Flint, belonging to a tinder box. Cream coloured un-worked outer surface. The underside is black with tool marks evident. For the other constituent parts see [1938.35.1129 .1 - 3] and [1939.35.1129 .5

Collection type: Object
Description: Flint, belonging to a tinder box. Cream coloured un-worked outer surface. The underside is black with tool marks evident. For the other constituent parts see [1938.35.1129 .1 - 3] and [1939.35.1129 .5 - 9]. [CW [OPS Move] 29/3/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Northamptonshire near Banbury Kings [or King's] Sutton
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1895
Date collected: 1895
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Depth: max 33 mm, Width: max 45 mm, Length: max 82 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1129.4 Other numbers: 1796 a-i
Research and responses: Kings Sutton lies in the extreme south west of Northamptonshire, very close to Oxfordshire border [AP 29/06/2006]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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