Gun Flint from Earl of Abergavenny3D Model
Gun Flint from Earl of Abergavenny
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A gunflint: these were mass produced in their thousands during the 18th and 19th centuries. The gunflint was used to strike the steel plate of a rifle to create a spark which would ignite the gunpowder and fire the projectile.
Recovered from the wreck of the East India Company ship Earl of Abergavenny, lost in Weymouth Bay in 1805.
Dimensions (max mm): length 36.0; width: 30.6; height: 11.1
The object was scanned by Maritime Archaeology Trust for the Nautical Archaeoloy Society with a HP SLS3. Post-processed in ZBrush.
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Oct 21st 2020
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