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The Tinder Box (Clarke)Illustration to the tale by Hans Andersen
Tinder boxCanister tinder box made from sheet iron, with a tube candle socket and a ring carrying handle, made in England c.1750-1775. Date: c.1750-1775
Sir Walter Raleigh laying his cape over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I at Greenwich. She wears a bonnet, huge lace ruff collar, puff sleeves and hoop dress
Cover design, The Tinder Box, Pocket Series bookletCover design, The Tinder Box, Pocket Series Fairy Stories booklet
Tinder Box, before matches were widely usedA Tinder Box, before matches became the chief means of obtaining fire
Tinder fungus or hoof fungus, Fomes fomentarius (Polyporus fomentarius). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst
Cries of Paris - matches and tinder seller
The Tinder Box - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from TheTinder Box published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912
MATCH & TINDER SELLER MATCH & TINDER SELLERA Parisian woman selling matches and tinder. Date: early 19th century
Boots - Comforts for Campaginers advertisement, WWIAdvertisement for Boots the Chemists and their various suggestions for comforts - gifts to send to men fighting at the front during the First World War
Gifts for soldiers from J. C. Vickery, WW1Advertisement for J. C. Vickery, Their Majesties Jewellers, with two suggestions out of their various novelties and comforts for men on active service - a weatherproof match box
The Tinder Box. From Once Upon a Time (1970)
The Brighton MatchmanJohn Standing, known as the Brighton Matchman, at the age of 77; his matches are used with a tinder box