Platería Criolla

Tinder box

Civil

Reference: PC-bffbe6

Category
Platería Criolla
Type
Civil
Dimensions
5 × 15 × 3 cm
Weight
170 g
Collection
Juan Manuel de Rosas

Tinder box, made in silver, chiselled and carved, shaped as a violin. At the front is engraved "Johann Heinrich Amelong", and at the back "Respectfully to my music teacher", Manuelita Rosas his pupil.Pounch of M.Casal (silversmith)

Also at the back, the covers that keep the tinder and the tow and ensured with a silver chain, and the eraser made in iron, shaped as an arch.

Buenos Aires, XIXth. Century

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