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Anglo-Saxon / Viking Iron Fire Starter + Smithing Tool
- Culture
- Anglo-Saxon / Viking
- Origin
- England
- Period
- 8th to 13th century CE
- Object
- Tool
- Materials
- Iron
- Dimensions
- 7.3" L x 1" W
- Items
- 2 in this lot
- Catalogue
- ANT-156
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 Photograph: Artemis Gallery.Comparanda
- Collection of Roman bronze surgical tools — LiveAuctioneers lot 214902917 — a near-identical tweezer in this lot confirms mine is a Roman surgical tool rather than a domestic or smithing one
Acquired
Artemis Gallery · 2026
