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Tinder box. A copper box with two lid panels. In one half is a candle holder which has a candle in it. Next to the box are two buckle shaped pieces of metal and a piece of flint.
Combined tinder-box and candlestick, in copper, with three flints and one strikelight.
Tinder pistol. A small pistol like device with a wooden handle. A brass, steel and flint mechanism is on the end, operated by a trigger, and there is also a candle holder on the side.
Flint-lock tinder pistol, in brass, combined with a brass rectangular container for tinder and a small cup for holding a candle. Lock is in steel. Used in making fire.
Candle snuffer. A brass device similar to a pair of scissors, but with a box on the blade which closes when operated.
Candle snuffer in brass, used to put out a candle by pinching the wick.
Fleerishes. Five buckle shaped pieces of steel, some with decorative spirals.
Fleerishes, or strikelights, listed together in Reid's 1912 catalogue.
Naphtha lamp. Small dark grey metal lamp with a broken glass bulb.
Naptha lamp, known as an 'oilie-bubblie', made of tin with a hook for hanging. Naptha is a flammable oil distilled from the oil shales of central Scotland. This lamp has a pear-shaped metal body with a wick at the top, and a glass funnel. The naptha…
Kelchin. A large, square wooden rack about a foot wide with a handle and hook for hanging.
Kelchin, in wood, 19th century. Suspended in the chimney to hold 'fir-candles' while being dried. Made from two bars of squared wood into which are let six unworked pieces of branch, like a ladder, and the handle is a bent branch. The iron hook is…
Fir Gully Knife
Knife or fir gully, with an iron blade and a manufactured wooden handle held in place with a decorated brass ferrule (decoration: incised bands & rings). The knife was used to cut fir candles, strips of wood from pine trees.
Fir Gully Knife
Fir gully or knife, with an iron blade and wooden handle. From Cults, Aberdeenshire. The knife was used to cut 'fir candles', splinters of wood from pine trees. This knife has been hafted into a home-made handle and is held in place with a thin…