Tinder pouch

Small tinder pouch of pale brown leather with a silver paulownia clasp, containing a fire steel (hiuchi-gane) and a flint piece, to which is attached by silk cords a carved netsuke of a boy crouching under a table and a hinged oval box of iron fitted with a fire-lock (hakkagu) and containing tinder: Japan, netsuke by Gyokuzan, mid 19th century

Tinder pouch

Tinder pouch of leather, oblong pouch with curved steel bottom edge and silver mounts, decorated with flower-shaped clusters of carnelian and malachite set in silver-gilt, used in fire-making: Tibetan style, collected Mongolia, 19th century AD