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1938.35.294

Gun flint. Made of grey stone with mottled white patches and white corners. Four vertical lines drawn in pencil across the width of the flint on each side. [ILL [OPS move] 12/9/2017]

1938.35.294

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Collection type
Object
Description
Gun flint. Made of grey stone with mottled white patches and white corners. Four vertical lines drawn in pencil across the width of the flint on each side. [ILL [OPS move] 12/9/2017]
Long description
Gun flint. Made of grey stone with mottled white patches and white corners. Four vertical lines drawn in pencil across the width of the flint on each side. It is roughly in the shape of an irregular quadrilateral prism, predominantly flat on one side, and raised with bevelled edges on the other. [ILL [OPS move] 12/9/2017]
Cultural groups
English
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Henry Balfour
PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Depth: max 17 mm, Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 115 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1938.35.294 Other numbers: 976
Research and responses

OED online: Gun flint: [Flint] 2. a. This stone, or a fragment of it, with reference to its property of giving off sparks when struck with iron or steel. flint and steel: an apparatus consisting of a piece of each of these substances used for procuring fire by the ignition of tinder, touchwood, etc. [AP 02/10/2006]

Search terms: Firearm Weapon, Firearm Accessory, Gun-flint

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