Fire steel from tinder box. Made from metal with one rectangular side which has a connected extending curved metal section, joined on each end to the rectangular side. For the component parts see [.1 & .3] [SB [OPS Move] 29/3/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Fire steel from tinder box. Made from metal with one rectangular side which has a connected extending curved metal section, joined on each end to the rectangular side. For the component parts see [.1 & .3] [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 Gloucestershire Moreton-in-the-Marsh
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1905
Date collected: By 1905
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Metal, Material Steel Metal, Process Forged (Metal)
Dimensions: Depth: max 6 mm, Width: max 42 mm, Length: max 71 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1124.2 Other numbers: 1791 a-c
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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