Two flintlock tinder lighters

Two flintlock tinder lighters with steel and brass mounts and mahogany stocks, reputedly belonging to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), but the provenance is dubious. They are not a pair. One example is inscribed: 'I. SAVIGE HAMPTON'. Both have labels is attached which read: 'Tinder lighter from Nelson's home The Parsonage House, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk'.

Object Details

ID: REL0133
Collection: Relics
Type: Flintlock tinder lighter
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Savige, I.
Date made: 18th century
People: Nelson, Horatio; Hardy, Pamela
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Malcolm Stewart Collection
Parts: Two flintlock tinder lighters
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