Description:

Northwestern Europe, England, Anglo-Saxon / Viking culture, Medieval to Post Medieval period, ca. 8th to 13th century CE. A pair of iron tools, one is a fire striker and the other may have served a domestic, smithing, or even surgical purpose - it has a large tweezer / small tong body with 3 rings that attached by loops wrought into the opposite end. The other is a portable fire striker to create sparks when struck with flint. Size: 7.3" L x 1" W (18.5 cm x 2.5 cm)

Provenance: private Charlotte, North Carolina, USA collection; ex-Joel Malter collection, prior to 2004

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#181207

  • Condition: Russet patina and oxidation on both from exposure to elements. Surface pitting and wear commensurate with age. Small loss to tip of tong object and tab on the fire starter, otherwise intact.

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