Silver plated steel, tinder or snuff box owned by John Tart, before 1805
The interior of the lid a very old label has been pasted in stating :
Granduncle - Mother's John Tarts' Tinder Box carried at Trafalgar with Nelson On H.M.S. Victory
And indeed there was an John Tart at the Battle of Trafalgar aboard HMS Victory, he was an ordinary Seaman there.














