Wooden damper from a tinder box. Square shaped wooden base with a domed-headed metal nail in the centre. For the other component parts see [1938.35.1121 .1

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden damper from a tinder box. Square shaped wooden base with a domed-headed metal nail in the centre. For the other component parts see [1938.35.1121 .1 - 10]. [CW [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 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 Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Nailed
Dimensions: Depth: max 30 mm, Width: max 99 mm, Length: max 94 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.1121.11 Other numbers: 1788 a-k
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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