Fire-lighting steel. Oval ring of metal. The tinder box and lid associated with this object is 1938.35.1142 .1 - .2. Also associated with it is a damper [.4] and some tinder [.5]. [MOBB [OPS move] 26/07/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fire-lighting steel. Oval ring of metal. The tinder box and lid associated with this object is 1938.35.1142 .1 - .2. Also associated with it is a damper [.4] and some tinder [.5]. [MOBB [OPS move] 26/07/2016]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England East or West Sussex [South Downs]
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Sydney Gerald Hewlett; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1919
Date collected: By 1919
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Tin Metal, Material Steel Metal
Dimensions: Width: max 46 mm, Length: max 75 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1142.3 Other numbers: 1809 XII 17 [X II 17]
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]