Damper from tinder box. Wooden damper which is rectangular in shape which has a cylindrical knob in the centre. For the component parts see [.1 - .3 & .5

Collection type: Object
Description: Damper from tinder box. Wooden damper which is rectangular in shape which has a cylindrical knob in the centre. For the component parts see [.1 - .3 & .5 - .6] [SB [OPS Move] 30/3/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Buckinghamshire Winslow
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1898
Date collected: By 1898
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carpentered, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 22 mm, Width: max 92 mm, Length: max 97 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1127.4 Other numbers: 1794 a-f
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]