Flint strike a light. [El.B 03/12/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Flint strike a light. [El.B 03/12/2007]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Yorkshire
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Arthur John Evans; PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1940
Date collected: By 1940
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Length: max 32 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.8.013.2 Other numbers: 1927.6630
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]