- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- 7 medium sized gun-flints, possibly for a horse pistol. [El.B 05/12/2007]
- Geographical reference
- England Suffolk Brandon
- Cultural groups
- English
- Person
- Maker Victor Robert Edwards
- Field collector Francis Howe Seymour Knowles
- PRM source Francis Howe Seymour Knowles
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1937
- Date collected
- By 1937
- Acquisition information
- Purchased: 25/06/1937
- Materials and processes
- Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
- Dimensions
- Length: max 30 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1937.54.1.180 Accession number: 1937.54.1.181 Accession number: 1937.54.1.182 Accession number: 1937.54.1.183 Accession number: 1937.54.1.184 Accession number: 1937.54.1.185 Accession number: 1937.54.1.186
- 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]
In the Knowles Manuscripts there is correspondence between Victor R Edwards and Francis Knowles, about sending flints to Knowles, as well as other information on flint knapping and the Brandon quarry. These letters have not yet been catalogued but can be found in Box 1 Bundle 1.F [CB 10/11/2009]
Search terms: Firearm Weapon, Tool, Technique, Firearm Accessory, Gun-flint, Flake