Fire steel with incised decoration on both sides. [AF [OPS move] 31/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fire steel with incised decoration on both sides. [AF [OPS move] 31/8/2017]
Long description: Fire steel with incised decoration on both sides. It is flat and elliptical in shape. One side has a circular concave depression in the centre with 'sunburst' pattern of lines radiating from it. The other side has two round concave depressions at either end and a scene featuring a dog and bird inside a decorative frame. [AF [OPS move] 31/8/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
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 Steel Metal, Process Incised, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Depth: max 3 mm, Width: max 34 mm, Length: max 85 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.666 Other numbers: 1348
Research and responses: OED online: Steel: 8. As the name of various instruments made of steel. a. A piece of steel shaped for the purpose of striking fire with a flint. {dag}In a pistol or firelock, the piece of steel which is struck by the ‘cock’ carrying the flint. [AP 02/10/2006]

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