Gun flint. Made of grey stone with a white streak, and roughly trapezoid in shape. There are white, short, linear scratches on both sides. [ILL [OPS move] 12/9/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Gun flint. Made of grey stone with a white streak, and roughly trapezoid in shape. There are white, short, linear scratches on both sides. [ILL [OPS move] 12/9/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Suffolk Brandon
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 19 mm, Width: max 30 mm, Length: max 39 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.296 Other numbers: 978
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]