes in the older neighbourhoods of Tokyo, a firestone and striker are kept on the kamidana (Shinto altar) or butsudan (Buddhist shrine cabinet), being used to strike a few sparks in the morning as a prayer for a safe day of work.
Materials:fibre, steel, flint,
Technique:
Dimensions:Height: 0.20 centimetres (fire-steel d) Height: 1.10 centimetres (tinder a) Height: 1.20 centimetres (tinder b) Height: 1.50 centimetres (tinder c) Weight: 222 grammes (a-e including mount) Width: 3.60 centimetres (fire-steel d) Width: 6 centimetres (tinder a) Width: 7.90 centimetres (tinder b) Width: 7.40 centimetres (tinder c) Depth: 1.70 centimetres (fire-steel d) Depth: 7.10 centimetres (tinder a) Depth: 10.30 centimetres (tinder b) Depth: 10 centimetres (tinder c)
Description:
Mounted set of fire-lighting equipment, comprising 3 pieces of tinder, a fire-steel, and 2 flints. Made of fibre, steel and flint.
IMG
Comments:Register comment: ‘China. Specimens of tinder, with two flints and a steel for ignition. 1. White tinder, from Pekin [sic]. 2. Black, from Japan. 3. Brown, from Shanghai. 4. Steel, with a flint on each side. Dr Lockhart 1865. From the Royal Gardens at Kew. February 1. 1877.’According to David Watson, the Japanese sample is likely to be dried mugwort (Artemisia princeps) or amadou. It is said in some traditional homes in the older neighbourhoods of Tokyo, a firestone and striker are kept on the kamidana (Shinto altar) or butsudan (Buddhist shrine cabinet), being used to strike a few sparks in the morning as a prayer for a safe day of work.
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