Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks vintage coffee mug I would not have known

I would not have known their purpose had it not been explained to me by the owner of this shop

or just piled up

Used for sure but in overall very good condition with hinges firmly attached

which also owned and operated the Clyde Beatty Cole Bros and The King Bros

Rare 1882 J.A. Wright Indestructible Fire Kindler Papered Tin with Kindling Sticks vintage coffee mug I would not have knownI'm super into this tin (and its contents), which I have found no other example of out there, though I have found mention of the product (and a trade card matching the lithograph covering the tin) in a feature published by the Ephemera Society of America titled "Fire! Victorian Advertisers Capitalize on Danger." Here's a link. The c. 1880s tin (1882 patent) certainly shows plenty of wear and aging (almost as if having been through a fire itself!) but