Tinder box. [BS [OPS move] 17/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Tinder box. [BS [OPS move] 17/8/2017]
Long description: Tinder box. Rectangular brass box with rounded corners and hinged lid (separate from the base as the hinge pin has corroded away/been lost). Top of lid and base of box have low relief floral border a textured central section and small plate which on the lid is imprinted with the word 'SOUVENIR'. [BS [OPS move] 17/8/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire Oxford
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1894
Date collected: By 1894
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Material Steel Metal, Process Stamped, Process Inscribed
Dimensions: Depth: max 8 mm, Width: max 31 mm, Length: max 45 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.795 Other numbers: 1507
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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