Description (Labels & Markings)
Handwritten label found with object (once attached, now loose and bagged separately) reads: '1898.12. Tinder box, with cover and strike a light. Cambridge. Purchased 1898.'
Event Date
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Accession register for E 1898.12 and E 1898.13: 'Two round tinder boxes with cover + strike a light'.
Event Date 1898
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
See 'Report on Collections Research and Cataloguing Project on Post Medieval 'To Be Disposed Of' Material' by David Kay in the archive (Doc.474) for background information.
Event Date 2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
This tinderbox and cover have here been given the modified idno E 1898.12.1-2, whereas the associated strike a light mentioned in the accession register entry and object label is missing, so has been given the idno E 1898.12.3 and designated as such in the Location tab.
Event Date 9/5/2019
Author: David Kay

Description (Physical description)
Round tinderbox (1) with small handle on one side and a flat, push-on lid (2) with cylindrical candle holder in the centre.
Event Date 9/5/2019
Author: David Kay