Lot 106: A rare mid-18th century wrought iron and steel tripod combination wax-jack and flintlock tinder pistol or 'strike-a-light', circa 1760, English/Dutch

The steel strike-a-light with spring-loaded sear exposed, the cock with a pair of screw-tightening jaws, the frizzen hinged, the 'butt'-end fitted with a match box with cover fixed by means of a sliding latch, the trigger with loop or scrolling terminal, terminating to the front in a pair of dished sprung jaws to secure a taper, raised on a vertical wrought iron rod around which the taper is wound, between a pair of securing discs, raised on three outswept supports terminating in cusped feet, 29cm high