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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'.
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Object details
| ID: | REL0133 |
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| 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 |