File:Post-Medieval , Gun Flint (FindID 766425).jpg
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| Post-Medieval : Gun Flint | |||
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York Museums Trust, Rebecca Griffiths, 2016-02-08 15:29:13 |
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| Title |
Post-Medieval : Gun Flint |
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| Description |
English: A complete knapped gun-flint with lead casing from a flintlock musket of post-medieval date. The flint is rectangular in both shape and cross-section though the section is irregular and tapers from one end to the other. The flint is dark blackish-grey in colour with some lighter inclusions. The flint is enclosed on both faces by a sub-rectangular folded lead holder.
The object is 21.9mm long, 20.9mm wide, 9.9mm thick and weighs 8g. The flintlock was introduced in the middle of the 16th century and became the main regulation firearm for the British Army during the reign of William III. The knapped flint was used within the musket mechanism to produce a spark and could last between 20-25 shots before it had to be replaced. A similar example has been recorded as WILT-0B6F58 which states that "there is no documentary evidence for when or where sparks from flint were first used to fire gunpowder, but flintlock guns were being used in France from about 1600. There is a written record of an order received by London gunsmiths in 1661 to provide 15,000 'flintstones cutt' for the garrisons in Tangier and Ireland. This gunflint may have been associated with the local activity during the Civil War, but they continued being used throughout the 18th century, especially during the Napoleonic Wars". |
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| Depicted place | (County of findspot) East Riding of Yorkshire | ||
| Date | between 1500 and 1800 | ||
| Accession number |
FindID: 766425 Old ref: YORYM-4BE22E Filename: RoD0423.jpg |
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https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/552465 Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/552465/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/766425 |
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