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1941 Sterling Silver 'Grenade' Table Lighter by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co.
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Goldsmith’s and Silversmith’s Company, hallmarked 1941
A fine and unusual novelty Sterling silver regimental table lighter, realistically modelled as a Mills ‘No.5’ grenade, complete with simulated removable 'safety pin' and 'strike lever', and bearing the Goldsmith’s and Silversmith’s Company marks and their hallmarks for London, 1941.
Designed to be used in an Officer's Mess, the grenade lighter would have been lit by a match and then passed around to light Officer's cigars or cigarettes after dinner. There is a cotton wick, but no strike mechanism or flint fitted, and no moving parts.
The Mills ‘No.5’ grenade or ‘Mills Bomb’ as it was known colloquially, was introduced in May 1915 and remained the dominant British grenade for the rest of the War. Weighing 20 ounces, the Mills Bomb’s exterior was serrated so that it fragmented upon detonation, which took place 4 seconds after the strike lever ejected and set off the fuse. A revised version, the Mills 36m with a 7 second fuse, was introduced in 1917.
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- Dimensions:Height: 4.5 in (11.43 cm)Diameter: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
- Style:Other (Of the Period)
- Materials and Techniques:Sterling Silver,Polished
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- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:1941
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. There are some light scratches to the base, commensurate with age and use.
- Seller Location:London, GB
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