Gun flint. Square with rectangular section. Dark grey in colour. [BS [OPS move] 23/8/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Gun flint. Square with rectangular section. Dark grey in colour. [BS [OPS move] 23/8/2017]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England East or West Sussex or Hampshire [South Downs]
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Henry Balfour; PRM source Henry Balfour
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1939
Date collected: By 1939
Acquisition information: Bequeathed: 1939
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone
Dimensions: Length: max 32 mm, Height: max 7 mm, Width: max 27 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1938.35.446 Other numbers: 1129
Research and responses: OED online: Gun flint: [Flint] 2. a. This stone, or a fragment of it, with reference to its property of giving off sparks when struck with iron or steel. flint and steel: an apparatus consisting of a piece of each of these substances used for procuring fire by the ignition of tinder, touchwood, etc. [AP 02/10/2006]