| | |   Manual photo flash unit. Lovely antique flash powder igniter.  You wind it up just like a wind-up toy, and when you pull the trigger a wheel spins against a flint, generating sparks that ignite a small pile of flash powder.  Obviously used, but probably not for several decades.  If anyone knows what the likely age of this device is, I'd love to know.
 Source: eBay
 Contributor: Theodore Gray
 Acquired: 2 April, 2009
 Text Updated: 3 April, 2009
 Price: Unknown
 Size: 6"
 Purity: 0%
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