Metal damper or extinguishing plate. Varnished black on both sides, slightly flared rim and simple circular handle set into the centre. The box and lid associated with this object is 1938.35.1139 .1 - .2. Also associated with this object is a steel [.3] and five flints [.4

Collection type: Object
Description: Metal damper or extinguishing plate. Varnished black on both sides, slightly flared rim and simple circular handle set into the centre. The box and lid associated with this object is 1938.35.1139 .1 - .2. Also associated with this object is a steel [.3] and five flints [.4 - .8]. [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 Metal, Material Varnish, Material Tin Metal, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions: Diameter: max 99 mm, Height: max 23 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1139.9 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]