Flint flake. [El.B 11/12/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Flint flake. [El.B 11/12/2007]
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 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: 1937.54.1.231
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]

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