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Lot Y162
A PRECIUOS LIGHTER OF A WEALTHY PERSON
Estimated Value:
500 € - 800 €
Result:
3.626 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibet, ca. 19th c.B. 13 cm, H. 7,8 cm
Many coral beads of different sizes set in silver, silver fittings, leather, iron, brass chain. Lighters in the style of storm lighters, where fire can be lit and kindled with flint and tinder, are available in a wide variety of designs, more or less richly decorated and equipped. The principle always remains the same, the lighters consist of a small pouch inside and a solid iron bar attached to the lower broadside. The flint is struck against the iron and the sparks produced by the wind, which is always present, cause the tinder to glow.
Important southern German private collection, acquired at Schoettle Ostasiatica before 2000 - Traces of age
