Gun flint painted silver. [El.B 08/01/2008]

Collection type: Object
Description: Gun flint painted silver. [El.B 08/01/2008]
Long description: Glued to a card with 1918.25.169 and 1918.25.171. 1918.25.168 was also glued to the card but has now come off. [El.B 08/01/2008]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England Suffolk Brandon
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Beatrice Braithwaite Batty
Date / Period: Date made: 1904
Date collected: By 1918
Acquisition information: Donated: 06/1918, uncertain Donated: 07/1918, uncertain
Materials and processes: Material Flint Stone, Material Pigment, Process Flaked, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length: max 35 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1918.25.170
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]

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