Flint from tinder box. Irregular shaped piece of flint which is grey in colour. A piece of the flint has chipped off. For the component parts see [.1 - .3 & .5

Collection type: Object
Description: Flint from tinder box. Irregular shaped piece of flint which is grey in colour. A piece of the flint has chipped off. For the component parts see [.1 - .3 & .5 - .6] [SB [OPS Move] 27/3/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Oxfordshire
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1891
Date collected: By 1891
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Height: max 26 mm, Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 57 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1156.4 Other numbers: 1824 XII 29
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]

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