Grey - brown flint. Rectangular with one pointed or triangular end. The box and lid associated with this object is 1938.35.1139 .1 - .2. Also associated with this object is a steel [.3] and four other flints [.4 - .6, .8] and a damper [.9]. [MOBB [OPS move] 27/07/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Grey - brown flint. Rectangular with one pointed or triangular end. The box and lid associated with this object is 1938.35.1139 .1 - .2. Also associated with this object is a steel [.3] and four other flints [.4 - .6, .8] and a damper [.9]. [MOBB [OPS move] 27/07/2016]
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 1897
Date collected: By 1897
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Material Stone
Dimensions: Width: max 33 mm, Length: max 49 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1139.7 Other numbers: 1806 XII 4 [X II 4]
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]