Flint from tinder box. Piece of flint which is grey in colour and globular in shape with a narrower middle section. For the component parts see [.1

Collection type: Object
Description: Flint from tinder box. Piece of flint which is grey in colour and globular in shape with a narrower middle section. For the component parts see [.1 - .3 & .5] [SB [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 Oxfordshire
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1892
Date collected: 1892
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions: Depth: max 25 mm, Width: max 31 mm, Length: max 53 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1122.4 Other numbers: 1789 a-e
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]